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  • @GameReviewsXX
    @GameReviewsXX 5 лет назад +8096

    I’m a big fan of signs that have nothing but “!” On them. Like, there is a hazard here but you won’t know what it is until it hits you.

  • @jameshenthorn238
    @jameshenthorn238 4 года назад +7751

    My personal favorite was one by a bridge that said “bridge may be wet when raining”

    • @Boaba2
      @Boaba2 4 года назад +282

      Really I thought the bridge would still be dry even when it rains

    • @pinheadlarry7335
      @pinheadlarry7335 4 года назад +414

      I love how it still says "MAY be wet" like it might not be

    • @undo9981
      @undo9981 4 года назад +126

      @@pinheadlarry7335 there's always a chance

    • @pinheadlarry7335
      @pinheadlarry7335 4 года назад +95

      @@undo9981 the clouds can have preferences too, maybe it had a crush on the bridge 🤥

    • @calebc.2290
      @calebc.2290 4 года назад +31

      mine is by a ski resort in the summer saying may be icy

  • @sakar181
    @sakar181 5 лет назад +6210

    In Texas we have signs that say "Obey State Laws."
    Why do we need that sign?!?

    • @romanpomroy7626
      @romanpomroy7626 5 лет назад +511

      In Texas? Ya I think you answer your own question... your in Texas.

    • @openthinker6562
      @openthinker6562 5 лет назад +68

      Cause some dumb idiots think they’re above the law.

    • @MrMajorasOcarina
      @MrMajorasOcarina 5 лет назад +233

      sakar181 idea: it could be a reminder for tourists to check out what the difference in state laws are if they’re visiting the state for the first time

    •  5 лет назад +27

      @@openthinker6562 A stern road sign is sure to put them in check.

    • @openthinker6562
      @openthinker6562 5 лет назад +50

      @ Well, it's also there so when the idiots get pulled over by the State Troopers, they can't just claim they didn't know the laws.

  • @caitthenerd7470
    @caitthenerd7470 8 лет назад +4403

    There was a temporary sign on the A467 saying flood for about 8 years. As far as I can remember the road never flooded...

    • @lammergeier100
      @lammergeier100 7 лет назад +43

      CrazyCashGaming It's ridiculous.

    • @joshbenton810
      @joshbenton810 7 лет назад +104

      down where i live, theres been a 70 kmh sign, thats a temporary sign(says temporary below it) that has been there for as long as i can remember(its been there for at least ten years)

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 5 лет назад +22

      Bet it flooded before the sign was placed there never to be flooded again.

    • @_Zekken
      @_Zekken 5 лет назад +41

      There are signs in place where I live that say "New Road Layout" for a bit of road that has had that layout for at least 5 years now.

    • @akashgopakumar5101
      @akashgopakumar5101 5 лет назад

      @@JonatasAdoM ll l l 9:×%0××

  • @killawhale8726
    @killawhale8726 7 лет назад +1614

    "Secret Nuclear Bunker"
    That sounds like some shit from a cartoon. Basically a sign that says where the evil cartoon villain is, but in cartoon fashion nobody suspects a thing.

    • @olivergille8305
      @olivergille8305 6 лет назад +78

      Yoshi_IX I live nearby and it’s a decomissioned Cold War bunker which was meant to house the government if that had to go underground. Is honestly well worth a visit though

    • @Craig-ge8to
      @Craig-ge8to 6 лет назад +3

      @@olivergille8305 I went inside it.

    • @kenolsen1845
      @kenolsen1845 6 лет назад +6

      Shhhh....

    • @r8revolver773
      @r8revolver773 6 лет назад +3

      @@olivergille8305 same we have one on a roundabout

    • @seanharrison7181
      @seanharrison7181 6 лет назад +6

      oliver gille been today very interesting

  • @mrtjm1152
    @mrtjm1152 5 лет назад +1832

    "Ive actully been tossed by a squirrel like that" - James May

  • @scsutton1
    @scsutton1 8 лет назад +6220

    I thought those 'Sign Not In Use' signs were a joke. But then I saw one on the M4 and I had to pull over and stop because I was laughing so much.

    • @lilmelon5400
      @lilmelon5400 7 лет назад +150

      Sean Sutton You should cross out "not". And then draw a middle finger

    • @ManuLeach
      @ManuLeach 7 лет назад +226

      Driving up the M4 I finally realised what they are for: telling you the digital sign above isn't being used

    • @bliczb8772
      @bliczb8772 7 лет назад +36

      And it's all there for a 4 years from now on... I know it would cost more, but wouldn't it be simpler get rid of digital one or fix it?

    • @brianwong7285
      @brianwong7285 7 лет назад +50

      Proves that the eco-sign thing is a waste of tax money...

    • @FAT8893
      @FAT8893 7 лет назад +14

      Brian Wong Blame the environmentalist.

  • @mikesully110
    @mikesully110 6 лет назад +2330

    "Road liable to ice" on a road I've never seen ice on in 32 years

    • @sirspookybones1118
      @sirspookybones1118 4 года назад +57

      That's just every road isnt it?

    • @arseface2k934
      @arseface2k934 4 года назад +10

      I saw a similar sign in Canada of all places

    • @Smithy250
      @Smithy250 3 года назад +9

      @@sirspookybones1118 If you're close to the equator then probably not

    • @henkdetenk3480
      @henkdetenk3480 3 года назад +18

      We have a tonne of those in the Netherlands, also 'road slippery when wet'. I think they just put them up whenever an idiot crashes.

    • @juni_2452
      @juni_2452 3 года назад +13

      the sign is there to scare the ice. It's obviously a sgin that's working really well, if you haven't seen ice on it for 32 years

  • @sjfoster12
    @sjfoster12 7 лет назад +5950

    "why don't they just put the deer sign on the deer?"

    • @gayleclanton3311
      @gayleclanton3311 5 лет назад +8

      Because the deer is already startled by the headlights put on it. #ScaredShitless 😜😀😜😀😜😀

    • @markwright3161
      @markwright3161 5 лет назад +62

      @@gayleclanton3311 The signs are reflective so drivers could see them from further away which would enable them to drive around the frozen deer without loosing control. :)

    • @gayleclanton3311
      @gayleclanton3311 5 лет назад

      @@markwright3161 I was speaking in a metaphorical sense....And, I was speaking of myself.

