Get out and push.

There's a sign at the edge of my town that says "USE OF ENGINE BRAKES PROHIBITED" but it's printed in such a way that it looks like drivers can use neither the engine nor the brakes until they leave town.

Marcie, Leesburg, VA, USA

[If you look closely there is an alteration and it begs the question of whether the original sign said 'Use of engines brakes probihited' -Murray]

Stop slowly?

Take an international shape and colour combination, change two letters and what have you got? Confusion.

[Spotted at the intersection of Billy Conn Avenue and 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA and contributed by Matthew H.]

Are they specific to the locality?

JayTee found this sign while cruising the canals and has concluded there's a hotline for everything these days.

What is the correct dog-to-lead ratio?

What is the maximum permitted number of dogs per lead?

[Chilterns, UK 25 Nov 2007]

Which road, where?

Close-up of this sign in the middle of a paddock in Wiltshire.

Mrs Pee???

What a name for a floating port-a-loo!

[Kenet and Avon Canal - 17 Nov 2007]

Wow - that IS unusual!

A deep lake, with untreated water - whatever next?

Nene Valley Waterpark, Peterborough, UK - 21 Oct 2007

So which way to room 323?

From experience, I can tell you it is not to the right.

[Hayley Conference Centre, Ettingham Chase - 19 Oct 2007]

"Live" traffic???

What does dead traffic look like?
Surely
"traffic" is traffic. If it is not traffic is it parked cars.

[Matlock, UK. - 22 Sept 2007]

You can catch them but not clean them

We know that you are not allowed to clean fish in the toilets but obviously there are some specialist anglers who can fish there.

[Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, UK -12 Aug 2007]

Boy, I'm sure glad they mentioned that!

Caroline found this sign in the bathrooms at the top of Haleakala (the volcano) in Maui. She rightly asks, "Do they really think that people might consider drinking toilet water???!!!"

Maybe, you are so thirsty after the climb that desperation might lead .....

Nah!

[But can you clean fish?]

Does no one check?

Maybe 'Lockal' rabbits are a new breed? Perhaps this restaurant serves them for lounch?

Thanks to Peter Debono for these two.

Huh????

Semi-amphibious vehicles must keep one wheel on dry-land?

[Ironbridge gorge - 9 June 2007]

Walk it at your peril!

Given that many English street names came from trades undertaken there: Bread St, Butchers Row, Mill Rd, Dairy Lane, etc one wonders about the story behind this sign.

[Shrewsbury, UK - 10 June 2006]

Anti-resurrectionists at large?

Fortunately this sign was not erected at a grave-yard ....

[Little Paxton Nature Reserve - 3 June 2007]

Push or pursue?

Paul Geering, who spotted this near a ramp down to an underpass in Cardiff, Wales, wants to know: Is this sign
A) Actually encouraging people to push wheelchair bound people down the ramp?
or,
B) Is it reminding you to chase after your friend if they are out of control?

Falling rocks? Where?

An artist with a sense of humour.

[Presernov trg, Ljubljana 20 May 2007]

Clever!

Laura spotted this on a boat on Loch Ness.

A local joke to get the message across.

[December 2006 - Loch Ness, Scotland]

A Poor Losers Rant?

Spotted by Craig in Austria

[28 March 2007, Feldbach, Austria]

Stating the obvious

If you can read these words then clearly someone is not sitting on the seat and the seat is, thus, 'not in use'. I imagine what they really meant to say was "Do NOT Use Seat".

[No 245 Bus, London - 10 May 2007]