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Is this a warning that there are prostitutes around or a warning for the prostitutes themselves?
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looks a little too fake…
Definitely not. That sign is real.
It’s in Mogliano Veneto (North-East of Italy), via Terraglio.
I think it’s an ad.
Last!
Oh, wait… crap…
Now THAT is truly “oddly specific.”
I think the reason for this sign is that prostitution is illgal and if police sees you talking to women there they’ll assume you are trying to obtain her services and arrest you for it.
I dunno, that sign IS in Italian…
Yeah, Luka’s right… well they’re not going to arrest you, but you’ll get fined.
In europe, a sign shaped like that and in that orientation, with a red border, is a warning sign. You’ll see them all over the place, warning you of things like ‘Pedestrian Crossing Ahead” or “Road Narrows Ahead” or “Traffic Signals Ahead”. These signs are really only for the driver’s information: They just warn the driver of conditions on the road ahead.
And so, this sign is warning the driver that there are prostitutes ahead. Which is hilarious.
Well, I think it’s photoshopped like so much else on this site.
Well, I think you and the other little kiddies yelling “photoshop” at just about everything simply because you’ve never traveled or seen anything really should stfu and gtfo off the site. It’s annoying for the rest of us, people who have brains and actually can tell a shopped pic from a real one.
It’s not “illgal” in Italy, so that can’t be the reason. I think the oldskool signs are better though. They give a much clearer picture of the kind of services usually provided in these zones.
Oldschool sign can be viewed here: {http://www.lemondrop.co.uk/2010/04/03/warning-prostitutes-crossing-italian-motorists-cant-believe/}
The Lemondrop (old school) one simply means ‘Head ahead’.
Why the HELL would you get arrested just for TALKING to a woman? Does that mean that they also automatically assume that every random woman on the street is a prostitute?
Prostitution is legal in Italy (as well as the vast majority of western countries) in areas that are zoned for it it. This sign indicates one of those zones.
Luka’s comment above is pretty typically ignorant.
Yes and no. While prostitution is not illegal, street prostitution is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Italy#Bill_1079 and this sign warns of street type, therefore customers could face troubles. This is quite common distinction, while brothels and call girls are allowed (or tolerated) street prostitution less so.
Brothels are NOT allowed, maybe tolerated. Prostitutes can sell their bodies at their homes, anyway.
Prostitution is not illegal, however prostitution exploitation (pimping) is and you can get arrested for that.
That sign warns the drivers that the road is monitored and you’ll probably get fined if you stop nearby a prostitute.
Wrong. That’s a *warning* sign – not advertising a “service”.
It’s there to make drivers slow down to avoid running over the ladies.
Hey TJ, I’m Italian, and I can tell you that Prostitution in Italy is not legal, aswell is illegal go with prostitutes… unless your name is Silvio Berlusconi and you are the Prime Minister!
So, then… If I hang this sign near my place, do you think that they will naturally congregate? …with waffles?
Wrong sign?
I thought the signs were basically to keep people from stopping for “stranded” women on the highway, only to find out that they are prostitutes, and there is nothing wrong with their car at all… they just want people to stop, and that’s dangerous, depending on the road.
its a warning to prepare your wallet
The sign is true.
The mayor of the town (near Venice) thinks that it can tackle prostitution but after 3 years nothing is changed.
By the way…LOL!
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1087/immag028001.jpg
Notice her head is not attached?
Seems like beheading is a very serious penalty, but at least you’ve been warned.
Does that mean she’s canadian?
I figured it was like a “deer crossing” or “children at play” sign, meaning don’t hit a prostitute as they wander into the street.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7547224/Prostitutes-sign-confuses-motorists.html
I submitted this a while ago.
Seems it was also posted on Failblog a while ago too with a short explanation.
http://failblog.org/2010/02/17/sign-fail-25/
time to fuel up the dark windowless lorry grab some tape,chianti,fork and the shovel and go “shopping”
I am Italian and I can confirm the panel is real (it has even been mentioned in the national news weeks ago).
It is a real sign, although it actually makes no sense. That’s some (braindead?) North-Eastern Italian mayor trying to keep prostitutes away from his town’s streets (or maybe to display some moral superiority) by warning inhabitants about such a “threat” — as if they were just beasts.
Bull**it – it has been put there after some drivers run over few ladies.
There may also be a risk of car accidents caused by people suddenly stopping about these women, I am not aware whether that is the case.
Ho!
Darned attention seeking ladies of the night….
he spelled prostitute right ..
This sign is really sexist. It only shows a female prositute. There ARE male prostitutes out there.