The Worst of Road Signs

[national highway 1]

Found this on the AARoads Facebook page.

[Alex]

My friends Bill and Joey showed me this on our road outing two weeks ago.



It is on the westbound off-ramp taking US 6 to Kimberly Road in Davenport.

[WillWeaverRVA]

My friends Bill and Joey showed me this on our road outing two weeks ago.



It is on the westbound off-ramp taking US 6 to Kimberly Road in Davenport.

Ugh, Helvetica on the US 6 shield. I find it funny that it looks like they apparently fixed the Kaplan University part of the sign (it's clearly patched over something) but missed the kimberly Road part.

[paulthemapguy]

More adventures in Helvetica! https://goo.gl/maps/CCPxGnUEtVM2

[tckma]

What's with this font on the speed limit sign?

[tckma]

Back when I lived in Massachusetts (2000-2008), there was a yellow-on-black, pentagonal "Middlesex 27 County" sign on MA-27 in either Acton or Maynard or somewhere around there.  I can't find it on GMSV, so it may have been removed.  It's interesting because not only is that state route 27, and not only are the colors wrong for a county route shield, but Massachusetts does not have county routes, at all.  Most county governments in Massachusetts have, in fact, been dissolved, and counties there are little more than lines on a map.

If someone could find and post that, or take a pic if you're up that way, I'd appreciate it.

[PHLBOS]

Back when I lived in Massachusetts (2000-2008), there was a yellow-on-black, pentagonal "Middlesex 27 County" sign on MA-27 in either Acton or Maynard or somewhere around there.  I can't find it on GMSV, so it may have been removed.  It's interesting because not only is that state route 27, and not only are the colors wrong for a county route shield, but Massachusetts does not have county routes, at all.  Most county governments in Massachusetts have, in fact, been dissolved, and counties there are little more than lines on a map.

If someone could find and post that, or take a pic if you're up that way, I'd appreciate it.

Ask and you shall receive.  Scroll down towards the bottom of page.

IMHO, such is more Erroneous rather than Worst of.

[tckma]

Ask and you shall receive.  Scroll down towards the bottom of page.

Thank you!

[bzakharin]

Ask and you shall receive.  Scroll down towards the bottom of page.

Thank you!

Maybe the contractor thought it was for Middlesex County, NJ (Which also only has a state route 27, the county routes being limited to the 500 and 600 series)

[SD Mapman]

Contractor stupidity or new signage pattern for business routes?

What do you think?

Look, there's a standalone one too!

[PHLBOS]

Contractor stupidity or new signage pattern for business routes?

What do you think?

Look, there's a standalone one too!

IMHO, those would full under Erroneous signs rather than the Worst of.

[Mr. Matté]

At a Jersey City apartment complex:

[tckma]

At a Jersey City apartment complex:

"Whenever we feel like giving you a ticket."

[jeffandnicole]

At a Jersey City apartment complex:

So....what's going on between 1pm to 3pm on Friday?

[tckma]

So....what's going on between 1pm to 3pm on Friday?

People are parking there legally.

[paulthemapguy]

At a Jersey City apartment complex:

I think the words "certain hours" would make this sign qualify for the "Department of Redundancy Department," too 

[SD Mapman]

Ew.

https://www.google.com/maps/@48.9705334,-97.2555149,3a,15y,114.54h,86.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx9hvQMJzDYEQGuHPFQfXtw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4

[SignGeek101]

Ew.

https://www.google.com/maps/@48.9705334,-97.2555149,3a,15y,114.54h,86.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx9hvQMJzDYEQGuHPFQfXtw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4

Am I missing something here? The 'ND' shouldn't be there, but is there something else?

[noelbotevera]

What did I do to you? I just said that you should use better fonts!

[jakeroot]

What did I do to you? I just said that you should use better fonts!

This is, at worst, a design error. At best, unique.

[Zeffy]

What did I do to you? I just said that you should use better fonts!

This is, at worst, a design error. At best, unique.

It's not really a design error either. I can't think of how that ended up here.

[kphoger]

I can't think of how that ended up here.

Because we ran out of the "Worst of Road Signs" long, long ago; how in the world could there possibly be 179 pages of the "Worst"??  Yet a lot of people can't help but keep contributing with every little pet peeve of a sign they run across.  And others, like me, keep popping in here when they do, hoping to find a truly God-awful sign, despite knowing better.

[noelbotevera]

I can't think of how that ended up here.

Because we ran out of the "Worst of Road Signs" long, long ago; how in the world could there possibly be 179 pages of the "Worst"??  Yet a lot of people can't help but keep contributing with every little pet peeve of a sign they run across.  And others, like me, keep popping in here when they do, hoping to find a truly God-awful sign, despite knowing better.

I myself are still scrounging around for bad road signs, but I can't just cover the whole state of Oklahoma or whatever god-awful signs in GSV. This is at the very least something.

Also, why does the color red need to be used here?

[jeffandnicole]

I can't think of how that ended up here.

Because we ran out of the "Worst of Road Signs" long, long ago; how in the world could there possibly be 179 pages of the "Worst"??  Yet a lot of people can't help but keep contributing with every little pet peeve of a sign they run across.  And others, like me, keep popping in here when they do, hoping to find a truly God-awful sign, despite knowing better.

I myself are still scrounging around for bad road signs, but I can't just cover the whole state of Oklahoma or whatever god-awful signs in GSV. This is at the very least something.

Also, why does the color red need to be used here?

I think it was a way to subconsciously inform drivers that you need to stop for cash/receipts.  There's never been a standard color or colors for various payment options at toll plazas (other than purple for electronic tolling) so colors can vary greatly based on the agency.

[jbnv]

I can't think of how that ended up here.

Because we ran out of the "Worst of Road Signs" long, long ago; how in the world could there possibly be 179 pages of the "Worst"??  Yet a lot of people can't help but keep contributing with every little pet peeve of a sign they run across.  And others, like me, keep popping in here when they do, hoping to find a truly God-awful sign, despite knowing better.

Ditto. We've clearly run out of pure, unadulterated suck.

Post the worst, most ineptly put together pieces of crap in your state. Not just "oh, it's in Clearview", "wrong type of shield", or "it's a bubble shield" or anything like that. We're talking pure, unadulterated suck here. Stuff that makes you wonder what they were thinking. Stuff that should only result from a night of binge drinking at the sign shop.