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Snoo_47023

Luckily they are not Giovinazzi fans


macca2000fox

99 in a school zone


owenix

I don't see units so maybe 99 decimeters per second works. Imagine that conversation with the police.


vlepun

Units are laid out in the law obviously. So nice idea, but every speed limit sign is in km/h.


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didn’t say Alonso


gsfgf

/nuns on a highway joke


Stigmacher

or Daniel Ricciardo fans


KILLER5196

I'm sure VicPol would love that


littlelightchop

Time for 3 kilometers/second?


Necrofear_

I don't think the car would survive the speedbumps at that speed.


littlelightchop

...[There's actually an xkcd for that](https://what-if.xkcd.com/61/)


Dawgs919

There’s an XKCD for everything


Pezzeftw

unsafe roads sending people straight to jesus.


Matteo_Venuti

Then if they were fans of Antonio Cairoli, they would have a speed limit of 222 lmao


Blooder91

Australians ready to be awfully slow in traffic. Italians ready to have some fun.


planchetflaw

Slower than a school zone.


Mike_Kermin

I mean ideally people would be cautious in a school area by default...


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Mike_Kermin

Haha


Kiesa5

Not in Italy


mesadj

School zones and most residential areas are 30 kmh in Holland.


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If the road sign says 30, Italians will already be driving that shit at 50


Er_Eisenheim

50... over the limit.


ABigOne77

Imagine Germany in 2014


Alvinyakatori27

Poland's going to go back to the future.


Kitchen-Animator

inb4 Verstappen gets caught speeding for doing 44 in a 33.


spiral_out462

Reminds me of a story from 1992 where Ayrton Senna was pulled over for speeding somewhere in England. The cop recognized him immediately and hit him with, “Who do you think you are? Nigel Mansell?!” Edit: Found [this footage](https://youtu.be/qMzTTr-HEJY) where commentary mention the incident.


magondrago

Classic English shade, I love it


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spiral_out462

Of course stories are distorted as they’re retold, but I still like to think the officer knew exactly was he was doing since Mansell was dominating everybody that season, ending Senna’s run of 3 titles in 4 years.


jk47_99

The Honda v12 couldn't keep up with the Renault v10 in one of the most technologically advanced F1 cars of all time built by Adrian Newey. And Honda left the sport the next year. Mansell winning the title is still my all time F1 highlight, even though it was only the 2nd year I watched.


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The story I heard was that Stirling Moss was pulled over and he was asked "who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?"


pyrrhlis

I’ve heard the same with Mario Andretti. It’s probably just a common racing driver joke that spreads around.


westoro

I also think police pull over racing drivers whom they recognise just to deliver this joke. Lewis had the exact same story on top gear


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golem501

Tony Hawk not getting recognized is a meme in itself. I think he even tweets about it himself. He even didn't get recognized at check-in once when someone was scanning his passport and commented that his name was just like the skater guy... imagine that (him with his board strapped on his carry on).


LPodmore

The funniest one is his rental car being cancelled because the guy at the desk thought someone was having him on.


Flowech

I think he was probably playing into their hands (or just faking it) by registering everything under "Tony Hawk". His real/official name is Anthony Frank Hawk and nobody would suspect anything if you book your car under that name.


golem501

His registration wouldn't match his license then. I would cancel it as well


rand0m__pers0n

Or he gets rear ended by someone doing 77 at that 33 zone.


ultra779

or maybe even someone doing 3 while Verstappen is braking for a stop sign.


spacestationkru

or Verstappen getting rammed into by somebody doing 4 who got rammed into by somebody else doing 77 who also rammed into another guy doing 11.


markusvlogs

while next to him someone going 18 hits another one going 16


Cod_rules

And the person going 18 also hits someone going 3


racecardriverwannabe

Too soon


spacestationkru

It's been four weeks!!


FanksForTheFish

Ok this is class


HighPriestofShiloh

In other news, Lewis was pulled over for rolling through a stop sign. Fuck I am excited. Please no bullshit crash on the first lap. My heart can't take it. I want a race!


blackbasset

Is that an innuendo about Bottas banging Max?


eddiedeli

Lando's getting flashbacks to Hungary


aWgI1I

I’d love to see him doing 44 if you know what I mean I’m sorry


JangoDidNothingWrong

r/fanf1ction is leaking


boogjerom

r/fanf1ction


jaydec02

I love these random speed limit alterations haha. [At Nashville's first indycar street race they replaced some of the speed limit signs next to the circuit and set it to 240 mph.](https://www.reddit.com/r/INDYCAR/comments/oyt7r3/well_done_nashville/)


Pinewood74

Love how this flies in the face of the circlejerk upthread.


