This topic is about signs that are incorrectly used. I would like this topic to exclude route marker/guide signs. The purpose of this topic is to see a variety of warning and regulatory sign misuse. Construction will go in a seperate topic.
Here's and example to get us started. A T-Intersection warning sign used in place of a double arrow sign:
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There is an assembly I've been meaning to take a picture of in McClain County, OK where a stop sign is paired with a DEAD END sign, apparently to emphasize the message that there is nothing much to go to beyond the sign.
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QuoteThere is an assembly I've been meaning to take a picture of in McClain County, OK where a stop sign is paired with a DEAD END sign, apparently to emphasize the message that there is nothing much to go to beyond the sign.
I've seen a stop sign above a do not enter sign on an exit ramp on SR 153 in Chattanooga, Tn several years ago.
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QuoteChevrons, anyone?
There is a similar situation on a rural road around here. There are two curve symbol signs and one DANGEROUS CURVE worded sign in advance of the curve, but no chevrons.
Street View:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Double+Oak,+TX&hl=en&ll=33.062953,-97.131071&spn=0.000072,0.038495&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.291089,78.837891&vpsrc=6&hnear=Double+Oak,+Denton,+Texas&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=33.061011,-97.131526&panoid=Kc4ooV_ADWF-B5kRYTnNLw&cbp=12,159.61,,0,0 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Double+Oak,+TX&hl=en&ll=33.062953,-97.131071&spn=0.000072,0.038495&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.291089,78.837891&vpsrc=6&hnear=Double+Oak,+Denton,+Texas&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=33.061011,-97.131526&panoid=Kc4ooV_ADWF-B5kRYTnNLw&cbp=12,159.61,,0,0)
Oh wow, if only I had started a database of these!
Herrin, Illinois: S. 7th Street where it dead-ends at the railroad spur to the (former) Maytag factory - There's a STOP sign at the end of the street, like if you kept driving past the dead end you'd run smack into it.
Fairfield, Illinois: Heading into town from the north on Clay City Blacktop (county road #something or other), T-intersection at Maple Hill Cemetary - Just as in the case above, the T advance sign in place of a double arrow.
These are just from memory, I seem to recall southern Illinois having a LOT of sign mixups.
One of the most common I see all over the place is a lane reduction sign (you know, it looks like |\ sort of) when really it should be 'right lane must turn' sign. Oh yeah, and let's count how many county road markers in Minnesota have a Jct placard when they don't need one? Could it be in the billions?