The Swiss take a no-holds-barred approach to safety, invoking even the grim reaper to produce compliance through sheer terror – but with a sense of fun, too

Thanks go to Tony Mould for his photo of an "unusual" – as he mildly describes it – safety warning sign in Ascona, southern Switzerland. We're not real Italians here, but we understand the sign translates as either "Your life is not a game" or "Your life is not a mushroom". Any other suggested translations gratefully received…


Grim reaper site sign


And here's that board in full:


Snakes and ladders


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