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Do you know what this means?

August 18, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 9 Comments

Have you ever seen this symbol before? If not, what would you think it meant if you saw it light up on your car dashboard?

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I’m not sure I’d have ever figured it out but when I showed it to David, he immediately knew it meant “low tire pressure”. How? Why? Does that really look like a tire to you?  Who designs these things?  Oh, I know.  A man.  It would have to be.  Apparently 46% of people shown this symbol couldn’t figure out that it is meant to be a tire.  David’s guess is that most of them are probably women.  Fair enough.  So why not design something that women will recognize?  Who looks at a tire from the front?  It should be drawn from the side and look like a flat tire.  Yet another example of a mistake that could have been avoided if only I had been consulted.  

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  1. Stephanie says

    August 18, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    I gotta tell ya … now, don't think too ill of me … but if I saw that as a decal on a back window of a car, I'd actually think it was a symbol for a band with a pornographic name. What a BAD symbol! It's not comprehensible at all!

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  2. Cherie says

    August 18, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    I would have had no idea what it meant either. A very confusing symbol.

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  3. Frank says

    August 18, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    It's so obvious! (snicker) Yet another little dashboard light for me to ignore. My "check engine" light has been on for about 40K miles. I admit when it first came on I had a mechanic run a diagnostic. Turned out there was nothing wrong with the engine, it was just ratty data triggering the warning light. So now it just glows "hello" every time I drive the car.

    Ok, here's a question (a coupla related questions) for your upcoming post:

    What's your favorite Mardi Gras parade? Have you been to a krewe ball or have you been to a M.O.M.'s ball?

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  4. Lisa Sharp says

    August 20, 2010 at 1:56 am

    I knew hehe.

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  5. Deanna Piercy says

    August 20, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    Stephanie: This made me chuckle. And no, I don't think ill of you at all. 🙂

    Frank: Thanks for the question. That post is still in the works.

    Lisa: How???

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  6. Mama Koch says

    September 7, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    Hey! I actually knew what it means! It went off in my car the other day it rained….the ONE time it rained all summer, and I knew exactly I didn't have traction..so it means SLOW-DOWN-STUPID to me!

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  7. Deanna Piercy says

    September 7, 2010 at 11:09 pm

    Mama Koch: That's pretty funny. Although it really means low tire pressure. 😉

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  8. Junaida says

    March 29, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    at first i thot it looked like a warning sign to men that goes like "beware of your beer belly. exercise now!" or something like that. it looked like a bloated tummy with both arms around it – a sign of obesity hence the call for men to begin exercising! hahaha..

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  9. Deanna Piercy says

    March 30, 2011 at 1:50 am

    Junaida: That's hilarious!

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