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1. Fitheach (fitheach@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 12-Mar-2022 10:41:59 UTC Fitheach

   This is a Road Sign.
   Can you guess what it means?

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   • Fitheach (fitheach@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 12-Mar-2022 10:42:10 UTC Fitheach

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     As many of you correctly guessed, the sign warns of a "sleeping policeman" on the road, AKA, a speed bump. Speed bumps are raised sections on the road surface, designed to force drivers to reduce their speed.

     This sign is on a private road. The road leads to one of the regular forest walks I do with Gruoch.

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   • Fitheach (fitheach@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:37 UTC Fitheach

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     • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
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     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)
     • Queen of Argyll

     @bluberrycookie
     Yes. Such occurrences are very common in the UK. 😜

     @vfrmedia @gemlog @welshpixie

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   • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel) (welshpixie@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:42 UTC WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

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     • Kermode

     @gemlog @fitheach "The sleeping policeman name originates from the speed bump lying across the road and doing the job of a policeman i.e. slowing vehicle traffic." :D

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   • Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:43 UTC Kermode

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     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

     @welshpixie @fitheach
     Not I.

   • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel) (welshpixie@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:44 UTC WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

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     @fitheach I actually have no idea if they're called that outside the UK - would be interesting to see how many people are familiar with it

   • Queen of Argyll (bluberrycookie@mastodon.bida.im)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:47 UTC Queen of Argyll

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     • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
     • Kermode
     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

     @vfrmedia @gemlog @welshpixie @fitheach

     Is this a snake eating an elephant?

   • Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:48 UTC Kermode

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     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

     @welshpixie @fitheach
     Mind you, I assume knowing the sign would be part of licensing in that area.

   • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:48 UTC Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     • Kermode
     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

     @gemlog @welshpixie @fitheach

     its not an official sign, the one we get taught to look out for is like this - you usually only get them around schools - sometimes but not always with a 20mph (32 km/h) limit

   • Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:49 UTC Kermode

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     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

     @welshpixie @fitheach Wow! That's a stretch!
     I would have hit my head on the roof of the car!
     Ours our less whimsical, or, in this case I dare say, cryptic.
     https://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/documents/drivers3.pdf

   • Thomas (tfb@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:53 UTC Thomas

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     • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
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     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

     @vfrmedia @gemlog @welshpixie @fitheach
     Humps for 1 mile eh? Sexy driving!

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   • RobinSohn (robinsohn@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:48:53 UTC RobinSohn

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     • WelshPixie (dawel a dirgel)

     @gemlog
     @welshpixie @fitheach
     Both may be cryptic to foreigners 😉 I remember driving in the Netherlands, not very familiar with the language. I was still trying to figure out what "Let Op! Drempels!" could mean while my exhaust pipe was ripped off... 🙈

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   • Sascha Foerster (sascha@bonn.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:49:55 UTC Sascha Foerster

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     • Guido Arnold

     @fitheach @guido Hi might be sleeping on a “Berliner Kissen” 😂

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   • grob@mstdn.social's status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:50:14 UTC grob

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     @fitheach
     It obviously is a warning of cyclops burglar taking a post-prandial nap after eating a baby stegosaurus.

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   • Christian Meyer (chbmeyer@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 06:50:24 UTC Christian Meyer

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     @fitheach as a german I never heared about it, I even couldn't imagine the meaning oft it. But last year I met someone from hungary who used the word "sleeping policemen" for the road bumps, too. :) So now I know. 😉

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