Speaking of ridiculous, I've wondered about this one for a long time. Driving down the highway today I passed several sites where warning signs were posted on each side of the highway saying "Guardrail Damage Ahead". And, sure enough, there was guardrail damage in each spot. On the shoulder. Well out of the traffic lanes.
Someone committed a lot of taxpayer money to have those signs printed and then placed and later collected on the ever-changing guardrail damage sites.
So, what am I to make of the signs? What action are they requiring me to do? Genuflect as I pass? Not veer off the highway and hit the damaged guardrail? Neither? Both? Is there perhaps a fear that passing motorists will become mesmerized by the damage and like a moth to the flame, flame out on the damaged guardrail unless there are signs to tell you to expect the guardrail impairment? I don't feel mesmerized when I pass those places, but maybe you don't know when you've been mesmerized.