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Title: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hotdogPi on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PM
You can suggest more signs that will never be seen on the road.

If you want to make pictures of any sign ideas in this thread, you can do that.


Drivers from Ohio must turn left
Roundabout with SPUI ahead
Middle lane for passing only
2 hour parking except for green cars
Toll bridge: $5 for Florida drivers, free for others
Unnecessary horn use not allowed - enforced by camera
Speed limit 45: Sponsored by McDonald's
Right lane must turn left
Left turn yield on red
Hybrids may ignore red light
Drunk drivers must turn right (towards police station)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: NE2 on December 24, 2013, 10:42:45 PM
Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PM
Middle lane for passing only
There used to be suicide passing lanes all over.

Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PM
Toll bridge: $5 for Florida drivers, free for others
More like $2.40 for Quebec drivers, free for others.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Alex4897 on December 24, 2013, 11:00:09 PM
Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PM
Right lane must turn left

Couldn't a hook left turn theoretically use this?
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Takumi on December 24, 2013, 11:21:32 PM
(https://fbcdn-photos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/408936_3139909737926_345934942_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: jeffandnicole on December 24, 2013, 11:27:34 PM
Speed Limit not Enforced
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: roadman65 on December 25, 2013, 10:16:37 AM
Hillside being a control city on the Garden State Parkway's NB Exit 140 guide sign. It just has the Holland Tunnel for NYC.  It is signed on nearby Exit 142C, but this is the main route into that particular community.

Also US 22 Eastbound to be signed at Exit 141 for SB Garden State Parkway motorists instead of at Exit 140A.  Exit 141 is easier access to US 22 EB via Vaux Hall Road as Exit 140A is to US 22 WB only where you must use NJ 82 EB and its ramps to u turn back to US 22 EB.  Plus US 22 WB is informed to use Vaux Hall Road to access it which is the direct opposite movement.

Then in Union, NJ (nearby to the above said interchanges) a follow up NJ 82 WB shield is needed on NB Stuyvesant Avenue to WB Elmwood Avenue to follow up on signage that directs motorists to WB NJ 82 from the GSP Exit 139.

Also, in Parsippany, NJ that the township name (or at least in part as Parsippany is really Parsippany- Troy Hills) on the SB US 46 exit which still has carbon copies of the old pre I-80 signage using both Clifton and Dover as control points there.  Currently Parsippany is not signed on I-287 for any interchange like it is on I-80.  The only mention of the township is at the borders "entering" signs.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Jardine on December 25, 2013, 10:26:38 AM
Use your turnsignals
Hang up and drive
Don't drive into a tree
Don't spill your drink
If you are bothering to stop at the intersection, why not look both ways before you pull out in front of somebody?
We are serious about this: stop at red light
Attention Truckers: the 11' 8" height limit applies to EVERYBODY, you're not exempt.
If you splash your car in this lake and drown, nobody will care, sux to be you.
Mind the Lorrie
Yep, many folks hit deer along this stretch of road, but it will never happen to you

Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 25, 2013, 10:36:57 AM
Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PM
Toll bridge: $5 for Florida drivers, free for others

Toll bridge: Free for Spanish drivers, €5 for others

(Spaniards love to avoid tolls :sombrero:)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: roadman65 on December 25, 2013, 10:41:32 AM
Do not stop on signal detector loops to pick up passengers.

I had two instances to me where I got stopped, and had to wait for the  red signal because of people standing (literally) on the signal loops.  Both cases they (and no other vehicle) did not pass through the intersection.

The first one was a car pool using the side road as his pick up spot.  The second was a horny individual who was trying to pick up a prostitute!  Both vehicles were sitting on the detectors causing the light to register traffic that was not there  to make the road I was on stop.

