Pretty nuts right?
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.
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!
It is real.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
Looks like there is one with 7 also.
Seeing this as a driver, it’s scary. But seeing it as a pedestrian I’d just mark this whole area as completely inaccessible.
I relatively often meet 4 of these:
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no speed limit (use the normal limit for this type of road)
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car tires may defy laws of nature (slippery road, usually followed by a sign saying it applies during rain)
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speed camera ahead
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no water polluting goods (not very common, but occasionally comes up. There is also no dangerous materials with an orange trapezoid instead of an ellipse)
I also saw don’t drive off the pier (around ferries), watch for skiers (in the mountains with cross-country skiing routes), and warning about planes, although in different design (around airports).
The Speed Camera Ahead is everywhere where live. Why is it strange?
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.
Reading through this I feel like about a quarter of the signs are regulars here in switzerland.
