Oddly specific distances on signs

[Takumi]

They're for checking braking distances of a Honda Prelude.

So the 298 feet is with the stock brakes from xx mph, while the 186 feet is with the aftermarket brakes on mine from the same speed. Got it.

[Road Hog]

The speed limit on the University of Mississippi campus is 18 mph in honor of Archie Manning.

[kphoger]

Do all the speed limit signs come with models?
(Is anyone else thinking of Denmark right now?)

[PHLBOS]

 

Is it me or does she appear pregnant in that photo?

[agentsteel53]

Is it me or does she appear pregnant in that photo?

sometimes people are pregnant.

[PHLBOS]

Is it me or does she appear pregnant in that photo?

sometimes people are pregnant.

No kidding, but having an attractive & seemingly young, pregnant woman posing as a model in a photo on a university campus doesn't quite send the right message for parents of prospective students applying for admission.

[agentsteel53]

is that some kind of official photo?  I thought it was just borrowed from J. Arthur Random's facebook page.

[PHLBOS]

I thought it was just borrowed from J. Arthur Random's facebook page.

Random('s) Facebook page... interesting.

[NE2]

Looks like Tetazoo work to me.

[agentsteel53]

Looks like Tetazoo work to me.

is that where you lived?  I was on 5W, which - as far as I remember - did not have a nickname.

[djsinco]

I didn't want to start a new thread, and this is a stretch to be on topic here, but here I go anyway...

I drove I-81 S in VA for the first time in years earlier this year. In the northern part of the state, (I cannot remember where,) there was a sign listing the 3 exits available for the next town. It could have been Lexington, Harrisonburg, Staunton, or some other, but in that part of the state. The sign read "Town Name," exits xxx,xxx,xxx with no spaces. It made it look like the exit number was 100 million plus.

I wish I had the presence of mind to stop and take a pic. Does anyone know which town this is, and/or the mile marker of this sign?

[NE2]

I was at Random.

PS: the photo is actually from here: http://www.olemissmom.com/2009/08/back-to-beginning.html

[DTComposer]

Can't be any worse than these two curve advisory signs on Quito Road in the San Jose area...

I could swear that at least one of those used to be different...17 or 18 or 19? I remember it being under 20.

Did they re-engineer the curve for a higher design speed?

[kphoger]

PS: the photo is actually from here: http://www.olemissmom.com/2009/08/back-to-beginning.html

Thank you for clearing up the mystery.  So the lady in the photo was not a student when the picture was taken.  Her son Rhodes was born 36 days after the picture was taken.

[Alps]

PS: the photo is actually from here: http://www.olemissmom.com/2009/08/back-to-beginning.html

Thank you for clearing up the mystery.  So the lady in the photo was not a student when the picture was taken.  Her son Rhodes was born 36 days after the picture was taken.

RHODES! </second Randomite on this thread>

[Brandon]

PS: the photo is actually from here: http://www.olemissmom.com/2009/08/back-to-beginning.html

Thank you for clearing up the mystery.  So the lady in the photo was not a student when the picture was taken.  Her son Rhodes was born 36 days after the picture was taken.

A rather apt name given the topic of this forum.

[NE2]

Thank you for clearing up the mystery.

You can fish too!
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html

[myosh_tino]

Can't be any worse than these two curve advisory signs on Quito Road in the San Jose area...

I could swear that at least one of those used to be different...17 or 18 or 19? I remember it being under 20.

Did they re-engineer the curve for a higher design speed?

I thought so too.  The two GSV images in my post were on taken as you drive south on Quito Road.  If you drive north on Quito Road, you'll encounter a 22 MPH advisory sign and a 19 MPH advisory sign (Google Street View image).  The 19 MPH sign is for the same curve as the 21 MPH advisory sign but going in the opposite direction.

The northbound lane is the inner lane on the curve so I guess that's why the advisory limit is 2 MPH less.

[kphoger]

Thank you for clearing up the mystery.

You can fish too!
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html

Right, but it still would have taken quite a bit of poking around in the blog to verify the dates. 

[NWI_Irish96]

There is a sign on IL 83 announcing the exit for Ogden Ave in 1/3 mile.  Probably not the only one, but can't be all that common.

[myosh_tino]

There is a sign on IL 83 announcing the exit for Ogden Ave in 1/3 mile.  Probably not the only one, but can't be all that common.

I've never seen "1/3 MILE" however, the advance guide sign for northbound San Antonio Road from southbound US 101 features a "1/8 MILE" designation.

[agentsteel53]

I have seen a 1/3 somewhere in California but I definitely do not remember where. 

I remember it being used in New England a few times in the 90s.  I-84 in Connecticut maybe??

[kj3400]

We got 2/3s on MD 295: http://goo.gl/maps/9ZUyH

[PHLBOS]

I've seen 1/3 MILE and 1/8 MILE used on MA BGS'.  The original 70s-era BGS for the advance-notice for the MA 114 East (originally marked as South) exit off US 1 South in Danvers had a 1/8 MILE reference.  The current BGS now reads EXIT 800 FEET.

Along I-95 North in the same general area (Exits 47A-B), both the original and current advance-notice BGS for MA 114 West (Exit 47B) list 1/3 MILE references.

[roadman]

I have seen a 1/3 somewhere in California but I definitely do not remember where. 

I remember it being used in New England a few times in the 90s.  I-84 in Connecticut maybe??

There were several 1/3 mile advance signs in Massachusetts for awhile, usually for the second exit at cloverleafs.