Tucked in the rolling hills of western France, near the historic city of Angers, lies a quiet village where the streets tell a story — not with signs or speed bumps, but with art.
Welcome to Bauné, population: small.
Fame: quietly growing.
Because this charming little town has done something most villages wouldn’t dare:
They painted wavy, squiggly lines across their roads.
Not graffiti.
Not a prank.
Not a failed art project.
These undulating stripes are a clever, low-tech solution to a universal problem:
Speeding drivers.
And they’re working better than anyone expected.
🎯 The Problem: Too Fast, Too Dangerous
Like many rural villages, Bauné is picturesque — stone houses, cobblestone corners, narrow lanes.
But its beauty hides a danger.
Drivers, used to open country roads, would blast through the village at high speed, especially near a busy T-junction.
Locals worried:
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