Funny signs

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Gallery of funny signs and other funny stuff

Here we list some funny street signs or traffic marks we saw during our mapping trips.

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Austria

  • Was wohl passiert, wenn ich mich dem widersetze?

    Was wohl passiert, wenn ich mich dem widersetze?

  • "Entrance for wheelchair users. In case of disability/blockade you'll get fined!" - The German word "Behinderung" stands for both hindrance/blockade and for disability.

    "Entrance for wheelchair users. In case of disability/blockade you'll get fined!" - The German word "Behinderung" stands for both hindrance/blockade and for disability.

Brazil

  • Foreigners will be fined or towed. Brazilians get it both...

    Foreigners will be fined or towed. Brazilians get it both...

  • Maxspeed 20 Km/s (per second!)

    Maxspeed 20 Km/s (per second!)

Canada

  • A sign mounted on a light pole next to a small road. It is a white sign with black text, reading "Please Drive Slowly."

    In Canada, white and black traffic signs indicate legal requirements. Motorists are legally required here to "please drive slowly," very Canadian!

  • two traffic signs complimented by give way road markings. the first sign is large and florescent, saying, "stop for pedestrians," and the second sign is small and white, reading "caution: vehicles not required to stop."

    This big florescent sign saying stop for pedestrians and the give way markings on the street are for a zebra crossing, which is also a choke point for the street. All of these legally and culturally imply pedestrian priority! Ah, but alas... the tiny white caution sign says vehicles don't actually need to stop for pedestrians... (it also doesn't use the caution sign styling, and is facing the opposite direction of traffic)

China

  • Some special véhicules forbidden at the main gate of Jingzhou (荆州市), antique imperial city, in Hubei province, China

    Some special véhicules forbidden at the main gate of Jingzhou (荆州市), antique imperial city, in Hubei province, China


Estonia

Germany

  • Where do you want to go today?

    Where do you want to go today?

  • 6 times sign#250

    6 times sign#250

  • Handicap for fat cyclists

    Handicap for fat cyclists

  • One-way street into a dead end

    One-way street into a dead end

  • Cycleway with anti-cycle barrier

    Cycleway with anti-cycle barrier

  • "Everything is going to be better. Including this way. Until then, sorry."

    "Everything is going to be better. Including this way. Until then, sorry."

  • Kompliziert

    Kompliziert

  • Verdreht

    Verdreht

  • Merkwürdige Hausnummer in der Standortadresse / Strange house number zero

    Merkwürdige Hausnummer in der Standortadresse / Strange house number zero

  • No parking. Except if you happen to have your ride with you.

    No parking. Except if you happen to have your ride with you.

  • Do not enter - except if you are parking.

    Do not enter - except if you are parking.

  • Still not enough signs

    Still not enough signs

  • Information at bus stop "Cemetery": "We'll give your future a home." (Advertisement of building society)

    Information at bus stop "Cemetery": "We'll give your future a home." (Advertisement of building society)

  • 2 Verbote heben sich auf?

    2 Verbote heben sich auf?

  • Don't think about disposing your waste here!

    Don't think about disposing your waste here!

  • Man Made vs. Nature 1:0

    Man Made vs. Nature 1:0

  • Verbot für Fahrzeuge aller Art - bis 2,5t Radfahrer und landwirtschaftlicher Verkehr frei

    Verbot für Fahrzeuge aller Art - bis 2,5t Radfahrer und landwirtschaftlicher Verkehr frei

  • Homebrew but readable housenumber

    Homebrew but readable housenumber

  • Today nobody cares about usability...

    Today nobody cares about usability...

  • Hurray, twenty meters full speed...

    Hurray, twenty meters full speed...

  • Wenn das jemand eintragen möchte: ttps://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/51984042

    Wenn das jemand eintragen möchte: ttps://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/51984042

  • Lösung des Demografieproblems?

    Lösung des Demografieproblems?

  • Nette und weniger nette Menschen!