In essence traffic on an arterial was actually held up because one man wanted to have sex.  This one has to be the story of the year.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: dgolub on December 25, 2013, 10:59:37 AM
SOUTH NJ 700 - Never going to see it.  You're just going TO I-95 when you're on the southern portion of the New Jersey Turnpike.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: roadman65 on December 25, 2013, 11:47:14 AM
How about shields along the Garden State Parkway even if it is not SR 444 shields.  Just the GSP shield itself used as a route number like in Florida we use a FL TPK shield as one as opposed to a FL 91 shield post interchange.

In addition how about mileage signs post interchange on the NJ Turnpike or even the 10 on 10 signs that were originally posted when the NJT opened would be nice. 

Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Revive 755 on December 25, 2013, 01:08:44 PM
* Save time - U-turn at next median break instead of waiting for green arrow

* Caution:  This traffic signal malfunctions regularly
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: ARMOURERERIC on December 25, 2013, 01:13:20 PM
PA:  An APL BGS with 4 pull through lanes
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Big John on December 25, 2013, 01:14:20 PM
Stop signs with a white border are optional.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: roadman65 on December 25, 2013, 01:29:10 PM
For protected left turns, waiting for the next arrow requires you to pay the vehicle behind you for the extra fuel that you caused him/ her to burn as well as for his time.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: jeffandnicole on December 25, 2013, 02:36:19 PM
Quote from: Jardine on December 25, 2013, 10:26:38 AM
Hang up and drive

I think I've seen this on some variable message signs!
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: PurdueBill on December 25, 2013, 03:50:02 PM
Letterman's Top Ten List of Ignored Signs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVhcXNb-EM&feature=youtu.be) had some good ones.  "Speed Limit 20 When Driving On Sidewalk", "Please Do Not Pick Up Mayor Bloomberg"....
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: signalman on December 25, 2013, 04:57:41 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 25, 2013, 02:36:19 PM
Quote from: Jardine on December 25, 2013, 10:26:38 AM
Hang up and drive

I think I've seen this on some variable message signs!
I know that I've seen that message (or something to that effect) on a VMS
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 07:43:15 PM
I loved the idea of a "sponsored" speed limit so I did that one with a few other unlikely signs.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg569%2Fhobsini2%2Funlikelyroadsigns_zps4d857d26.png&hash=2fa14bd45f54f9b9f326a7f96d0da6d51bdc368a) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/hobsini2/media/unlikelyroadsigns_zps4d857d26.png.html)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: sammi on December 25, 2013, 07:51:37 PM
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 07:43:15 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg569%2Fhobsini2%2Funlikelyroadsigns_zps4d857d26.png&hash=2fa14bd45f54f9b9f326a7f96d0da6d51bdc368a) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/hobsini2/media/unlikelyroadsigns_zps4d857d26.png.html)

Love the McDonalds speed limit sign. :spin:

On "NO OUTLET MALL". I've always seen "NO EXIT" in Canada, but then I saw a "NO OUTLET" here (IL). Is that actually how it's done here?

On the second-rightmost one in white, how would you actually sign it if, for example, a streetcar platform was in between the two lanes?
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 07:57:21 PM
The No Outlet sign is quite common in Illinois.
As to your other question, I guess it could be some kind of a street car that split a one way street. Let me think about that one.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 08:04:00 PM
Speaking of the "sponsored" signs, the Illinois Tollway Authority has been putting up new blue with red signs that say something like:
"Roadside Assitance Dial *999 (I-xx) brought to you by State Farm Insurance".
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Zeffy on December 25, 2013, 08:29:21 PM
Here's a few:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1300.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fag88%2FZeffyboy%2FSigns%2Fneverwouldsee-1_zpsc52e8df4.png&hash=1dd98960b67c9038bb175ef0bd88353eea0ed837)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 08:38:50 PM
Love the Newark sign.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Mapmikey on December 25, 2013, 08:46:52 PM
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 07:57:21 PM

As to your other question, I guess it could be some kind of a street car that split a one way street. Let me think about that one.

I have seen this one in real life in construction zones and maybe in normal life.

