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Best place for a highway shield tattoo?

Started by J3ebrules, May 13, 2022, 11:56:12 PM

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J3ebrules

I'm feeling the itch to get a new tattoo, and I'm thinking a highway shield would represent my interests and love of driving and American highways.

So, if you were to get a highway shield as a tattoo, where on your body would you get it - and which highway would it be??
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Max Rockatansky

I have a US 66 on my left bicep, it's the only tattoo I have.  The shield shape is based off the original US Route shield spec. 

JayhawkCO

If I were to get one, it'd probably be I-70 somewhere on my forearm.

formulanone

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For the sake of discussion — I have no interest in getting a tattoo — a shield with a question mark or heart symbol is the kind of "statement of quasi-vagueness" I'd go for.

TheHighwayMan3561

I helped design a US 61 tattoo for a friend (she got it on a forearm I believe), but I have no interest in any for myself.
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jeffandnicole

I've been thinking of this very thing recently. If I were to get one, probably the NJ Tpk shield on an ankle/lower shin area.

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Scott5114

Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 14, 2022, 01:25:36 PM
I've been thinking of this very thing recently. If I were to get one, probably the NJ Tpk shield on an ankle/lower shin area.

I wouldn't touch anything owned by NJTA–they are very litigious and regularly go after businesses selling merchandise with the NJTP/GSP shields on it with cease and desist letters and lawsuits. No idea if they'd go after someone with a tattoo if they found out about it, but I definitely wouldn't want to risk putting something on my body that some shithead in a tie might want to drag me to court over.
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J3ebrules

Quote from: formulanone on May 14, 2022, 09:30:49 AM
For the sake of discussion — I have no interest in getting a tattoo — a shield with a question mark or heart symbol is the kind of "statement of quasi-vagueness" I'd go for.

I actually love this idea so much.
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J3ebrules

Quote from: Scott5114 on May 14, 2022, 05:31:50 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 14, 2022, 01:25:36 PM
I've been thinking of this very thing recently. If I were to get one, probably the NJ Tpk shield on an ankle/lower shin area.

I wouldn't touch anything owned by NJTA–they are very litigious and regularly go after businesses selling merchandise with the NJTP/GSP shields on it with cease and desist letters and lawsuits. No idea if they'd go after someone with a tattoo if they found out about it, but I definitely wouldn't want to risk putting something on my body that some shithead in a tie might want to drag me to court over.

Aaaaand this is what I was thinking of for myself. NJTP logo. Well now 😂😂
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Scott5114

Quote from: J3ebrules on May 15, 2022, 09:49:02 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 14, 2022, 05:31:50 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 14, 2022, 01:25:36 PM
I've been thinking of this very thing recently. If I were to get one, probably the NJ Tpk shield on an ankle/lower shin area.

I wouldn't touch anything owned by NJTA–they are very litigious and regularly go after businesses selling merchandise with the NJTP/GSP shields on it with cease and desist letters and lawsuits. No idea if they'd go after someone with a tattoo if they found out about it, but I definitely wouldn't want to risk putting something on my body that some shithead in a tie might want to drag me to court over.

Aaaaand this is what I was thinking of for myself. NJTP logo. Well now 😂😂

You could always get a NJ-700 shield. :P
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1995hoo

I have no interest in getting a tattoo.

With that said, pick a road that widens and contracts multiple times and get it tattooed on... well, you figure it out.
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kphoger

Best place for a highway shield tattoo?

Probably Wynwood, Miami...
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Max Rockatansky

Adding to my original post, I've thought about on occasion getting a second highway tattoo on my right bicep.  Some of the front runners for the second tattoo would be US 99, CA 1 and US 1 given they have significance during the last ten years of my life.  Right now I would probably say an CSAA style US 99 shield is what I would lean into given that I have a page dedicated to the highway.  The reverse tattoo of US 66 would kind of be fitting I think.

Mapmikey

A route shield tattoo should be on the shoulder, where a lot of them exist in the field...

Max Rockatansky

The shoulder feels like an odd location on the body to put a tattoo to me.  You'd have to pull your shirt to an abnormal height or take it off complete if somehow one was inclined to show the tattoo off.  I think the biceps work fine as a shield location given it also served to hide it from view in a professional setting.

triplemultiplex

Sleeve tatt with every route you've clinched.
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JayhawkCO

Quote from: triplemultiplex on May 16, 2022, 04:31:46 PM
Sleeve tatt with every route you've clinched.

I actually am thinking about getting a half sleeve with the flag of every country I've been to.

Scott5114

It would be kind of cool to get a map of the Interstate System. Bad thing is, you'd probably feel compelled to keep it updated as they add new mileage...
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LilianaUwU

Quote from: Scott5114 on May 16, 2022, 05:44:19 PM
It would be kind of cool to get a map of the Interstate System. Bad thing is, you'd probably feel compelled to keep it updated as they add new mileage...

Let's just say North Carolina might hurt more than other states in that case.
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Hot Rod Hootenanny

US 1, on the forehead, between the eyes.
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hbelkins

Nowhere.

For me, at least. I have no desire to get inked. My wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law all have tattoos, but that's not for me.

Just don't ask for US 13 and get a US 31.


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davewiecking

Quote from: Mapmikey on May 16, 2022, 02:47:23 PM
A route shield tattoo should be on the shoulder, where a lot of them exist in the field...

Best answer yet. Shoulder, or perhaps overhead?



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