Hey, Mr. Policeman [ANSWERED]

Look and see if you are driving on the right side of the road


This is one of my favourite curios during my travels. Not easy for you Westerners out there.

That's strange indeed. I know 101% what country this is. But, they drive on the right in that country. That's confusing 

May 19, 2015 13:57:07 GMT ndrqu said:

That's strange indeed. I know 101% what country this is. But, they drive on the right in that country. That's confusing 

That's the point.

It's not a clue yet but I just made a sketch to explain what is happening on this image in a country where there is right-hand driving.
Actually it is quite a smart solution to ease traffic in peak hours in the city center.

this map helped, thanks
(but not the explanation about rightlefthanddriving, hehe)

This took me the entire day. I think I have looked at EVERY-SINGLE-ROAD in that country before looking at the correct one.

And I didn't need the hint, anyway. I just needed krenek's picture  (from his photo there is a rather easy way to find the place)

CLUE

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For those who still want to find it, here is some googling homework:

May 20, 2015 10:18:02 GMT hhgygy said:

CLUE

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For those who still want to find it, here is some googling homework:

If you mean the shop and the bank, I already googled them from your first image. No results (or thousands of results). Right now I'm following route 15 just in case. I will stop looking after a few mn. 

I feel like I want to help johnluke with this... He's having an hard time with puzzles lately   You can find this place with shops. I can't tell you which shop, however, the picture posted by Krenek does have the shop that I used to find the solution. BCR (thousands of results) and Gamelli (no result) didn't work for me either.

May 21, 2015 18:12:25 GMT ndrqu said:

I feel like I want to help johnluke with this... He's having an hard time with puzzles lately   .

Not more than usual. I am just talking about it more.

May 21, 2015 17:05:11 GMT johnluke said:

May 20, 2015 10:18:02 GMT hhgygy said:

CLUE

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For those who still want to find it, here is some googling homework:

If you mean the shop and the bank, I already googled them from your first image. No results (or thousands of results). Right now I'm following route 15 just in case. I will stop looking after a few mn. 

Maybe you mispelled the shop name because it clearly gets you to the location. And it is not a big company like MacDonalds so very far from thousand or even hundred hits. Maybe under a dozen.

May 21, 2015 20:25:36 GMT hhgygy said:

May 21, 2015 17:05:11 GMT johnluke said:

If you mean the shop and the bank, I already googled them from your first image. No results (or thousands of results). Right now I'm following route 15 just in case. I will stop looking after a few mn. 

Maybe you mispelled the shop name because it clearly gets you to the location. And it is not a big company like MacDonalds so very far from thousand or even hundred hits. Maybe under a dozen.

I tried two different spellings, and both names exist. It's easy to find when you know what you're looking for. 

May 22, 2015 16:21:31 GMT johnluke said:

May 21, 2015 20:25:36 GMT hhgygy said:

Maybe you mispelled the shop name because it clearly gets you to the location. And it is not a big company like MacDonalds so very far from thousand or even hundred hits. Maybe under a dozen.

I tried two different spellings, and both names exist. It's easy to find when you know what you're looking for. 

It's ok but you should not expect to find it instantly, there is not much enjoyment in that. This shoe shop chain is a very little one with only a few vendors, so you just have to try them one after the other.

I've been up and down that road through half the country and somehow I feel I deserve an answer now. 

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Please. 

May 29, 2015 18:03:24 GMT johnluke said:

I've been up and down that road through half the country and somehow I feel I deserve an answer now. 

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{Spoiler}Please. 

At your service, sir.
ANSWER

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{Spoiler}This smart turnaround is in the city centre of Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely) in Romania.
I was there several times and the first time I saw this solution, I took a picture of it:


After Romania had got its StreetView I put this puzzle in every forum 

This is how I found it:

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www.simigeriapetru.ro/locatii-simigeria-petru/tg-mures

May 21, 2015 18:12:25 GMT ndrqu said:

I feel like I want to help johnluke with this... He's having an hard time with puzzles lately   You can find this place with shops. I can't tell you which shop, however, the picture posted by Krenek does have the shop that I used to find the solution. BCR (thousands of results) and Gamelli (no result) didn't work for me either.

There are 169 shops in Romania, according Google Maps.

May 29, 2015 18:36:28 GMT ndrqu said:

This is how I found it:

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www.simigeriapetru.ro/locatii-simigeria-petru/tg-mures

Fine, but how did you find that website. And what is "petru"? 

May 29, 2015 21:25:38 GMT johnluke said:

May 29, 2015 18:36:28 GMT ndrqu said:

This is how I found it:

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www.simigeriapetru.ro/locatii-simigeria-petru/tg-mures

Fine, but how did you find that website. And what is "petru"? 

Look at krenek's image, and zoom in 

May 29, 2015 22:52:51 GMT ndrqu said:

May 29, 2015 21:25:38 GMT johnluke said:

Fine, but how did you find that website. And what is "petru"? 

Look at krenek's image, and zoom in 

That's not what I was asking. I saw the shop with the word Petru on it 10 days ago when Krenek posted his answer, but googling it returned no results except guys named Petru. So I repeat: how did you find that website?

John you are just lazy with the keywords that's it. If there is a shop, it CAN be found on Google.

Just keep trying, and eventually you will be rewarded

May 30, 2015 10:04:12 GMT ndrqu said:

John you are just lazy with the keywords that's it. If there is a shop, it CAN be found on Google.

Just keep trying, and eventually you will be rewarded

Bucarest? In the Google search? Why? It's not in Bucarest....

Also, the petru shop is visible in the OP picture. No need to wait for krenek's...

I am not one for going through long lists of possible answers or leads. You may call this laziness, I call this not wasting my precious time. I am ready to try three or four possibilities. Beyond that, the fun becomes work. This is "Fun & Games". Not "Work & More Work". Now I respect and even admire those who are willing to work very hard for the honor, pride and fun of winning. But I can live without it. It's just that if there is a nice short easy solution to a puzzle, I like to know it. Or even find it!

In OP's picture you can't see PETRU, the image is cut and you only read PETRI, that's why I needed krenek's image.

I put bucarest in the search because it's the biggest city and capital city of Romania, therefore it was the place where I had the most chances. Then in the website I found a list of cities with the locations of the shop, and I searched them all

May 30, 2015 14:11:48 GMT ndrqu said:

In OP's picture you can't see PETRU, the image is cut and you only read PETRI, that's why I needed krenek's image.

I put bucarest in the search because it's the biggest city and capital city of Romania, therefore it was the place where I had the most chances. Then in the website I found a list of cities with the locations of the shop, and I searched them all

Good job!