The actual Worst of Road Signs

[Scott5114]

"Wait, you can change the font in Microsoft Word?"

[LilianaUwU]

"Wait, you can change the font in Microsoft Word?"

I mean, to be fair, those signs are really only meant for the truckers in the parking lot of that trucking company (which included me as a passenger the week I took these pictures). But at that point, why bother with those signs at all?

[JoePCool14]

Those "signs" still look better than the ODOT example. It just goes to show how much effort you have to go through to make a sign look that ugly.

[LilianaUwU]

I'm not certain if this would fit in the actual worst, but I'll let y'all be the judge.



(original size)

The font is off on all signs, the "NORD" is off-center and has an unnecessary green border around it.

I went back there today and took a picture of the assembly with my new phone so y'all can enjoy this horror in high definition:

Ugly QC 369 shield, Louis-XIV/Henri-Bourassa by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

And as a bonus, have an assembly that's similarly ugly in Laval, on QC 335 NB:

QC 335 NB at A-440 - 2 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

[Quillz]

Local install, they typically use crap vinyl.  It doesn't help that this is a shield with a white sheet with a green sheet overlaid.  Caltrans is using a single sheet on their current spec spades.  The older California spades used to have the numerals applied to a generic background sheet and those tend to fair much better.

Is there an example of the current spec vs. the older one you referred to?

[CovalenceSTU]

Horrible signs don't just exist in Oklahoma. Here's two "signs" in a parking lot in Québec:

Maximum 5 km/hrs (sic) - 1 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr
Maximum 5 km/hrs (sic) - 2 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

Reminds me of this pair of "signs" on a road to a high school in Powers, OR:

I like to imagine someone was making an okay recreation (sans 2 random fonts) but printed in landscape by mistake and decided "eh, good enough". They're also both on the left side facing traffic coming from the school, so people going to it might think it's still 25.

[LilianaUwU]

They're also both on the left side facing traffic coming from the school, so people going to it might think it's still 25.

Not like they're enforceable anyways.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Horrible signs don't just exist in Oklahoma. Here's two "signs" in a parking lot in Québec:

Maximum 5 km/hrs (sic) - 1 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr
Maximum 5 km/hrs (sic) - 2 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

Reminds me of this pair of "signs" on a road to a high school in Powers, OR:

I like to imagine someone was making an okay recreation (sans 2 random fonts) but printed in landscape by mistake and decided "eh, good enough". They're also both on the left side facing traffic coming from the school, so people going to it might think it's still 25.

It doesn't help that how the sign is nailed to the post makes it look like the speed limit is 1.5 mph, which means you could get a ticket by just walking briskly.

[jamess]

Someone send the MUTCD SWAT team in

https://goo.gl/maps/ziNmBcVFCUEhmrfs6

[LilianaUwU]

Someone send the MUTCD SWAT team in

https://goo.gl/maps/ziNmBcVFCUEhmrfs6

Jesus Christ. I know it's a private property, but there's so much wrong that I don't know where to begin

[Big John]

Does it have something to do with you can only enter it from the left and have to make a left turn to exit it? (one-way street)

[amroad17]

Does it have something to do with you can only enter it from the left and have to make a left turn to exit it? (one-way street)

The two-way traffic sign has the arrows incorrect as the up arrow should be on the left in this instance.  Under the circumstances involved, in which the entrance/exit flow is flipped from what we are used to in the USA but has a "correct"  flow here because of 9th being a one-way street, the rest of the signage conveys what is necessary–and it is not bad considering it is on private property.

[roadfro]

Does it have something to do with you can only enter it from the left and have to make a left turn to exit it? (one-way street)

The two-way traffic sign has the arrows incorrect as the up arrow should be on the left in this instance.  Under the circumstances involved, in which the entrance/exit flow is flipped from what we are used to in the USA but has a "correct"  flow here because of 9th being a one-way street, the rest of the signage conveys what is necessary–and it is not bad considering it is on private property.

I really don't see the need for the flipped flow in the driveway, despite the one way street. Doesn't seem like the street is so busy that getting in and out would be made easier with the flipped flow...

[CometTheMountainLion]

California 63 Route courtesy a local install by Visalia:

63CAa by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

What it originally looked like back during 2018:

63CAa by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

I feel like we could have a separate thread for signs that deteriorated quickly.

[Scott5114]

What the fuck.

[hotdogPi]

I see no problem other than Norman's choice to put red next to blue in their city flag, which isn't the sign's fault.

[Scott5114]

[plain]

I've seen smaller blades...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DpfkQpsULJNjJicw6

[CoreySamson]

Spotted in Roswell, NM: yellow speed limit signs...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xWBXYmwhnDeemWxM6
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vkyY4QnCUChJccyV6

[Big John]

^^ And the MUTCD Rough Road sign doesn't say Caution.

[WNYroadgeek]

Oof, Helvetica NY 98 shield: https://maps.app.goo.gl/t6XtBMLZV8uX7HXJ8

(Has been there for 5+ years, per GSV.)

[mglass87]

A collection of signs from around town:

A normal sign featuring caution stripes made of electrical tape:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vG7ku9WVsGLyryJ79

Odd couple of signs:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CLzMXSAeyn1Y2kCn6

An attempt at a no parking sign:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UBQcRdHH9CCAJXUZ9

"Right lane MUST turn right"
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5KJ3KemumFbfWR6G9

And finally, the most squished suffix text I've seen on a sign blade:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/geeEh19S43uEZvGAA

[Rothman]

A collection of signs from around town:

A normal sign featuring caution stripes made of electrical tape:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vG7ku9WVsGLyryJ79

Odd couple of signs:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CLzMXSAeyn1Y2kCn6

An attempt at a no parking sign:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UBQcRdHH9CCAJXUZ9

"Right lane MUST turn right"
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5KJ3KemumFbfWR6G9

And finally, the most squished suffix text I've seen on a sign blade:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/geeEh19S43uEZvGAA

*shrug*

Seen worse.

[Big John]

^^Franklin Gothic on 2 of them.

[Scott5114]

Wow, those suck.