Fake Road Sign......

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Originally Posted by Adrenaline

Sure they didn't technically break the law, but if they made the turn without knowing the sign was misplaced, then they are fools. Many of them wouldn't have known it was wrongly placed unless they lived there. These are the same breed of people who don't care to obey the road rules. For all they knew, the sign could have been there as sanctioned by authorities. Until they found out for sure, ignoring it was the wrong thing to do seeing as it looked legit enough to fool police on numerous occasions. And let's not get into the "police are stupid/robots" argument because that disgusts me. There are plenty of dumb signs around my area, but I obey them because I don't pretend I own the road. If there is a stupid sign, the appropriate thing is to find out from the authorities if it has been wrongly erected. Only then you will know for sure, and only then are you not a douchebag for thinking you know better.

Good call.

Do people READ the OP before posting.
The article states that a sign was erected preventing people turning from 1 street into another. Now this would be indicated by an explanatory notice sign or a plain old NO LEFT TURN or NO RIGHT TURN. Not an fing WRONG WAY GO BACK? Am i wrong?
Now this may be due to a determination that incidents involving turning traffic encountering oncoming traffic is feeding the local panel beater to much work. WHO ARE WE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO IGNORE A TEMPORARY LOOKING ROAD SIGN (surely the cunstabulary would have deciphered if it was made out of pasta, glue and cardboard ).
THEY DISOBEYED A SIGNED DIRECTIVE INDICATING THE ROAD RULES. Simple. Suck it and see.
There are no sheep driving on the roads, just too many wombats. That fudge it up for the rest of us.