Here is one in a yellow diamond for splitting lanes for a tunnel:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=baltimore,+md&hl=en&ll=39.266351,-76.598911&spn=0.061135,0.132093&sll=38.300378,-77.453485&sspn=0.031119,0.066047&t=h&doflg=ptk&hnear=Baltimore,+Maryland&z=14&layer=c&cbll=39.266326,-76.598581&panoid=tKYYyy8ayVtW7fE8hV9n5g&cbp=12,110.89,,0,0

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 09:10:14 PM
Well so much for that idea. lol
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: theline on December 25, 2013, 09:56:26 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on December 25, 2013, 10:41:32 AM
Do not stop on signal detector loops to pick up passengers.

Make that "Do not park on signal detector loops."

On my way home from work at 1:30 AM, I pass a traffic signal for a narrow side street. Occasionally, somebody has parked overnight on the loop, and I'm forced to stop for the maximum length of the cycle, until the signal determines that that guy isn't going to move.  :banghead:
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Scott5114 on December 25, 2013, 10:15:42 PM
Quote from: sammi on December 25, 2013, 07:51:37 PM
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 07:43:15 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg569%2Fhobsini2%2Funlikelyroadsigns_zps4d857d26.png&hash=2fa14bd45f54f9b9f326a7f96d0da6d51bdc368a) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/hobsini2/media/unlikelyroadsigns_zps4d857d26.png.html)

On the second-rightmost one in white, how would you actually sign it if, for example, a streetcar platform was in between the two lanes?

The standard sign for this situation is the W12-1:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MUTCD_W12-1.svg/200px-MUTCD_W12-1.svg.png)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: NE2 on December 25, 2013, 10:30:49 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 25, 2013, 10:15:42 PM
The standard sign for this situation is the W12-1:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F1%2F12%2FMUTCD_W12-1.svg%2F200px-MUTCD_W12-1.svg.png&hash=5a57a20490a278202d2fd08839a62fd5b58ee590)
Which doesn't provide as much information. I'd interpret the up-arrow version to mean that both sides go to the same place.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: roadman on December 26, 2013, 08:28:50 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 08:04:00 PM
Speaking of the "sponsored" signs, the Illinois Tollway Authority has been putting up new blue with red signs that say something like:
"Roadside Assitance Dial *999 (I-xx) brought to you by State Farm Insurance".
This is not uncommon in most states with roadside assistance programs and privatized 511 systems.  Sadly, the FHWA actually condones this practice of permitting shameless corporate advertising on certain road signs - see the 2009 MUTCD, Section 2H.08.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: PurdueBill on December 26, 2013, 02:48:43 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 25, 2013, 10:15:42 PM


The standard sign for this situation is the W12-1:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MUTCD_W12-1.svg/200px-MUTCD_W12-1.svg.png)

The dual downward arrow one is usually for the gore point itself.  The W3-9a "Center Lane Closed Ahead (symbol)" sign is more of an advance that is similar in concept to the combo keep right/keep left symbol above but for a temporary situation.  I've seen it in several locations in Ohio.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmutcd.fhwa.dot.gov%2FHTM%2F2003r1%2Fimages%2Ffig-6h-38.gif&hash=c048ab543a4b499f7e994ceab982071f2a660749)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: jeffandnicole on December 26, 2013, 03:20:29 PM
Speaking of road signs you'll never see on the road...how about those "Road Work 1.6 km" signs?

