'Follow Someone Home?' Bengaluru Traffic Signboard's Awkward Messaging Leaves Internet In Splits

There are many cases of design gone terribly wrong leaving those viewing it with a million questions. Quite like this Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)-designed signboard meant to highlight traffic rules. Although a few years old, the traffic sign surfaced online again and had the internet in the splits. In any case, this isn't a first for India but it's definitely the funniest. Read on for a laugh, or two.

Why did the Bengaluru signboard go viral?

Bengaluru is a gift that keeps on giving | Image: X

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Imagine a day in the life of someone living in a bustling city like Bengaluru. 'Silver pani puri,' check. Just a low-flying Boeing in the sky, check. Luxury cars neatly lined up inside a gated society, check. A man working on the laptop while watching a movie in a hall, check. The city, it seems, is like a gift that keeps on giving. No matter what corner you turn, there's something worthy of the internet's attention. The one thing you can't do is take away the city's bragging rights when it comes to bizarre things that'll leave you in splits.

Recently, an old traffic signboard resurfaced online and gave people something to laugh about. At first glance it looks like your standard board listing out traffic rules all citizens will benefit from if they follow them. But once you start reading it, you'll realise that the messaging is slightly awkward. Seen from afar, it reads: 'Follow someone home," the three words split across three separate lines with accompanying text in a small font right below them. It meant to say, "Follow traffic rules; someone is waiting at home for you," but failed miserably. Of course, the internet had a field day with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)-issued signboard.

How did the internet react?

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The post was shared on X on May 11 by user '@mollyyyy04.' "Not sure they are getting the right message across," she wrote in the caption. So far the post has raked in 90.5K views, 3,772 likes and comments to match.

One X user wrote: "Things get interesting when someone looks at the sign and starts singing 'Every breath you take' by 'The Police'." "This happens when you put a designer at the place of a marketer," added another. "Dayum that's the outcome of not double checking or thinking it through. Creates an unexpected irony," a third chimed in.

Check out the viral post below

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not sure they are getting the right message across ? pic.twitter.com/S8SFdgM0ow

¡ª m (@mollyyyy04) May 11, 2024

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