%80-%90 of these aren’t weird just region culturally specific.
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What’s wrong with no water pollutants? It’s around drinking water reservoirs so they don’t get contaminated in a case of an accident…
The one with "No speed limits" doesn't mean that you can go 200 in a 90, it just means that previous speed signs no longer apply. So if you had a speed sign of 70 in a road that typically allows to go 90, you can do 90 again.
In Germany it means full speed ahead.
There used to be one in this town that just said "open water" with no elaboration.
It means they built a damn and flooded where the road used to go and it now goes directly into a lake.
Reading through this I feel like about a quarter of the signs are regulars here in switzerland.
Also in Australia
The kangaroo one just makes sense, it's only exotic because you're the only place with kangaroos, I bet they don't think twice about the same signs for their local wildlife.
The “Illegal Immigrant Crossing” signs are real down in San Diego, CA. Poor girl is always getting dragged like that.
For all that energy kids have, they sure do suck at long distances.
It's the short legs. Give kids stilts and they're natural cross-country sprinters.
The Speed Camera Ahead is everywhere where live. Why is it strange?
Probably that it's a 130 year old camera model
The one about cows is no joke. Hitting a cow in a sedan at highway speeds is more or less the same as hitting a brick wall.
Edit: actually, given the choice, take the brick wall, because at least a simple masonry wall will crush and crumble and absorb some of the impact. The cow will just gain a sudden increase in its net velocity at your expense.
I take it you don't have any particular idea where any of these are actually found in the wild..?
I dunno, but if that 5 roundabouts thing is real, I damn sure don't wanna go anywhere near there!
I relatively often meet 4 of these:
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no speed limit (use the normal limit for this type of road)
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car tires may defy laws of nature (slippery road, usually followed by a sign saying it applies during rain)
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speed camera ahead
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no water polluting goods (not very common, but occasionally comes up. There is also no dangerous materials with an orange trapezoid instead of an ellipse)
I also saw don't drive off the pier (around ferries), watch for skiers (in the mountains with cross-country skiing routes), and warning about planes, although in different design (around airports).
Invisible Cows sign is on the road to access Mauna Loa observatory on Hawaii
Polar bear one would be on Svalbard, and I know I've seen the crossing skier one in Norway
The penguins under car is at a blue penguin colony in Oamaru, New Zealand. Visited there in March. Might not be that exact format.
Germany has a ton of the no speed limit signs. But in reality they are just no artificial speed restriction signs, meaning drive the limit of the road type you're on.
It is real.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_%28Swindon%29
Looks like there is one with 7 also.
Seeing this as a driver, it's scary. But seeing it as a pedestrian I'd just mark this whole area as completely inaccessible.
Imagine trying that as a visitor from the US where we drive on the other side of the road.
What. The. Fuck..?!
It's got a great safety feature in that nobody understands it enough to attempt driving fast enough to cause a crash