The Worst of Road Signs

[andrepoiy]

Image from Google Streetview.

[kphoger]

Now do you want me to explain the blue lines in hockey.

Yes.  Whenever I try to learn it, what I see during a game doesn't match my understanding.

[roadman]

Now do you want me to explain the blue lines in hockey.

Yes.  Whenever I try to learn it, what I see during a game doesn't match my understanding.

That was a reference to an old Mad Magazine bit about the rules in hockey.  It was mostly making fun at how the majority of rules in professional sports are so vague and easily open to interpretation.

[jeffandnicole]

Now do you want me to explain the blue lines in hockey.

Yes.  Whenever I try to learn it, what I see during a game doesn't match my understanding.

But since you asked...

For the current rules:  They're only generally used for off-sides calls.  When advancing the puck into the offensive zone towards the net (basically, between the blue line to behind the net), the puck must clear the blue line prior to any offensive player fully crosses the line.  They can straddle the line, but can't fully cross it until the puck does.

If the puck is returned towards center ice, anyone within the offensive zone must retreat to center ice beyond the blue line (just for clarification here, center ice is the area between the two blue lines; not perfectly center on the red line).  If the puck, after getting to center ice, goes back into the offensive zone, all players must still retreat to center ice before returning to the offensive zone to touch the puck.

In the past, there's been various rule differences pertaining to off-sides calls.  In one of the worst rules, there was also a 2 line pass violation, where if the puck was passed from one player to another and the puck crossed the red line and at least one of the blue lines during the pass, that was a foul and play was stopped.  A stupid rule to begin with; thankfully they did away with it.

[jakeroot]

^^^
I think that's more erroneous than "worst of".

[Tom958]

^^^
I think that's more erroneous than "worst of".

Yeah, you're right. I'll post there, then delete my post here.

[CoreySamson]

Bumping this thread to showcase what's got to be the worst ever attempt at a Evacuation Route sign. I-10 eastbound west of Beaumont:

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0222013,-94.1729384,3a,15y,64.8h,86.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB-axI8mM7StUcfuC1dJJqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[odditude]

Bumping this thread to showcase what's got to be the worst ever attempt at a Evacuation Route sign. I-10 eastbound west of Beaumont:

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0222013,-94.1729384,3a,15y,64.8h,86.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB-axI8mM7StUcfuC1dJJqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

the link you gave has the sign closed on its hinges - what's it look like when it's open?

[CoreySamson]

Bumping this thread to showcase what's got to be the worst ever attempt at a Evacuation Route sign. I-10 eastbound west of Beaumont:

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0222013,-94.1729384,3a,15y,64.8h,86.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB-axI8mM7StUcfuC1dJJqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

the link you gave has the sign closed on its hinges - what's it look like when it's open?

Oops, wasn't thinking for a second. I thought that sign was open. I'm just wondering why there's an odd solitary hurricane picture on this sign when they just could've used one of the perfectly fine blue Hurricane Evacuation Route signs instead.

[jakeroot]

Bumping this thread to showcase what's got to be the worst ever attempt at a Evacuation Route sign. I-10 eastbound west of Beaumont:

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0222013,-94.1729384,3a,15y,64.8h,86.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB-axI8mM7StUcfuC1dJJqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

the link you gave has the sign closed on its hinges - what's it look like when it's open?

Oops, wasn't thinking for a second. I thought that sign was open. I'm just wondering why there's an odd solitary hurricane picture on this sign when they just could've used one of the perfectly fine blue Hurricane Evacuation Route signs instead.

I'm guessing it's for TXDOT, so that workers can more easily locate the signs when they need to be flipped down. They don't want anyone reading or being familiar with the message until evacuation becomes necessary, so they use a largely non-descript hurricane symbol for locatiing purposes. That's a guess, for the record; I don't work in sign maintenance.

[formulanone]

Construction signage is always a strawman in this thread, but I still apply the three-strikes rule for deciding to post one here. While the inverted colors aren't a deal-killer, the unnecessary use of apostrophes might.

