A badly-placed bolt has drivers in one New Jersey town hitting the breaks.
A new sign, which lists the speed limit as 15 mph was bolted to it's post right between the numbers 1 and 5, so it appears the speed limit is 1.5 mph, The Tri-Town News reported.
One local resident, Barbara Dixel, said she saw one driver jam on his brakes as soon as he turned onto Dag Hammarskjold Boulevard in Howell, New Jersey.
Dixel said she watched as the car make its way down the road at a pace that was barely perceptible. The driver was apparently attempting to abide the sign's directive to go less than 2 mph.
Other residents in the community have witnessed the same thing.
The sign, which was put up to replace a 25 mph speed limit sign, was meant to make cars to slow down in The Villages, a private community within Howell.
In our neighborhood, we have a section where it drops from 25 MPH to 15 MPH, then for about 200 feet it drops to 10 MPH, then it goes back up to 15 MPH. Another 500 feet away, apparently it is safe to once again proceed at 25 MPH.
It is difficult to imagine the sheer quantity of attentive deliberation that surely must have preceded such finely-tuned regulation of the speeds in this critical area of great personal danger. Naturally, the good men of our local constabulary carefully monitor this section to ensure none of the fine, upstanding residents accidentally exceed the carefully considered posted limits, thereby putting the entire neighborhood at extreme risk of life and limb.
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