Bengaluru Traffic Sign Misinterpreted As ā€˜Follow Someone Homeā€™. Netizens: ā€œDoes It Promote Stalking?ā€

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Thereā€™s a traffic sign near Bengaluruā€™s Cubbon Park that has garnered quite a few laughs on social media. Misinterpreted as ā€œFollow Someone Homeā€ due to the font size of certain words, Netizens wonder if it promotes stalking. Well, Bengalureans, read on to know whatā€™s this signboard all about.

Traffic Sign Near Cubbon Park In Bengaluru, Misread By Commuters As ā€œFollow Someone Homeā€

An X user, Sumukh Rao shared a picture of a traffic signboard near Cubbon Park in Bengaluru. The traffic signboard seems to stand apart from other conventional road safety advice. At first glance, it reads, ā€œFollow Someone Homeā€. However, a closer look at it unravels the other words which are printed in smaller font size. So, the signboard actually reads, ā€œFollow Traffic Rules. Someone Is Waiting At Home For Youā€. It ends with a message urging commuters to ā€œOber Traffic Rulesā€.

In addition to the picture shared, the X user asked in his caption who thought it was a good sign to put up. He adds that it reads so bad when driving past it as one canā€™t see the text printed in smaller font. This initiative by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) generated chuckles on social media. While it was formulated with a deep message in mind with the intention to coax introspection, the vast difference in font size and the wording has left to its widespread misinterpretation.

Netizens Say Itā€™s Perfect ā€œMemeworthy Materialā€

Well, Netizens on X blew up the comments section with their hilarious takes on the Bengaluru traffic sign. With 12,000 views and many reactions, this signboard proved to be good ā€œmemeworthy materialā€. @ShivamVahia says, ā€œDelhi guy: yeh toh humara roz ka haiā€. @siestatweets writes that both authorities and scriptwriters are completely out of syncing terms of functionality and requirements.

@RaoSumukh chimes in that this signboard was put up to entertain bored drivers. Many other Netizens joked about this traffic sign promoting stalking. @mahbrahm states in the city with the most traffic congestion, if anyone really has the time to read it. We say, of course, they do! @sweetsudha1 also states that she will read it as ā€œFollow Someone Homeā€ when she drives past it. And may certainly get in trouble for it.

Meanwhile, Bengalureans, have you caught wind of this traffic signboard near Cubbon Park?

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