Driver shares bizarre council fail with two signs showing COMPLETELY different speed limits on the one road – but is everything as it seems?
- Man’s TikTok shows speed signs of 100km/h and 80km/h in the same place
- The video by Halfy Originals was filmed on the Nimbin Road in northern NSW
- He wondered how the council managed to display two different speed limits
- But the bizarre discrepancy may be the work of pranksters rather than council
A TikTok video of two signs on opposite sides of the road showing different speed limits is likely the work of pranksters, rather than inattentive council road workers.
Performance artist Halfy Originals, who sports a half-shaved head and half-shaved beard, posted the video taken on the Nimbin Road near Lismore in northern New South Wales on May 23.
It had been viewed more nearly 23,000 times as fellow Australians flocked to mock the planning failure.
The Nimbin Road near Lismore, northern NSW, displaying different speed limits either side of the quiet country road
While the driver who took the video thought it was the council’s fault, it’s more likely one sign had been turned around by a prankster, with the correct speed on the other side
‘What is the speed limit?’ he asks, before showing speed limit signs either side of the quiet country road, one reading 100km/h and the other 80km/h.
While Halfy speculated it was a council ‘f**k up’, the more likely explanation is the 80k/h sign had been turned around by a mischievous motorist.
There are a number of double-sided signs with different speeds on either side of them in the area, posted on the entry and exit of small towns and hamlets.
Commenters on the post said it means the speed limit is 180km/h, while others suggested driving at the compromise speed of 90km/h.
Yet others just saw it as a normal occurrence in the Australian countryside.
‘Its Lismore, what’d you expect?’ one person commented.
Daily Mail Australia had contacted Lismore Council for comment.