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Started by haljackey, February 05, 2009, 01:21:04 PM

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Ian

#25
February 08, 2009, 08:38:35 PM  
Ya know, there is a SPEED HUMP on a street that is in walking distance of me!
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deathtopumpkins

#26
February 08, 2009, 08:56:19 PM  
Yeah those SPEED HUMPs are pretty common... we have them around here... Same with the dog one and the trespassing one.
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un1

#27
February 08, 2009, 09:00:58 PM  
In Ontario they are called Speed Bumps.  :-P
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mightyace

#28
February 08, 2009, 11:10:04 PM  
Quote from: un1 on February 08, 2009, 09:00:58 PM
In Ontario they are called Speed Bumps.  :-P

Speed Bumps and Speed Humps are actually two different things.

Speed bumps are the more common short, high bumps often used in parking lots that try to restrict maximum speed to 5-15 mph. (8-24 kph)

Speed humps are similar but the bumps (humps?) are longer and lower and restrict speed to 20-30 mph (32 - 48 kph)  In Nashville, TN, they are used on residential through streets where the Metro government is trying to control speed.
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Michael

#29
February 09, 2009, 08:38:04 AM  
This was a few posts ago:


It doesn't say "NO U-TURN", so you're safe  :D .

SSOWorld

#30
February 09, 2009, 10:15:03 AM  
Quote from: haljackey on February 08, 2009, 08:34:42 PM


:spin:
I wonder if that is on US 50 in Nevada? :-D
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TheHighwayMan3561

#31
February 09, 2009, 10:29:38 AM  
I remember reading about Connecticut highways on www.kurumi.com and Kurumi had noted that on I-95 in CT a VMS was hacked by some kid. The VMS said "You all suck." The kid said there was no password on the system...

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Alex

#32
February 09, 2009, 10:51:44 AM  
Quote from: un1 on February 08, 2009, 09:00:58 PM
In Ontario they are called Speed Bumps.  :-P

They also have "SPEED LUMPS" in Mobile, AL.

Alps

#33
February 17, 2009, 11:04:07 AM  
There are a couple on my VA 136/Alberta page (www.alpsroads.net/roads/va/va_136) - Road Ends .01 mile and End State Maintenance on the tiniest little stub of a dead-end you've ever seen.  You really can't tell without those signs?

Voyager

#34
February 23, 2009, 07:45:09 PM  
I remember some kind of backwards sign in CA, doesn't anyone else remember this?
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Alex

#35
February 25, 2009, 11:05:03 AM  
Anyone remember when a road crew in Sacramento misspelled the world STOP as "SOTP"?

http://www.kcra.com/news/16578641/detail.html

Voyager

#36
February 25, 2009, 12:16:09 PM  
Sadly I could expect that.
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Sykotyk

#37
February 25, 2009, 12:29:14 PM  
http://www.sykotyk.com/supertrip/IMG_0151.JPG

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SSOWorld

#38
February 25, 2009, 02:07:03 PM  
Quote from: Sykotyk on February 25, 2009, 12:29:14 PM
http://www.sykotyk.com/supertrip/IMG_0151.JPG

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:no:

Is that going east? :-P

Definitely not hurricane related  :-D ;-)
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Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
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haljackey

#39
February 25, 2009, 07:19:24 PM   Last Edit: February 25, 2009, 07:27:34 PM by haljackey
No such thing as a "HUMP" here lol.  Just sounds funny!   :-D



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deathtopumpkins

#40
February 25, 2009, 07:21:54 PM  
I don't get what's funny about this one... :|
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1028/539270100_aaa77e070e.jpg?v=0
They use that fairly often on cloverleaves, just usually in reverse, as that's the shape of the ramp. I assume that one is on a switchback in the mountains, in which place it would make perfect sense.
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haljackey

#41
February 25, 2009, 07:25:26 PM  
I still think its petty crazy a sign.

Wouldn't you rather put up 3 road curve signs instead or something?


BTW, above post edited now.  You couldn't see all the images before.

deathtopumpkins

#42
February 25, 2009, 07:27:02 PM  
Quote from: haljackey on February 25, 2009, 07:25:26 PM
I still think its petty crazy a sign.

Wouldn't you rather put up 3 road curve signs instead or something?

I don't see the point of that. Instead of using 3 signs, this uses one, and is often found in situations where it is a really tight curve (thus the 15 mph), so instead of putting up 3 curve signs right after each other, they just combine them into one.
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Duke87

#43
February 26, 2009, 12:55:39 AM  
Quote from: haljackey on February 25, 2009, 07:19:24 PM
HAMMER TIME!

It's fairly common for vandals to spraypaint that on stop signs. I know I saw one in some odd corner of New Canaan, CT (of all places) once, and countless pictures of others are out there on the internet. 

In the same vein although less common, you have this (Stamford, CT):


Another creative vandalized "fixing" of a sign (also Stamford):

(should say "Push button for green light")
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mapman

#44
February 26, 2009, 01:23:11 AM  
In Santa Cruz, CA, where I grew up, people used to draw on surfboards to pedestrian crossing signs, to make it look like the stick pedestrian was carrying a surfboard.  Unfortunately, the city has replaced all of those signs. 

I also like the speed reduction signs that are used in Sunnyvale, CA.  They use phrases like "Mr. Speeder, meet Mr. Traffic Cop", which were located on top of a drawing of a police car.  I'll take some pictures of them the next time I'm in that area.

Ian

#45
February 27, 2009, 11:34:25 PM  


Maine Turnpike  :-D
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Voyager

#46
February 28, 2009, 03:46:11 PM  
Wonder what it was before that!
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bugo

#47
February 28, 2009, 06:03:25 PM  
There's a sign in Poteau, OK, pointing to Pansy Kidd Middle School.  I don't have a photo of it, but it's visible on Street View at http://tinyurl.com/djtz5e

This sign replaced a sign using a more traditional FHWA font.

ComputerGuy

#48
March 22, 2009, 02:16:50 PM  
LOL!!!! :-D :ded: :-o :spin:

vdeane

#49
March 22, 2009, 04:37:48 PM  
1. Looks like you can go both north and south on US 9W!  :wow:
2. This arrow points to a small parking lot.  There is a street nearby that NY 218 turns on to, but it's hidden by a building and is nearly invisible.

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