Synonyms / Other Terms Used
Sleighing, Sledging, Sledding, Luge, Toboggan Run, Toboggan Slide
Category
Activities, Sporting activities, Winter Sports, Tourism, Recreation
Message / Function
For notice in general and to indicate the possibility of tobogganing
Source | Description | |
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PC | Side view of three human figures on toboggan indicated by a line | |
Picto'grafics | Side view of two sitting human figures on toboggan indicated by a line | |
Erco | Side view of sitting human figure on toboggan indicated by a line | |
WO'72 | Side view of sitting human figure on toboggan indicated by a line | |
La Clusaz | Side view of sitting human figure on toboggan indicated by a line | |
NZS 8603 | Side view of sitting human figure on toboggan indicated by a line | |
SSRS | Side view of child with shawl sitting on toboggan indicated by a isosceles trapezoid | |
BS 8501:2002 | Side view of human figure sitting on toboggan | |
1) | ÖNORM A 3011 | Side view of human figure sitting on toboggan |
2) | ON Testdesign | Side view of human figure sitting on toboggan |
Aicher & Krampen |
Side view of human figure sitting on toboggan | |
U.S. National Park Service |
Side view of human figure lying on toboggan | |
NPS | Side view of human figure lying on toboggan | |
Erco | Side view of human figure lying on toboggan indicated by a line | |
Zermatt | Parallel projection of toboggan | |
Las Leñas | Parallel projection of toboggan | |
SN 640 827 | Side view of toboggan | |
Handbuch wien.gv.at | Side view of toboggan |
Note: Some of the pictogram variants above were mirrored horizontally to contrast differences.
Discussion
The results of an Appropriateness Ranking Tests of seven pictogram variants conducted by Gehringer (1976) indicate that showing a human figure sitting on a toboggan is preferred to just displaying the toboggan or to a person lying on a luge in typical racing posture.
The two pictograms marked 1) and 2) studied in a follow-up Comprehension Test (Brugger, 1979) reached between 85 % and 98 % correct responses.
Recommendations
Considering typical use of a toboggan and regarding test results available, we recommend the use of a pictogram like No 72 of the Austrian Standard ÖNORM A 3011 Part 3 shown above to signify Tobogganing.
Tests of pictograms of referent Tobogganing
Brugger, Ch. (1979): Abschlußbericht über den Erkennungstest. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated 12/79, Vienna.
Gehringer, J. (1976): Reihungstest über 8 Begriffe aus dem Sportwesen - Priorität II. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated February 1976, Vienna.
See also
Updated 2024-03-12 by Ch.Brugger