Romanian town erects street signs warning drivers of "drunk pedestrians"
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The mayor at a Romanian town ordered street signs warning drivers of drunken pedestrians lying on the streets to be erected in order to reduce the "despairing" levels of accidents.
Peter Antal, the Mayor of Pecica, a village town of about 13,000 people about 13 miles from the Hungarian border in the country’s west, ordered the bright red signs, complete with the phrase “Attention - Drunks”.
The mayor got the idea after he visiting some German town, which had installed similar signs.
The 10 road signs, which also show a person crawling on their knees while clutching a glass in one hand, were placed near bars and restaurants at popular nigthlife areas.
Town officials decided to erect the signs after “despairing” number of accidents in the town, caused by drunken partygoers, with some even resulting in fatalities.