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

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Mr. Matté

Weird entrance and exit signs at a defunct strip club in the stupidly-small (even for NJ) borough of Victory Gardens:



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roadman65

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/52384686477
This one with the directional banner for EAST different from the WEST on this roundabout diagram.

Also, the whole sign itself looks like it seen better days.
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JoePCool14

Quote from: roadman65 on September 27, 2022, 02:20:56 PM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/52384686477
This one with the directional banner for EAST different from the WEST on this roundabout diagram.

Also, the whole sign itself looks like it seen better days.

Oh, that one looks lovely, definitely qualifies for the Damaged Signs thread. I'm surprised it hasn't been replaced given it's using the old SC shield design.

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kphoger

RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AHEAD in black-on-white regulatory signage.

I've never seen another one like it.

Well, I mean, you know, except for elsewhere at the same intersection.
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roadfro

Quote from: kphoger on October 05, 2022, 01:59:55 PM
RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AHEAD in black-on-white regulatory signage.

I've never seen another one like it.

Well, I mean, you know, except for elsewhere at the same intersection.

To be fair, you'd be hard pressed to know it was a right turn signal because it doesn't really look like one...

Why not use an arrow display? It could be FYA at all times except when the crosswalk is active--and you'd eliminate the need for two signs.
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kphoger

Quote from: roadfro on October 06, 2022, 12:58:05 PM
To be fair, you'd be hard pressed to know it was a right turn signal because it doesn't really look like one...

Why not use an arrow display? It could be FYA at all times except when the crosswalk is active--and you'd eliminate the need for two signs.

The green aspect is indeed an arrow:  https://goo.gl/maps/BWPuhuwjFuMNgTG66

I assume that the advance sign's existence has something to do with the fact that the right turn prohibition is only in force two half-hour periods.
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UCFKnights


kphoger

Quote from: UCFKnights on October 06, 2022, 03:23:07 PM

Quote from: kphoger on October 05, 2022, 01:59:55 PM
RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AHEAD in black-on-white regulatory signage.

I've never seen another one like it.

Well, I mean, you know, except for elsewhere at the same intersection.

The placement of the keep right of median sign is also wrong.... by a lot https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6941338,-97.4627673,3a,75y,196.84h,67.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6tZpoJ9RvahgiuwCA8PYOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Looks correct to me.  Before that point, the median is traversable;  after that point, it isn't.

Another example in town:  https://goo.gl/maps/jJM41Fec2Q3yeEjp9
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ethanhopkin14

Quote from: kphoger on October 06, 2022, 03:45:08 PM
Quote from: UCFKnights on October 06, 2022, 03:23:07 PM

Quote from: kphoger on October 05, 2022, 01:59:55 PM
RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AHEAD in black-on-white regulatory signage.

I've never seen another one like it.

Well, I mean, you know, except for elsewhere at the same intersection.

The placement of the keep right of median sign is also wrong.... by a lot https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6941338,-97.4627673,3a,75y,196.84h,67.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6tZpoJ9RvahgiuwCA8PYOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Looks correct to me.  Before that point, the median is traversable;  after that point, it isn't.

Another example in town:  https://goo.gl/maps/jJM41Fec2Q3yeEjp9


I can't traverse it in my car.   :-(

kphoger

Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on October 06, 2022, 04:51:27 PM

Quote from: kphoger on October 06, 2022, 03:45:08 PM

Quote from: UCFKnights on October 06, 2022, 03:23:07 PM

Quote from: kphoger on October 05, 2022, 01:59:55 PM
RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AHEAD in black-on-white regulatory signage.

I've never seen another one like it.

Well, I mean, you know, except for elsewhere at the same intersection.

The placement of the keep right of median sign is also wrong.... by a lot https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6941338,-97.4627673,3a,75y,196.84h,67.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6tZpoJ9RvahgiuwCA8PYOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Looks correct to me.  Before that point, the median is traversable;  after that point, it isn't.

Another example in town:  https://goo.gl/maps/jJM41Fec2Q3yeEjp9

I can't traverse it in my car.   :-(

Seriously?  It's no different than pulling into a driveway (https://goo.gl/maps/bo3no6f49A1YJEHQ7).
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Scott5114

From the street view, my instinct would be that I could get over it in my car, but it sure isn't intended that I do so, and I should find a different way around.
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kphoger

Quote from: Scott5114 on October 06, 2022, 08:59:53 PM
From the street view, my instinct would be that I could get over it in my car, but it sure isn't intended that I do so, and I should find a different way around.