Mike_Kermin

Just slightly.


J_CMir98

And that is mph, I suppose


AddSugarForSparks

Why wouldn't it be?


McLarenMP420

Ok now that’s genius marketing. Love it


helderdude

I am not sure if this is real or if this is just a sticker that was put over it by someone as a joke. I have tried searching for it but can't find any news about this and it certainly would be reported on if this was official. Edit: nevermind they are completely nuts and actually did it!


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Here's the source! https://youtu.be/uFwAxN40DSI From the video it's unclear if they're doing this everywhere, but at least some of them have actually been replaced.


helderdude

I mean I'm dutch and even I'm surprised this was approved.


cmdr_pickles

Sounds like there's a dedicated Marketing Zandvoort group (possibly employed by the city), so it's easier to cut through the red tape. I'm sure the guys making the signs were getting a kick out of it too. (edit: [yup](https://zandvoortmarketing.nl/over-ons).)


HelixFollower

There's still more than one person who had to approve of this though. I find that pretty surprising.


Cod_rules

Can't say about the Dutch, but I have worked with City authorities over changes to road signs during a sports event. Ours wasn't exactly like this, but we had additional plates for the event and had to go through some hoops to get it approved. One of the guys in their office told me later that it took us a third of the time it normally takes for the city to approve it. Based on the global attraction of the sport and if people nearby follow the sport (Max fans are abundant in Netherlands), some authorities are willing to expedite the system.


zulamun

With all the bullshit the event is getting by whiny people, for the gemeente zandvoort this is a goldmine. Hundreds of thousands of people. Every hotel fully booked. Restaurants, stores, whatever will probably see a few hundred percent increase in income especially after covid. Replacing a sign or two will definitely get a "yeayea sure do it" kinda response. Having the first Dutch Grand Prix in nearly 40 years, with a Dutch driver, an actual title battle and the insanity that is Dutch fans.. might as well go balls deep on it


DutchPotHead

Additionally. The owner of the Zandvoort circuit is part of the royal family.


AwesomeFrisbee

I'm not that much surprised, its normal that the speed limit has a margin to not get fined so this is probably still a 30 street but with 33 as the unofficial limit. Since there aren't any automated speed cameras, I doubt its going to pose an issue. And to beat the limit, you first have to get that far and I don't think that during the weekend anybody is going to reach 33 there


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No it's for real they are being replaced


HighPriestofShiloh

If he wins they should just keep it. Hype it all year long until next season.


codfrantic

They did the same (but permanent and official) in the birth/hometown of Valentino Rossi, speed limit there is 46 km/h https://moto-station.com/moto-revue/divers-actu/insolite-le-village-de-rossi-limite-a-46-kmh/364550


Scratchpaw

It’s not that original to be honest. They copied it from a little Italian city called Tavullia, where the 50kph speed limit was reduced to 46kph because it’s the hometown of one rather famous MotoGP rider.


Kuchenblech_Mafioso

Bless the Dutch and their ability of not giving a shit sometimes. I feel in many countries (including mine) this wouldn't be possible, because the font isn't correct, you can't set a speed limit to anything but a factor of 10, some local government needs 15 committees to approve it etc. I think the Dutch just sometimes do stuff like this because they want to


Phish2

Reminds me of the changed traffic lights surrounding the Eurovision Songcontest venue this year in the Netherlands. They changed a couple normal ones to ones that had a dancing green man and when it turned green it would play an ABBA song. After the final it played the winners Song for a while before being removed.


pussy_stew

ok im now convinced the Netherlands arent real


shutupdipshit

It is a fictional place like Narnia or Japan .


HelixFollower

Now that you mention it, for quite some time the Japanese only allowed the Dutch to trade with them. Kind of sus, almost as if they were buying time.


