The photo of a multilingual traffic or information sign at a railway crossing made users doubt whether it was actually real.
The photo of the traffic sign is currently being shared via WhatsApp and on social networks.
It is said to come from Düsseldorf and shows a stop sign at a level crossing, including a St. Andrew's cross with a lightning bolt pointing to an overhead electric line. And in between there is a sign that draws attention to the accessibility of the level crossing in several languages, but also emphasizes “Attention!” again.
It's this photo:
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Is the traffic sign real?
We find a reference to the railway crossing, which is located in Oberursel. In the “Oberurseler Woche” a report on the topic of “urban development” about dangerous level crossings was published there.
So Düsseldorf is not correct here - it is around 200 km from the railway crossing in question.
In the photo that appears with this report you can see the buildings opposite. So it's exactly this level crossing, which is located on the upper Hohemarkstrasse. However, the traffic sign cannot be seen in the photo.
That's why we asked.
Yes, this road sign is real
The Oberursel town hall was helpful and provided us with a coherent explanation.
(Thanks at this point.) We received confirmation that this sign is actually installed in Oberursel on Hohemarkstrasse at an unguarded railway crossing.
There, subway line 3 in the direction of Frankfurt/Main runs at high frequency and this crossing has no pedestrian traffic lights - as you can also see in the photo. Until a few days ago, we had a larger shared accommodation for refugees right next door. Many residents there were not familiar with the German road traffic regulations, so this multilingual sign was put up to make people aware of the danger of the approaching subway and to explain to them that they always have to look left and right before they cross the railway crossing.
Since the accommodation will be closed at the end of November 2020, the multilingual traffic sign will probably also be removed.
safety first
Since the transitions are sometimes very difficult to see, such information is particularly important.
– For all road users. The sign is real, but it is not in Düsseldorf, but in Oberursel, a city in beautiful Hesse.
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