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

[hbelkins]

Looks more like Franklin Gothic than Helvetica to me.

[Zeffy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.330742,-81.810068,3a,18.7y,142.23h,106.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxDRH5GtLHhE5cwBj1tupgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Shouldn't they have just taken that sign down entirely if all they were going to do was white-out everything on it?

[iBallasticwolf2]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.330742,-81.810068,3a,18.7y,142.23h,106.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxDRH5GtLHhE5cwBj1tupgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Shouldn't they have just taken that sign down entirely if all they were going to do was white-out everything on it?

Very strange. I wonder if it has something to do with that construction.

[SignGeek101]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.330742,-81.810068,3a,18.7y,142.23h,106.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxDRH5GtLHhE5cwBj1tupgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Shouldn't they have just taken that sign down entirely if all they were going to do was white-out everything on it?

Don't worry, Ontario does this all the time.



Courtesy Alps Roads

http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/

[vdeane]

I've seen "use two lanes" quite a few times at some exit ramps, but I don't think I've ever seen this before...
https://goo.gl/maps/WHmCi

[cl94]

I've seen "use two lanes" quite a few times at some exit ramps, but I don't think I've ever seen this before...
https://goo.gl/maps/WHmCi

Area has a big issue with people using the shoulder as a passing lane due to often-heavy traffic during the summer and winter months. Instead of widening the corridor (as Warren and Washington Counties have been begging since long before I lived there), that's NYSDOT's solution. People don't follow the signs, either.

[thenetwork]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.330742,-81.810068,3a,18.7y,142.23h,106.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxDRH5GtLHhE5cwBj1tupgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Shouldn't they have just taken that sign down entirely if all they were going to do was white-out everything on it?

Very strange. I wonder if it has something to do with that construction.

They've always covered up lane signage in construction zones.

[jeffandnicole]

I've seen "use two lanes" quite a few times at some exit ramps, but I don't think I've ever seen this before...
https://goo.gl/maps/WHmCi

Area has a big issue with people using the shoulder as a passing lane due to often-heavy traffic during the summer and winter months. Instead of widening the corridor (as Warren and Washington Counties have been begging since long before I lived there), that's NYSDOT's solution. People don't follow the signs, either.

I choose...the lane on the left side of the yellow line.

Better options would've been Keep Off Shoulder and/or Do Not Ride Shoulder. 

[UCFKnights]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.330742,-81.810068,3a,18.7y,142.23h,106.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxDRH5GtLHhE5cwBj1tupgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Shouldn't they have just taken that sign down entirely if all they were going to do was white-out everything on it?

Florida seems to have a lot of all blued out signs where the vendors stopped paying to be listed on it. Sometimes they'll leave the headers on it, other times they cover that up too.

[Zeffy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.767323,-77.880955,3a,19.4y,347.83h,87.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQUw9q7nSNPoYMitCHPxq1Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Useful information? I would've just put "END OF ROAD".

[SignGeek101]

Is there an MUTCD sign that is for the "End of Road"? Or is it just "END OF ROAD"?

If it were in Canada, it would look like this:

Not my pic. All credit goes to the author.

I really wonder if a sign is needed there at all. It's not even a road, just a stub. 

[cl94]

Is there an MUTCD sign that is for the "End of Road"? Or is it just "END OF ROAD"?

There is. It's the W14-1 ("Dead end" sign) along with Type 4 object markers (red diamond). The W14-1 isn't required, but it's pretty common if it isn't a short stub, at least in the northeast.

[jeffandnicole]

Is there an MUTCD sign that is for the "End of Road"? Or is it just "END OF ROAD"?

If it were in Canada, it would look like this:

Not my pic. All credit goes to the author.

I really wonder if a sign is needed there at all. It's not even a road, just a stub. 

Except you didn't give any credit to the author.

[SignGeek101]

Except you didn't give any credit to the author.

Well, all credit goes to the author of "Cape Town to Canada" Blog, which is unnamed.

[roadfro]

Is there an MUTCD sign that is for the "End of Road"? Or is it just "END OF ROAD"?

There is. It's the W14-1 ("Dead end" sign) along with Type 4 object markers (red diamond). The W14-1 isn't required, but it's pretty common if it isn't a short stub, at least in the northeast.

The "dead end" sign is not equivalent to an end of road sign. It is meant to warn of a road that has no other egress, and is to be placed near the last intersection prior to the end (not at the actual end of the road). However, the red object markers are used specifically for an end of road purpose. In Nevada, there are typically three red object markers posted at the end of the road.

[Mr. Matté]

No one honked at me for actually stopping at the stop sign, 20 mph below the advisory speed.

[noelbotevera]

No one honked at me for actually stopping at the stop sign, 20 mph below the advisory speed.

That is misplacing of the 20 MPH sign. I interpret the assembly like this: Stop sign ahead - you are advised to go 20 MPH at this point.

[thenetwork]

But officer, the sign said I could roll through the stop sign at 20 MPH!!!

[kkt]

But officer, the sign said I could roll through the stop sign at 20 MPH!!!

[freebrickproductions]

Umm... Okay?

Found that on Tumblr.

[noelbotevera]

Umm... Okay?

Found that on Tumblr.

Go home sign, yer drunk!

[vdeane]

Umm... Okay?

Found that on Tumblr.

This would have been perfect for the Alanland thread.

[SignGeek101]

Mixed-case directional tab, anyone?



Could be considered a design error I guess.

[Molandfreak]

Umm... Okay?

Found that on Tumblr.

I've seen some signs that are similar; in context they make sense. Those are likely for a private parking lot that has a specific entrance and exit. That sign is put up in lieu of a wrong-way sign for the entrance. The exit likely has an "exit only do not enter" sign as well.

[cbeach40]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.330742,-81.810068,3a,18.7y,142.23h,106.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxDRH5GtLHhE5cwBj1tupgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Shouldn't they have just taken that sign down entirely if all they were going to do was white-out everything on it?

If they want to reuse the sign in that location, then it's far cheaper to cover it up in the interim. Full removal of a sign is a good five to ten times more expensive than just sticking up new panels on it. And then it would be that much again to re-install the sign.

Overhead signs are incredibly expensive.

Don't worry, Ontario does this all the time.



Courtesy Alps Roads

http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/

That's a commercial advertising sign, installed and maintained by a private company. They will re-install new logos on it when they sell the ad space again. If they took the sign down, then they would have to pay crews to take it down; then when they go to replace the sign they would need to get a new permit for the sign, design and install new sign supports, and get a crew to install the new sign. Leaving it blank gets the work done in an afternoon. Taking it up and down takes weeks longer and costs thousands of dollars more.