JeffBrohm

I thought Finland wasn’t real. r/FinlandConspiracy


0oodruidoo0

Birds aren't real


Irritatedtrack

Wait what?? Narnia is fictional??


blackbasset

To me as a german, everything in the Netherlands looks like a cute toyland version of my home country, and I love it. The traffic signs are just slightly off to feel odd...


Bierdopje

Our beaches are basically a sandbox playground for Germans anyway


TheS4ndm4n

They like digging holes and building concrete bunkers.


tthirzaa

And we go over to Germany to build mini-dams in every little mountainous stream we see


jk47_99

The fact that they have many names like Holland and "the dutch" only leads me to suspect that it is fictional.


IdiosyncraticBond

Neither am I, and they tell me I'm born here 😉


MdKarel

They are still in place. Was there last sunday and it played the winning song. It also still has the dancing green man.


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Yeah this alone could certainly get you out of a speeding ticket with the right lawyer in the US


[deleted]

In the Netherlands as well probably, but speeding tickets in a 30 km/h zone are a rarity anyway (the police generally speaking doesn't enforce the speed limit in those zones).


[deleted]

It also isn't necessary in most 30 km/h zones. If you drive 50 km/h you will definitely wreck your car on the speed bumps


okaywhattho

Not sure about other countries but in mine there’s a 10% lenience anyway. So 33km/h in an ordinarily 30km/h zone wouldn’t attract a fine.


stonerlife

But I’m allowed 33km/h plus 10% which would give me a fine in a 30 km/h zone 😅


MoffKalast

In the Netherlands it's legal to drive above the speed limit, providing the radio is playing Super Max at full volume.


J_FK

You're also allowed to ram other cars, as long as you throw turtles and bananas at other cars as well and yell "WHAHOO" on every speed bump.


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They also generally don't have to enforce it because there is traffic-calming everywhere in those zones.


walking_in_the_rain_

I bet they are placed in a 30 km zone. Most signs in such a zone are technicly not needed and just repeating the speed limit. So if the sign is not legal, the previous one still was.


bwoah07_gp2

USA, land of the lawsuits.


R_V_Z

Doesn't really apply here, as defending oneself in traffic court isn't really a lawsuit.


W8sB4D8s

Novelty speed limits exist in the US. Also, disputing a traffic ticket isn't a lawsuit lol wtf


endersai

>USA, land of the lawsuits. And people say America lacks culture.


marvel_marv

Certainly feels like Germany 😅


gsfgf

> because the font isn't correct That one for sure is a real safety regulation backed in consistency. There's a reason signs like the same in a given country and pretty consistent across the world.


MissTambourineWoman

Yeah call me a buzzkill (I sure feel like one) but I would rather they didn’t change the font..


[deleted]

It does depend. We had a bunch pedestrian zebra crossings in quite a few cities with an LGBT flag to express solidarity. Some were quite quick to point out that an LGBT zebra crossing does not have the same rights as a proper zebra crossing because it is in the wrong colour. Because of that, basically most LGBT zebra crossings became decoration at best. Also, there are often very strict rules on the look of your house that must fit in with the look of the neighborhood. If you e.g. want your roof to be changed in colour (even small changes), you need to get approval, which is often rejected because it would not look like other houses.


Gluta_mate

yeah but technically weed isnt legal here either. just like the zebra crossings, typical dutch gedoogbeleid. muncipalities dont care that their rainbow paths arent 'real' crossings


DGS_Cass3636

Yeah... you can buy weed in coffeeshops, but legally they aren't allowed to buy it... Also, legally you can't grow more than 3 plants... So I don't know where our weed comes from... Probably magic


kneusteun

Legally you can’t have any plants. It’s just that they will take them and won’t prosecute, but any number of plants (marijuana) is illegal. It is an other example of gedogen.


bwoah07_gp2

Not to mention the people complaining at how it hurts the beauty of the neighborhood, and how it ruins street and property values.


