This doesn't mean "wait until you are in the bathroom to smoke." ![]() Recommendations based on the results of this study include a redesign of briefing cards by non-cabin safety experts, as the novice flying public were not able to accurately interpret the information presented.” The study concludes: “Results are consistent with the previous reports that individual details of the briefing cards are correctly interpreted more often than the briefing card as a whole. This safety message does not mean "No things on airplane." ![]() The correct reading of the card below is “These items may not be used during takeoff and landing.” Wrong answers from the survey respondents included the opposite meaning, “use these items only during takeoff and landing,” and “no things on airplane.” And only 26 percent of respondents interpreted the image correctly. The correct reading of the extremely busy pictograph at the top of this page would be something like, “When using the emergency evacuation slide, passengers should leave behind their luggage (to exit more quickly) and remove high heels (which could puncture the exit slide).” But some people surveyed thought it meant that all clothing should be removed before exiting. But, writes Weed, “neither series were able to breach the acceptance thresholds. ![]() The survey compared safety cards showing photographs-which were presumed easier to understand-to cards with pictographs, and found that contrary to expectations, the cards with photographs were understood even less.
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