If it were intended that I not do so, then it would have been built with full curbs.
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roadman65

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J N Winkler

Quote from: kphoger on October 06, 2022, 10:31:56 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 06, 2022, 08:59:53 PMFrom the street view, my instinct would be that I could get over it in my car, but it sure isn't intended that I do so, and I should find a different way around.

If it were intended that I not do so, then it would have been built with full curbs.

I have a fair amount of experience with these rolled curbs (one of my grandmothers used to live in the subdivision southeast of Central and Maize).  They are indeed easily traversable in a car with normal ground clearance.  The type of car that might struggle with them would also have problems with ordinary driveways with a narrower-than-usual angle between the ramp and the gutter pan--and, to be fair, there are older neighborhoods in the city for which this is an issue with regular production models that have very low bumper skirts.

This said, I am not aware of any recent street redevelopment projects that have used segments of low raised median with rolled curbs.  As the city has sharpened its focus on access management, it has become more common for islands with full curbs to be used to force RIRO at driveways that are considered too close to major signal installations (example).
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jakeroot

Quote from: kphoger on October 06, 2022, 10:31:56 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 06, 2022, 08:59:53 PM
From the street view, my instinct would be that I could get over it in my car, but it sure isn't intended that I do so, and I should find a different way around.

If it were intended that I not do so, then it would have been built with full curbs.

I feel like you could use that logic to exploit a lot of things. Like driving over truck aprons or through shoulders.

kphoger

Quote from: jakeroot on October 07, 2022, 01:32:30 PM

Quote from: kphoger on October 06, 2022, 10:31:56 PM

Quote from: Scott5114 on October 06, 2022, 08:59:53 PM
From the street view, my instinct would be that I could get over it in my car, but it sure isn't intended that I do so, and I should find a different way around.

If it were intended that I not do so, then it would have been built with full curbs.

I feel like you could use that logic to exploit a lot of things. Like driving over truck aprons or through shoulders.

I don't see it as exploiting anything.  They could have installed a full curb-height median but chose not to.  This indicates to me that they wanted to discourage but not prevent turning across the area–equivalent to using a single solid white line instead of a double to discourage but not prohibit changing lanes.

And I'm definitely not the only one.  Just look at all the tire tracks from cars turning left into Planet Sub.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
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roadman65

Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

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7/8

I like this map sign of the carpool lots on the 400 between Bond Head and Barrie, ON (this one is the lot at CR 88):

roadman65

https://goo.gl/maps/QTSUy59SGqmFo1tB6

The way this sign is moored is interesting. I've seen light poles used to support signs, and have seen the usual sign supports, but never both.
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LilianaUwU

Quote from: roadman65 on October 08, 2022, 11:53:16 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/QTSUy59SGqmFo1tB6

The way this sign is moored is interesting. I've seen light poles used to support signs, and have seen the usual sign supports, but never both.

Speaking of signs hanging over walkways...

https://goo.gl/maps/jejZA7tXsnHybipr9
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wanderer2575

Jamestown NY, where you need a calendar, a clock, and maybe also a slide rule to figure out where to park.



roadfro

Quote from: wanderer2575 on October 09, 2022, 05:13:48 PM
Jamestown NY, where you need a calendar, a clock, and maybe also a slide rule to figure out where to park.



Why not allow parking on just one side of the street all the time and remove the need to interpret a calendar? Seems like a money grab for parking enforcement...
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Scott5114

I think it's one of those municipalities where they're so obsessed with street sweeping they make people constantly rearrange their cars so they can get the sweeper through.

Here they just don't sweep the street so nobody has to move their cars.
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J N Winkler

Quote from: Scott5114 on October 09, 2022, 05:42:14 PMI think it's one of those municipalities where they're so obsessed with street sweeping they make people constantly rearrange their cars so they can get the sweeper through.

Here they just don't sweep the street so nobody has to move their cars.

I think part of the motivation is to discourage people from owning more cars than they can comfortably park off the street.  Other cities do this by having a time limit for parking (in Wichita, I think it is either 48 or 72 hours) and ticketing apparent overstayers.
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