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Yahoo
16 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Local resident called out over 'bizarre' trick with speed limit sign
A local resident has come under fire for taking the speed limit into their own hands – quite literally. An apparent disagreement over what the speed limit should be for drivers on a residential road in Adelaide took an unusual turn this week, with the unknown resident manually changing the 60km/h road sign to a 50km/h sign. And at a glance, you'd probably never notice. Armed with a circular piece of plastic and a few screws, the 50 was recently placed over the 60 along Ambleside Road in Hahndorf, in the Adelaide Hills. The state's Transport Minister has described the resident's ingenuity as "bizarre and illegal". "I know they're well intentioned but we can't have people doing that — it's dangerous and inappropriate," Tom Koutsantonis told 9News. "My very strong advice is to stop. "Ingenuity yep, tick. Illegality? Unfortunately, yes, that is a tick as well, and you can't do that... And if you get caught, you can go to jail," he warned. Yahoo News has also reached out to South Australia's Department of Infrastructure and Transport for comment. 📸 Drivers hit with $41,000 in fines in a week as new cameras turn on 🚗 New reality on roads as 75,000 drivers pay the price 😳 Ominous message taped to 4WD next to remote Aussie highway Some residents didn't even notice the speed sign change Some residents admittedly didn't notice the change, remarking at how good a job the imposter had done at making the sign look legitimate. "I hadn't actually noticed it, which is interesting," local resident Susan Wooley told 9News. Another resident, Tony Gilligan, confirmed he "probably would have thought it had been done by professionals". There have reportedly been ongoing concerns about speeding along the road, and some in the community back the lowering of the speed limit, however the process in this instance didn't appear to have the same support. "I don't think we've really got the right to change signs on a road. It should be done through the right channels," Gilligan said. The fake sign has since been removed. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Yahoo
Longmont road sign ‘hacked' for second time on Nelson
On Sunday, a digital road sign on Nelson Road was hacked to display the message 'BOOBS PART 2,' just two weeks after a sign on the same road was hacked to display the word 'BOOBS,' according to a city of Longmont spokesperson. The first vulgar message was removed within three days in May. Following the first incident, the city said additional security measures were in place to prevent it from happening again. The second inappropriate message was removed Sunday. 'We were made aware of the inappropriate message on the sign on Sunday morning, the 8th. The owner of AAA Barricade (Traffic Control Company) was contacted, and they took immediate action and remotely changed the signs within the hour of being notified,' city spokesperson Rogelio Mares wrote in an email to the Times-Call. As of Friday afternoon, the hacker has still not been identified, according to Mares. The act is classified as vandalism. These are not the first incidents of their kind in Colorado — an electronic road-construction sign on Boulder's Foothills Parkway in 2011 displayed the message 'zombies ahead.' .
Telegraph
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Council spelling howler sparks ridicule
A council has been criticised by residents after erecting a road sign with a spelling error. The sign, just outside the Berkshire town of Newbury, said 'road liable to flodding' instead of 'flooding'. The error was spotted by drivers along the Lambourn Road between the Woodspeen Restaurant and Snake Lane in Woodspeen, Berks. Liberal Democrat-led West Berkshire council has since received a wave of criticism on social media. Juliet Clarke wrote: 'Did our council tax pay for that sign?' while Sue Deacon said whoever made the sign 'doesn't know how to spell'. Another resident, Gill Lucraft, asked if the word flodding meant 'abuse', to which fellow local Ian Rees said it was an 'abuse of the English language'. The word 'flodding' is a slang term for cyberbullying and harassment where a person sends a large number of messages in a short period of time. It is not the first time a spelling mistake in Newbury has sparked a backlash. A Christmas tree sign erected in 2023 read 'bought to you by Visit Newbury' instead of 'brought'. The typo made waves in the town when a local posted it on Facebook with the caption: 'Spot the cock-up.' Visit Newbury apologised for the mistake and had it changed immediately. The council, which was gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservative Party in 2023, has been contacted for comment.
