Road signs that make you wonder WTF?

[Inspector Detector]

Here in Chicago in a hood where I exercise, I found this actual sign. It looks like an actual government issue sign too, not somebody's idea of having some harmless fun. It does remind though how I know trained dachshunds in another hood who are well trained invisible fence dogs that threaten to attack you when you pass by them

[2.0T_Convert]

Along Bloomfield Ave in Hartford is this sign:



I never knew what it really meant until a google search for the picture today. It sits before a railroad track and it means school buses and other vehicles required to stop are exempt from having to stop. Funny thing about that is I've seen trains cross there before.

[clutchrider]

For the longest time even into my teens I was puzzled by this one. I used to think who would want to live on a road without power... Then I learned basically it's government/municipal lingo for "Eventual Dead End".



Then I saw this for the first time about 7 years ago in VA. I looked up, said "wtf does that even mean" and proceeded to pull into the "box" as I learned later it was called and got yelled at by my from VA passenger about how I was going to get a ticket and for the life of me could not understand why. I spent the next day arguing about the fact that so long as your not a "moron" you should have no trouble navigating an intersection in VA, especially since they are big, open, and the lights are several minutes long.

[Burnin8r]

apparently the batcave is around the corner from my apartment

[clutchrider]

apparently the batcave is around the corner from my apartment

Apparently you also need new windshield wipers



I would say the Bat Cave is straight ahead just past the sign. The woods behind it are probably a cover and raise up when he approaches.

[paul_shark]

Town of Effing, Austria. The sign has been stolen multiple times so they've since installed a more secure one.

[Air-over-water]

I never knew what it really meant until a google search for the picture today. It sits before a railroad track and it means school buses and other vehicles required to stop are exempt from having to stop. Funny thing about that is I've seen trains cross there before.

The only time I see the "exempt" signs, they are on decommissioned tracks or at least ones that are not in use due to construction.

[mraguilar]

translation : Obey the signs

[VDub2625]

I think this is the first thread on this ever. Love the batman one though!

[Air-over-water]

translation : Obey the signs

We get these

[woodrowstar]

We get these

I see this one everywhere since I started cycling America, and every time I see it I wonder WTF.

[volkstyle]

No engine braking.

[Air-over-water]

No engine braking.

What's confusing about that?
Compression release engine braking, or Jake Brakes, are very loud in town.

[Horror Business]

When I was around 4 or 5 years old my dad told me "Falling Rock" was a Native American indian who shoots arrows at white man driving by. I always looked for him but he never appeared.

He had ways of making me believe crazy ****, he used to spray paint rocks gold and tell me he stole it from a pirate when he was in the army. And he also watched way to many country western cowboy movies.

[DSG-TDI]

When I was around 4 or 5 years old my dad told me "Falling Rock" was a Native American indian who shoots arrows at white man driving by. I always looked for him but he never appeared.

He had ways of making me believe crazy ****, he used to spray paint rocks gold and tell me he stole it from a pirate when he was in the army. And he also watched way to many country western cowboy movies.

Was this your dad?

[Chockomon]

What's confusing about that?
Compression release engine braking, or Jake Brakes, are very loud in town.

I can see that with trucks and whatnot but not so much with cars...how many trucks do you get coming through a smaller town though?

[Omnilith]

Depending upon where you live, many.

[Horror Business]

Yep thats him, only he would be holding a beer instead of coffee.

[Air-over-water]

I can see that with trucks and whatnot but not so much with cars...how many trucks do you get coming through a smaller town though?

Those signs are for the trucks and not cars, iirc.
We have a lot of highway and farm/ranch to market roads which travel through smaller towns.
So quite a few trucks everyday I would bet.

[Air-over-water]

Yep thats him, only he would be holding a beer instead of coffee.

You must not drink in the mornings.
That is what the coffee cup is for, convincing your neighbors that you are not tossing on back at 7:30AM.

[Aonarch]

When I see a no left turn sign, and it is perfectly fine to turn... 3 way intersection , two lane roads, light to moderate traffic.

[VDub2625]

I can see that with trucks and whatnot but not so much with cars...how many trucks do you get coming through a smaller town though?

There's a road with one of those signs in a small village near my house. It just happens to be a main throughway to a big area of town.

[watsontb]

Was this your dad?

Don't forget about the guy in the ATM machine and the guy who opens the garage door.

[maloosheck]

Yield Sign at the right turn with a dedicated merging line. All the idiots stop at this sign instead of accelerate and merge.

[Air-over-water]

Don't forget about the guy in the ATM machine

Automated Teller Machine machine?

[300_munkeys]

Yield Sign at the right turn with a dedicated merging line. All the idiots stop at this sign instead of accelerate and merge.

I HATE these and have gotten into a minor accident because of it.

Come on people, its easier to merge when you're moving!

[watsontb]

Bah! forcive habit. Vin number pin number. I can't escape...

[Air-over-water]

Bah! forcive habit. Vin number pin number. I can't escape...

[2.0T_Convert]

Automated Teller Machine machine?

Spaceman Spiff interplanetary explorer extraordinaire is saddened by this.

[horsty69]

apparently the batcave is around the corner from my apartment

That is so funny/weird...I was going to post this....I live right near here as well...small world

[Omnilith]

Bah! forcive habit. Vin number pin number. I can't escape...

I think you just earned a double.

[CodeMan]

Bah! forcive habit. Vin number pin number. I can't escape...

For all intensive purposes, the phrase is "Force of habit".

[dub01]

For all intensive purposes, the phrase is "Force of habit".

Could of fooled me.....

[watsontb]

I hereby retire from the internet.

It's been a good time but I must go.



Remember me not for what I typed but for the pictures I posted

[CodeMan]

Could of fooled me.....