a speed limit sign on a trailer
Photograph ©2025 by Brian Cohen.

What Is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 286

Talk about speed reading.

Note: Starting next week, the format of these articles will change as a result of feedback from readers of The Gate With Brian Cohen: the answer to this article will be revealed in the article next week instead of waiting to be included in a separate Answers article in the future; and in subsequent articles, the answer to the previous article will be revealed in the next article one week later. 


For this edition of this popular game, can you guess what you believe is wrong — or, at least, seemingly quite bizarre — with this photograph part 286?

When motor vehicles drive by this particular speed limit sign, their speeds are detected and are then flashed on the electronic sign below.

What Is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 286

a speed limit sign on a trailer
Photograph ©2025 by Brian Cohen.

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  1. Presumably, the lit sign displays the driver’s speed. In that case, it is inappropriate to tell the driver to slow down.

    In our town, there is a similar lit sign except it displays the driver’s speed in green unless they are speeding. In that case, the number is in red. It also reads “your speed”.

    2 years ago, I fought a radar speeding ticket and won. The judge doesn’t require the policeman to show up and require s the driver to submit arguments in writing, which I did. I challenged the radar and the legal procedure but I don’t know which argument persuaded the judge to dismiss the ticket.

  2. it’s all about specific scientific units. the non-digital sign is in km/hr. the digital sign is in mph. and there you go.

  3. What’s curious to me (when attempting to interpret what’s going on here) is the flexible nature of the metal sign. By changing the screwed-down numbers, this sign could be used to indicate a speed limit of 10, 65, or any other 2-digit number. So, was the speed limit on this section of road changed recently (or in conjunction with road work, etc.)? If so, then drawing the driver’s attention that s/he (sorry for the DEI pronoun use) to the fact that s/he was already at the very top of the (new?) limit might make more sense.

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