This probably isn’t the best way to encourage safe driving.

Some prankster broke into an electronic highway warning sign in Winter Park, Fla., and reprogrammed it to flash the message “SMOKE WEED ERRYDAY (sic).”

The sign was supposed to read, “Jackson Ave closed to thru traffic.” Now, apparently, it’s open — to pot experimentation.

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One Illinois mom had the worst Mother’s Day ever.

The 81-year-old woman spent the day pinned to her kitchen floor, after her no-good son showed up drunk, passed out on top of her and trapped her underneath his body for hours, police say.

After relatives found them, the woman was rushed to the hospital and treated for a broken hip. The son was arrested for violating a protection order.

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That poor woman could have used the help of this man in Stockholm, Sweden, who rescued a 7-year-old boy trapped under a car — by using his bare hands to lift the vehicle.

The hero grabbed the back bumper of a Volkswagen Passat and lifted it enough so the kid could wriggle out.

The child got stuck after his mom accidentally him while backing up.

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Forget rice and wheat — the world’s newest food staple could be bugs.

The United Nations has announced that people should start chowing down on edible insects to fight world hunger.

“Insects are everywhere and they reproduce quickly,” the UN noted.

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A BBC radio host was so drunk, she got booted off the air during a show to celebrate her retirement after 20 years.

“It’s a P-A-R-T-Y because I said sooooo . . . Some people will say, ‘Oh, thank goodness she’s gone,’” slurred host Paula White, who added, just before she was yanked: “I’ve had a couple of drinks, I’m not drunk.”