I hope she put the sign back ... people will get lost going to Essendon.
MeljCunningham VicRoads Sign frame was only mounted on the upper side of the sign gantry and not the vertical front. Could have been damaged during a storm and then bent many times by more wind and/or from turbulence caused by passing trucks
Happens more often than you think...
driverlesscars will fix this smh
shoddy workmanship....sign of the times
OMG 😮
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