Unique, Odd, or Interesting Signs aka The good, the bad, and the ugly

[STLmapboy]

The font here is disturbing. Any other road signs with really bad fonts? I know the STL suburb of Clayton has some really bad and hard to read white Gothic street blades.

how about the street signs for the whole city of San Luis Obispo, which are all in Tolkien font on brown

Jesus Christ I hate it.

[formulanone]

The font here is disturbing. Any other road signs with really bad fonts? I know the STL suburb of Clayton has some really bad and hard to read white Gothic street blades.

how about the street signs for the whole city of San Luis Obispo, which are all in Tolkien font on brown

Jesus Christ I hate it.

Still better than those of Thousand Oaks, California...where the hard-to-read street blade fonts resemble chorizos or dog turds.

[tdindy88]

Santa Barbara, California has the same kind of street signs. Is there something about that kind of font in Southern California?

[mrsman]

Something about the font is reminiscent of the old Spanish missions, and Native Americans in general.  It should be noted that SLO, SB and Thousand Oaks run along the El Camino Real.

[kphoger]

Business route signed as an interstate in Missoula.

Oh my, that's bad.

[Scott5114]

Something about the font is reminiscent of the old Spanish missions, and Native Americans in general.  It should be noted that SLO, SB and Thousand Oaks run along the El Camino Real.

Oh, yes, they have a reason for non-compliance with the MUTCD. That doesn't mean it's a good reason.

H.B., if you're in this thread, this is why the MUTCD specifies font usage. 

[paulthemapguy]

how about the street signs for the whole city of San Luis Obispo, which are all in Tolkien font on brown

Jesus Christ I hate it.

Hahaha this gave me great joy to read.  I also hate it.

[chays]

Are Yield signs at railroad crossings common? I thought that was rather tacit information.

[D-Dey65]

Here's WSDOT's equivalent of a wanted poster on an I-90 rest area in the Columbia Basin.

I thought it would be this sign:



(It's very difficult to find it on GSV in the wild.  The one location I know of is in a weigh station and is too faded to read from a distance.)

So just dump it in a toilet when you reach one.

[kphoger]

Are Yield signs at railroad crossings common? I thought that was rather tacit information.

Yes, depending on the area.

See MUTCD (2009), Chapter 8B

Here's WSDOT's equivalent of a wanted poster on an I-90 rest area in the Columbia Basin.

I thought it would be this sign:



(It's very difficult to find it on GSV in the wild.  The one location I know of is in a weigh station and is too faded to read from a distance.)

So just dump it in a toilet when you reach one.

That was my thought.  Heck, at least dump the urine out of the jug onto the ground, rather than leaving the whole jug somewhere.

[paulthemapguy]

This is a really strange place to put your route markers at an intersection... https://goo.gl/maps/NMmHV1oV9jdiEWQEA

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50269199767/in/dateposted-public/
The US 221 shield in this photo seems out of place as the building is dead ahead for one direction of US 221 to be.  However, look at the GA 135 shield and go to GSV (if necessary) and you will see why the arrow is that way.

GA 135 S Bound does a jog over as the alignments on both sides of US 129 do not line up head to head, so to remain on GA 135 one must turn right and then an immediate left.  Also US 221 comes in from continuing GA 135 and then turns to the left going the wrong way on US 129 (as US 129 heads south and US 221 goes north) to a point east of the city where the two routes depart for opposite directions.

[STLmapboy]

Well that's one way to prep for a signal.

[mrsman]

Well that's one way to prep for a signal.

Is a signal actually coming here?  It seems like they have had that configuration on old GSV's since 2016.  Sometimes they do this to make the stop signs more visible, without an actual signal being planned.

[STLmapboy]

Well that's one way to prep for a signal.

Is a signal actually coming here?  It seems like they have had that configuration on old GSV's since 2016.  Sometimes they do this to make the stop signs more visible, without an actual signal being planned.

Yeah, on second thought these are scattered around Wisconsin.

[ErmineNotyours]

That was my thought.  Heck, at least dump the urine out of the jug onto the ground, rather than leaving the whole jug somewhere.

I think these are being disposed of at freeway speeds.  If you try to dump liquid out the window, it will be blown back in.

[jakeroot]

I really don't understand the spelling here:

Old Redmond Road; Redmond, WA (actually an older sign -- I think the sign is stolen a lot)

[Scott5114]

The duck's name is Gus.

[SectorZ]

I really don't understand the spelling here:

Old Redmond Road; Redmond, WA (actually an older sign -- I think the sign is stolen a lot)

Maybe a reference to Gus the Duck from the Donald Duck universe?

[LilianaUwU]

The duck's name is Gus.

Gus Goose?

[STLmapboy]

In Long Island, NY, near Ronkonkoma. "Signals set for 30 mph."

[kphoger]

In Long Island, NY, near Ronkonkoma. "Signals set for 30 mph."

That reminds me of these signs in Monclova, Coahuila.

[GaryA]

In Long Island, NY, near Ronkonkoma. "Signals set for 30 mph."

That reminds me of these signs in Monclova, Coahuila.

Out near me, we have these, which claim "SYNCHRONIZED TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR VEHICLE SPEED OF 45 MPH" and, in smaller type, "DURING PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS".

Personally, I don't believe there's any signal synchronization being done over this ~3.5-mile stretch, and it's just a ploy by the residents to try to get traffic to slow down, since they were unsuccessful in actually getting the speed limit lowered from 55 to 45.

[LilianaUwU]

In Long Island, NY, near Ronkonkoma. "Signals set for 30 mph."

That reminds me of these signs in Monclova, Coahuila.

There's one in Québec City too.

[ari-s-drives]

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There's one in Québec City too.

There's a similar one in Pleasanton, CA