Road signs outside the law

Came to us from the West fashion street art using conventional surface road signs on the streets did not find understanding with the authorities of the Russian regions. Municipality of Tomsk has issued a statement calling the copyright warning signs of vandalism and their creator on administrative responsibility for creativity. Artists joker face fines up to 10 thousand rubles, according to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta».

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Those who have been in recent years in Europe, could not miss these fun making art. Silhouette of man carrying off a sign of "brick" and many other options that plays traditional road signs have become so popular there that wish to decorate the road sign is not even to be an artist. The stores are sold ready stickers on signs with various "scenes". In the photo below - signs on the streets of Florence.



In Tomsk amateur artist (or artists?) Did not copy the Western examples, and found to his works new heroes - Hedgehog in the Fog, bear, elephant, dinosaur and others. But the authorities did not appreciate creativity.



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"We must understand that, ruining road sign vandals can provoke a traffic accident and endanger the lives of others. We have already sent information about damaged road signs in SMEU Tomsk region. I want to emphasize that the replacement of damaged characters - this additional expenditure budget, which could be directed to other measures to ensure safety on the roads, "- said the head of the department of road traffic management operations, development and transportation of Tomsk Alexey Uskov.