Seriously...even if they switched to metric, you'd see 2 km or 1 1/2 km.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: PurdueBill on December 26, 2013, 03:32:34 PM
The figure is from the 2003 Manual because evidently along with metric distances, so went out the symbol sign for the Center Lane Closed--but it's out there in the wild and very common in at least certain parts of Ohio.  Once it's out there, it's out there!  (I didn't check the Ohio MUTCD for it yet but I suppose the symbol could persist there while not in the national Manual.)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: TEG24601 on December 26, 2013, 03:35:22 PM
Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PM
Right lane must turn left


In Holland, MI there used to be an intersection where the left turn was from the right lane, and it didn't involve a Michigan Left.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: KEK Inc. on December 26, 2013, 03:35:45 PM
For NE2.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2thedogs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F09%2Frough_road_with_obama_grahic_by_conservatoons-d3by2js.jpg&hash=9936d32e02528f7c9529924a6f895167751de9c4)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Indyroads on December 27, 2013, 12:34:54 AM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on December 26, 2013, 03:35:45 PM
For NE2.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2thedogs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F09%2Frough_road_with_obama_grahic_by_conservatoons-d3by2js.jpg&hash=9936d32e02528f7c9529924a6f895167751de9c4)

Like
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: elsmere241 on December 27, 2013, 09:10:02 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 08:38:50 PM
Love the Newark sign.

And it would work for Newark, DE as well.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: 1995hoo on December 27, 2013, 09:23:20 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 25, 2013, 07:57:21 PM
The No Outlet sign is quite common in Illinois.
As to your other question, I guess it could be some kind of a street car that split a one way street. Let me think about that one.

"No Outlet" signs are reasonably common here to indicate that the road you're using is the only way back out of the area you're entering. It's distinct from "Dead End" because the road need not be a dead end for there to be no outlet–for example, my neighborhood has a "No Outlet" sign, but there are at least 10 streets intersecting that road after you pass that sign (and a few of those connect to other streets that don't intersect the one leading in and out). But the key is that none of them connect back to the "grid" ("grid" isn't really a very accurate term here, I suppose, since to me it implies a more orderly street layout, but I don't have a better word to use).
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Buck87 on December 27, 2013, 10:36:28 AM
something like this at any place where the speed limit drops at a state border or municipality limit:


Welcome to Oregon!
Now slow the fuck down
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: doorknob60 on December 27, 2013, 02:36:47 PM
SPEED

  75


:-(
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Doctor Whom on December 27, 2013, 03:51:18 PM
Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PMRight lane must turn left
We don't need any such sign because it's implicit.  [/tourist in DC]
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: sammi on December 27, 2013, 04:00:40 PM
Quote from: doorknob60 on December 27, 2013, 02:36:47 PM
SPEED

  75

MAXIMUM

     75
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: 1995hoo on December 27, 2013, 04:37:52 PM
Quote from: Doctor Whom on December 27, 2013, 03:51:18 PM
Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2013, 10:03:39 PMRight lane must turn left
We don't need any such sign because it's implicit.  [/tourist inresident of DC]

FTFY
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Mr. Matté on December 27, 2013, 04:55:30 PM
Quote from: Jardine on December 25, 2013, 10:26:38 AM
Use your turnsignals

Close enough. (https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.190053,-74.441814&spn=0.003696,0.016512&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.190053,-74.44181&panoid=JJk3YCAW4vc7o2tFgI8mqw&cbp=11,188.52,,0,2.75)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Ga293 on December 31, 2013, 08:26:07 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuoPa0MB.png&hash=e97f3cd94d10b9246e2555f00b2836c5749acfbb) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaNwjXTN.png&hash=8251a4e46b512d3d839c32cfaf3cc5052475af31) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F97r48DJ.png&hash=416615953df25813822b29d79b02e15e029da4f1) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvJdtm5t.png&hash=9b8a58aab466383e76ec829174394441d4e2c2ab) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0PebIa1.png&hash=9c7a8f9936f4769727664f7a5cbfdfe6350e0d41)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: PHLBOS on December 31, 2013, 08:36:40 AM
Quote from: Ga293 on December 31, 2013, 08:26:07 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuoPa0MB.png&hash=e97f3cd94d10b9246e2555f00b2836c5749acfbb) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaNwjXTN.png&hash=8251a4e46b512d3d839c32cfaf3cc5052475af31) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F97r48DJ.png&hash=416615953df25813822b29d79b02e15e029da4f1) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvJdtm5t.png&hash=9b8a58aab466383e76ec829174394441d4e2c2ab) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0PebIa1.png&hash=9c7a8f9936f4769727664f7a5cbfdfe6350e0d41)
:-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D

