In Slagel v. State (1990), 42 Ill. Ct. Cl. 28, 32, the Claimant alleged that a vehicle accident was proximately caused by a missing sign which would have warned the driver of an approaching curve. The Court found that roadway was hilly and contained many curves. Other warnings or markings existed preceding the accident site. The Court found that the absence of the sign in question would not have created a hazard for a driver exercising due care and caution. Therefore, the absence of the sign was not the proximate cause of the accident. Slagel, at 32.