    • @nicoh332
      @nicoh332 5 лет назад +1

      Iq 690

    • @ALYTALyrics
      @ALYTALyrics 4 года назад +10

      Idea of the century.

  • @Proccito
    @Proccito 7 лет назад +1006

    If I have to put up a sign, it will say "Keep your eyes on the road"

    • @ryanmann1416
      @ryanmann1416 6 лет назад +17

      Proccito as opposed to what, keep you eyes on your knees?

    • @moistbreadcrust7381
      @moistbreadcrust7381 5 лет назад +47

      @@ryanmann1416 On the sign.

    • @MistrDamige
      @MistrDamige 5 лет назад +50

      "If you can read this sign *you should be watching the road*"

    • @MrFreshfreddie
      @MrFreshfreddie 5 лет назад +13

      They exist in germany xD
      They say „one did not pay attention, three die.“

    • @williamjunior8227
      @williamjunior8227 4 года назад +5

      If i were a council a sign should said: HANDS OFF YOUR PHONE AND KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD YOU F**KING COCKING PRICK IMBECILE. i i hate a driver using a phone while drive

  • @fraapreda
    @fraapreda 4 года назад +591

    1:53
    This is how the meme:
    "Oh no! Anyway..."
    Continues

    • @RedJLP
      @RedJLP 3 года назад +70

      May: Oh, bad news!
      Clarkson: What?
      May: The Dacia Sandero. It's delayed.
      Clarkson: Oh no! Anyway...

    • @haribo_42
      @haribo_42 3 года назад +3

      Ohhhh

    • @JoePCool14
      @JoePCool14 3 года назад +3

      I noticed that, that's quite funny

    • @SometimesCreator
      @SometimesCreator 3 месяца назад

      Great news!

  • @HoneyPotParty
    @HoneyPotParty 3 года назад +781

    They have lovely signs in the US which say, "prison area, do not pick up hitchhikers"

    • @tekgeekster
      @tekgeekster 3 года назад +108

      Actually kind of a useful sign imo. Then again I think it's kind of a general rule/law to not pick up hitchhikers in the US anyway. Therefore I have never once seen an actual hitchhiker in the 26 years of my life and yet I know exactly what they are. Thank you, media.

    • @SynchronizorVideos
      @SynchronizorVideos 3 года назад +57

      @@tekgeekster I’ve both picked up hitchhikers and hitchhiked myself a number of times. It was a pleasant experience every time. Nice people, interesting conversations.
      But yeah, near a prison is not a good place for that.

    • @tekgeekster
      @tekgeekster 3 года назад +4

      @@SynchronizorVideos I just hoof it.

    • @vipervidsgamingplus5723
      @vipervidsgamingplus5723 3 года назад +26

      @@SynchronizorVideos you have a nice time until you have someone psychotic ask for a ride or you get picked up by someone psychotic.

    • @tekgeekster
      @tekgeekster 3 года назад +3

      @@vipervidsgamingplus5723 Bingo.

  • @andrewlawlor7678
    @andrewlawlor7678 5 лет назад +752

    My favourite in the US are the signs saying ‘stop ahead’ in places where you can quite clearly see the upcoming stop sign.

    • @dakota9821
      @dakota9821 4 года назад +52

      @@rastas_4221 It's useful in blind corners, not open stretches of roads you can see for miles down.

    • @ImmortanDan
      @ImmortanDan 4 года назад +22

      @@dakota9821 Fog is a thing though

    • @user-vk2cd9qw7i
      @user-vk2cd9qw7i 4 года назад +4

      I don’t mind those too much other than the waste of money cuz you can’t hit them since they’re typically just painted on the ground

    • @Jame5man
      @Jame5man 3 года назад +7

      They exist in Canada as well. My theory is that they put them there can’t use the excuse of I didn’t see the sign

    • @kaitlyngarner740
      @kaitlyngarner740 3 года назад +1

      @@dakota9821 in my experience of American roads... that's like 80%of the roads. My Fiancée used to commute for over an hour each way and worked late shifts. She kept almost falling asleep at the wheel because the roads are so straight and the biggest bend she's be on that wasn't a 90° turn down small streets (which are much longer than most British streets) was a slight bend that was as straight as a bend could get

  • @jakes.4147
    @jakes.4147 4 года назад +781

    I love how at 5:07 the laughter lasts way longer than it normally does as people realize what's wrong with the sign and just lose it

    • @teaajay
      @teaajay 2 года назад +50

      funny enough i live nearby brentwood, its a real sign however sadly to ruin the joke its a tourist attraction soo :( but still out of context signs are the best 🤣

    • @azamaziz7139
      @azamaziz7139 Год назад +15

      ​@@teaajayis it in the other direction?

    • @teaajay
      @teaajay Год назад +10

      @@azamaziz7139 Yes it is 🤣🤣

    • @MrUtah1
      @MrUtah1 Год назад +15

      That’s partly why I love Top Gear, genuine laughs from genuine people, not fake canned laughter on conventional sitcoms

  • @Astrosisphere
    @Astrosisphere 4 года назад +124

    In Southern Ireland they have markings on the road that say "SLOW", followed later by ones that say "SLOWER"!

    • @Damian_1989
      @Damian_1989 2 года назад +19

      Then a third one that goes "just fucking STOP"

    • @Moolers
      @Moolers 2 года назад +5

      Ireland also has the smallest speed limit signs I've ever seen. Some of them are smaller than a CD and you can barely see them. What's the deal with that?

    • @automation7295
      @automation7295 Год назад

      @@Damian_1989 It would be funny if all road sign had swear words, like "slow down motherfucker" or "yield, you piece of shit"

    • @Kalenz1234
      @Kalenz1234 Год назад +2

      Don't you just love it when governments make rules clear and not open to different interpretations.