For that first sign, would a moose equal 1000 points?  :)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: vtk on December 31, 2013, 09:06:11 AM
Speed Limit 45
Trucks 80

(I was going to use the Ohio wording for the truck speed limit but can't remember it...)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: BamaZeus on December 31, 2013, 01:39:59 PM
Quote from: Ga293 on December 31, 2013, 08:26:07 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuoPa0MB.png&hash=e97f3cd94d10b9246e2555f00b2836c5749acfbb) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaNwjXTN.png&hash=8251a4e46b512d3d839c32cfaf3cc5052475af31) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F97r48DJ.png&hash=416615953df25813822b29d79b02e15e029da4f1) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvJdtm5t.png&hash=9b8a58aab466383e76ec829174394441d4e2c2ab) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0PebIa1.png&hash=9c7a8f9936f4769727664f7a5cbfdfe6350e0d41)
I think the JUMP sign should have a picture of the General Lee or Evel Kneivel making the jump.  If it's the General Lee, Rosco's patrol car should be crashed into the first bus.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Ga293 on December 31, 2013, 06:22:35 PM
Quote from: BamaZeus on December 31, 2013, 01:39:59 PM
I think the JUMP sign should have a picture of the General Lee or Evel Kneivel making the jump.  If it's the General Lee, Rosco's patrol car should be crashed into the first bus.

I started to use the motorcyclist from the grooved pavement sign, but I felt the truck had been stuck on a steep downgrade so long, it deserved a bit of freedom.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Brian556 on December 31, 2013, 11:14:09 PM
QuoteUse your turnsignals

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc395%2FBrian5561%2F8110cc028_zps1de40c84.jpg&hash=70f85af28f3e2e16551a1f175a65dfa0487c5e2b) (http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/Brian5561/media/8110cc028_zps1de40c84.jpg.html)

Copper Canyon, TX. Temporarily posted by a contractor on the detour route for a closed road.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Thing 342 on January 01, 2014, 12:37:27 AM
A MUTCD-accurate sign in Virginia Beach.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: mhh on January 01, 2014, 09:54:12 AM
Here's a "use turn signal" sign (well, an "indicate direction" sign) in Point Edward, Ontario. The Blue Water Bridge is in the background.

http://goo.gl/maps/iQWi8 (http://goo.gl/maps/iQWi8)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Takumi on January 01, 2014, 01:04:44 PM
Quote from: Thing 342 on January 01, 2014, 12:37:27 AM
A MUTCD-accurate sign in South Hampton Roads.
Fixed. Really the only good signage in Hampton Roads at all is in Newport News, where they still use the older specs from the cutout era, as does Williamsburg. I haven't been to Poquoson, so I don't know what the signage is like there.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on January 01, 2014, 01:11:34 PM
Quote from: Takumi on January 01, 2014, 01:04:44 PM
Quote from: Thing 342 on January 01, 2014, 12:37:27 AM
A MUTCD-accurate sign in South Hampton Roads.
Fixed. Really the only good signage in Hampton Roads at all is in Newport News, where they still use the older specs from the cutout era, as does Williamsburg. I haven't been to Poquoson, so I don't know what the signage is like there.

