The Worst of Road Signs

[Alps]

Enough discussion about bicycles. Someone post a bad road sign.

[US71]

[NE2]

Someone post a bad road sign.

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.776826,-122.446683&spn=0.01311,0.028346&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.776826,-122.446683&panoid=xZf-nbFKoT_xN2XyzG_qiw&cbp=12,230.18,,1,-11.03
Am I doing it right?

[OracleUsr]

Someone post a bad road sign.

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.776826,-122.446683&spn=0.01311,0.028346&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.776826,-122.446683&panoid=xZf-nbFKoT_xN2XyzG_qiw&cbp=12,230.18,,1,-11.03
Am I doing it right?

Yeah, but THEY'RE not.  What does that mean?  No left turn unless you do a 270 and turn around to the left?  Or miss a complete circle, then do NOT turn left??

[NE2]

I think you're commenting on the Goog's imperfect patching together of photos.
What's "worst" about it is seen by comparing the meanings of the top and bottom signs.

[Thing 342]

This one in Fairfax is basically unintelligible if you're moving faster than 15 mph: http://goo.gl/maps/rmMLs

[ET21]

I think you're commenting on the Goog's imperfect patching together of photos.
What's "worst" about it is seen by comparing the meanings of the top and bottom signs.

Ok, but the top one is for cars, bottom is for bikes. Reason for the top was to probably stop cars from turning down that street during rush hour or heightened traffic periods.

[NE2]

Ok, but the top one is for cars, bottom is for bikes. Reason for the top was to probably stop cars from turning down that street during rush hour or heightened traffic periods.

Uh...

The top one is for anyone operating a vehicle on the road. Bike, car, goat-drawn carriage...

[empirestate]

Ok, but the top one is for cars, bottom is for bikes. Reason for the top was to probably stop cars from turning down that street during rush hour or heightened traffic periods.

Uh...

The top one is for anyone operating a vehicle on the road. Bike, car, goat-drawn carriage...

Although, the bicyclist could dismount and make the turn by crossing the street as a pedestrian, assuming local laws permit crossing at unmarked locations such as this.

[yakra]

Ok, but the top one is for cars, bottom is for bikes. Reason for the top was to probably stop cars from turning down that street during rush hour or heightened traffic periods.

Uh...

The top one is for anyone operating a vehicle on the road. Bike, car, goat-drawn carriage...

How's this for another you-can't-get-there-from-here bike route?
USBR 1A north at the Sagadahoc Bridge approach, Bath ME:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.776826,-122.446683&spn=0.01311,0.028346&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.776826,-122.446683&panoid=xZf-nbFKoT_xN2XyzG_qiw&cbp=12,230.18,,1,-11.03

[NE2]

How's this for another you-can't-get-there-from-here bike route?
USBR 1A north at the Sagadahoc Bridge approach, Bath ME:

I assume you meant to link here: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=43.911459,-69.813073&spn=0.005944,0.014173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=43.911458,-69.813198&panoid=r4RlTD8j0lcR1B0ehY37Ag&cbp=12,276.76,,0,7.62&z=17

Has it been signed? The AASHTO application only presents the southbound route (bridge-Front-Lambard-Commercial).

[yakra]

I assume you meant to link here: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=43.911459,-69.813073&spn=0.005944,0.014173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=43.911458,-69.813198&panoid=r4RlTD8j0lcR1B0ehY37Ag&cbp=12,276.76,,0,7.62&z=17

Oops! Yes, that's the exact location.

Has it been signed? The AASHTO application only presents the southbound route (bridge-Front-Lambard-Commercial).

USBR 1 has not been signed as such anywhere in Maine yet to my knowledge. South of Portland, you'll have signage for concurrent routes like the Eastern Trail and East Coast Greenway, and that's it.
Correct on the AASHTO application -- I'm assuming here that they want to keep the NB routing mirroring the SB routing as closely as practicable -- hence taking this loop here. I doubt MDOT would want to send bike traffic through the Middle St / Leeman Hwy intersection.
At any rate, the bike lane stencil's orientation, facing "Wrong Way" traffic, that is to "Not Enter" ...seems a little suspicious.

[Mergingtraffic]

Best of, next to the worst of...

Non-reflective button copy on the left (best) next to reflective button copy on the right (worst)

[agentsteel53]

honestly, that is some high-functioning reflective-background button copy, next to some awful non-reflective-background button copy.

that 91 shield is unequivocally the "worst of road signs".  WTF non-reflective.

[Kacie Jane]

Best of, next to the worst of...

Non-reflective button copy on the left (best) next to reflective button copy on the right (worst)

Given that I can read the sign on the right and not the one on the left, I'm not sure your definitions of best and worst are accurate. (Old doesn't necessarily mean best.)

[Alps]

Button copy is never the worst when properly engineered. NY had a major problem in that regard when it went to retroreflective backgrounds. Drive around NJ sometime to see how button copy can work at night on a reflective background - just like your CT example.

[national highway 1]

[Jim]

Maybe it's not as bad as many in this thread, but this is not a very pretty "6".  Taken earlier this month on NY 146 in Knox.

[agentsteel53]

also, what an ugly shield shape.  the county pentagon does not need the wide format.  even four digits can be fit in legibly, given that digit height is 1961-spec 1/3, not the 1970 standard 1/2, of shield height.

[Ian]

also, what an ugly shield shape.  the county pentagon does not need the wide format.  even four digits can be fit in legibly, given that digit height is 1961-spec 1/3, not the 1970 standard 1/2, of shield height.

Albany County DPW loves to use the wide county route shields, even for single digit routes. Here's one for CR 1 in Westerlo.

[DBR96A]

Is that a poor execution of the arrow-per-lane sign in the newest MUTCD, or is it an independent PennDOT invention?

I think it's actually an Allegheny County Airport Authority invention. Notice the lighting over the signs instead of under them? There are signs like those all around Pittsburgh International Airport.

[NE2]

I think it's actually an Allegheny County Airport Authority invention. Notice the lighting over the signs instead of under them? There are signs like those all around Pittsburgh International Airport.

Presumably that's done so the lights don't shine into planes. And there's no reason the state wouldn't do that too.

[Brian556]

Quote from Agentsteel53

also, what an ugly shield shape.  the county pentagon does not need the wide format

These were installed fairly recently. I assume the contractor that reconstructed the road was responsible for installing them, 'cause FDOT does not typically install wide CR signs

[NE2]

I'll take that any day over the lack of signage that was there before.

[Brian556]

Quote from NE2

I'll take that any day over the lack of signage that was there before.

Agreed. I not really complaining about them, even though I prefer the standard version.