  • @sjfoster12
    @sjfoster12 5 лет назад +633

    Lane closed so that we can impose a preposterously low speed limit on the lane that isn't closed so we can catch you speeding and fine you and then spend the money on signs with squirrels on them with antlers

    • @trentrubenacker9718
      @trentrubenacker9718 4 года назад +18

      As for the FAIL Blog photo, that was on a highway in Cornwall, England in 2006. Huge numbers of drivers were descending on the region for a music festival, and officials recognized that a 2-mile passing lane would actually worsen traffic with the heavy load.
      It may sound barmy but in fact it makes a lot of sense because, if it was left open, traffic from the two lanes would have to merge into one at the top. This causes a lot of aggro and a lot of stopping and starting which has been shown to delay traffic even more.

    • @jordangould4763
      @jordangould4763 3 года назад +2

      @@trentrubenacker9718 whilst correct in this situation, it detracts from the fact that Jeremy’s hyperbole is actually correct in relation to most.

  • @swacktrek6854
    @swacktrek6854 3 года назад +60

    I saw a meme that featured a sign saying "stop sign to be installed on (date I can't remember)"
    So they went to the trouble of making a teaser stop sign instead of an actual stop sign.
    Genius

  • @WolfeTDI
    @WolfeTDI 7 лет назад +2378

    I saw a stupid ass sign that said “speed limit 60mph” the guy behind me thought so to he sped up and followed me for miles. He had some ugly flashing lights on top of car though

    • @thearousedeunuch
      @thearousedeunuch 6 лет назад +230

      He wanted to challenge you to a race.

    • @jessesteinbar
      @jessesteinbar 5 лет назад +127

      Was Jeremy with an ambulance of Top Gear

    • @siangetz8808
      @siangetz8808 5 лет назад +47

      Don't worry that's just random quantum beings that pop in and out of existence. Nothing to be bothered

    • @TheDogofTin
      @TheDogofTin 5 лет назад +5

      If it’s lights are flashing, you should worry

    • @nosuchluck9477
      @nosuchluck9477 5 лет назад +51

      Tell him to tighten his lightbulb connections so they'll stop flickering!!

  • @DanielSadjadian
    @DanielSadjadian 8 лет назад +1306

    My favourite is from another Top Gear episode which states: "Do not walk on the grass" - but its on a tiny square patch of grass surrounded by concrete lol...

  • @DebabrataAcharya93
    @DebabrataAcharya93 4 года назад +209

    “We are governed by imbeciles”. True to this day, mate, true in so many places.

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 2 года назад +7

      Yeah. Here in the U.S, no matter what anyone says, we have not had a good president in six years. If given the choice to vote for someone else in 2019, we likely would have

    • @alansohn855
      @alansohn855 2 года назад +7

      @@JetFalcon710 Atleast there are good tracks to drive fast cars that aren't too policied.

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 2 года назад

      @@alansohn855 True

    • @Kalenz1234
      @Kalenz1234 Год назад

      And the brits probably believed the wind powered sign was some eu regulation.

  • @AEduner86
    @AEduner86 7 лет назад +212

    1:54 It's the Dacia Sandero!

    • @Chugway1138
      @Chugway1138 4 года назад +60

      "Oh, bad news!"
      "What?"
      "The Dacia Sandero. It's delayed."
      "Oh no! Anyway, last week..."

    • @iaw7406
      @iaw7406 4 года назад +7

      gREAT !

    • @Dark_Fusion19
      @Dark_Fusion19 4 года назад +7

      Good news!

    • @supraxv12
      @supraxv12 3 года назад +2

      1:53 tod

    • @andrerenault
      @andrerenault 3 года назад +5

      Great! Now, the Toyota Urban Cruiser

  • @NeedForSpeed.2004
    @NeedForSpeed.2004 Год назад +13

    Online, there’s a picture of a parking lot sign on a parking space that says “Green Vehicles Only” presumably referring to eco friendly vehicles. Well in that spot is a green Dodge Challenger SRT8

  • @HikoSeijuroXIII
    @HikoSeijuroXIII 4 года назад +137

    5:08 Good to see Wile E. Coyote is still getting employment.

  • @komi-sanmustbeprotected5665
    @komi-sanmustbeprotected5665 3 года назад +209

    I've been to that Secret Nuclear Bunker, for context it's actually a museum in Nantwich and it shows how the government would of operated if the cold war became hot and England was hit with a Nuclear strike, what's funny is for many decades following the cold war no one knew that bunker was even there until the 90s (it was built in the 50s) the government gave the land back to the family who originally owned it cause it was clear the bunker wasn't needed, and it's still open today, it's very interesting but also creepy since it makes you think "what if this was the place you'd have to live to try to keep the country going if the nukes dropped back then?"

    • @att6484
      @att6484 2 года назад +11

      Just want to say that secret nuclear bunker is not in Nantwich. While there is one in Nantwich, this one is just outside Brentwood in Essex. I used to go to school in Brentwood and we did school trips to it.

    • @am_pm.17
      @am_pm.17 Год назад +1

      My first impression was that it referred to a 40s bunker during the war against Germany.

    • @Phoenix-zu6on
      @Phoenix-zu6on Год назад

      why would that be nuclear though? @@am_pm.17

  • @tezlaactual6582
    @tezlaactual6582 3 года назад +78

    There's a couple of signs in a small town near where I live that says "please don't shoot our signs" and you know what it's filled with bullet holes as if they were expecting anything else

    • @NikopolAU
      @NikopolAU 3 года назад +9

      'Murrica

    • @crimsonmaelstrom573
      @crimsonmaelstrom573 Год назад

      Is this in Alabama by any chance? I’ve seen a few like that there recently

    • @tezlaactual6582
      @tezlaactual6582 Год назад +1

      @@crimsonmaelstrom573 no it's in the middle of nowhere Utah

    • @crimsonmaelstrom573
      @crimsonmaelstrom573 Год назад +2

      @@tezlaactual6582 oh. Well, say high to Courage for me

  • @barnabyg6808
    @barnabyg6808 7 лет назад +730

    I know what sign James is talking about, changed priorities, it's 2 mins from my house...

