The Worst of Road Signs

[paulthemapguy]

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.

THANK YOU.  GET THIS GUY A COLD ONE. 

Stop complaining that the bad signs in this thread aren't bad enough, according to some unnecessary confining rules you made up.  It isn't productive.  I was going to comment on this earlier but I held my tongue.  I don't know if you're really that nitpicky or if you're trying to find a cheap way to crank up your post count.  But it's become 3 out of 4 posts in this thread. Let's just have fun and laugh at some road sign fails.

I know there was a sign on I-55 inbound between 294 and the Loop that just said "Obey this sign" and it stood alone.  That was fantastic.

[jbnv]

Stop complaining that the bad signs in this thread aren't bad enough, according to some unnecessary confining rules you made up.

Um, the "unnecessary confining rule" wasn't made up by someone mid-thread, it was posted at the very beginning of the thread.

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.

Is this really that hard for people to understand?

[freebrickproductions]

Some of Cullman's signage would probably qualify for this thread, but I'm not sure if I should repost it in here.

[jeffandnicole]

Stop complaining that the bad signs in this thread aren't bad enough, according to some unnecessary confining rules you made up.

Um, the "unnecessary confining rule" wasn't made up by someone mid-thread, it was posted at the very beginning of the thread.

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.

Is this really that hard for people to understand?

Exactly. Get THIS guy the cold one. There are several different threads on here to help distinguish between the bad, and the "I woke up next to THAT??? I am never drinking again!" bad.

[cl94]

There are probably more "craiG cOuntY" wannabes out there. The bigger question is this: where do we draw the line? How "off" does something have to be for it to be "worst of"? Are the Albany County pointed stencil CR shields bad enough to be "worst of"?

[abc2VE]

Taken by someone in a facebook group. From Colonial Heights Virginia.

[Brandon]

Before posting anything else in this thread, please see the below and check to make sure your entry measures up to this pure unadulterated suck in the photo below.  If it does, then we'd like to see it.  If not, if it just has a small error, a font you dislike, or any other small issue not measuring up to the pure unadulterated suck below, then find another thread for it.

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. Like this!

[hbelkins]

^^^Bottom two images gone, and Denexa says they've been eaten by dragons and not coming back.

[WillWeaverRVA]

As another example, have this sign from Virginia Beach (another set of these was posted way back when):

[jbnv]

*sigh* How does that classify as "pure, unadulterated suck"? Only thing I see "wrong" with it is the font. And frankly, IMO, the cutesy mistakes of local municipalities have nothing on genuine failures like the craIG countY sign.

[cl94]

*sigh* How does that classify as "pure, unadulterated suck"? Only thing I see "wrong" with it is the font. And frankly, IMO, the cutesy mistakes of local municipalities have nothing on genuine failures like the craIG countY sign.

That's not "worst of". This might be. While it looks like something that would be found in a parking lot, this was installed by the City of Glens Falls DPW on a public road that gets a decent amount of traffic.

[mrsman]

*sigh* How does that classify as "pure, unadulterated suck"? Only thing I see "wrong" with it is the font. And frankly, IMO, the cutesy mistakes of local municipalities have nothing on genuine failures like the craIG countY sign.

Exactly.  We already have a thread for the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Run of the mill bad signs should go on that thread.  Pure, unadulterated suck belongs on this thread.

[Brandon]

*sigh* How does that classify as "pure, unadulterated suck"? Only thing I see "wrong" with it is the font. And frankly, IMO, the cutesy mistakes of local municipalities have nothing on genuine failures like the craIG countY sign.

Exactly.  craIG coUntY should've been caught by by quality control long before it even made it out of the sign shop.  It should've been caught by the people installing the sign.  But no, it made it through all the hoops that should've stopped it from seeing the roadside.  Just like that CoNcessIons sign Bugo posted (interestingly enough, also in Oklahoma - is bad signage a communicable disease there?).  Ones like HOLLAND RD are not the pure, unadulterated suck that is craIG coUntY or CoNcessIons.  You might not like the font, but it is accurate, consistent, and does not scream of a night of binge drinking (or worse) in the sign shop.

[cl94]

*sigh* How does that classify as "pure, unadulterated suck"? Only thing I see "wrong" with it is the font. And frankly, IMO, the cutesy mistakes of local municipalities have nothing on genuine failures like the craIG countY sign.

Exactly.  We already have a thread for the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Run of the mill bad signs should go on that thread.  Pure, unadulterated suck belongs on this thread.

"Bad" is for that thread. "How the hell did you let that leave the sign shop" is this thread.

[jbnv]

Exactly.  craIG coUntY should've been caught by by quality control long before it even made it out of the sign shop.  It should've been caught by the people installing the sign.  But no, it made it through all the hoops that should've stopped it from seeing the roadside.  Just like that CoNcessIons sign Bugo posted (interestingly enough, also in Oklahoma - is bad signage a communicable disease there?).  Ones like HOLLAND RD are not the pure, unadulterated suck that is craIG coUntY or CoNcessIons.  You might not like the font, but it is accurate, consistent, and does not scream of a night of binge drinking (or worse) in the sign shop.

"Bad" is for that thread. "How the hell did you let that leave the sign shop" is this thread.

Ditto these.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Zeffy]

Minor fuckups on road signs are nothing to make a fuss about. The problems are with the craIG coUntY signs, it just looks terrible to everyday passerby. If that sign was a representation of your company, would you let it stay in that current form so more people can see it? If you answered no, it should be in this thread, and admittedly, we're all guilty of putting things in here that probably shouldn't be.

Some of Cullman's signage would probably qualify for this thread, but I'm not sure if I should repost it in here.

I think 60% of their signs would qualify for this thread, because they are just plain awful.

[cl94]

Some of Cullman's signage would probably qualify for this thread, but I'm not sure if I should repost it in here.

I think 60% of their signs would qualify for this thread, because they are just plain awful.

Do it. I dare you.

[empirestate]

Well, if nothing else, I find the kvetching about signs that don't suck enough to be rather more entertaining than the actual signs which don't suck enough.

[noelbotevera]

Does this count?

[kkt]

Does this count?

I think so.  If you have to ponder what it might mean, it's not doing its job.

[paulthemapguy]

Well, if nothing else, I find the kvetching about signs that don't suck enough to be rather more entertaining than the actual signs which don't suck enough.

This is why I'll be posting the messed-up road signs I see in one of the two other threads suitable for doing so.  It's not worth the ensuing whine-fest about how they aren't bad enough.

[renegade]

Does this count?

wut. da. FUCK.

That sign contains so much suck that it could implode!   

There is not enough eye-bleach to fix this.  What has been seen cannot be unseen.

[cl94]

Yeah, I'd say that counts. Looking on GSV, the signs on the other side of that underpass are almost as bad.

[kphoger]

It's so bad, it looks like a joke sign one of us might make.