This is a place to check out some of what I’ve found!
If you have a Ridiculous Street Signs photo that you would like to contribute and have featured on Michael W Travels, feel free to e-mail me at michaelwtravels@gmail.com
(Not all photos will be featured but thanks in advance for sharing)
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| Tallinn, Estonia |
Read about Ridiculous Street Signs #2 in Trinidad
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| Trinidad |
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| Great Ocean Road, Australia |
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| Dubai |
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| Brooklyn |
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| Hong Kong |
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| Macau |
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| Munich |
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| Kuala Lumpur |
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| Grand Cayman Islands |
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| Philadelphia, PA |
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| Isle of Capri, Italy |
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| Providence, RI |
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| Vienna |
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| Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Germany |
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| Sweden |
Mile Run- Contributor Ridicuous Street Signs #6- Pennsylvania
Keep Off Grass- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #7- Australia
OK Meat Place- Ridiculous Street Signs #14- Brooklyn, NY
Train Fishing- Ridiculous Street Signs #15- Tokyo
Please Sit on the Pot- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #8- Ghana
Warning: Deer May Attack- Ridiculous Street Signs #16- Nara, Japan
Bird Droppings- Ridiculous Street Signs #17- Tokyo
The Correct Way To Use the Bathrooms in Japan- Ridiculous Street Signs #18
Hell- Cayman Islands- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #9- Cayman Islands
Dog Fouling Is Not Permitted- Ridiculous Street Signs #19- Malta
Humped Zebra Crossing- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #10- Liverpool
Slang- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #11- Gothenburg, Sweden
For Payphone Faults, Please Call…- Ridiculous Street Signs #20- Oman
Potty Humor- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #12- Barbados
Beware Tripping- Ridiculous Street Signs #21- Yangon, Myanmar
Slippery Steps- Ridiculous Street Signs #22- Krakow, Poland
Don’t Step On The Toilet Seat- Ridiculous Street Signs #23- South Korea
Stairs Ahead- Ridiculous Street Signs #24- Queens, NY
Hot Dogs- Ridiculous Street Signs #25- Linden, NJ
Kung Fu Deer- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #14- Thailand
For Drying Hands- Ridiculous Street Signs #26- Vik, Iceland
Dog Poop- Ridiculous Street Signs #27- Tbilisi, Georgia
Forbidden To Shit Here- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #15- Togo
Jesus Is My All…- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #17- Cebu City
No Shoulder… To Cry On- Hawaii- Contributor Ridiculous Street Signs #17- Hawaii
No Dog Toilet- Ridiculous Street Signs #28- Haarlem, The Netherlands
Carry Out Your Fecal Matter- Ridiculous Street Signs #29- Kittery Point, ME
Don’t Pee Standing Up- Ridiculous Street Signs #30- Bosnia
Don’t Dump- Drains To Boston Harbor- (Not So) Ridiculous Street Signs #31- Boston
Attention Beware Thieves and Pickpockets- Ridiculous Street Signs #32- Sarajevo
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Hi, I think you’ll enjoy this
Hi, just a couple of comments:
1. The “don’t drive in water” signs are actually meant to warn motorists on embankments or piers of the danger of getting too close to the edge.
2. “no holding hands”: All over Europe and means “no pedestrians.”
3. The “crush hazard” sign is interesting. I’ve seen elevators in Germany and Scandinavia that are called “paternosters.” These are actually escalators that go straight up rather than a comfortable angle. It’s a series of platforms on a moving belt with an open entrance. When a platform appears, you step on it and move upward, getting off at your desired floor. These loop back down in an adjacent shaft so there’s two-way traffic. These typically hold only a couple of people and freight or luggage is frowned upon. There are no doors and they are pretty unsafe. Suppose you were drunk and fell down in front of the downward side with your head dangling over the edge. The next step to come down would decapitate you.
Go here for great images: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster
So sensitive Mike. i found the signs intriguing.
Thanks Nikki!
Before calling foreign street signs “ridiculous”, you may want to consider that it’s YOU who simply misinterprets some of them:
As for the Tallinn pic, urinating and *****ing IS a problem in a city with narrow alleys and lanes that are about 1000 years old, as it has an impact on the sandstone used to build them.
As for Australia, the Great Ocean Road has lots of foreign visitors from countries driving on the right, so it’s a precaution…
As for Vienna, this sign can be found in various countries where the sidewalk is divided into a pedestrian and a biker’s lane.
As for Germany, this is the common sign for “emergency exit”, used in various countries, too.
Maybe you should reconsider the use of the word “ridiculous” on your page… or you may risk to be mistaken for a ridiculous person, yourself…
Thanks for explaining each of these signs for me. The word ridiculous shouldn’t be taken so literally and I’m sorry if it offended you but this page will continue to go by that name.
These photos look interesting, ridiculous or not. As for Tallinn, I live in Estonia and I have always known that the pavement is made from slate (maybe I’m wrong) but peeing and crapping on the street is prohibited for obvious reasons. Although I am curious about the Swedish traffic sign.. You really haven’t seen that one before? It is a standard (in all Europe maybe?) traffic sign actually, people don’t even pay attention to it (when they should!).
Err my mistake..by Swedish I meant the Moscow sign actually, sorry.