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

[tolbs17]

Never seen NCDOT do a letter a design like this on the word "Stadium".

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0935772,-80.2426764,3a,15.8y,282.06h,103.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHoxSYuy0qwPv8W5W5wjOGQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

It looks like a Georgia or Florida letter a.

If you look at Marshall, they are different.

[Max Rockatansky]

Some new signs for shared streets in Portland (complete with dividers to prevent thru traffic from cutting across)

https://twitter.com/BikePortland/status/1470525719440592896

Wouldn't this just push the problem into the cross walk?

[Bruce]

Some new signs for shared streets in Portland (complete with dividers to prevent thru traffic from cutting across)

Wouldn't this just push the problem into the cross walk?

Cars would have to cross it anyway to turn right. The idea is to force right turns unless it's absolutely necessary to continue through.

Admittedly, this is much worse than the normal implementation of a hard divider.

[LilianaUwU]

Some new signs for shared streets in Portland (complete with dividers to prevent thru traffic from cutting across)

Wouldn't this just push the problem into the cross walk?

Cars would have to cross it anyway to turn right. The idea is to force right turns unless it's absolutely necessary to continue through.

Admittedly, this is much worse than the normal implementation of a hard divider.

The real question is, though: why not a hard divider?

[tolbs17]

There are a few signs like this here in North Carolina, but damn... I've never seen a Clearview mileage sign in my entire life...

[Mapmikey]

There are a few signs like this here in North Carolina, but damn... I've never seen a Clearview mileage sign in my entire life...

Pennsylvania is full of clearview mileage signs

[tolbs17]

There are a few signs like this here in North Carolina, but damn... I've never seen a Clearview mileage sign in my entire life...

Pennsylvania is full of clearview mileage signs

And, don't they use Clearview on the highway signs on freeways?

[formulanone]

(Pare) n (thesis) on SR 93 in Kingsport, Tennessee:

[wanderer2575]

"Multi-use trail crossing" sign.

[LilianaUwU]

"Multi-use trail crossing" sign.

Reminds me of the PEI standard for a trail crossing sign:


(Street View)

[tolbs17]

Lower Dump Bodies... It's a school zone colored sign and I have no idea what the hell it means.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2702626,-78.6169106,3a,15y,1.25h,88.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNq1rNE4U8aOx_5MjImgvVw!2e0!5s20211201T000000!7i16384!8i8192

[Mapmikey]

Lower Dump Bodies... It's a school zone colored sign and I have no idea what the hell it means.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2702626,-78.6169106,3a,15y,1.25h,88.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNq1rNE4U8aOx_5MjImgvVw!2e0!5s20211201T000000!7i16384!8i8192

It's for dump trucks so as not to damage their brand new bridge...

[tolbs17]

Lower Dump Bodies... It's a school zone colored sign and I have no idea what the hell it means.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2702626,-78.6169106,3a,15y,1.25h,88.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNq1rNE4U8aOx_5MjImgvVw!2e0!5s20211201T000000!7i16384!8i8192

It's for dump trucks so as not to damage their brand new bridge...

I get it now. It's just the color that kinda bothers me.

[jeffandnicole]

Lower Dump Bodies... It's a school zone colored sign and I have no idea what the hell it means.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2702626,-78.6169106,3a,15y,1.25h,88.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNq1rNE4U8aOx_5MjImgvVw!2e0!5s20211201T000000!7i16384!8i8192

It's for dump trucks so as not to damage their brand new bridge...

I get it now. It's just the color that kinda bothers me.

In work zones, dump trucks often need to have their bodies up to get material nesr the gate to offload, so here they're just reminder the drivers to get those bodies down. Although odd they even had that color lying around. 

[mrsman]

Here's an option lane marked with "OK", which was a standard approach in CA years ago.  Only a few signs remain.

https://twitter.com/la_dorkout/status/1461128804357730309

[wanderer2575]

^^  I want to see how "dork" is related to "geek" on the family tree.

[jakeroot]

Here's an option lane marked with "OK", which was a standard approach in CA years ago.  Only a few signs remain.

That is very interesting. I still see "OK" oddly often in Washington State. Most often at off-ramps to sign an outside left turn lane.

[Big John]

Here's an option lane marked with "OK", which was a standard approach in CA years ago.  Only a few signs remain.

And the color scheme was reversed.  White on black instead of black on white.

[roadfro]

Here's an option lane marked with "OK", which was a standard approach in CA years ago.  Only a few signs remain.

And the color scheme was reversed.  White on black instead of black on white.

Nevada used to use "OK" on lane assignment signs long ago. I remember a few around the Las Vegas area when I was a kid, but any examples I specifically recall are long gone.

I actually quite like those white on black lane assignment signs–I dare say this would make more sense as a standard. But I'm guessing the black on white sticks with traditional regulatory definitions and might also be easier to manufacture...

[LilianaUwU]

Here's an option lane marked with "OK", which was a standard approach in CA years ago.  Only a few signs remain.

And the color scheme was reversed.  White on black instead of black on white.

Such a color scheme is Québec standard.

[jakeroot]

Here's an option lane marked with "OK", which was a standard approach in CA years ago.  Only a few signs remain.

And the color scheme was reversed.  White on black instead of black on white.

Such a color scheme is Québec standard.

Canada as a whole, not just Quebec.

[LilianaUwU]

Here's an option lane marked with "OK", which was a standard approach in CA years ago.  Only a few signs remain.

And the color scheme was reversed.  White on black instead of black on white.

Such a color scheme is Québec standard.

Canada as a whole, not just Quebec.

Right. Fun fact: until 2003, the color scheme in Québec was actually the same as in the US. Few signs of the black-on-white color scheme remain, though they're rare.

[zachary_amaryllis]

worst.
roundabout.
ever.

[LilianaUwU]

worst.
roundabout.
ever.

At least there's a state name I-70 shield...?

[Rothman]

worst.
roundabout.
ever.

At least there's a state name I-70 shield...?

Reminds me of the east end of I-78.