The Worst of Road Signs

[Quillz]

That 161 shield isn't so bad because the digits are narrow enough that they fit well without much kerning adjustment. I think some states, like Arizona, generally use Series D digits for anything numbered 1xy, simply because it generally fits easily.

[agentsteel53]

That sign directs travelers wanting to go east on NY 211 to turn left, yet there is a "No Left Turn" sign in the background. FAIL.

... but there is a ONE WAY pointing left.  where is that poor car to go??

[Kacie Jane]

That sign directs travelers wanting to go east on NY 211 to turn left, yet there is a "No Left Turn" sign in the background. FAIL.

... but there is a ONE WAY pointing left.  where is that poor car to go??

I'm going to hazard a guess without knowing the exact location or looking at a map.

Guess #1 re: hbelkins: I think the 211 left sign is meant for a street behind the camera (possibly the one the parking places in the lower left are off of).  Traffic headed east turns left on said street, then turns left onto 211 presumably with the benefit of a traffic light.  Traffic headed west follows the car in the photo and turns right normally.

Guess #2 re: agentsteel: Fairly certain the one-way sign is parallel to the car (in other words, that car is on a one-way street, and is going to legally turn right onto a two-way street).

[NE2]

Found the location: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.466434,-74.355487&spn=0.003578,0.008256&gl=us&t=k&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.466434,-74.355487&panoid=M8HB8t_ll5i8akLf8ozCOQ&cbp=12,358.46,,0,1.87

The sign is pointing left in the parking lot to a different exit.

[vtk]

That 161 shield isn't so bad because the digits are narrow enough that they fit well without much kerning adjustment. I think some states, like Arizona, generally use Series D digits for anything numbered 1xy, simply because it generally fits easily.

But those numbers are smaller than the standard spec.  If the correct shield outline were used, a full-size Series D "161" might even fit without going to a wide shield.

[Takumi]

(I need to get a better photo of this...)

[Alex]

(I need to get a better photo of this...)

The same thing in 2008.

[Michael]

I found this on Jalopnik the School Speed Limits thread (I forgot that it got buried in my other open tabs):


News article: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/02/16/news/local_news/doc4f3d4a6816921091129912.txt

[apeman33]

I found this on Jalopnik the School Speed Limits thread (I forgot that it got buried in my other open tabs):

<snip the photo>

I think this was on Yahoo today. Not only are there too many times, they're too specific. They should just have 6:45-9 a.m. and 2-4:30 p.m. I mean, holy crap, as if someone's going to be able to comprehend all that information at that size before they pass that sign.

Unless the goal is collect lots o' fine money, in which case that's just flat sleazy.

[rickmastfan67]

Damn, that's TMI on that sign. Thank goodness it's been replaced with a simpler span of times per the news article.

[Mr_Northside]

What?  No sign to go with it that tells you which days are school days?

[Ian]

Here are some horrific ones from the Atlantic City Expressway...

[Scott5114]

The discussion about school speed limits has been moved from this thread to the one about school speed limits.

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5395.0

[PHLBOS]

Here are some horrific ones from the Atlantic City Expressway...

With regards to the first sign; I agree with you...  the original signs that those two replaced were white w/black lettering BTW.  The other 3 signs; not so much because those likely reflect a standard set by SJTA.  Granted, the signs for the GSP should be more MUTCD-compliant given that the road's another highway.

[Central Avenue]

Here are some horrific ones from the Atlantic City Expressway...

(snip)

Looks like Univers to me. Weird.

[empirestate]

Here's a pair of beauts from the NY Thruway Authority:
http://g.co/maps/7xze7

I have to admit, I've never heard of that street. 

[hbelkins]

Here are some horrific ones from the Atlantic City Expressway...

(snip)

Looks like Univers to me. Weird.

I like that sign. I'd put it in the "best of" thread.

[national highway 1]

Here are some horrific ones from the Atlantic City Expressway...

(snip)

Looks like Univers to me. Weird.

I like that sign. I'd put it in the "best of" thread.

http://g.co/maps/kvgsy
Is it me, or is it that the font for the Atlantic City Expwy is similar to the font used on Singaporean road signs?

[OracleUsr]

I don't know about that, but it does look a lot like the ones GA used to use

[Kacie Jane]

With regards to the first sign; I agree with you...  the original signs that those two replaced were white w/black lettering BTW.  The other 3 signs; not so much because those likely reflect a standard set by SJTA.  Granted, the signs for the GSP should be more MUTCD-compliant given that the road's another highway.

Following a bad standard doesn't make it not a bad sign.  It makes it a bad sign with lots of equally bad brethren.

[Alps]

With regards to the first sign; I agree with you...  the original signs that those two replaced were white w/black lettering BTW.  The other 3 signs; not so much because those likely reflect a standard set by SJTA.  Granted, the signs for the GSP should be more MUTCD-compliant given that the road's another highway.

There is nothing standard about a square pentagon.

I like that sign. I'd put it in the "best of" thread.

What you smokin man?

[Scott5114]

I don't know about that, but it does look a lot like the ones GA used to use

No, it doesn't. GA used mixed-case Series D.

[PHLBOS]

There is nothing standard about a square pentagon.

Oops, forgot about that shield.  Growing up in MA and now residing in PA; one doesn't even encounter county routes.  IIRC, county routes shields, at least in NJ, used to be white rectangles or squares w/black lettering way back when.  During the 90s & mid-2000s, I saw one or two of the old style shields scattered in either Camden or Burlington Counties.

[agentsteel53]

Oops, forgot about that shield.  Growing up in MA and now residing in PA; one doesn't even encounter county routes.  IIRC, county routes shields, at least in NJ, used to be white rectangles or squares w/black lettering way back when.  During the 90s & mid-2000s, I saw one or two of the old style shields scattered in either Camden or Burlington Counties.

there are still a ton of them around, especially in Bergen County.

[NE2]

Because Bergen County still does it that way...