    • @chetanaik
      @chetanaik 7 лет назад +168

      It must be really hard to keep your life in order with all those constant changes!

    • @Yewtewba
      @Yewtewba 6 лет назад +89

      @@chetanaik Just pick 2 sets of priorities and alternate.

    • @TheUsername1302
      @TheUsername1302 4 года назад +10

      @@Yewtewba chess not checkers

    • @alessiogabrielnicolae5496
      @alessiogabrielnicolae5496 4 года назад +2

      @@chetanaik, hi! Is that blue BMW is crashed on the sign in internet and found this, is that sign is not use in internet and found this,

  • @victorsierra4918
    @victorsierra4918 5 лет назад +325

    There was an actual sign in a Bulgarian hospital during it's socialist times where it said "Let no patient die without a doctor helping him" and yes, it sounds equally ridiculous in Bulgarian. Another one was on an entrance for a coal mine: "All the communists - underground". There were quite a bit of those :D

    • @EyePatchGuy88
      @EyePatchGuy88 3 года назад +15

      Based Bulgaria

    • @tsrenis
      @tsrenis 3 года назад +9

      As in they're dead or as in they're working in the mine?

    • @victorsierra4918
      @victorsierra4918 3 года назад +3

      @@tsrenis Intended to sound like "All the communists are hard working folks in the mines" and ended up sounding like "All the communists - kill them and burry them underground".
      Cheers!

    • @AlLiberali
      @AlLiberali 2 года назад +10

      Communists underground? Good idea!

  • @isaacpugno3388
    @isaacpugno3388 4 года назад +71

    I personally once saw a crash where a couple with a trailer went off into a tree, passenger mere inches from being hit by a branch to the face. but they also managed to hit a sign that said “drive carefully”

  • @brentsnocomgaming7813
    @brentsnocomgaming7813 4 года назад +84

    There's a "fallen rocks" sign by my house.
    The fallen rocks are over 5 feet away from the road.
    So uhh... don't stray over 5 feet off of the road because you might hit a rock.
    Important advice from a sign.

  • @SvendleBerries
    @SvendleBerries 2 года назад +56

    Given how tone deaf the government is, I always expect to see "reading while driving is against the law" signs everywhere.

  • @HSMiyamoto
    @HSMiyamoto 6 лет назад +152

    If there was an award for driest British wit, James May would be at least a finalist every year.

  • @simplyrealistc1232
    @simplyrealistc1232 3 года назад +317

    Clarkson: “Christ we’ve moved offices, where are we now?”
    May: “Upstairs”
    Lmao😂

    • @heidirabenau511
      @heidirabenau511 2 года назад +10

      Clarkson: We're above the One Show
      There you go
      Top Gear
      Above the One Show
      London

  • @Its1and2
    @Its1and2 4 года назад +71

    I always use my wildest imagination, when Jeremy says "I went on the internet and I found THIS!"
    I'm pretty sure it's still worse than what I imagined

    • @aregulardude428
      @aregulardude428 3 года назад +16

      Probably something explicit or sexual so they couldn't show on tv.
      But i'm still wondering what that was tho

    • @mr.bluesky8554
      @mr.bluesky8554 3 года назад +3

      It's 100% porn

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 2 года назад +11

      @@aregulardude428 One was the Tailpipe Man, as P Wattay said, another was a young Clarkson wearing a speedo and nothing else, and a third was probably a female racing driver with exposed breasts. The trio put up a lot of shock images during their time on the show

    • @crimsonmaelstrom573
      @crimsonmaelstrom573 Год назад

      Knowing Clarkson, more than likely

  • @mitchellwood1014
    @mitchellwood1014 4 года назад +65

    I was once driving up a pretty steep hill and saw a sign simply saying flood. It was literally impossible for a flood to ever occur there no matter how much water you had

  • @skoll6007
    @skoll6007 3 года назад +16

    the " nah im going to go to the pub" is possibly my favourite top gear joke
    I think it’s the delivery of the line that always makes me chuckle

  • @SR-zp4je
    @SR-zp4je 4 года назад +21

    My favourite is on the M4 that says ‘for the Oracle leave at Junction 11”. It’s not so fun when you realise it’s a shopping centre but amusing when you’re a bored kid who’s obsessed with Greek mythology on a road trip.

  • @k4bster087
    @k4bster087 3 года назад +14

    There is a sign in Wales that says "Constant rain, convertibles not recommended"

  • @szymongorczynski7621
    @szymongorczynski7621 8 лет назад +281

    What's even more annoying is when you're driving along and you come to a tiny corner that has a chevron and then you continue and have to go around a even tighter corner which apparently doesn't deserve a chevron.

    • @soulbabe79
      @soulbabe79 7 лет назад +4

      Irish steam train

    • @danielr.l.mccullough600
      @danielr.l.mccullough600 5 лет назад

      Hoi hoi that's portrush in ur prof pic

    • @raconbacon5649
      @raconbacon5649 4 года назад +1

      I drove up to a corner where the chevron was hidden behind the hedges on the inside of the corner so i couldnt even see it till id already started turning. Pretty poor planning i must say

    • @szymongorczynski7621
      @szymongorczynski7621 4 года назад

      @@danielr.l.mccullough600 Coleraine actually!

    • @danielr.l.mccullough600
      @danielr.l.mccullough600 4 года назад

      @@szymongorczynski7621 I see it now... A fellow norn irish railway fan nonetheless

  • @SuperStarwarsfan101
    @SuperStarwarsfan101 7 лет назад +455

    In Virginia there was a sign that said "National Firearm Museum" and not until recently did they realize that it should say "National Firearms Museum". So, for the longest time I would joke that there was only one firearm there.

    • @TheAcdcninja
      @TheAcdcninja 6 лет назад +12

      I’m pretty sure the original sign was fine though. “National Gun Museum” would be fine. Really you can replace the word museum with “collection” and you would definitely say Gun Collection or Firearm collection. Collection/Museum implies the plural.

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 6 лет назад +13

      Apparently in LA, there is / was a sign that reads: "To the Braille School"
      As Billy Connolly said, "Who's it for?"

