A couple of road painters maybe should have taken their time - spelling the word 'SLOW' on the tarmac.<br /><br />Local observer Kim Cooper-Grindley was amused to see the warning spelled backwards on a street in Penge, south London.<br /><br />She explains: "Why would you need to go slow looking in your rearview mirror, you've already passed?"<br /><br />"It happened on Monday 15th January at approximately 11.30am. But they have not returned."<br /><br />Kim joked: "Our concern is that there will be hoards of people visiting to see the famous WOLS, it will become a Penge tourist attraction like Barnard castle."<br /><br />An online neighbourhood Facebook group were scratching their heads as they discussed whether it was a mistake or not.<br /><br />Comments suggested whether it was "for testing your eyesight?" or "testing if you can read back to front".<br /><br />While one wag commented: "Owls down - it may all wrok uot fine in the edn."<br /><br />It follows an incident in September 2022 when Brighton road marking painters went straight to bottom of the class - after spelling the word school wrong.<br /><br />Contractors had daubed 'SHCOOL' outside Brighton's Portslade Aldridge Community Academy.<br /><br />Bromley Council have been contacted for comment regarding the Penge spelling.
