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

[kphoger]

I took this photo today and posted it for the "take-it-yourself route number challenge", and I thought it was kind of funny. The welcome sign says "please drive at 50 km/h speed limit", while the speed limit sign behind says 60. The speed limit does go down to 50 not too far after, but it still looks funny

But that's why it's in quotes.  (A pet peeve of mine -- QUOTATION MARKS ARE *NOT* USED FOR EMPHASIS!!!)

Maybe it's quoting something the mayor said...

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I took this photo today and posted it for the "take-it-yourself route number challenge", and I thought it was kind of funny. The welcome sign says "please drive at 50 km/h speed limit", while the speed limit sign behind says 60. The speed limit does go down to 50 not too far after, but it still looks funny

But that's why it's in quotes.  (A pet peeve of mine -- QUOTATION MARKS ARE *NOT* USED FOR EMPHASIS!!!)

Maybe it's quoting something the mayor said...

It's possible. The best I could find from Google was this quote from this article on potentially dropping school zone speeds from 50 km/h to 40 km/h in the Township of Wilmot (which includes Baden). The quote suggests he's in favour of lower speed limits

"To say, 'Well it really doesn't make a difference, so let's not change it.'... I mean if we don't change it, it's not going to make a difference. But if we do change it, it just might make a difference," Wilmot Mayor Les Armstrongs said

I few quotes from the article I found funny:

Bob Henderson, transportation engineering manager, couldn't have been clearer about staff's recommendation not to change the speed limits at a meeting Tuesday.

"Changing speed limits typically will have little to no effect on driver speeds and behaviour," he said.

"Some of the studies we've seen show that the people that are dropping their children off are often the people that speed by," Redman said.

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But getting back on topic, I found this fire safety sign on Kerwood Dr at Townline Rd in Cambridge. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before (and I wonder why this particular street has the sign?). Maybe the Fire Department has had too many calls from this street

[1995hoo]

This is one of my favorite signs and I've seen it in 2012 and 2014, but this afternoon was the first time I had a chance to get a picture. It's near the southern end of Bonaventure Boulevard in Weston, Florida, as you approach Griffin Road. I have no idea what legal authority (statute, city regulation, whatever) supports the sign, and I wonder how many people don't know what "queue" means. But I love the sign.

Well, simply barging your way over into the other lane, regardless of the presence of another vehicle and expecting everyone else to adjust to your maneuver...  That would certainly constitute an illegal lane change.  That's really only an issue in stand-still traffic, though.

K-DOT is trying to implement the zipper merge for the road construction zone along US-69 in southern Overland Park coincidentally.

The sign shown above isn't a zipper merge situation. There's a traffic light up ahead where Bonaventure Boulevard ends at Griffin Road. The right lane must turn right and the left lane becomes a left-only and a left-or-straight option lane. There's also a school on the right that may back up the traffic as well (I've never been down there when school is in session). The sign's illustration notwithstanding, I don't know which lane is the one that has the problem.

[kphoger]

But getting back on topic, I found this fire safety sign on Kerwood Dr at Townline Rd in Cambridge. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before (and I wonder why this particular street has the sign?). Maybe the Fire Department has had too many calls from this street

It's white, so it must be regulatory.

[marleythedog]

I went out this weekend to grab a shot of this unique TO US-35 sign in Dayton:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7482724,-84.141999,3a,37.5y,113.41h,86.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWGB8RxYRR4df-ban07OWfw!2e0!5s20151001T000000!7i13312!8i6656

It's probably the most California looking sign I've seen in Ohio, with the white-on-green US shield and use of "Frwy" (not "Fwy" like California).

Alas, I missed my chance; it's been replaced with one of the City of Dayton's funky black-on-white-on-green unisigns (like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7645157,-84.1789404,3a,15y,43.63h,88.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1srwVdXE9xEyGUnr5LmTiW4A!2e0!5s20151001T000000!7i13312!8i6656 ) within the last few months .

[chays]

I saw this on my friend's Facebook page.  Only description is "small town in Indiana".  I knew odd speed limits were common in private complexes, but haven't seen many, if any, on public streets.
Check out the lion.

[CtrlAltDel]

Here's a BGS in Johnson City TN with cardinal directions on separate plaques.

[AsphaltPlanet]

[Scott5114]

I saw this on my friend's Facebook page.  Only description is "small town in Indiana".  I knew odd speed limits were common in private complexes, but haven't seen many, if any, on public streets.
Check out the lion.

Embossed? Nice. Candidate for "The Best of Road Signs" for sure.

[hbelkins]

Here's a BGS in Johnson City TN with cardinal directions on separate plaques.

That's because once upon a time, there was an I-181 marker where that I-26 marker is, and the word "NORTH" was between the I-181 and US 23 markers.

[SignGeek101]

A temporary sign (for the next two-three years) using what I think is Mittelschrift (except for the numerals).

https://goo.gl/maps/eyBZ9HhVuLM2

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Jakeroot suggested this might belong in this thread:

[WillWeaverRVA]

From what I've seen, if Virginia signs a business route with rectangles, they just use the regular route number. However, they've recently put up a bunch of "B360" rectangles in Mechanicsville...haven't seen anything like this before (aside from frontage roads and town roads).

[kkt]

Jakeroot suggested this might belong in this thread:

Warning!  If you continue to the left, you may come to I-71.

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I saw this sign yesterday on the Aviation Parkway in Ottawa, ON just before the Canadian Aviation Museum. Wikipedia says it's a federally-owned road, which might explain it's non-standard design:

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Here's one I found today on Hwy 7 in Guelph, heading EB approaching Line 86. Instead of saying "County" at the bottom, it says "Guelph Suburban". It's also worth noting that the sign in the opposite direction says "County".

[SignGeek101]

Found this at my university:

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The font on this Autoroute 5 shield in Wakefield, QC seems odd to me:

[SignGeek101]

The font on this Autoroute 5 shield in Wakefield, QC seems odd to me:

Arial black and a compressed 'Jct' tab. MTQ knows better than that.

Also, note the "." in "Jct." in the bottom tab.

[formulanone]

Pictographic law enforcement in Monticello, Florida:

[jeffandnicole]

Pictographic law enforcement in Monticello, Florida:

At first it looked like the guy was shooting at the oncoming car, but then I noticed the car appears further away than the cop, so clearly the two images aren't related! 

[US 81]

Pictographic law enforcement in Monticello, Florida:

At first it looked like the guy was shooting at the oncoming car, but then I noticed the car appears further away than the cop, so clearly the two images aren't related! 

Or else, they have really big LEOs but only allow small cars?

[Revive 755]

After some browsing inspired by the I-20 west end thread, found this symbolic falling rocks sign in New Mexico:  Streetview


In Northbrook, Illinois, there is a symbolic 'combined no left turn - no straight' sign:  Streetview.  I'm guessing this restriction is an attempt to reduce cut through traffic.

[Mapmikey]

From what I've seen, if Virginia signs a business route with rectangles, they just use the regular route number. However, they've recently put up a bunch of "B360" rectangles in Mechanicsville...haven't seen anything like this before (aside from frontage roads and town roads).

360 Business rectangles used to say "C360" - https://goo.gl/maps/NrirE9YNyw92
The 'C' may originate from this being the 3rd US 360 Business created chronologically...

I want to say there is a 208B rectangle somewhere in Spotsylvania on VA 208 Business but GMSV is too old...