    • @Yewtewba
      @Yewtewba 6 лет назад +16

      @@WardyLion Probably for the driver.

    • @christopherzarcone1363
      @christopherzarcone1363 5 лет назад +10

      “If you look to the left there’s a secondhand glock. That concludes our tour of the firearm museum.”

    • @alessiogabrielnicolae5496
      @alessiogabrielnicolae5496 4 года назад +3

      @@WardyLion, hi! What the f*ck say "To the Braille School"

  • @atomicexistentialism8428
    @atomicexistentialism8428 3 года назад +131

    "Why don't they put the deer sign on the deer" is such an underrated and genius quote

  • @alexbunn1905
    @alexbunn1905 7 лет назад +655

    I saw a sign that said on it
    Trees
    No
    Like it said tree and then no underneath

    • @drxshock6957
      @drxshock6957 5 лет назад +19

      ?????????

    • @_Vengeance_
      @_Vengeance_ 4 года назад +32

      It's warning the trees should they ever have dreams of conquering mankind: "Trees: no. Just don't". That is the most useful sign there is, without it we'd all be enslaved by trees already.

    • @flyingfish5054
      @flyingfish5054 4 года назад +12

      One person thought that trees existed and another person disagreed with him and tried to claim trees didn't exist

  • @jam_plays_games
    @jam_plays_games 4 года назад +426

    There’s a sign by where I live that says “road slippery when wet”. Well thanks for tip there captain obvious. What’s your next astute observation, “visibility low during fog”?

    • @davidfejes5637
      @davidfejes5637 3 года назад +22

      Caution: Road made of tarmac

    • @mrFuck6886
      @mrFuck6886 3 года назад +20

      "Visibility low when dark"?

    • @thesenate9564
      @thesenate9564 3 года назад +6

      The sign is there for the people who need instructions to open a jug of OJ

    • @charlesc.9012
      @charlesc.9012 3 года назад +13

      "Road Dark At Night"

    • @iggykad
      @iggykad 3 года назад

      @@charlesc.9012 lmfao

  • @laurencecope6677
    @laurencecope6677 7 лет назад +65

    My best one I saw was a sign saying, ' Look for bikers in your blind spot!!'

    • @underworldguardian704
      @underworldguardian704 4 года назад +5

      How the hell do you do that????

    • @laurencecope6677
      @laurencecope6677 4 года назад +7

      @@underworldguardian704 This was on several signs in Torbay. The council are totally nuts. The have come up with some jems over the years. The latest one is control the virus drive slowly!!

    • @michaelkowal3230
      @michaelkowal3230 3 года назад +1

      The whole point of a blind spot is that you can't see what's there

    • @dazediss6629
      @dazediss6629 3 года назад +2

      I don’t understand this one, you can look for bikers in your blind spot. Just turn your head around….. the only ones that can’t are HGV drivers.

    • @dazediss6629
      @dazediss6629 3 года назад +3

      @@michaelkowal3230 Nope. The blind spot is an area which you can’t see from using your mirrors. Usually over your right shoulder in a standard right hand drive European market car. This comment is pretty dumb as 90% of road users can check their blind spot whilst driving and are encouraged to when on a driving test whenever moving off or joining an A road. The only people who can’t check a blind spot are HGV drivers as they have so many - 2 meters in front of the truck is a blind spot, anywhere immediately under the cab doors, anywhere down the sides of the truck within close proximity are all blind spots. It’s actually quite scary that so many people think that checking a blind spot in a car is impossible.

  • @DanDart
    @DanDart 8 лет назад +816

    The BBC seem to have forgotten to zoom at a vital moment xD

    • @hullian1113
      @hullian1113 8 лет назад +7

      WHAT WAS IT

    • @G33K01345
      @G33K01345 8 лет назад +283

      It was porn. It was a very obvious porn joke.

    • @scarecrowkrone
      @scarecrowkrone 8 лет назад +296

      An image they like using is one of a man fucking an exhaust pipe of a car.

    • @Fitzroyfallz
      @Fitzroyfallz 8 лет назад +5

      aaron frost google tailpipe man.

    • @BeowulfNorther
      @BeowulfNorther 8 лет назад +53

      Scarecrow Krone do they use that pic every time? or does he mix it up? I've seen that one but a few forums of people from the studio say its different sometimes

  • @TREX320
    @TREX320 8 лет назад +1838

    "Secret" Nuclear Bunker LOLOLOLOLOL

    • @Dalroi1
      @Dalroi1 8 лет назад +169

      The bunker sign was white letters on a brown background, which in the UK means a tourist attraction, so it must be a decommissioned one opened up to the public. But still funny though.

    • @Redstoneprime316
      @Redstoneprime316 8 лет назад +64

      Should say "Not-so-secret nuclear bunker.

    • @fredsmith9714
      @fredsmith9714 8 лет назад +14

      Ste Cork I figured that must be, in the states we have the same thing but a different shade of brown for tourist/historic sites. Our city councils are crazy about signs too, I literally passed a construction zone in a typical 65mph zone that said, sign not in use. One of four northbound lanes blocked with bright orange barrels, no workers have been there in over a week and we are supposed to reduce speed to 55. Speeding fines here in construction zones automatically double. Going the usual 65 could earn you a $300-$400 USD fine PLUS your insurance goes up or you can pay double the fine if you don't have any points and pay 800 dollars... I'd have to scrap my 96' Camry to pay for that cause I don't think I'd get a thousand for it selling

    • @matthewh9844
      @matthewh9844 8 лет назад +33

      I actually live close to the secret nuclear bunker and there are signs everywhere for it.

    • @leifvejby8023
      @leifvejby8023 8 лет назад +27

      People found it yet?

  • @abramo7700
    @abramo7700 4 года назад +59

    From what I’ve learned on Top Gear, the UK has 10x less roads, but 20x more speed cameras and signs.

    • @tobyskerman4775
      @tobyskerman4775 2 года назад +1

      Your right quite right

    • @iainrickwood2623
      @iainrickwood2623 Год назад +1

      10x less roads and 20x more cameras... than what exactly?

