A special pedestrian crossing sign has left people scratching their heads, with many only now realising what it means.
The photo was posted recently to the Reddit forum r/roadsigns, showcasing a fairly unremarkable pedestrian crossing sign situated above another, more curious sign featuring an image of spectacles.
The post sparked immediate debate on the platform, leading to speculation about where the sign was from.
Hypotheses ranged from Russia to other former Soviet states until the original poster cleared the air, revealing Ukrane as the sign’s origin.
However, the identification of the sign’s source did not make its purpose any more apparent. Jokes filled the comments section as bemused Redditors offered comedic interpretations of the uncanny sign.
One clever observer drew parallels between the eyeglasses symbol and music legend John Lennon, joking: “Watch out for John Lennon look-alikes trying to recreate the Abbey Road cover.” Needless to say, this light-hearted theory missed the mark by a country mile.
The mystery was finally cracked by one insightful Redditor. The most upvoted comment on the thread read: “Pedestrian crossing. Warning, they may be blind.”
Another chimed in, echoing this interpretation: “Top sign pedestrians crossing and the plate with the sunglasses means blind people so meaning blind pedestrians are crossing the road.”
Variations of this sign exist worldwide, prompting other people from across the globe to share descriptions of similar signs in their own locales.
One user responded: “The formal sign in the US was a diamond yellow shape with a blind person walking with a cane. Now it’s a blue rectangular sign where the blind person is walking with a guide dog.”
Another remarked: “In NZ, we use the standard ‘pedestrian ahead’ diamond with an additional plate saying ‘BLIND’.” This revelation surprised the original poster, who added: “I thought those signs are same everywhere, turns out they aren’t.”
For those curious… in the UK we use a triangle depicting elderly people crossing, with a sign beneath that reads “Blind People”.
