Department of Redundancy Department

[jeffandnicole]

Can you find the redundancy on this parking meter?

It could either be the multiple credit card logos, the multiple coin pictures, or the multiple instances to call 311.  All of which are appropriate redundancies based on their locations and sizes.

[roadman]

So, if I want to legally remove this parking meter, I should call 311?  After all, it states "Unauthorized Removal Prohibited Call 311 for Assistance."

[empirestate]

So, if I want to legally remove this parking meter, I should call 311?  After all, it states "Unauthorized Removal Prohibited Call 311 for Assistance."

Can you think of a situation where unauthorized removal would not be prohibited?


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[Rothman]

So, if I want to legally remove this parking meter, I should call 311?  After all, it states "Unauthorized Removal Prohibited Call 311 for Assistance."

Can you think of a situation where unauthorized removal would not be prohibited?


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Might just be strongly discouraged.

[mrsman]

So, if I want to legally remove this parking meter, I should call 311?  After all, it states "Unauthorized Removal Prohibited Call 311 for Assistance."

Can you think of a situation where unauthorized removal would not be prohibited?


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Might just be strongly discouraged.

If the parking meter were removed, you wouldn't see the sticker because the meter is removed.  You won't know to call 311 because the sticker is removed with the meter.  Unless, of course, the thief decides to stick the sticker on the pole, because he wants you to call 311 to report the theft of the parking meter.

[iBallasticwolf2]

If you call 311 they'll authorize you to remove the parking meter! 

[hotdogPi]

If you call 311 they'll authorize you to remove the parking sticker! 

Fixed

[thefraze_1020]

State Capitol interchange in Olympia, WA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.030491,-122.892892,3a,42.1y,347.21h,81.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soFWrNr9EAXgSV-rqvn84CQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[thefraze_1020]

End of WA-109 in Taholah. This can go in both the "redundant" and "faded beyond recognition" categories:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.343666,-124.285946,3a,17.1y,36.81h,88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snxQJ-4_L2L5tKqBqOjVD0w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[Big John]

^^ It is faded since it is an old sign.  When the pictorial signs first came out, they had a placard underneath them saying what the sign meant.

[Brandon]

^^ It is faded since it is an old sign.  When the pictorial signs first came out, they had a placard underneath them saying what the sign meant.

It was sort of a transitionary stage where they were getting people used to the new symbols.  Now, that said, I have seen newer instals of signal ahead signs with the placard underneath.

[Alex]

This was posted on I-380 & IA 27 south in Buchanan County. The exit tab was removed by 2012, and the generic exit gore point sign remains.

GSV: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.355359,-92.069126,3a,75y,97.39h,87.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skGW_2i5uKw5qMDw0F_2iUw!2e0!7i3328!8i1664

Edit, photographed another at the next southbound exit. It was still in place as of 2012.



Exit 43 also included a tab at the gore point sign, but it was replaced with a standard gore point sign by 2012.

[iBallasticwolf2]

These I-275 approach BGSs from I-71/I-75 southbound in Covington have to convey that you can take I-275 both east and west.
KY I-75/I-71

[TheHighwayMan3561]

In the Twin Cities whenever both directions are accessed by the same exit, the approach signs read

"(shield) (direction 1)
             (direction 2)"

such as

"I-394 EAST
         WEST"

[TravelingBethelite]

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[Bruce]

Have a redundant train sign reminding us just who pays for it:


ST Link 1001 destination sign by SounderBruce, on Flickr

It seems as if the driver forgot to switch on the destinations instead...not that it matters since there's only one line in the city and the direction is clearly marked on the platform.

[noelbotevera]

These I-275 approach BGSs from I-71/I-75 southbound in Covington have to convey that you can take I-275 both east and west.
KY I-75/I-71

Clearly an I-275 shield isn't enough! We need the directions pronto!

[iBallasticwolf2]

These I-275 approach BGSs from I-71/I-75 southbound in Covington have to convey that you can take I-275 both east and west.
KY I-75/I-71

Clearly an I-275 shield isn't enough! We need the directions pronto!

Tell me about it.

[Occidental Tourist]

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Cool button copy.  How old are those signs/photos?

[noelbotevera]

This self-explanatory image is an image that is self-expanatory. 

Cool button copy.  How old are those signs/photos?

Signs date from around '92-'94. Photos, I don't know..

[TravelingBethelite]

This self-explanatory image is an image that is self-expanatory. 

Cool button copy.  How old are those signs/photos?

The site came from gives a capture date of late November 2006. That also might explain the traffic, unless that area gets congested like that often? Any NJ peeps know?

[JMoses24]

Clearly an I-275 shield isn't enough! We need the directions pronto!

Tell me about it.

Southbound ones are still there. Northbound approaching I-275, signage at Turfway Road has been replaced, but several signs with similar redundancies still remain from KY 236 to the exit.

[roadman65]

New Jersey has always been redundant with the Parkway and Turnpike having both shields and text on the same sign.  Florida is now doing it for the FL Turnpike but only with "Turnpike" in text.

I believe Exit 129 is now replaced as someone earlier in this thread mentioned that the signs for the NJT read "Camden and New York City" and the pull through if I remember correctly (no I am not going to scroll through many of the 246 just to find it) the pull through now features "Paterson" as control city at the 129 exit diverge.

[PHLBOS]

 

This self-explanatory image is an image that is self-expanatory. 

Cool button copy.  How old are those signs/photos?

Signs date from around '92-'94.

The signs in the background (ramp to NJTP) are much older (60s-early 70s).

These I-275 approach BGSs from I-71/I-75 southbound in Covington have to convey that you can take I-275 both east and west.

Such reminds me of a now-completely useless BGS along the exit ramp from the Mass Pike (I-90) to I-495.  Once upon a time, there used to be LEFT LANE/RIGHT LANE lettering underneath the I-495 shields.

[Mergingtraffic]

This self-explanatory image is an image that is self-expanatory. 

Cool button copy.  How old are those signs/photos?

Signs date from around '92-'94.

The signs in the background (ramp to NJTP) are much older (60s-early 70s).

Those or these signs are gone now, replaced within the past year: