Crash site with wrecked ‘thank you for driving carefully’ sign a ‘special kind of British irony’

A photograph showing the scene of a car crash site, with a ‘thank you for driving carefully’ sign uprooted by the accident has been dubbed a ‘special kind of British irony’. 

The photo depicts a lime-coloured car losing the battle with a country road and being flung into trees at the side of it at an unknown location in England.  

The front of the car is bdaly smashed in, and a tree appears to have been felled by the impact. 

The photo depicts a lime coloured car stranded in a ditch at the side of a country road in England. ‘A special kind of British irony here,’ the caption read, referring to the wrecked sign

Also clearly ruined by the impact is a sign that thanks motorists for driving carefully. 

The ironic scene was captured by a passerby and uploaded to Reddit and shared in the Casual UK group. 

‘A special kind of British irony here,’ the caption read. 

The hilarious post received nearly 750 up-votes and had scores of comments underneath the image.  

Also visible in the photo is a man standing next to the written-off car taking a picture of his own, and flanked by an emergency services vehicle. 

The airbag appears to have inflated and fortunately no-one appears to have been hurt. 

Guess it’s a hotspot: the felled sign, complete with a bent post, lies on the ground after being hit during the collision

The hilarious post received nearly 750 upvotes and had scores of comments. While many respondents bemoaned the difficulty of driving on country roads, others couldn’t help but enjoy the irony

While many respondents bemoaned the driving on country roads, others couldn’t help but enjoy the irony. 

‘This is AMAZING,’ wrote one person. 

Another added simply: ‘Beautiful,’ while another person said: ‘Deep. Subtle. British.’ 

‘Thank you for driving carefully…zero days since this sign was involved in a collision,’ read another humorous comment.