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

[Tonytone]

It seems pretty illegal to ban skateboarding on a public street.

What seems illegal about that?  Plenty of modes of transportation are prohibited on various types of roads, paths, and highways.

Why did you cut out the rest of what I said?

& that would be true if it was a "Path, Highway or etc"  however its a public street like I said.


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[kphoger]

It seems pretty illegal to ban skateboarding on a public street.

What seems illegal about that?  Plenty of modes of transportation are prohibited on various types of roads, paths, and highways.

Why did you cut out the rest of what I said?

& that would be true if it was a "Path, Highway or etc"  however its a public street like I said.

I cut out the rest because I was only wondering about that one thing you said.  Why did you cut out "roads" from what I said?

My home city of Wichita prohibits people from using e-scooters on any public street/road with a speed limit higher than 40 mph, and it prohibits them entirely after 9 PM.  Does that seem similarly illegal?  And if not, then why not?

[Tonytone]

It seems pretty illegal to ban skateboarding on a public street.

What seems illegal about that?  Plenty of modes of transportation are prohibited on various types of roads, paths, and highways.

Why did you cut out the rest of what I said?

& that would be true if it was a "Path, Highway or etc"  however its a public street like I said.

I cut out the rest because I was only wondering about that one thing you said.  Why did you cut out "roads" from what I said?

My home city of Wichita prohibits people from using e-scooters on any public street/road with a speed limit higher than 40 mph, and it prohibits them entirely after 9 PM.  Does that seem similarly illegal?  And if not, then why not?

My bad I didn't even see the "roads"  

I can understand why a scooter would be banned on  roads higher than 40 MPH & 9PM. Between a scooter basically being a upgraded razor scooter & how hard it would be to see those things at night it's more for the safety of the scooter rider, but we could also say the same about motorcycles however I presume the speed is what makes the difference.

Also that law may have some clauses about which type of scooters are permitted to not follow the law.

I don't see "bicycles"  on that sign which would also go along the same mode of transportation of a skateboard, so i'm thinking its more of a skateboard crew issue or cars backing up & hitting them issue.





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[D-Dey65]

Recent oddities around Tampa Bay...

Canadian-style NEW sign in Treasure Island:

I've got to head to Treasure Island before the FDOT makes them remove that sign. There are a lot of things in Tampa, Pinellas County, and the vicinity of Sunshine Skyway Bridge I want to get pictures of.

[Mr. Matté]

A standard destination sign's letters are now starting to peel a little bit:

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Location in 2018 with the letters starting to peel a small amount

[hbelkins]

That actually looks like a neat "effects" font.

[vdeane]

That actually looks like a neat "effects" font.

Yeah, I thought that was from some town that was too enamored with Halloween or something until I read the description!

[Mapmikey]

Looks really neat....zero chance that occurred by itself

[MNHighwayMan]

Yeah, that looks more like vandalism than the sheeting randomly peeling.

[GenExpwy]

It looks like the green "background"  sheeting was applied on top of a white base, and it's actually the green that's splitting and peeling. Would that be the wrong way to make a white-on-green sign, for this reason?

[roadfro]

It looks like the green "background"  sheeting was applied on top of a white base, and it's actually the green that's splitting and peeling. Would that be the wrong way to make a white-on-green sign, for this reason?

Not necessarily a "wrong" way to make the sign, it's just different. I imagine this method has the highly reflective white base with a green film applied over the whole sign, then the sign is put in a machine cutter which trims the green film where legend and arrows will appear, allowing someone to remove the excess green film exposing the legend.

Compare to a different process where the white sign legend/elements have to be laid out on the green blank, and then rolled/pressed on. In this case, the white legend may start peeling over time as opposed to the green background.

[jeffandnicole]

Yeah, that looks more like vandalism than the sheeting randomly peeling.

Not vandalism.

[jeffandnicole]

Even better when it happens on a sign it appears to be appropriate for!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZjA5zg6JFesqU6yP6

[hbelkins]

It looks like the green "background"  sheeting was applied on top of a white base, and it's actually the green that's splitting and peeling. Would that be the wrong way to make a white-on-green sign, for this reason?

Not necessarily a "wrong" way to make the sign, it's just different. I imagine this method has the highly reflective white base with a green film applied over the whole sign, then the sign is put in a machine cutter which trims the green film where legend and arrows will appear, allowing someone to remove the excess green film exposing the legend.

Compare to a different process where the white sign legend/elements have to be laid out on the green blank, and then rolled/pressed on. In this case, the white legend may start peeling over time as opposed to the green background.

Kentucky now uses the first method listed above (letters cut out of the green overlay sheeting) but formerly used the second method (reflective white letters individually applied to the green base.)

[jakeroot]

Even better when it happens on a sign it appears to be appropriate for!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZjA5zg6JFesqU6yP6

Much better view: https://goo.gl/maps/9iGfL1mieL2DPpxE8

[PHLBOS]

A standard destination sign's letters are now starting to peel a little bit:

A similar example along PA 41 in Cochranville, Chester County.  See past GSVs for regression.

[Kniwt]

US 95 near San Luis, Arizona. "Old Mexico"? Really?!

[Max Rockatansky]

US 95 near San Luis, Arizona. "Old Mexico"? Really?!

By that logic one could call that part of Arizona also Old Mexico.  The parts of Arizona north of the Gadsden Purchase and Gila River could be Old New Mexico. 

[Scott5114]

Signing the distance to a border with the name of the bordering entity is awkward anyway. What point in Mexico is 4 miles away, the capital? If you mean the border, put the word "border" there somewhere.

[Kniwt]

Signing the distance to a border with the name of the bordering entity is awkward anyway. What point in Mexico is 4 miles away, the capital? If you mean the border, put the word "border" there somewhere.

Normally I'd agree, but that would be somewhat confusing in this case, since the city on the other side is also San Luis, or more completely, San Luis Rio Colorado (abbreviated to just SLRC in the local media). "Intl Border" would work just fine.

I was somewhat surprised to see "San Felipe" (Baja Calif.) as a control city on southbound CA 111 just before Calexico/Mexicali.

[jakeroot]

Signing the distance to a border with the name of the bordering entity is awkward anyway. What point in Mexico is 4 miles away, the capital? If you mean the border, put the word "border" there somewhere.

It's now the norm in British Columbia. Old signs read "Seattle", but new signs read "USA Border".

[Scott5114]

Signing the distance to a border with the name of the bordering entity is awkward anyway. What point in Mexico is 4 miles away, the capital? If you mean the border, put the word "border" there somewhere.

Normally I'd agree, but that would be somewhat confusing in this case, since the city on the other side is also San Luis, or more completely, San Luis Rio Colorado (abbreviated to just SLRC in the local media). "Intl Border" would work just fine.

Could do "San Luis, Mex" or "San Luis, Son." or something like that. But yeah, "Intl Border" would be preferable.

[roadman]

That actually looks like a neat "effects" font.

Or somebody who learned their printing skills from Mr. Haney.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/49149832716/in/photostream

Odd looking US 69 shield here.

[TheGrassGuy]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/49149832716/in/photostream

Odd looking US 69 shield here.

Here's a similar one for US 22:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5853634,-74.6161323,3a,75y,135.13h,88.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stvzj8GxEP7S-Z8EJ7xqz0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656