Chesapeake isn't terrible, and neither is Suffolk (to an extent).
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Takumi on January 01, 2014, 01:31:34 PM
Suffolk has gone way, way downhill in the past two years as they've replaced VDOT-era signage with their own, um, creations.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: roadman on January 01, 2014, 04:49:43 PM
Quote from: mhh on January 01, 2014, 09:54:12 AM
Here's a "use turn signal" sign (well, an "indicate direction" sign) in Point Edward, Ontario. The Blue Water Bridge is in the background.

http://goo.gl/maps/iQWi8 (http://goo.gl/maps/iQWi8)

Before they rebuilt and signalized the intersection of NH 111 and NH 111A (which is just east of the NH 111/I-93 interchange) in Windham, NH, there was a regulatory sign facing NH 11 westbound traffic that read (IIRC) "Right Turns Use Directional".
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hotdogPi on January 01, 2014, 04:58:41 PM
Quote from: roadman on January 01, 2014, 04:49:43 PM
Quote from: mhh on January 01, 2014, 09:54:12 AM
Here's a "use turn signal" sign (well, an "indicate direction" sign) in Point Edward, Ontario. The Blue Water Bridge is in the background.

http://goo.gl/maps/iQWi8 (http://goo.gl/maps/iQWi8)

Before they rebuilt and signalized the intersection of NH 111 and NH 111A (which is just east of the NH 111/I-93 interchange) in Windham, NH, there was a regulatory sign facing NH 11 westbound traffic that read (IIRC) "Right Turns Use Directional".

I've been at that intersection (NH 111, not NH 11  :spin:), but only recently, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hbelkins on January 01, 2014, 05:04:40 PM
Quote from: Takumi on January 01, 2014, 01:04:44 PMI haven't been to Poquoson, so I don't know what the signage is like there.

Been there once, and it appeared to be fairly normal.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: TheOneKEA on January 02, 2014, 04:27:29 PM
Here's one:

EXIT 50C

West Interstate 70

Ellicott City
Frederick

1/4 MILE

We won't see this until/unless MDSHA and Baltimore City find a way around the parkland...
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: allniter89 on January 02, 2014, 07:38:34 PM
Quote from: vtk on December 31, 2013, 09:06:11 AM
Speed Limit 45
Trucks 80

(I was going to use the Ohio wording for the truck speed limit but can't remember it...)
Using the exact Ohio verbage, vtk idea would be
______________
|SPEED LIMIT     |
|vehicles over     |
|4 tons empty    |
|non com buses  |   
|        80            |
|-----------------|
|other vehicles    |
|        45            |
|_____________|
            |
            |
            |
            |
            |
            |
            |
""""""""""""""""""""""""
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Urban Prairie Schooner on January 02, 2014, 08:04:09 PM
A brand spanking new green Louisiana state highway shield.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Mapmikey on January 02, 2014, 08:06:12 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 01, 2014, 05:04:40 PM
Quote from: Takumi on January 01, 2014, 01:04:44 PMI haven't been to Poquoson, so I don't know what the signage is like there.

Been there once, and it appeared to be fairly normal.

Poquoson's state highway shields are normal, standard looking shields but the problem is that VA 171 is not posted within Poquoson anymore.  VA 171 has an unmarked turn down near its eastern end.  Not that it matters.  Taking the turn or not puts you at a dead end at the water's edge...

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hotdogPi on January 02, 2014, 08:49:27 PM
Speed limit 45 - this sign is sentient

Breakdown lane travel prohibited except for EZ-Pass users

Exit 11: Aquora Hills / George Washington Bridge

Deaths from driving while stoned this year: 420

One way dead end

Watch for incoming traffic

Reminder: Don't commit suicide in suicide lanes

Future I-366E

Toll $4 except for Wikipedia editors

Entering Narnia
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: PurdueBill on January 02, 2014, 10:09:38 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 02, 2014, 08:49:27 PM
Deaths from driving while stoned this year: 420

There's a 420/stone accidental combo out there in real life--

(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/166_568313049068_6704_n.jpg)

(It connects the end of I-280 and the Ohio Turnpike to US 20 to the south, thus 420)
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: NE2 on January 02, 2014, 10:13:08 PM
Nice. Not too far from exit 69 Big Beaver Road either.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Zeffy on January 02, 2014, 10:29:40 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on January 02, 2014, 10:09:38 PM
There's a 420/stone accidental combo out there in real life--

(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/166_568313049068_6704_n.jpg)


Do the OH 420 signs have a problem with getting stolen, or are they only on BGS and not on trailblazer assemblies? I know NJ 69 signs (before it got changed into 31) were prone to being stolen which prompted NJDOT to renumber it...
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: vtk on January 02, 2014, 11:04:20 PM
OH 420 is very short, and both junctions are freeway-grade interchanges now, so I don't think there are any independent-mount shields anymore.

