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ULPT: If you see a sign that says ‘No Thru Way,’ it’s code for ‘This Is A Shortcut!’

Posted by StinkypieTicklebum@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 97 comments

They just don’t want you to take it!

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Blown_Up_Baboon@reddit

Also, fire lanes are usually the fastest way in and out of an apartment complex or office complex. Don’t get lost, just follow the red striped road!
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crash866@reddit

And the fire lane is a good parking spot that is usually available. /s
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Gunderstank_House@reddit

Let me fix that for you: "No, Thru Way!"
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jaxxon@reddit

PRIVATE BEACH? NO. SWIMMING ALLOWED!
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fanoftom@reddit

“No. Money down!” https://youtu.be/5yuL6PcgSgM?si=-RONzhymiuD-o_6A
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Feeling_Turnip_1273@reddit

This also often works for people's signs saying no beach access! They usually don't want people parking in their neighborhood, but there is almost always a trail to the beach!
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OmnathLocusofWomana@reddit

my dentist moved out of a house on the beach in my hometown because he kept finding human shit in his yard, i think parking is fairly low priority on the list of reasons people wanna keep mostly drunk beach goers out of their yard
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7H470N36UY@reddit

I get that drunk people will probably piss in the yard, but anybody that shits in the yard is just straight up feral
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Torschach@reddit

I mean just poop in the ocean and you even have a salt water bidet.
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Empty_Ambition_9050@reddit

This is gunna end up as a result in google AI
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7H470N36UY@reddit

Am exfoliating enima. The ol' California special
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notarealpunk@reddit

Damn right. They don't call it "the shitty sands of San Bernardino" for nothing
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cpoe_nasty@reddit

The sands? Of San Bernardino?
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notarealpunk@reddit

Yes
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ApeMummy@reddit

Poseidon’s caress
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MacLunkie@reddit

https://youtu.be/UEQt0qtlkhE?si=p9tvDYqiKoZpwF_7
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Cawdor@reddit

Just don’t do it while swimming. Shit floats up your back
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ActuallyYeah@reddit

The real LPT is always in the comments!
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iliveandbreathe@reddit

Swim and shit at the same time? Which direction?
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OneFilthyHouseCat@reddit

What kind of ocean are you shitting in
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Empty_Ambition_9050@reddit

They’re probably homeless
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VStarlingBooks@reddit

This reminds me of the marathon shitter.
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TurnkeyLurker@reddit

It comes out looking like a Marathon bar??
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VStarlingBooks@reddit

Hahaha holy crap But seriously guy was caught on a Ring camera taking a dump on someone's lawn.
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sprockets22@reddit

Santa Monica or Venice?
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dontsayjub@reddit

[https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/1bpmmkq/road\_rage/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/1bpmmkq/road_rage/)
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HodgeGodglin@reddit

Where was the “No Thru Way” sign tho? Pretty sure that’s a “Road is closed” situation if anything
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Afraid_Composer@reddit

He pulled a Darrell Brooks move
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GodofAeons@reddit

The ONLY way I could understand this was if his wife or child was like actively dying at the hospital. Obviously he didn't know he'd be going into a parade route, but I couldn't imagine how someone would be doing that otherwise... Right? Surely it's not just cause some exits were blocked off?
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StinkypieTicklebum@reddit (OP)

Yeah, no thanks. I’m not going to watch some worst case scenario road rage video, and here’s why: there’s an inherent risk in any ULPT, and additionally, it’s all in your attitude. Pretend you’re lost, do the little sorry wave, and move on. There’s an LPT if you get busted doing this ULPT.
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waterborn234@reddit

K
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CherimoyaSurprise@reddit

It's worth watching just for the entertainment value of it. Dude was a fucking maniac,.
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PorkyMcRib@reddit

Wow. What was his problem?
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bonfuto@reddit

If you look in the comments, he has many problems. I'm a bit surprised he didn't flip his vehicle though.
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PorkyMcRib@reddit

https://www.foxnews.com/us/raging-portland-driver-rips-through-rose-parade-furious-video
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Neoreloaded313@reddit

Where I live, these signs are true. There literally is no other way out.
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SomeDumbPenguin@reddit

Yeah, I've seen where they put up a sign like that & it's a circled neighborhood, so technically not a dead end
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ItsaPostageStampede@reddit

Cul de sac?
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FadedSirens@reddit

Fun fact: the plural of cul de sac is culs de sac
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thats2un4tun8@reddit

Even more fun fact: it literally means "bottom of the bag" or "bag end". Note also that the hero of the Lord of the Rings lives on a cul de sac called Bag End and is named Baggins.
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beccabarnes420@reddit

I told someone this today and have had to use it in my professional life many times! Are you a GG fan?
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I_haveatinycock@reddit

Cold sack
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crawliesmonth@reddit

If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring the boys inside.
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Goodgoditsgrowing@reddit

Holy fuck, the snort I just snorted. Well done. I think you just cleared my sinuses with comedy.
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Sure_Comfort_7031@reddit

Yeah, some places didn’t like the phrase “dead end” so they made it “not a thru way”, which means…It doesn’t go thru…. But yeah, by all means OP, keep going down dead ends because it’s a shortcut.
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missinginput@reddit

I think you mean dead ends, no thru traffic means it does go thru but they want to discourage using it for that.
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Neoreloaded313@reddit

These signs are up around me usually going into a neighborhood or development. I know that is the only way in or out of the place since I've lived in the area all my life. It's probably just handled differently in other areas.
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Bingineering@reddit

