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Warning: Garden parasol thieves operating

You’ll never look at a road works sign the same again. Check out our comprehensive article on the rules around road works.

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Caution: Giant candyfloss spilled on road

What else does it look like that someone has spilled on the road? This sign is to warn that road workers are about. It’s from Australia, so our ones are slightly different: our heads are joined to our necks and we

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Heavily irradiated people may cross

The green man is a universal sign that pedestrians can cross at a controlled crossing if it’s safe to do so. Check out our article on the different types of pedestrian crossings in the UK – there are eight! Can you

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Warning: Bowler hats compulsory

This New Zealand sign to indicate a hump in the road is the same as this one in the UK: If you are approaching one of these signs you will need to check your speed and slow down if necessary.

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Boxes stacked on dumbbells are unstable

This sign looks like someone’s knocked over a box that was sitting on a dumbbell, but it’s to indicate that lorries (or other vehicles with a high centre of gravity) are at risk of tipping over around the next right-hand bend.

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Lane Bus: tagging roads around the world since 1940

I always read it as ‘lane bus’ the same as I read ‘way give’ on the road, too. Interestingly, the first bus lane was built in Chicago in 1940. The first bus lane in the UK was on Vauxhall Bridge

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Fill in the correct height. Or be electrocuted

This sign we spotted in Sydney could have a shocking conclusion [pun intended].  As far as we can find out (with a quick search), the maximum height for a vehicle working around powerlines in Sydney is 4.6m, but we couldn’t find

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