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Started by hotdogPi, May 24, 2019, 04:10:13 PM

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hotdogPi

Rules:

1. Valid signs have exactly one number in them. This can be done in several different ways: a route shield, a speed limit sign, "No trucks over 5 tons", etc.
2. A sign matches the previous one if at least one is true: a. the number matches, b. everything else matches regarding content. (The dimensions can be different, and for signs other than route shields, the wording can be slightly different if the message is the same except for the number.)
3. Regarding route shields, all circle shields (DE, NJ, MS, KY, IA) are identical, as are the squares in MA and ME.
4. A route shield on a BGS, LGS, or unisign can be played as if it was standalone. The same applies for other signs within signs.
4A. Added 5/30/19 11:10 AM EDT Elements of signs count as their own signs. This includes exit tabs, "exit 1 mile", [city] [distance] each on their own line, and more.
5. The sign used in the previous photo has to be the one played from.
5a. Exception: as an example, if a sign is being played for I-65, and there's a speed limit 65 sign in the photo, you can play the speed limit 65 sign in the existing photo and then post a photo of a speed limit 40.
6. Wilds are photos with the word "wild" in it, such as wild animals or Wildwood, FL. After playing a wild, choose a color for the next sign.
7. No playing twice or more in a row except after 24 hours of no activity.
8. You cannot use the same sign in the same photo more than once.
9. Added 6/4/19 9:02 PM EDT: No GSV

Rulings:
* Texas FM and RM routes are the same type, as are Idaho's white-on-black and black-on-white shields and Louisiana's green and white shields. FM routes look different on a BGS, but they are still considered to be identical.
* 14, 14.0, 14.00, and 14'0" are the same number. 2.5 matches 2½, Foot/inch height signs can be converted into their decimal value in feet.
* A lettered prefix or suffix on a route is not part of the number.
* M-less Michigan diamonds match standard Michigan diamonds and NC diamonds, but the latter two do NOT match with each other.
* Numbers can be spelled out, such as Seventh Street. "Third" counts as 3 (unless it means ⅓), and foreign languages count as the number they are intended to be.
* County routes must match design and/or county name (only one is required) to be considered the same type of sign.
* Single routes that have slightly different designs from everything else, such as WI 32 and GA 520, are compatible with unmodified versions. This is not the case for separate systems, such as states that have both primary and secondary numbered routes.
* A distance sign or sign element, such as "Alexandria 7", has the relevant sign element as the city name and number, not just the number.
* Conversions such as 1 mile and 1.6 km match number. You can also match the same number, such as 1 km and 1 mi.
* Signals, such as pedestrian walk timers, are allowed. Advertising billboards are allowed if they're meant for road traffic; exit numbers are equivalent to typical road signs that tell you which exit to use for a specific location. License plates are not.
* Phone numbers cannot be split into components.
* Pavement is not a sign.

I'll start with an Exit 12A gore sign in Taunton, MA. You can play a 12 of any type (remember that the 12 has to be the only number on the sign), or another gore sign for a numbered exit.

Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.


hbelkins

OK, so I'm playing a WV 12 sign. That means the next play can either be a "12" or a state with a square route marker, right?

2017 WV route-clinching trip Day 4 - 123 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

hotdogPi

If it's a route marker, it has to look like that (or be a number 12); it can't just be any square marker. I'm not sure if CT's shields are perfectly identical to WV's or not.

However, 2 digit blank vs. 3 digit blank doesn't matter.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Eth

OK, let's try a GA 12 route marker.



Incidentally, if a MA shield is considered sufficiently different from a WV shield to count as distinct, does the same apply to each of the 24574 variations of the GA state outline? :sombrero:

formulanone

#4
In many applications...RI, MA, ME, CT, WV are quite similar. The last two usually use thicker borders, although WV uses wide shields for 3-digit routes and RIDOT sometimes forgets to use the state's initials.

Can we use assemblies with multiple signs, so as long as one sign/shield fulfills the request? I don't see that in the rules.

FL 12 and FL 65


Ben114

Quote from: formulanone on May 24, 2019, 07:18:45 PM
In many applications...RI, MA, ME, CT, WV are quite similar. The last two usually use thicker borders, although WV uses wide shields for 3-digit routes and RIDOT sometimes forgets to use the state's initials.

Can we use assemblies with multiple signs, so as long as one sign/shield fulfills the request? I don't see that in the rules.

FL 12 and FL 65


I believe the rules allow this, as long as nobody uses the 65. Only the 12 is valid.

Jim

So let's match the Florida State Highway shield and go to Florida 50. Taken on Florida 471.  August 18, 2018.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

webny99

Quote from: Ben114 on May 24, 2019, 10:17:30 PM
Quote from: formulanone on May 24, 2019, 07:18:45 PM
Can we use assemblies with multiple signs, so as long as one sign/shield fulfills the request? I don't see that in the rules.
I believe the rules allow this, as long as nobody uses the 65. Only the 12 is valid.

Nothing was said about assemblies specifically, but:

Quote from: 1 on May 24, 2019, 04:10:13 PM
Rules:
1. Valid signs have exactly one number in them.

...

(remember that the 12 has to be the only number on the sign)

hotdogPi

They're separate signs. It's fine.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Jim

Staying with 50.

Autoroute 50 in Gatineau, Québec.  July 16, 2015.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

oscar

Sticking with Autoroutes, A-85 approaching the New Brunswick border:

my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

hotdogPi

MA 85 on I-495



Since this hasn't come up yet: if more than one sign in the photo qualifies, the next person can use any of them.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Jim

Staying with the Massachusetts boring square, we go to Massachusetts 8 in Adams.  March 23, 2001.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

oscar

Alaska 8, in a less boring square.

my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

formulanone

Mississippi Highway 8:


MNHighwayMan

This is kind of like playing the exact same card as the player before you. Iowa 8 westbound at US-218, June 23, 2017.


ilpt4u

How about a Street Sign? Change away from Shields for a bit... Crediting wikimedia commons:


Sourced from https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8_Mile_Road.jpg

oscar

Probably NT 8's only route marker, to further lock us into 8 since I'm not sure Jim made it up to the Northwest Territories:

my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

Eth

The "EXIT 8" tab here is a valid play, right?


oscar

#20
Sticking with exit tabs. Per the OP, you can play another exit tab, or any of the numbers (1, 2, 6) on this photo's three exit tabs.

my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

Jim

Staying with exit tabs and a sign appropriate for this Memorial Day.  I-57/I-64 in Illinois.  May 31, 2009.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

oscar

Back to route numbers, an old-style (since removed) HI 92 route marker in front of the (since closed) K-Mart in Honolulu:

my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

MNHighwayMan

Moving from Hawaii to Minnesota, with this Memorial Day-appropriate MN-92 setup. Strangely, this is also the only sign for the "Clearwater County Veterans Memorial Highway" that I remember seeing posted along MN-92, and I drove it in both directions. July 16, 2018.


formulanone




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