10 unusual road signs not seen in Japan

Road signs are made to understand their meaning as "Limited speed is 40 kilometers" and "Animal seems to protrude" at the moment when driving while driving. There are road signs that are likely to get confused at the moment they saw it. It may be natural for those who are accustomed to passing through the road, but it seems I have not seen it twice unintentionally when I first encounter such a road sign.

America's 10 Most Confusing Traffic Signs
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1. Circle
Traffic signs called "Circle" are set up on Provincial Highway 34 running north and south near Allenwood, New Jersey.


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2. It might be earlier if you get off the car and walk.
A road sign at the intersection of Mission Street, one of the streets running down the center of San Francisco. The course of 5 lanes is finely different, it seems difficult to clear at first look.

byStuart Green

The place is here. The picture is taken at the mission street north east, the left end lane only sharp left turn to the next Otis street, the second lane from the left is a left turn to Otis street and South Pan Nes Avenue ( Go north to go straight. The central lane is only straight ahead to South Pan · Ness Avenue (north bound). The second lane from the right go straight to Mt. South-Ness Avenue (north bound) and go straight on Mission Street. The lane at the far right go straight to Mission Street and turn right to South Pan Nes Avenue (South).


The photograph was taken in 2005, it seemed that it remained as it was until around 2008, but later the two lanes on the left have been changed to a left turn to Otis Street.


3. Give way to the bicycle
At the foot of the Fremont bridge in Seattle, there is a sign that you can give way to a bicycle. In Japan, even though there is "attention to bicycles", they do not seem to be "bare to bicycle", but they are major in the United States.

bygluechunk

However, the problem with this sign is an installation place. It looks like a sign saying "I turn the road to the bicycle because there is a bike path ahead on the right," but it seems to be in the position where I actually turned right. Photographer is "SDOTI should remake the signs. "


4. Stop, do not stop
Road sign in alley of Fresno, California. There is a supplement to "Understood" sign under the sign "stop", and if you look closely you can "approve up to 30 minutes only for parking by work or delivery". As the "STOP" sign is about pausing, it does not mean that you stop repeating and moving.

byAlonso Reyes

Place here


5. No left turn, however ... ...
"Aviation Boulevard" passing by Los Angeles International Airport is a sign that "left turn is prohibited, however, when traffic volume is small, it can turn left." This is because there is a necessity to cross the oncoming traffic lane in the United States on the right-hand side to make a left turn.

byJonas and Julia

However, Aviation also has the meaning of "flight", and if you do not know that the street name is "Aviation", you may mistake a moment as "Do you mean the amount of airplane traffic?"


6. Michigan Left
To the English version of Wikipedia "Michigan leftIt is as famous as there is an item called " When turning left at a certain intersection, once you make a right turn, it is a mechanism to come back using the U turn lane. This name comes from what is widely adopted in Michigan.

bylarrysphatpage

One example is kore. You can not directly enter the highway running east and west with a left turn, once you make a right turn away from the destination, make a U turn and fold back to the desired direction.


7 three Montreals
Three "Montreal (Montreal)" aligned with information signs. However, the location is not in the vicinity of Montreal, Canada but in front of the National Checking Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, and refers to "Montreal Avenue", "Montreal Circle" and "Montreal Way".

bykstoerz

The place is here. It is Avenue heading southwest, Way heading north, Circle on the south side crossing the railroad crossing.


8. Lane decrease note
A sign located in De Carb, Illinois. The left lane will eventually disappear, but a right turn lane appears next to it, indicating that it is two lanes again. In fact it is only necessary to make a straight road, but it seems that there are various circumstances and it is like this.

by crmudgen23

This place is around here. It seems that the Lincoln Highway crossed the south 1st street.


9. Lane regulation by time zone
It is a sign in Washington DC, it is possible to drive three lanes on the right from 6:30 to 9:30 of rush hour, only one lane at the right from 15:30 to 19:00, and the other two lanes on the right side It is possible to run, it will switch swiftly. Is it because the left end lane is always prohibited from traveling because it shows up to the opposite lane?

byTalkingDC

This place is near this White House.


10. Tracks are prohibited
This is also a sign in Seattle. GVWR is an abbreviation for "Gross Vehicle Weight Rating", which means that tracks with a total weight of more than 10,000 pounds (about 4.5 tons) such as vehicles and loaded cargoes are prohibited from turning, but the arrow extends from the roof of the truck It seems that it seems to be like it prohibits loads from falling from the truck.

byJill Watson

This place is around