Not with that attitude
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Publius82@reddit

Yeah it's NO THRU TRUCKS OP is thinking of
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Neoreloaded313@reddit

That sure would make more sense.
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goosmane@reddit

no thru traffic
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0_phuk@reddit

Until you run off the bridge that is down
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thekyledavid@reddit

I’m not the best driver in the world, but I’d like to think I’d be able to hit the breaks when I saw a bridge wasn’t there
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TurnkeyLurker@reddit

Them's the breaks!
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0_phuk@reddit

Stories of people following their GPS instructions and going into a lake or off construction zone happen far too often.
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DegenerateOnCross@reddit

It's shorter isn't it 
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a_3ft_giant@reddit

The long way is easier... but it's longer 😬
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goosmane@reddit

longcut
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PEneoark@reddit

True
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StinkypieTicklebum@reddit (OP)

Nah, that wouldn’t say no thru way, it would say bridge closed. Road signs are pretty specific. No thru way means that there is a thru way, however it is not exactly legal to take it.
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zenon10@reddit

what if they're out of bridge closed signs
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awdangman@reddit

They would probably post a "bridge closed but we're out of that sign" sign.
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Stewapalooza@reddit

What if they're out of those?
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awdangman@reddit

That would make sense but lets wait and see if they see the sense.
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liquid_acid-OG@reddit

So, I don't know any where you live but here 'No thru way' means the same thing as no exit, just a longer road before you hit the dead end And it will hit a dead end, if you're lucky there will be space to turn around.
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MobiusAurelius@reddit

Agreed. Maybe OP was thinking of "no thru traffic"
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hornsmakecake@reddit

It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
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FrankCastlesAlt@reddit

It’s bugging the hell outta me that I can’t recall! Where’s that saying from? Pretty sure it’s from a movie but can’t remember which!
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hornsmakecake@reddit

[Road Trip](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0215129/)
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FrankCastlesAlt@reddit

Ah, that’s it! Thanks so much! :)
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RamblingManUK@reddit

I think it's from National Lampoon's Road Trip.
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rvzZz@reddit

Robert, it goes down
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Larry_Hagmans_Liver_@reddit

It do go down!
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MeowMeowImACowww@reddit

You can easily look at Google Maps, and see if there's a path to where you want to go. In many cases, that sign has a point.
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Boulderdrip@reddit

actually it just means there is no thru way and op is an idiot
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bob101910@reddit

Around here it will say something like "No gps traffic". My phone knows the fastest way is through there.
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WittyColt254380@reddit

There’s one in Fort Collins Colorado that says “google maps is wrong” 😂
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Yotsubato@reddit

It means it’s extra right
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voucher420@reddit

When I got a motorcycle, I was riding it for fun in the neighborhood. I came across what was once a through road, but was turned into a dead end with just a sidewalk and some posts to prevent cars from jumping the sidewalk. Needless to say, I got yelled at by the local Karen as I rode away.
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coolmode121@reddit

Don’t remember asking
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Flying48@reddit

This comment reeks of sadness and loneliness…
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MellonCollie218@reddit

You idiot. This is a public forum where people talk about whatever. Not a private discussion with just you.
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Pretty_Frosting_2588@reddit

It’s a gamble but sometimes it does pay off if it’s a route that you take on the regular. Most the time it’s a dead end and a pain to turn around on. I have discovered a nice alley shortcut with mostly businesses on the other side. I’m betting it’s because if there is a back door delivery then there isn’t a way thru because barely enough room for a vehicle.. I have not run into an issue yet but I always take it around 4 pm.
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barelylethal10@reddit

Plan b is really plan A
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grislyfind@reddit

"No dumping" = good place to get rid of that old couch, broken TV, macrame owl hanging
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fozzyfozzburn@reddit

Or it used to be a short cut.
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aryukittenme@reddit

ULPT: If you see a sign that says ‘No Thru Way,’ take it and you won’t even have to drive the rest of the way, the nice tow truck man will do all the hard work for you!
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JahGiraffe@reddit

Tell that to the Subaru tough guy we found high pointed on a boulder after he went by our signs
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I_haveatinycock@reddit

We had a sign on our road that said “no thru trucks”. I lived in Kentucky on the side of a mountain/hill and the whole was about a car and a half wide. Every so often bigass vans and semis would try to go down the road only to find that the curve further down the hill was too sharp and that if they took the curve they’d literally roll down the side of the hill and probably die. I would park my car right at the entrance to my drive way so the people in traffic wouldn’t turn around in my driveway. Was a good time.
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saveyboy@reddit

Unless it’s not.
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daveshops@reddit

Once in a while you get lucky
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FacelessPotatoPie@reddit

There’s a road on the way to visit my fiancées parents (normally an 8 minute drive, construction turned it to almost 20) they have it torn up for one reason or another. They have signs that say No Thru Way. If you try to go through, you’ll end up in a 10 foot deep hole. I don’t think that’s a shortcut.
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JoshuaSuhaimi@reddit

could be a dead end
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MellonCollie218@reddit

Roll the dice! YOLO
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Eifuku2003@reddit

This belongs to Shitty LPTs instead
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RamblingManUK@reddit

Or it means No Tru Way unless you're driving a 4x4 or tractor. Anything else gets stuck.
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daveshops@reddit

Or it means "pissed off farmer with a shotgun ahead"
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