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> the traditional American crossbuck, the simple X-shaped railroad sign that warns drivers to yield to an oncoming train.

I would guess that roadway signage in the US runs about 80:20 textual:symbolic, but that the EU runs about 20:80, with much heavier use of symbols, and use of text only to modify or explain something not covered by the available symbolic palette. Could any EU->US or US->EU migratory drivers make their own estimates?

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"How did you not realize that the empty circle means no parking from the hours of 1000-1600??"

Is signage not in the driving exam in your locale?

For someone coming to a European country and driving by virtue of reciprocal driving license permission (not having to take an exam), those signs are not at all intuitive.

They're not meant to be intuitive, you're meant to learn them.

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