I've been told OH 69 was once significantly longer, but much of it became OH 235 to abate a theft problem.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: NE2 on January 02, 2014, 11:11:04 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 02, 2014, 11:04:20 PM
OH 420 is very short, and both junctions are freeway-grade interchanges now, so I don't think there are any independent-mount shields anymore.
The Goog shows at least four independent shields at the SR 163 intersection as of September 2011. I also see reassurance at the north end.

Interestingly, ODOT did renumber SR 714 due to Quaaludes, the baby ducksheep drug. Or so says Wikipedia, and there's probably no other logical reason for the renumbering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Route_714
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: vtk on January 02, 2014, 11:32:19 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 02, 2014, 11:11:04 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 02, 2014, 11:04:20 PM
OH 420 is very short, and both junctions are freeway-grade interchanges now, so I don't think there are any independent-mount shields anymore.
The Goog shows at least four independent shields at the SR 163 intersection as of September 2011. I also see reassurance at the north end.

The Goog is often wrong. But probably not about this. I probably have not spoken with such certainty about a road I've only driven past once in the last decade.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: Alps on January 02, 2014, 11:54:18 PM
Quote from: Ga293 on December 31, 2013, 08:26:07 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuoPa0MB.png&hash=e97f3cd94d10b9246e2555f00b2836c5749acfbb) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaNwjXTN.png&hash=8251a4e46b512d3d839c32cfaf3cc5052475af31) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F97r48DJ.png&hash=416615953df25813822b29d79b02e15e029da4f1) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvJdtm5t.png&hash=9b8a58aab466383e76ec829174394441d4e2c2ab) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0PebIa1.png&hash=9c7a8f9936f4769727664f7a5cbfdfe6350e0d41)
Very well done! I'll try to submit them to the NCUTCD.
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: OracleUsr on January 03, 2014, 02:05:51 AM
I-77 North, Elkin:

LEFT
EXIT 83

US 21 BYPASS


THIS IS
SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hbelkins on January 03, 2014, 12:34:18 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 02, 2014, 11:32:19 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 02, 2014, 11:11:04 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 02, 2014, 11:04:20 PM
OH 420 is very short, and both junctions are freeway-grade interchanges now, so I don't think there are any independent-mount shields anymore.
The Goog shows at least four independent shields at the SR 163 intersection as of September 2011. I also see reassurance at the north end.

The Goog is often wrong. But probably not about this. I probably have not spoken with such certainty about a road I've only driven past once in the last decade.

http://www.millenniumhwy.net/2007_Toledo_road_mtg/2007_Toledo_road_mtg-Pages/Image286.html

http://www.millenniumhwy.net/2007_Toledo_road_mtg/2007_Toledo_road_mtg-Pages/Image287.html
Title: Re: Road signs you will never see on the road
Post by: hobsini2 on January 03, 2014, 05:13:50 PM
Quote from: Ga293 on December 31, 2013, 08:26:07 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuoPa0MB.png&hash=e97f3cd94d10b9246e2555f00b2836c5749acfbb) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaNwjXTN.png&hash=8251a4e46b512d3d839c32cfaf3cc5052475af31) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F97r48DJ.png&hash=416615953df25813822b29d79b02e15e029da4f1) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvJdtm5t.png&hash=9b8a58aab466383e76ec829174394441d4e2c2ab) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0PebIa1.png&hash=9c7a8f9936f4769727664f7a5cbfdfe6350e0d41)
Love the first one. Inspired by Death Race 2000? lol