As you drive in and around Toronto, you'll come across some pretty strange things on the road, from wildlife sightings to major traffic disturbances and even some drivers driving directly into oncoming traffic.
The recent head-scratching incident in Toronto involved some street signs that were completely upside down and, in one case, upside down and upside down.
And it's not the first time botched signs have been discovered around the city in the past month.
Researcher and heritage advocate Adam Wynne told blogTO that he recently came across the confusing street signs on the corner of Church Street and Dundas Street East and noted that they appeared to be “relatively new.”
Wynne recently shared his startling find on a community Facebook page called Weird Toronto, where the images immediately drew hundreds of reactions and dozens of comments.
While many were quick to blame the city for the street signs' incorrect installation, others suspected that the signs will likely be repaired when new traffic lights are installed at Mutual Street and Dundas Street East later in 2024.
“Probably on purpose. The signs were delivered before the actual changes were scheduled to take place. They will turn them over at the right time. “Still looks fun,” says one comment.
“I think it might have been done on purpose. “Sometimes they put a sign upside down and when certain road construction is finished they go back up and flip it over,” another person wrote.
Despite this, many claimed the “bizarre” practice could potentially cause confusion among motorists in the area.
“The more I think about it, the more it doesn’t make sense. How can this be easier than just doing it when needed? “That requires two teams to be sent out at different times, potentially hampering/confusing traffic twice,” one response said.
Others didn't see the reversing signs as much of a problem and took the opportunity to make a few witty jokes about traffic instead. “These are signs that you are reversing in your car,” one comment said.
Back in December, the City of Toronto was similarly questioned when several newly installed bike path signs misspelled “Lake Shore Trail.” A sign on Leslie Street read “Lake Shore Trial,” while another sign along Eastern Avenue read “Lake Share Trail.”
City staff said they would provide immediate correction “if, in exceptional circumstances, they are informed of a spelling error on a city-produced sign” and apologized for the oversight, which was attributed to “human error in the proofreading process.” be.
blogTO reached out to the City of Toronto about the backward-facing street signs but did not receive a response in time for publication of this article.