I was biking home today and saw a sign for North Loop 1 that had been knocked over. I picked it up and set it against another sign. Treating it almost like a wounded friend. Anyone else here do crazy things like that?
I rather not get criminally fined for stealing a $500 sign. If I see one down, I'll notify a worker if I see one (if I'm biking).
Quote from: KEK Inc. on February 24, 2014, 06:20:17 PM
I rather not get criminally fined for stealing a $500 sign. If I see one down, I'll notify a worker if I see one (if I'm biking).
Well I WAS on my bike and clearly lifting it up :) If you can carrying a sign on a post (almost too heavy too pick up) on the back of your bike, I sure would love to see that!
Quote from: KEK Inc. on February 24, 2014, 06:20:17 PM
I rather not get criminally fined for stealing a $500 sign.
But it didn't sound like stealing.
Quote from: texaskdog on February 24, 2014, 06:14:53 PM
picked it up and set it against another sign. Treating it almost like a wounded friend.
I've been quoted!!!
When I was up in Boston, I came upon a wooden sign that was off its post in the northernmost MA 2/16/US 3 rotary. I set it back upright facing traffic, but it was gone soon thereafter. Would've been an interesting ride back on the T if I decided to hold onto it.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fma%2Fus_3%2Fwco2.jpg&hash=e16425b4307489c83e0c51f70e5e8b8ccf479e2f)
I'll also try to unbend bent signposts (sometimes fairly successful, actually) and rotate loose signs back in the proper orientation.
A few of the signs in my sign collection were liberated from the bottom of a ditch.
I have one or two I "liberated" from a ditch, but most of mine are Flea Market/e-bay finds, plus a couple I got through Jake.
A couple months ago, I saw a fallen sign cluster face down in the mud near Neosho, MO. I rolled it over as best I could and sent a message to MoDOT.
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/utah015/i-015_shields_exit_129_03.jpg)
We propped this sign up for the photo and left it that way.
Once also found a parish shield hanging upside down, which we righted for a photo. I am sure the first gust of wind reverted it to its previous state.
I picked up a cute road sign at the club last night. She sure knew how to I-69!
Wonder if there's any way you could rig a sign back to its post with zip ties until the DOT can get there to repair it.
When I was going to college at NIU back in the 90's, there was an arrow sign that had fallen off its post and after seeing it lie there for several days, I picked it up one night and walked it right to my dorm room. It was a decoration til the end of my time at college. People used to make jokes about it and how it looked like an appendage. I believe my parents still have it somewhere, but I'm not sure where it ended up.
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 26, 2014, 07:19:07 AM
Wonder if there's any way you could rig a sign back to its post with zip ties until the DOT can get there to repair it.
If the post was u-channel or tubular steel, that should be feasible, unless the sign is wooden and was split in two.
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2014, 12:22:09 AM
I picked up a cute road sign at the club last night. She sure knew how to I-69!
... so THIS is where the pick up lines thread originated.
Quote from: texaskdog on February 24, 2014, 06:14:53 PM
I was biking home today and saw a sign for North Loop 1 that had been knocked over. I picked it up and set it against another sign. Treating it almost like a wounded friend. Anyone else here do crazy things like that?
I did exactly that several months again on Ritchie Hwy (MD 2) near Ordinance Rd (MD 710). It was the sign pointing to MD 10. I leaned it against the sign pointing to I-695, kinda interweaving it between the 3 signs. Still readable though. It's still like that, checked last week.