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States Ranked by Signage Quality

Started by webny99, February 16, 2018, 08:16:22 AM

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jbnv

If you're OCD, try driving under this every day.  :no:
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ran4sh

Quote from: jbnv on February 05, 2022, 04:55:04 PM
If you're OCD, try driving under this every day.  :no:

The only deficiency in those signs is that they are too small, there needs to be more space between the border and legend. The exit tabs should also be upgraded to 30-inch height (24 inch, as those signs are, was the standard until the mid-00s), although there are some states that continue to use 24 inch exit tabs for new signs.
Control cities CAN be off the route! Control cities make NO sense if signs end before the city is reached!

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Road Hog

Quote from: Scott5114 on February 05, 2022, 03:36:28 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 05, 2022, 02:28:14 PM
North Carolina highway signs in the early 2010s suck imo. I think that was the worst time to see them being used. They looked so cheap and clumsy.

I sentence you to five years of living in Oklahoma.


Life sentence:

Max Rockatansky

#153
You guys should really check out your nearest National Forest if your aim is to truly find your state's worst signage is high. 

https://flic.kr/p/22A9Ew8

On a more serious note, I found Hawaii (O'ahu specifically) to be very lacking in signage. 

hotdogPi

Since everyone is rating both New Mexico and Oklahoma bottom, meaning nobody is distinguishing the two:

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 09, 2021, 01:20:07 PM
ODOT signage is æsthetically garbage, violates norms of both graphic design and traffic control, and hurts your eyes to look at. But it's almost always there, and it's usually complete and mostly correct. ODOT signage sucks, but you can at least navigate with it. NMDOT sometimes can't even manage to clear that simple bar, to the point that it starts to negatively impact navigability. So there's a pretty good argument that NMDOT is worse than ODOT.
Clinched, plus MA 286

Traveled, plus several state routes

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jbnv

Just anecdotally, but I travelled through New Mexico last summer, and I agree that the signage was insufficient.
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Occidental Tourist

Quote from: jbnv on February 05, 2022, 04:55:04 PM
If you're OCD, try driving under this every day.  :no:

I would kill for signage as uniform as that.  Come to California and ping your OCD all day long.


jbnv

Quote from: Occidental Tourist on February 09, 2022, 02:22:51 AM
Quote from: jbnv on February 05, 2022, 04:55:04 PM
If you're OCD, try driving under this every day.  :no:

I would kill for signage as uniform as that.  Come to California and ping your OCD all day long.

Ironic that you would say that considering that California has a height max on overhead signs.
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