Pretty nuts right?

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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.

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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!

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Seeing this as a driver, it’s scary. But seeing it as a pedestrian I’d just mark this whole area as completely inaccessible.

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Imagine trying that as a visitor from the US where we drive on the other side of the road.

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What. The. Fuck…?!

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It’s got a great safety feature in that nobody understands it enough to attempt driving fast enough to cause a crash

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The penguins under car is at a blue penguin colony in Oamaru, New Zealand. Visited there in March. Might not be that exact format.

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Polar bear one would be on Svalbard, and I know I’ve seen the crossing skier one in Norway

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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.

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Invisible Cows sign is on the road to access Mauna Loa observatory on Hawaii

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The Speed Camera Ahead is everywhere where live. Why is it strange?

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Probably that it’s a 130 year old camera model

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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.

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In Germany it means full speed ahead.

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Reading through this I feel like about a quarter of the signs are regulars here in switzerland.

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Also in Australia

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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.

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