Signs can guide us, signs can explain things to us, but sometimes, signs can also confuse us. There are more than 40 million signs on the roads of the United States, and some of them can give people headaches as they try to figure them out.
Bored Panda has collected the most hilarious and absurd examples of confusing signs for you in one place. A sign that says “Turn right,” but includes an arrow pointing to the left? Check! Six different plates telling you where and when you can park? Double check! Scroll down and see what road sign nonsense people sometimes have to deal with.
#1 So Just To Be Clear Stop Or No?
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#2 Road To Nowhere
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#3 My Town Put Up A Work Zone Speed Limit Sign Thats Faster Than That Roads Speed Limit
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#4 Absolute Unit Of A Parking Sign In Los Angeles
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#5 Road Sign In Cape May Seems To Be As Confused As I Am
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#6 Found On The Road To Big Bend National Park
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#7 I Understand Completely
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#8 Major Turning Point
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#9 Which Way Do I Turn
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#10 Look Out
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#11 Speed Limit Sign In Santa Fe, Nm
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#12 Put The Road Signs Down, Boss
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#13 This No Parking Sign In My Hometown
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#14 This 5-Way Stop Sign
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#15 This School’s Speed Limit Times
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#16 Right Turn Only
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#17 A Street Sign Telling You To Ignore Gps
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#18 New Road Signs
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#19 The Nexus Of The Universe
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#20 I Was A Little Worried For What Was Up Ahead Since It’s Only A Two Lane Road Lmao
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#21 I Think This Sign Was Made For This Sub
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#22 Programmed The Sign, Boss
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#23 Do Not Read Under Penalty Of Law
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#24 When Street Signs Go Philosophical
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#25 The Sign Of Signs
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#26 All Roads Lead To Kottayam
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#27 Confusing Road Signs
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#28 The Most Confusing Collection Of Traffic Signs I’ve Ever Seen. Just Outside NJ
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#29 Water Traffic Over Hazard Road Ahead
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#30 Most Confusing Turn Signs Ever
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#31 A Sign From Above
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#32 You Are Given 0 Time To Interpret This Sign And All Of Its Arrows
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#33 Confusing Sign On Connecticut Avenue
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#34 Seen In My Neighborhood
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#35 I Feel This Is The Most Confusing Traffic Sign I’ve Seen Around Perth, So Much To Take In, So Little Time! What’s Your Nomination?
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#36 Even As A Native, I’ve Accidentally Ended Up Across That Bridge
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#37 Elba Island Road Sign
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#38 Having A Brain Aneurysm Reading This Sign. Can Someone Help?
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#39 I Always Have A Chuckle To Myself Whenever I Pass This Sign. How Far Is It After 10pm?
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#40 Can I Park Or Not?
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#41 Confusing Street Signs
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#42 Confusing Signs
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#43 Roadwork Sign In Louisiana
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#44 Was Told This Sub Would Enjoy An Odd Numbered Speed Limit Sign At My Job
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#45 Why Do They Make These Signs So Confusing?
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#46 Traveling In Italy. What Do These Signs Mean?
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#47 There’s Some Irony In A Camouflaged Sign Complaining That You’re Hard To See. You Can’t Read This From The Road At All
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#48 What Road Sign Is This?
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#49 Beware Of The Cow
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#50 No Traffic Signs
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#51 Odd Road Sign Meaning?
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#52 This Sign Contains No Information That A Road User Would Find Useful
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#53 Meanwhile In Alabama
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#54 Finally Found A Parking Sign Im Confused By
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#55 Why Are The Arrows On Th Left Sign Not Aligned To The Lane? I Can Definitely See Why People Would Get Confused
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#56 Most Confusing Sign
Located on 99N. Is it just me or do you find this sign unhelpful and confusing? Funny there is no reference to 50W.
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#57 Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan: Home Of The Infamous Japanese Road Signs With Russian/Cyrillic
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#58 What Does This Mean? (USA)
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#59 Not Through Road
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#60 UK’s Waffliest Street Sign
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#61 No Pets In The Pet Walk Area?
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#62 This Road Sign Near My Home
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#63 This Road Floods Each Tide
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#64 Why Are There So Many Numbers When Only 8 And 139 Seem To Matter?
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#65 Saw This “We Are Working Out Of Sight So You May Not See Us” Sign Near A Closed Lane. What Would They Be Working On?
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#66 Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
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#67 Trying To Leave The Parking Lot
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#68 Is This Sign Confusing Or Clear?
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#69 Anyone Else Get Confused By This Sign On 195 E
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