    Nette und weniger nette Menschen!

  • Das müssen große Hundehaufen sein, die diese Feuerwehrzufahrt blockieren können!

    Das müssen große Hundehaufen sein, die diese Feuerwehrzufahrt blockieren können!

  • redirection:left dead end:left

    redirection:left dead end:left

  • Kutschenparkplatz

    Kutschenparkplatz

  • Ausgeschriebene Hausnummer

    Ausgeschriebene Hausnummer

  • 15 markierten Wanderwegen auf einer Straße

    15 markierten Wanderwegen auf einer Straße

  • Was denn nun? Fußgänger oder keine Fußgänger (Gefunden in Jena)

    Was denn nun? Fußgänger oder keine Fußgänger (Gefunden in Jena)

  • Hier zählt jeder. Gefunden in Berlin am Heizkraftwerk Klingenberg.

    Hier zählt jeder. Gefunden in Berlin am Heizkraftwerk Klingenberg.

  • Achtung! Gefahr von kreuzenden Kellnern!

    Achtung! Gefahr von kreuzenden Kellnern!

  • Gleiches mit gleichem vergelten? / "No dog pooping. Violators will have chicken poop thrown at."

    Gleiches mit gleichem vergelten? / "No dog pooping. Violators will have chicken poop thrown at."

  • Ballspiele nicht gestattet. Ballgames not allowed, in front of the table tennis.

    Ballspiele nicht gestattet. Ballgames not allowed, in front of the table tennis.

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  • motor_vehicle=agricultural, mill=yes. Oder gelten Mühlen auch als motor_vehicle?

    motor_vehicle=agricultural, mill=yes. Oder gelten Mühlen auch als motor_vehicle?

Italy

  • To cycle or not to cycle...that is here the question!

    To cycle or not to cycle...that is here the question!

  • No need to despair over street names - sometimes even the city authorities have trouble getting it right

    No need to despair over street names - sometimes even the city authorities have trouble getting it right

  • Just an artistic installation

    Just an artistic installation

  • Funeral crossing when red light lit

    Funeral crossing when red light lit

  • Changing hamlet, change horse color

    Changing hamlet, change horse color

  • general maxspeed 30, but maxspeed 40 with rain or snow

    general maxspeed 30, but maxspeed 40 with rain or snow

  • Must be the way old cars drive to find a place to die (the left street is a roundabout, the deadend sign belongs to the right street).

    Must be the way old cars drive to find a place to die (the left street is a roundabout, the deadend sign belongs to the right street).

  • "Parking Entrance" is here ... but on the opposite side.

    "Parking Entrance" is here ... but on the opposite side.

Ireland

  • St. Patrick's Quay in Cork. Different spelling (of the irish name) on two edges of the same building.

    St. Patrick's Quay in Cork. Different spelling (of the irish name) on two edges of the same building.

  • Market Place in Skibbereen. Different spelling (of the irish name) on two edges of the same building.

    Market Place in Skibbereen. Different spelling (of the irish name) on two edges of the same building.

The Netherlands

  • Go whichever way you want to reach the Ring road.

    Go whichever way you want to reach the Ring road.

Romania

Russia

Slovenia

  • grave-candle vending machines on the wall of a graveyard in Tolmin

    grave-candle vending machines on the wall of a graveyard in Tolmin

Switzerland

  • When you jump, please pay attention to the boats!

    When you jump, please pay attention to the boats!

Spain

  • A street named "Street" in Colombres (Asturias).

    A street named "Street" in Colombres (Asturias).

Poland

  • Living street finishes... and starts!

    Living street finishes... and starts!

  • Crossing only for pedestrians.

    Crossing only for pedestrians.


Portugal

  • Except everyone...

    Except everyone...


External links

For things that aren't from OSM but funny in a mapping way ;)

Austria

Germany

Switzerland

The crossing at the end of the road

News article. This seemingly useless crossing is located near San Vittore.

UK or US?

Down Under

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