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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Translated to bananas to make it easier for Americans to understand, but actual EU traffic signs are in metric.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love meta Lemmy humor so much

[–] bandanawearingbanana@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

There was this post right beside it in the timeline.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

WOAH TIL

I had never considered the red edge alone being no. Seems simple, but it didn't occur to me since we have slashes through all our no's.

[–] sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Here in the UK we have slashes through many of the red-bordered road signs, but not all of them. People often misunderstand the ones that don't - for instance, these mean "no motor vehicles" and "no cars" respectively:

The council probably collects a lot of money in fines from people misunderstanding those two in particular