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More Oregon sign goofs
xonhulu:
--- Quote from: KEK Inc. on March 15, 2010, 12:49:59 AM ---The cut-out signs are awesome. I really hope this becomes a new standard. I'm not a big fan of the empty black voids used in most state and federal routes. I grew up in California, and I became accustomed to the cut-out signs that are still used today, even on federal highways like US-101/US-395/US-50/US-6/US-95/US-97/US-199.
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Don't hold your breath. The trend is running the other way. Oregon is even moving away from cut-out interstate shields, judging by the recent proliferation of interstates on square signs. Those cut-outs are anomalies. Too bad, as I said before I like the look.
--- Quote ---Honestly, Oregon roads are one of the worst designed in the country. I'm not a big fan of the road hardware they use. For example, on a wet Portland freeway, wouldn't it be sensible to add Bott's Dots or at the very least reflectors? At night after a normal day of drizzle, it can be rather challenging to see the lane.
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Part of the excitement of Oregon driving! I've never felt closer to death than traveling I-5 during a gray rainy day with about zero visibility, not to mention some pea-soup foggy mornings. Seriously, use the white shoulder line instead of the median stripe to navigate; it shows up a lot better in the rain.
Scott5114:
At least Oregon has road stripes! In Oklahoma, when the road paint flakes off, which is often, it's very seldom repainted in a timely manner!
KEK Inc.:
--- Quote from: xonhulu on March 15, 2010, 02:02:40 AM ---
--- Quote from: KEK Inc. on March 15, 2010, 12:49:59 AM ---The cut-out signs are awesome. I really hope this becomes a new standard. I'm not a big fan of the empty black voids used in most state and federal routes. I grew up in California, and I became accustomed to the cut-out signs that are still used today, even on federal highways like US-101/US-395/US-50/US-6/US-95/US-97/US-199.
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Don't hold your breathe. The trend is running the other way. Oregon is even moving away from cut-out interstate shields, judging by the recent proliferation of interstates on square signs. Those cut-outs are anomalies. Too bad, as I said before I like the look.
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*sighs* Just as well, I guess. Washington is really going overboard removing the classic cut-out sheilds. I visited University of Washington (Seattle) a couple of weeks ago, and I saw some very disturbing shields up in Chehalis.
Yeah... Yeah... I cried a little bit inside.
--- Quote from: xonhulu on March 15, 2010, 02:02:40 AM ---
--- Quote ---Honestly, Oregon roads are one of the worst designed in the country. I'm not a big fan of the road hardware they use. For example, on a wet Portland freeway, wouldn't it be sensible to add Bott's Dots or at the very least reflectors? At night after a normal day of drizzle, it can be rather challenging to see the lane.
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Part of the excitement of Oregon driving! I've never felt closer to death than traveling I-5 during a gray rainy day with about zero visibility, not to mention some pea-soup foggy mornings. Seriously, use the white shoulder line instead of the median stripe to navigate; it shows up a lot better in the rain.
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I don't have any problem driving on two-lane highways in Oregon. It's just the freeways with multiple lanes that pose serious issues, especially with the yellow streetlamps. Whenever I drive on I-205 around the curves in that odd intersection with I-84, I can never see the lane stripes if the pavement is wet.
--- Quote from: Scott5114 on March 15, 2010, 02:21:15 AM ---At least Oregon has road stripes! In Oklahoma, when the road paint flakes off, which is often, it's very seldom repainted in a timely manner!
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Yeah, there's plenty of instances, where I've actually been between two lanes since the paint is missing. One was in a horrible area, since it was on an on-ramp, with signs warning of a right lane ending, but that actually occurs several hundred feet down the road.
xonhulu:
--- Quote from: KEK Inc. on March 15, 2010, 02:37:39 AM ---*sighs* Just as well, I guess. Washington is really going overboard removing the classic cut-out sheilds. I visited University of Washington (Seattle) a couple of weeks ago, and I saw some very disturbing shields up in Chehalis.
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I've seen that sign, and I dunno: I kind of like the look for the US 12 shield. Shouldn't be too surprising in Washington, given their love affair with the one-piece shield, like so:
I don't really know why, but these annoy me for some reason. I hope Oregon doesn't get any funny ideas and follow suit.
xonhulu:
--- Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 15, 2010, 12:28:53 AM ---sweet 213!
this 58 was in a construction zone on I-5
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Wow, that area is a hotbed of goofy signs. The OR 222 signs weren't too far away, and of course these two classics were just up the road:
To be precise, the first is now gone, but the one with "OREGON" is still hanging on.
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