    • @tubaraofeio1053
      @tubaraofeio1053 Год назад +1

      @@iainrickwood2623 Just take an really wild guess

    • @LCDqBqA
      @LCDqBqA Год назад +5

      It depends where you live in the UK, in my county all speed cameras are banned because they cause more accidents / deaths from people stamping on brakes.

  • @BeowulfNorther
    @BeowulfNorther 6 лет назад +21

    Hahaha the best part of all of this is May's face after the "could be in the other direction" quip

  • @markorollo.
    @markorollo. 3 года назад +19

    This always reminds me of going to visit my uncle in Munster Germany when he was there with the army in the late 80's, me mum and my Grandparents, were driving down the road one day and my Grandad in the front passenger seat was looking at things, a sign went by that said Ausfahrt (exit?). He looked at it, turned to my uncle and said 'whats that sign mean? Arse fart?" I don't think we stopped laughing for the rest of the drive....

  • @thegardenofeatin5965
    @thegardenofeatin5965 5 лет назад +65

    3:00 Right behind Jeremy is a girl whose life is forever changed.

    • @luzmanhasif6071
      @luzmanhasif6071 4 года назад +1

      What that sign shows actually???

    • @Rugbyjakeb
      @Rugbyjakeb 4 года назад +2

      I need answers

    • @frutalse
      @frutalse 4 года назад +9

      presumably porn? seeing as he said he found it on the internet

    • @zackpenhaligon9904
      @zackpenhaligon9904 3 года назад +15

      It was a man sticking his manhood up an exhaust pipe...

  • @Defective1
    @Defective1 3 года назад +28

    In my home town theres a sign indicating that the speed limit of 50 mph, an increase from 30 mph. On its own this would be fine, but it comes less than 100 yards before a stop sign. Across from the stop the speed drops back to 30 mph.
    TLDR: speed limit increases before stop sign and then decreases after it.

  • @artmallory970
    @artmallory970 8 лет назад +641

    500 quid for a sign?? a Scotsman wld have done it for 20 quid :/

    • @silverscreenreviews8521
      @silverscreenreviews8521 5 лет назад +14

      art mallory with the south’s tax money 😂👍🏻

    • @josecolon2717
      @josecolon2717 5 лет назад +3

      art mallory let’s be realistic... probably would have done it for a free round at the pub

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 5 лет назад +26

      500 quid.... I'm guessing 200 goes to all the people involved in discussions about the sign...

    • @onii-chandaisuki5710
      @onii-chandaisuki5710 5 лет назад +10

      @@aaryeshg.6526 Imagine, somebody got paid to discuss whether a sign was echo-friendly or not.

    • @alessiogabrielnicolae5496
      @alessiogabrielnicolae5496 4 года назад +1

      @@aaryeshg.6526, hi! How are you doing here? Is that blue BMW is crashed on the sign in internet and found this??

  • @brentsnocomgaming7813
    @brentsnocomgaming7813 4 года назад +16

    In Texas, most bridges have a sign that says "Bridge May Ice In Cold Weather"
    They used to say "Watch For Ice On Bridge", but they changed it becasue it is almost never cold enough to ice on the bridges.
    The story goes that a Texas Rep's daughter slowed way down to watch for ice on the bridge in the middle of summer with him in the car right after she learned to drive.

  • @keshavleitan7800
    @keshavleitan7800 3 года назад +26

    0:42 James May's confusion when Jeremy said "being eaten by a cow"

  • @thehalohunter
    @thehalohunter Год назад +2

    The way James looks at the camera at 2:49 is slightly unsettling, but it definitely put the point across.

  • @alexdeghost2729
    @alexdeghost2729 8 лет назад +109

    I saw a sign that said "Icy Roads" in Summer...

    • @averagecoloniser4586
      @averagecoloniser4586 7 лет назад +11

      AlexDeGhost of course there's icy roads in the summer there's snowy roads in winter you tit

    • @masonsykes2240
      @masonsykes2240 7 лет назад +5

      Here in Oregon we've got signs like this:
      s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/74/95/7f/74957fb98ebf9e46d114a22d11fc2173--warning-signs-street-signs.jpg
      movinginsider.com/files/2012/10/wrong_way.jpg
      www.lolwot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/10-hilariously-stupid-road-signs-that-actually-exist-2.jpg
      s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0e/ae/3b/0eae3be4db16d4ca062f9270b03efd22.jpg

    • @supercarsanders5480
      @supercarsanders5480 7 лет назад

      MS MMS right lane must right left XD

    • @LednacekZ
      @LednacekZ 5 лет назад

      perfectly plausible. it all depends where the sign was.

    • @michaelmayo2489
      @michaelmayo2489 4 года назад +1

      I live in S.C. the roads have gotten icy once in the 12 years I’ve been here and every single bridge has a sign that says bridge iced before road

  • @ohb1kenobi859
    @ohb1kenobi859 5 лет назад +66

    “It could be in the other direction” 😂

    • @thetravellingbloke2992
      @thetravellingbloke2992 3 года назад +1

      I don't get it

    • @ohb1kenobi859
      @ohb1kenobi859 3 года назад +6

      @@thetravellingbloke2992 The Secret Nuclear Bunker could be in the other direction

  • @ossisuomalainen
    @ossisuomalainen 2 года назад +9

    My favorite is a sigh that just says "watch out for danger", like what am i supposed to watch out for? Landslides? Deer? Jason Voorhees? You will never know.

  • @goldensoul1842
    @goldensoul1842 6 лет назад +203

    These 3 should be in power. They'd easily sort shit out and do a far better job that the current government.

    • @davidfejes5637
      @davidfejes5637 3 года назад +8

      If it's coming from the great Giorno Giovanna himself, it's undoubtable.

    • @sethv5273
      @sethv5273 3 года назад

      I still wouldn’t trust them they’d do something in secret

    • @vulthurmir2478
      @vulthurmir2478 3 года назад +4

      Most people are better than career politicians. Most of them have below average intelligence, else countries around the world would look way better.

