Cambridge City Council is in the news after their long-delayed (mis)Guided Bus network sprouted a particularly idiotic piece of the sign-painters art. As you can see, some clever chap has managed to get the letter N the wrong way round…
Stupid guided bus lane sign

In case you think this is a damning indictment of the British education system, rest assured that our American friends are at least as bad:

sotp, no, stop, ah shoot

Even around their educational establishments:

too cool for shcool

Of course some signs are just pointless in the first place:

pointless sign

And others are changed maliciously. We have a spate of idiots changing 30mph signs to read 80 around here, but if you have the technology you can be much more imaginative:

hacked roadsign

And web-celeb Dutch ‘hacker’, Max Cornellisse, has some fun with the roadsigns in this vid:

Of course, with all these malevolant pranksters and signwriting dimwits causing havoc on the roads, a good car insurance policy is essential, as while these might seem funny, they could be seriously distracting to road users. A reminder to all of us that we need to use our common sense…

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