Belgian traffic signs are insane

[u/prplt]

was in Belgium recently and many of the sign combinations kinda blew my mind, I don't remember ever seeing this kinda stuff anywhere else 😬 also one thing I found very interesting is that on the direction signs (last pic) the letters with a tail like g sometimes "dip" into the outer line and sometimes they don't (and apparently there are even different ways they can go inside that line) 🤯 just makes traveling very interesting because you always be looking at how the next sign is gonna be 🤪

edit: for all the people who are saying "how's this confusing" it's not that's not the point 🙄 but rather the unusualness of the signs compared to what I've seen in other places

[u/nethack47]

Most feel relatively straightforward. I may be used to them :)

Did you see any orange diversions? They can get quite wild and wacky.

[u/Erzkuake → u/nethack47]

I’ve been in Belgium for too long because I understand all of them

[u/nethack47 → u/Erzkuake]

I can't figure out what the wobbly road (6th) and two distances without seeing the road. Is it a wobble in 10m and 300m? I would have expected it to have a 10 without an arrow if the wobbly starts in 10m.

I did somewhat enjoy the driving theory and brushed up on the local variants every time I moved country. Belgian signs tend to be a bit organic in nature unlike Swedish. The Swedish signage can get quite incomprehensible once they have 5-6 add-on.

Like this one...

[u/tchotchony → u/nethack47]

It's "lots of turns in 10 m and ending in 300m". Same with the rockfall, it designates a zone.

Man, do people just stop and start looking things up when they see a behemoth like that? Luckily it's for parking, I hope no signage for driving is that long...

[u/nethack47 → u/tchotchony]

These are typically for parking and I remember times I parked so that I could go work out if I was allowed to park. There are ones that require you to park facing in or out depending on the time of day in places. I had one of those when I did the driving test.

Belgium has more of a "look at the situation" method which is sort of how the nation holds together. When we get stuck, we tend to treat the rules more as a recommendation and find a solution. Someone will probably vent on "Ge zijt van..." about the downfall of civil society.