Erroneous road signs

[pj3970]

US 160 does a pretty good job of avoiding much of anything noteworthy.

It does serve the third-largest city in Missouri, y'know...

Having been to Springfield many times, I stand by my statement.

Having lived there . . .

Agreed...having lived there for years

[hbelkins]

US 160 does a pretty good job of avoiding much of anything noteworthy.

It does serve the third-largest city in Missouri, y'know...

Having been to Springfield many times, I stand by my statement.

Having lived there . . .

Agreed...having lived there for years

When my vehicle was taking its ride on the back of a wrecker up US 65 and US 60 to the repair shop back in July, I was talking to the tow truck driver and he was commenting on how bad traffic gets in Springfield, especially on the James River Freeway (US 60). I expressed surprise that Springfield was big enough to have that kind of traffic issues. I think it qualifies as major.

And I didn't see any erroneous signs when I was in the area either. 

[Scott5114]

Springfield's problem is that all of the freeways are on the outer edges. If you are coming from, say, the MSU campus at National and Grand and are headed for the main retail area around Primrose and Glenstone, you have little choice but to slog through traffic-light infested arterials; any route involving a freeway is going to be impractical. One way of avoiding traffic is to use the minor collectors that parallel the arterials, like Jefferson and Fremont, though I'm sure there are people who would rather you didn't do that.

I don't remember James River Freeway being that bad; the only traffic snarl I got caught up in there was due to a train crossing on the unbelievably stupid at-grade rail crossing there, which is fortunately gone now.

[kphoger]

James River has never been too bad (below 45 mph, say) when I've been on it, and that's probably something like twenty times.  However, traffic has also never been light on it, either, so I imagine it can get snarly at rush hour.  It was also pretty interesting on Black Friday when I was in town that day several years ago.....

[NE2]

Two heads are better than one?


Hey you! Out of the bike lane!

[lordsutch]

A couple:

Well, it was US 341 once-upon-a-time. Not since the Barnesville eastern bypass was opened, however. Also, wrong size shield. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordsutch/9639470759/

At the terminal ramp of the Fall Line Freeway near Milledgeville, aka unsigned/speculated GA 540, aka not-GA 243 (GA 243 still follows the direct route to Milledgeville and the mileposts on not-GA 243 reset at zero): http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordsutch/9405631932/ US 29 ain't here.

[Scott5114]

Hey you! Out of the bike lane!

What was even intended here?

[NE2]

What was even intended here?

They probably weren't supposed to put any sign there. Just behind is an intersection with a road being built that will have bike lanes.

[spooky]

Hey you! Out of the bike lane!

What was even intended here?

Only thing I could come up with is that they were telling bikes to only use the right lane.

[1995hoo]

It looks newly (re-)paved. Maybe someone messed up the striping and omitted a bike lane?

[NE2]

It looks newly (re-)paved. Maybe someone messed up the striping and omitted a bike lane?

It's only repaved in the immediate area of the intersection behind. In the background of the photo you can see where the new pavement ends.

[Brandon]

Hey you! Out of the bike lane!

What was even intended here?

Only thing I could come up with is that they were telling bikes to only use the right lane.

Then it should be reversed: {Bicycle symbol} USE RIGHT LANE ONLY.  What is used is for a designated bicycle lane, not what is striped above.

[DSS5]

In Boone, NC



Good place to get a field sobriety test, I guess.

[agentsteel53]

that is far too regular, and far too short a wavelength, to be a drunk driver.  I'd say the paint applicator half-dislodged from the truck, and started swinging back and forth.

[DSS5]

that is far too regular, and far too short a wavelength, to be a drunk driver.  I'd say the paint applicator half-dislodged from the truck, and started swinging back and forth.

It does start at that little dip there. But I was making a joke about along the straight line in a field sobriety test.

[NE2]

Damn Brits pushing their communist lines.
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2009/04/zig-zag-lines-slow-virginia-drivers.html

[Central Avenue]

In Boone, NC



Good place to get a field sobriety test, I guess.

More like erroneous road sines, amirite

[NE2]

Damn you.

[vtk]

Single solid yellow line is error, aside from wavyness.

[formulanone]

Mmmm...crinkle fries.

[DSS5]

Single solid yellow line is error, aside from wavyness.

Single solid yellow line is error, aside from wavyness.

They're pretty common around here, but usually it's for narrow mountain roads. There's also this street where they painted a pedestrian pathway rather than paying to build a sidewalk.

I'm not sure why it's happening on the road in the image, however.

[NE2]

There's also this street where they painted a pedestrian pathway rather than paying to build a sidewalk.

Cape Coral has something similar.

[agentsteel53]

There's also this street where they painted a pedestrian pathway rather than paying to build a sidewalk.

seriously?  vehicle parking to the right of the pedestrian lane?

what's the advantage of that?

[DSS5]

There's also this street where they painted a pedestrian pathway rather than paying to build a sidewalk.

seriously?  vehicle parking to the right of the pedestrian lane?

what's the advantage of that?

The parking has always been there. The pedestrian lane was only added a couple years ago.

There's also this street where they painted a pedestrian pathway rather than paying to build a sidewalk.

Cape Coral has something similar.

That leaves very little space for vehicles.

[agentsteel53]

yes, but why not stripe the new pedestrian lane to the right, and thus implicitly move the parking in by a few feet.

honestly, the road utilization is gonna be the same.  so I'd rather have careless drivers hitting parked cars than pedestrians.