Friday, August 14, 2009
Britain's gone road sign- crazy!
From signs telling us where to park and where not to park, signs warning us of sheep/cows/horses/deer/ducks and even frogs on the road, Britain has gone a little bit road sign crazy. I have even spotted a sign to notify drivers that a sign has been removed.
Although the vast majority are necessary and helpful, you always come across the odd few where the road sign maker obviously had a quota of blank signs to work through so decided to just make up a whole load to meet his production targets.
My driving instructor used to keep an album of all the peculiar road signs he came across and used to get very excited when he stumbled across a new sign to add to his collection. As well as a place in his album, the sign would also earn a stiff letter to the local council informing them of their ridiculous signage.
Despite my instructor's best efforts, such signs can still be found across our roads to this day and are likely to keep springing up across the country.
Check out the BBC website for some of the worst offenders around the world.
[Image © the bridge via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence]
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