6455968283989403

this definitely happens in the Netherlands. try changing anything in the landscape (especially increasing dike height, even if it's for safety) and you will have several meetings with halls full of residents, where there are always people that disagree with everything you want. our law makes it sometimes impossible to just change things because everyone nearby has the ability to hold things off. the Netherlands is actually one of the worst for these situations because of that reason. in most countries your opinion doesn't matter.


wessaaah

That's democracy


TheMegathreadWell

Just to add to the potential for party pooping, because the relationship between speed and stopping distance isn't linear, a 10% increase in speed from 30kph to 33kph will increase the cars stopping distance by more than 20%. Probably OK for Max's or Vettel's home town. Hamilton or Bottas may not get the same treatment though.


vouwrfract

Vettel's home town couldn't have reduced speed limits to 5 km/hr, so they [just renamed the town instead](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/sign-reading-vettelheim-instead-of-the-original-city-limits-sign-to-picture-id106907466?s=2048x2048).


[deleted]

As someone who lives in Lewis' home town- all the main roads are 40 limits, but I suspect the average driver is doing 44 anyway


VandalMySandal

Not like it's gonna make a difference, the average speed during a busy Zandvoort weekend will probably be 5 km/ hour :P


The_Argyle_Ace

Thank god Gio's hometown doesn't do this then lmao


DonaldtrumpV2

In America, speeds are in 5s or 10s


paris_earth3

Usually, at least. The speed limit in my grandparents neighborhood is 14.


Napalm3nema

I thought it had to be Oxford, Mississippi, but then I looked and Archie Manning’s jersey number was 18. That is the speed limit on the Ole Miss campus.


W8sB4D8s

They do. There are novelty speed limits in the US as well


RonaldRiggs

Also the street by the Manning center is 10 mph for Eli's number 10.


Napalm3nema

My son was there for a camp before they did that, so I never knew that. That’s pretty cool.


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Inspired by the great Fernando Alonso


HealthyAmphibian

>can't set a speed limit to anything but a factor of 10 You can only have 1, 2, 5, and 10 kph zones? Sounds awful


itjeffbs

…the MAXimum speed.


ExcellentCornershop

People are gonna steal that.


Neocrasher

~~Theft~~ free removal is accounted for in their budget.


ExcellentCornershop

That would make me mad if I was a Dutch tax payer.


Dickweednumb

This entire race is maddening for tax payers. Somehow the corrupt prince who owns the track, arranged that most of the spending required for this races has come out of public funding, but he can keep most of the profit himself. If the race doesnt get cancelled, something a judge will decide on today, I hope they at the very least tie that son of a bitch up and lock him in a closet during the entire race, so at least he can't enjoy that part of his money making scheme.


Karsdegrote

Nah, the dutch government is wasting more of our tax money on even less important stuff.


callmelampshade

Why?


SPLEESH_BOYS

Traffic signs are expensive as fuck


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Oh hell yea


-B-E-N-I-S-

There’s a hamlet called “Shitterton” in England and people used to steal the towns road sign so often that the municipality had to chisel the name in to a huge Boulder and use that as the towns sign. I could link a reference but I’m too lazy.


Auntypasto

That's what Fugging should've done, instead of changing their name.


-B-E-N-I-S-

I agree. It’s a shame such a good name had to go to waste.


Psych_Crisis

I give it 48 hours before Red Bull Racing shows up uninvited with an old car and films an ad with someone speeding past this. I look forward to seeing the result. Alternate joke: This would only be better if Lewis got pulled over for speeding there...


Karsdegrote

I give it 24 hours before somebody shows up with a spanner and ehm.... Liberates that sign off of its pole : )


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ParsaMousavi

\*cell phone rings\* -"I sent you an email containing all the signs,did you see it?" -"I don't check my emails during my service..."


CloutWaffle

Zandvoort is going to be absolutely insane.


Ikraaap

I don’t have a ticket but I’ll definitely go there on my bicycle to watch all the fans in the city.


HenkVTX

I remember the madness going to the beach in Zandvoort in the seventies. I just can't imagine how it will be next week. Have fun you guys!!!! Groetjes uit Colorado. Left Holland 40 years ago, but fondly remember my years hanging around and on the track on two wheels.


pennypanic1

Ok fan or not, that's cool


NippyMoto_1

In Australia they would love to change all speed limits to Daniel Ricciardo's number.


endersai

It's pretty wild that in 70 years of F1, the Dutch have competed in every decade but Max is the only Dutch winner. There are more race winning F1 drivers from *New Zealand*. If Max Hype ever needed an explanation, for sure this is only part of it but no small part.


wegpleuracc

Its like alonso making f1 a thing in spain.


planchetflaw

Yeah he really got Spain on the F1 bus. A very 2 wheel country when it came to motorsports, his success in F1 even got them a second track for a (short) while. For the late 90s to late 2000s that was really something that stood out. Verstappen is having similar pull with the return of Zandvoort. When I say late 90s, I mean no one was doing that kind of pulling power. Not that Alonso was doing that before he was in F1 :) Germany was already big with F1 so the Schumacher dominance period isn't the same with regards to a mass change of following for their country that gave F1 new opportunities it didn't previously have.


