Damaged Signs

[SignGeek101]

I'm sure this sign has been fixed by now.

http://goo.gl/maps/ynKAx

[jakeroot]

I'm sure this sign has been fixed by now.

http://goo.gl/maps/ynKAx

I thought for a brief second that the sign indicates oncoming drivers are going to swerve out of our way.

[SignGeek101]

Noooooooooo!!!!! Not a FHWA sign, anything but a FHWA sign! Had FHWA numerals in the shield too!! Whoever did this...

http://goo.gl/maps/lnaok

What it used to be:

http://goo.gl/maps/NqQOR

Well, at least this one is still up:

http://goo.gl/maps/eyCF4

[Mr. Matté]

At least it was a Clearview sign.

(reasoning behind this)

[kphoger]

What happens when a road sign is too close to a massive gas pipeline explosion:

[jakeroot]

I kind of like the white.

[thenetwork]

I kind of like the white.

Looks like a spec sheet in 3-D.

[national highway 1]

Sign Gore

[NE2]

Mass sign graveyard (NSFAlan): http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/12120

[freebrickproductions]

Damaged street-name sign in Huntsville, AL:
Damaged Street Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

[SignGeek101]

http://goo.gl/maps/tm9XC

A FHWA sign in Michigan   

[SignGeek101]

Metal is better than wood.

http://goo.gl/maps/Kx2Dx

[JMoses24]

Here's one. KY 18 near Turfway Road in Florence, captured 4/16. Looks to have been wiped out by a wayward vehicle of some sort. A tree was damaged right alongside of this. And yes, I've notified KYTC which I believe is responsible for this stretch.

[roadfro]

Here's one. KY 18 near Turfway Road in Florence, captured 4/16. Looks to have been wiped out by a wayward vehicle of some sort. A tree was damaged right alongside of this. And yes, I've notified KYTC which I believe is responsible for this stretch.

Judging from the sign, damaged trees and tire tracks, I am very surprised the wayward driver did not hit that fire hydrant...

[vtk]

Here's one. KY 18 near Turfway Road in Florence, captured 4/16. Looks to have been wiped out by a wayward vehicle of some sort. A tree was damaged right alongside of this. And yes, I've notified KYTC which I believe is responsible for this stretch.

Judging from the sign, damaged trees and tire tracks, I am very surprised the wayward driver did not hit that fire hydrant...

Maybe the hydrant has already been replaced.

[Big John]

^^ The grass around it looks intact as replacing the hydrant with its integral underground piping would disturb that.

[vtk]

^^ The grass around it looks intact as replacing the hydrant with its integral underground piping would disturb that.

As far as I know, modern hydrants are breakaway at ground level, with the valve below ground.  If a vehicle hits it, only the above-ground part is sheared off, and there's no gusher.  No excavation needed.

[roadfro]

^^ The grass around it looks intact as replacing the hydrant with its integral underground piping would disturb that.

As far as I know, modern hydrants are breakaway at ground level, with the valve below ground.  If a vehicle hits it, only the above-ground part is sheared off, and there's no gusher.  No excavation needed.

Yes, but like a breakaway sign post, most American fire hydrants have a point where it is attached/screwed to a base which is typically slightly above ground. (The Wikipedia article on fire hydrants has a couple good example pics.)

The hydrant in the photo appears to be shorter than normal, which would indicate to me that the base may be slightly below the grass/grade level. So if the hydrant had been sheared off in an impact, there would still be some disturbance in the grass when it was reattached.

[roadman65]

I was often wondering is what you see in the movies reality when a car runs over a hydrant?  I heard one man say no, that his car got stopped in transit.  Then I seen in my old neighborhood the mess left behind when a car struck a fire plug as if the movies were correct.  I did not see the incident nor witnessed the geyser that Hollywood loves to create in car chases gone sour.

Are hydrants made to break away, or are they mounted real tight?

[Mergingtraffic]

[SignGeek101]

I would put that more in vandalized signs.

[Kacie Jane]

Perhaps, though those poles certainly aren't straight.  (Though I suppose technically that doesn't mean the sign itself is damaged, though in JMoses's example, the actual signs seem fairly unscathed, though now I'm talking in circles, ladidadida.........)

[Bruce]

Here's two from Seattle:


Vandalized street sign on Roanoke Street by SounderBruce, on Flickr


Upside-down sign on King Street by SounderBruce, on Flickr

[busman_49]

Cincinnati, Ohio:
P1160426 by Ryan busman_49, on Flickr

[formulanone]

^ mmm, U-channel Taco.