Confusing Road Signs

Driving is amazin in the USofA especially if you pay not particular attention to all the signage meant to distract you from the joy of driving. Here are my observations - 1. Right Lane Ends - I am not sure how the Wrong Lane Ends look like so what do I care how the Right ones do? Keep on tooling down the road and pay not attention to these.. 2. Through Traffic Merge Left - Well this one is obvious - if there is lot of merging going on on the left then I want to stay as far to the right as possible..drivers these days have no clue where they are going.. 3. Slow Children - Thank you for advising me of the IQ of the average kid on the street - I will quickly speed the heck out of here. 4. Bump - could it be bumper cars are what I will see down the road? What the heck is that - I have heard of it go in the middle of the night somewhere.. 5. Caution Workers - I have seen a lot of workers like gardners, chefs, room service attendants, flight attendants but never a caution worker - a Cautious worker is a good thing but this one with its black on orange signage is a mystery - conspicuous but no clue what it means.. zoom on quick.. 6. Fines Doubled - Construction Zone - Who is this for? When did the fines double? Heck I was not aware there are fines to travel through a construction zone. 7. Headlights ON - on what? I have some on my car - so what? I tell you people simply need to start driving - no wonder we have so many accidents.

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