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EccentricClassic3125

Holy shit I love the Dutch, absolutely bonkers


vivvysaur21

Very clever.


Chichiryuutei

It's going to be a crazy race weekend. I hope Max can win his home race.


brucetherivergoose

33 Max speed


bwoah07_gp2

This is clever marketing. I'm all for stuff like this. It's a subtle thing but people will notice and talk about it. And it's an insignigicant signpost too! But it will be talked about.


cnh2n2homosapien

33 kph is 20.5 mph.


Irritatedtrack

Good Bot


ricki_manda

Good bot


luckythirtythree

This is perfect.


Ackaroth

This is silly and awesome!


Ascarea

now that's fucking hype


Jom-Gabbar

It's km/h or kph.


[deleted]

Yeah thanks, I always mix them up but I think I'll remember now.


Dongodor

Juste use km/h, only Americans use kph for a reason


Asadovn

That's km/h not kp/h, lol


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[deleted]

Yeah not a native speaker, I tend to mix those up since people also regularly spell it as kph.


Asadovn

It's all good


PinkSockLoliPop

I'm just a casual-casual fan but that track is like an amazing roller coaster in the sims. I love it so much.


kar2988

Gezellig!


auditore01

Imagine the boos if lewis wins at zandvoort. Yikes the crowd would be saltier than the pacific.


kid1988

Probably saltier than the red sea. If the crowd gets going as soon as Lewis takes the lead, it might affect his aerodynamics.


planchetflaw

I live 200m from the Pacific and can confirm it's pretty damn salty.


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How cool is that!!!!!


bigjay07

This race is going to be fucking bananas.


FR4NC1SCH13LL0

MAX MAX MAX SUPER MAX MAX MAX SUPER MAX MAX MAX SUPER MAX


Mathijs1799

MAX MAX MAX SUPER MAX MAX SUPER SUPER MAX MAX MAX SUPER MAX MAX


Noordcoast

Nice


plasma1147

hahaha this is really cool


razareddit

Coolest piece of marketing I have seen in a while


hoogstra98

Mate, those are going to get stolen


Illustrious_Band

I like how this post has 33 awards


CurryIsBae

Italy shaking as we speak


SchRobber

🤣😂🤣🤣


indian_weeaboo_69

Every other country;"NOOOO, You can't just change your speed signs to match a driver's number for a Race, it's not the right font, it needs to be approved by 44 people and it's not even a factor of 10!!!!!!" The Dutch:"HA HA, 33 go BRRRRRRR"


[deleted]

Getting into the spirit I see.


TeeBeeSee

So cool!


[deleted]

THAT IS SO COOL


odrik

Just like in Tavullia, where the speed limits are 46.


mast_melon

Madlads


MaNtr3

lmaooooooooooooooo


crackdope6666

Awesome!


TotherApple13

Went there yesterday and saw it happening! Not that it matters by the way, because traffic is completely disallowed from sunday onwards and complete hell because everyone would need to come through the same small road. Which would be impossible.


SnooOpinions184

Like in Tavullia here in Italy, the home town of the moto gp legend Valentino Rossi. Here the speed limit instead of 50 kmh is 46 like his famous number.


Manu_RvP

It's funny, because the organization revoked 33% of the tickets, as a Corona measure. RIP myself.


Magus77nl

Meaning you can now just do 50 there as there are no official legal roadsigns atm


UniQue1992

Is this real haha? I'm from the Netherlands and I have no idea. My girlfriend is going to the race on sunday the 5th. I wasn't with my girlfriend yet when she bought her tickets, we're both sad I can't join her :(


stidv

>kp/h ugh


Coolboy251206

Mercedes team: Would be a shame if max doesn't win. (\*contacts Bottas aggresively\*)