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Part of being a good driver is paying attention (chú ý) to road signs (biển báo bên đường). Sure, you can skip the billboards and other ads, but government-installed signs are important sources of crucial information (thông tin quan trọng) such as the speed limit (giới hạn tốc độ), advance notice of upcoming intersections (nút giao) and merging lanes (nhập làn), and warnings about steep grades or tight curves.

So, naturally, when Japanese Twitter user @Ssax_s1006s was out and about, they made sure to keep their eyes peeled. It’s debatable as to whether or not that diligence was rewarded or not, though, when @Ssax_s1006s encountered this sign.

▼ “I found a sign in Gunma with no information whatsoever.”

As one of Japan’s few landlocked prefectures, Gunma is pretty rural overall, and the town of Agatsuma, where @Ssax_s1006s snapped this photo, is a sleepy place even by those standards. Saying the sign has “no information whatsoever is a bit of an exaggeration,” as it does tell you you’re on Prefectural Road 375. That’s the one and only piece of information you’re getting though. Want to know where the road is going? Upcoming cross streets? Literally anything other than “This is Prefectural Road 375?” Tough luck. You’re going to have to go bug someone else for those secrets.

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