    • @JazzKazoo0930
      @JazzKazoo0930 3 года назад +4

      @@vulthurmir2478 i have no doubt most career politicians are intelligent, they're just corrupt as hell

    • @vulthurmir2478
      @vulthurmir2478 3 года назад

      @@JazzKazoo0930 then they're doing a fine job acting like children while having jobs which directly impact the nations they live in and in which their children are likely to live in.

  • @hawkeyenextgen7117
    @hawkeyenextgen7117 Год назад +5

    "Sign not in use". That's got to be the ultimate.

    • @susanhughs1031
      @susanhughs1031 Год назад

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  • @ben8209
    @ben8209 Год назад +2

    I once saw a sign on the M6 (one of those yellow digital screens above the road) which read ‘Reading text messages can kill’

  • @JaidenJimenez86
    @JaidenJimenez86 7 лет назад +56

    Not a proper road sign, but there's a few around Dorset with no context whatsoever, that simply read: "The House of Ciderology - Honk for Salvation".

  • @robertk5479
    @robertk5479 6 лет назад +8

    In Houston, TX we have road signs year round that say "Bridge may ice in cold weather". So that's like one day every ten years or so. The rest of the time I can't even keep ice in my tea

  • @daeganwolf5562
    @daeganwolf5562 5 лет назад +30

    "Well actually I have been tossed by a squirrel like that" and I'm now dying of laughter. 😂

  • @jaw1489
    @jaw1489 7 лет назад +158

    We call Squirrels with antlers Jackalopes in the US

    • @sablatnic8030
      @sablatnic8030 6 лет назад +8

      Almost but not quite right.

    • @GhoStrider-bg5ln
      @GhoStrider-bg5ln 5 лет назад +5

      Rocky and Bullwinkle

    • @JakeBayley
      @JakeBayley 5 лет назад +2

      There are 2 different signs one is saying deer and one is saying squirrels

    • @davidfejes5637
      @davidfejes5637 3 года назад +6

      Those are rabbits with antlers, but close enough

  • @Isaackariuki775
    @Isaackariuki775 6 лет назад +41

    James :I've been tossed by a squirrel-
    Richard :I'm sorry ?
    me :😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @redpixl243
    @redpixl243 3 года назад +7

    I have a sign near my house that just says "NO". It's hanging up above the road and it just is bright and red and says "NO".

  • @PerovNigma
    @PerovNigma 7 лет назад +102

    My secondary school spent at least a thousand pounds on signs to show off its boring name with. It had one by the main gate. Now it has a slightly bigger one instead, as well as one by the car park, and on the back of the building. That last one is particularly stupid for three reasons.
    1 - It has no info, just the school logo and name.
    2 - It's on the back of the school, so no-one standing in front of the school can see it.
    3 - There are trees between it and the nearby roads, so no-one standing behind the the school can see it either.

    • @01Jelen10
      @01Jelen10 7 лет назад +7

      Possibly someone just wanted to spend the money.

    • @PerovNigma
      @PerovNigma 7 лет назад +9

      Then why not on resources, or working air conditioning?

    • @01Jelen10
      @01Jelen10 7 лет назад +8

      Very often happens this - some leader of something (school in this case) have some money to spend - go and hire company which is owned by someone related/friend/whoever and give them some work to do, often overpriced. In that way he's doing con and helping to someone. Very possibly he receives some of that easy earned money back to his personal pocket. Sad but very common.

    • @campbellstubbs1181
      @campbellstubbs1181 6 лет назад +8

      My school spent thousands of dollars on signs that say: Safe, respectful and responsible.
      Its often above 40 degrees in summer and we still don't have air-conditioning. Thank god for those signs though

  • @metropod
    @metropod 7 лет назад +24

    They renamed a highway near me in 1997, what had been the Interboro Parkway, after baseball legend Jackie Robinson. It was done as part of the 50th anniversary of Robinson breaking the baseball color barrier. He'd lived in the area during and after his playing days and is buried in one of the cemeteries next to the highway.
    The put a sign just before the point "The Jackie" breaks off from another highway, telling people about the rename. And left it there. For at least 10 years. Until someone slammed into it and knocked it over.
    But my personal favorites are the useless directional signs that dot Long Island. Everything that goes westbound just says "New York", referring to New York City, which those living out in the suburban sections of the Island have to go through to get anywhere by road. You come to a point where you can move from one East-West highway to another, the signs just give you the choice of "New York" or "New York". What they could at the very least do is list where that road leads eventually. One side should say "New York-LaGuardia Airport-RFK Triboro bridge-" and the other say "New York-Midtown Tunnel"

  • @denisegore1884
    @denisegore1884 5 лет назад +10

    "Lane closed to ease congestion". That used to be done (maybe still is) north of Wellington at long weekends.

  • @dobby6533
    @dobby6533 8 лет назад +121

    I've been to the "secret nuclear bunker"

    • @funnyboy044
      @funnyboy044 8 лет назад +31

      What's it like? How secret is it?

    • @scottsherman7069
      @scottsherman7069 8 лет назад +8

      SmithyLad But it is a secret, how did you find it?

    • @jackcurtis9002
      @jackcurtis9002 8 лет назад +28

      Is it one of James May's "secret" clubs?

    • @mjarbar3204
      @mjarbar3204 7 лет назад

      Same here, found it quite interesting as well. Worth it for a quick day out somewhere.

    • @dobby6533
      @dobby6533 7 лет назад +1

      you don't want my name yes, it was filled with many strange and old things

  • @Robi2009
    @Robi2009 5 лет назад +62

    3:05 - face expression on that cute girl behind Clarkson - priceless :)

    • @internetexplorer2673
      @internetexplorer2673 4 года назад

      simp

    • @lyrasimo
      @lyrasimo 4 года назад +5

      @@internetexplorer2673 are u 12 ?

    • @nonptat
      @nonptat 4 года назад +9

      @@lyrasimo yes he is

    • @noaht2005
      @noaht2005 4 года назад

      This is the 3rd time I’ve seen someone saying a girl in the tg audience is cute, but I’m not complaining
      Edit: in a yt video

    • @internetexplorer2673
      @internetexplorer2673 4 года назад

      @@nonptat what are you, a 25 year old virgin?