On the northbound approach to the Golden Gate Bridge, from September 2014:

[hbelkins]

So,if you want to kiss your passenger, take that exit?

Buses -- big vehicles that hold multiple people.

Busses -- kisses.

[empirestate]

No, no... if it's the plural of truck is truck's, and the plural of RV is RV's, then the plural of bus is clearly bus'.

[Scott5114]

Crappy grammar aside, orange-on-black signs look really sharp.

[Amtrakprod]

What about blue on orange?



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[roadfro]

What about blue on orange?

Except that one is orange on blue (or maybe yellow on blue?)


It's amazing to me that liquor store signs are so big and prominent on a road. But I come from a state where you can buy liquor at supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, or any business that can obtain the appropriate business permit, so a whole different perspective I guess...

[formulanone]

Crappy grammar aside, orange-on-black signs look really sharp.

They might work for construction zones where you need contrasting information; say, Truck information which usually has white-on-black signage.

[DRMan]

What about blue on orange?

Except that one is orange on blue (or maybe yellow on blue?)


It's amazing to me that liquor store signs are so big and prominent on a road. But I come from a state where you can buy liquor at supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, or any business that can obtain the appropriate business permit, so a whole different perspective I guess...

Liquor sales in New Hampshire are exclusively through the state liquor commission and, as you can imagine, are a big profit center. Some people in NH would tell you that the roadside liquor stores on I-95 and I-93 are especially nice because of the high traffic and that travellers from Massachusetts and elsewhere can spend their money and move on without leaving the highway.

[SectorZ]

What about blue on orange?

Except that one is orange on blue (or maybe yellow on blue?)


It's amazing to me that liquor store signs are so big and prominent on a road. But I come from a state where you can buy liquor at supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, or any business that can obtain the appropriate business permit, so a whole different perspective I guess...

Liquor sales in New Hampshire are exclusively through the state liquor commission and, as you can imagine, are a big profit center. Some people in NH would tell you that the roadside liquor stores on I-95 and I-93 are especially nice because of the high traffic and that travellers from Massachusetts and elsewhere can spend their money and move on without leaving the highway.

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20090902/NEWS/909020340

Some in Mass do it to avoid taxes, including those elected to increase said taxes...

[DRMan]

What about blue on orange?

Except that one is orange on blue (or maybe yellow on blue?)


It's amazing to me that liquor store signs are so big and prominent on a road. But I come from a state where you can buy liquor at supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, or any business that can obtain the appropriate business permit, so a whole different perspective I guess...

Liquor sales in New Hampshire are exclusively through the state liquor commission and, as you can imagine, are a big profit center. Some people in NH would tell you that the roadside liquor stores on I-95 and I-93 are especially nice because of the high traffic and that travellers from Massachusetts and elsewhere can spend their money and move on without leaving the highway.

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20090902/NEWS/909020340

Some in Mass do it to avoid taxes, including those elected to increase said taxes...

Definitely, to the point that Mass. and other states used to try to run stings in the liquor store parking lots.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/08/new-hampshire-liquor-stores-bootlegging

But anyway, it is an unusual color combination for a highway sign.

[CtrlAltDel]

Is this special construction lighting? I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before?

[Scott5114]

I'm pretty sure those are special lights designed to match the Golden Gate Bridge.

[roadfro]

I'm pretty sure those are special lights designed to match the Golden Gate Bridge.

Yep. The mid-2010s reconstruction of the Presido Parkway section of US 101 in northern San Francisco (approaching the Golden Gate Bridge) features a few design treatments inspired by the bridge.

[vdeane]

I'm pretty sure those are special lights designed to match the Golden Gate Bridge.

Yep. The mid-2010s reconstruction of the Presido Parkway section of US 101 in northern San Francisco (approaching the Golden Gate Bridge) features a few design treatments inspired by the bridge.

Was this a CalTrans project or city?  Because holy shit, there's an exit tab, in California!

[CtrlAltDel]

I'm pretty sure those are special lights designed to match the Golden Gate Bridge.

Interesting. Thanks.