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That's not right! Is this Wolverhampton's most confusing road sign?

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Look left, surely that's not right! It's a case of pedestrians beware as they go to cross the busy junction off Broad Street and Wolverhampton ring road.

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A sign on the railings in the middle section of the crossing, near to the Slade Rooms, warns people to look left for buses when actually cars are swinging round from the right.

The sign is one of several in the area and they have all been in place since 2011.

But Wolverhampton council has been forced into a response on social media when the picture was put to them by concerned member of the public.

@Colin_Haynes tweeted: "How long before someone gets run over here #humanfactors"

"Wonder how many people have walked past this – or how many near misses there have been?"

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While people are standing at the first road the blue sign stares at them from across the other side of the crossing in the middle island correctly telling them to look left.

However for those who don't notice the sign until they have crossed to the middle island it could prove somewhat misleading and dangerous.

Watch out! The bus lane sign at the junction of Broad Street says look left when cars are coming from the right

A council spokesperson said: "These signs have been in place since 2011 and nobody has had an issue.

"They are obviously important advisory notices. When somebody is crossing the road in question, the sign would basically be behind them and they wouldn't see it.

"We hope they would be looking at the traffic in front of them instead." Council officials have promised on social media that the relevant departments will look into the issue.

It comes after Wolverhampton's newest and seemingly shortest cycle lane raised a few eyebrows in May.

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To the uninformed eye the route appears to start outside the Wilko store along Snow Hill - and come to an almost immediate end just two bike-lengths later.

The green marking is in fact the continuation of two city centre cycle routes which converge at the junction of Garrick Street and St George's Parade.

It is intended cyclists share the pavement outside Wilko with pedestrians before joining the road via the markings.