  • @GamingLegend101
    @GamingLegend101 4 года назад +4

    One of my favourite segments of the show back in the day

  • @dominiccoyne8730
    @dominiccoyne8730 2 месяца назад +3

    0:55 James May being the smartest man in the room

  • @hunterlinker6013
    @hunterlinker6013 3 года назад +3

    I've seen signs multiple times that just say AVOID DEATH. Like thanks I didn't think of that before I saw the sign.

  • @gerbensmits9564
    @gerbensmits9564 3 года назад +5

    I asked my driving instructor what to do when you see the falling rocks sign and he said. close your sunroof

  • @someguy9814
    @someguy9814 3 года назад +7

    There was a sign at a lake I went fishing at... it said “wrong way” but the workers forgot to add a nail to the top of the sign so it read, “ʎɐM ƃuoɹM” to make it worse, it was on a pedestrian only road.

  • @Hahaa99
    @Hahaa99 4 года назад +5

    “ Sudden gunfire “
    “ As opposed to gradual gunfire “
    🤣🤣🤣🤣legend

  • @JackJackProductionsShorts
    @JackJackProductionsShorts 3 года назад +5

    My favourite is the ones pointing to a motorway/ highway exit, but the exit is closed to allow the non existent workers to work safely

  • @X2Lazy2WinX
    @X2Lazy2WinX 5 лет назад +29

    Went to Florida and there were signs that said "icy bridges."
    IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER

    • @jhlman1927
      @jhlman1927 5 лет назад +2

      X2Lazy2WinX obviously takes a small amount of common sense and intelligence to make the connection to the season

    • @good_greeb
      @good_greeb 4 года назад

      as a Floridian, I don't think I've ever seen an icy road in my life lmao

    • @D8W2P4
      @D8W2P4 4 года назад +1

      @@good_greeb
      Last time Florida had snow my parents even knew about (I've never seen any in person) was some freak snow clouds in the late 70's pushed down by an insanely strong front.
      The snow that fell mostly melted to rain as it was falling and what did make it to the ground wasn't even a 1/4" deep.

    • @davidfejes5637
      @davidfejes5637 3 года назад +1

      More like "It was in Florida"

  • @TheOtherGuys2
    @TheOtherGuys2 7 месяцев назад +1

    A couple of my favourites, there's one that says "CAUTION Tomatoes" and that's it.. The other is this big banner sign hanging across the road, but the sign is just a square in the middle that says "NO".

  • @enoughofyourkoicarp
    @enoughofyourkoicarp 4 года назад +18

    "We're governed by imbeciles!"
    So business as usual then...

  • @pwrkeyring4619
    @pwrkeyring4619 3 года назад +1

    Sign on a windmill: “ blades may be spinning when windy “

  • @ThePigeon5734
    @ThePigeon5734 3 года назад +3

    5:11 I actually used to go to brentwood school and drove past the "secret nuclear bunker" every day.

  • @kalebbruwer
    @kalebbruwer 10 месяцев назад +1

    "Lane closed to ease congestion"
    So I'm thinking some middle-manager in the roads department went on holiday in the Netherlands and came back feeling like he's seen the future. After many meetings he accepted that they won't give him a tram budget, but he did still have some cones and signs...

  • @Sergeantmajormario
    @Sergeantmajormario 4 года назад +4

    I saw an electronic sign that would flash the speed your car in green if you were going the speed, and red if you were speeding.
    And underneath it would display your number plate so you'd know it was your car.
    I was thinking about how lucky that it doesn't get your insurance info, just a bloke driving home then suddenly seeing "SLOW DOWN DAVE!" in red

  • @Ostentatiousnessness
    @Ostentatiousnessness 3 года назад +2

    “SECRET NUCLEAR BUNKER” Kills me every time.

  • @whiterabbit9141
    @whiterabbit9141 5 лет назад +8

    I really miss them....

  • @Lucifer_Cardozo
    @Lucifer_Cardozo Год назад +1

    My favorite are the American signs that say “bridge may be icy”. Oh, crap, I couldn’t figure that out! Thanks for telling me!

  • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
    @The_Republic_of_Ireland 6 лет назад +7

    Gotta love Jeremy's catchphrase: *random thing* IN THE WORLD!

    • @aionicthunder
      @aionicthunder 4 года назад

      This is the fastest car... pause... in the world

  • @zvigomez8152
    @zvigomez8152 4 года назад +1

    I saw a sign in Colorado that said trespassers will be shot and it had bullet holes in it

  • @jericho86
    @jericho86 4 года назад +3

    "Undesignated parking" I never did figure out if the sign was designating the parking as such.

  • @REDGHOST
    @REDGHOST 4 года назад +1

    There's a sign near the canal where I live, it's been there for about 10 years saying "thin ice don't walk on" but it hasn't frozen over in about 6 years

  • @McShaggswell
    @McShaggswell 4 года назад +5

    "Bridge ices before road" is my favorite useless sign I've seen.

  • @swaticamecho698
    @swaticamecho698 2 года назад +2

    Here in India stupid signs are ironically rare, but I managed to see one that said "Possible roadworks ahead"
    'Possible'

  • @iujt
    @iujt 3 года назад +3

    There’s a sign near my home, it says: “Do not fall into the water” Like, what?

  • @kevinprior3549
    @kevinprior3549 2 года назад +1

    I once saw an Elephant crossing sign... in Scotland.

  • @HECKproductions
    @HECKproductions 5 лет назад +7

    now i want to go around the city planting signs everywhere that say "sign not in use"

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 3 года назад

    I have seen one that said ( admittedly in the USA) « the edges of this sign are sharp »

  • @dannyashton6234
    @dannyashton6234 3 года назад +7

    I’d really love to see the pictures from the “I went on the internet and I found this” running joke

    • @adrielsebastian5216
      @adrielsebastian5216 3 года назад +2

      Apparently it's a guy inserting his _asset_ into the tailpipe of a Range Rover

  • @Crocadillius1123
    @Crocadillius1123 Месяц назад +1

    The best one I’ve ever seen was “ice on road may be slippery” like no shit Sherlock