# Anything but a comma!

<img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39889000/jpg/_39889780_bagposterpa_203.jpg">

I like this signs in London: they're clear, they're attractive, they're to-the-point. But then there's <em>this</em>, which is currently displayed all over the Tube system (see the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3511318.stm">BBC story</a>). Are you supposed to check with other passengers or not?

What it says:

"Don't touch, check with other passengers, inform station staff or call 999."

Wouldn't one of these--any one of these--be better?

"Don't touch: check with other passengers, inform station staff or call 999."

"Don't touch--check with other passengers, inform station staff or call 999."

"Don't touch; check with other passengers, inform station staff or call 999."