The Worst of Road Signs

[Ian]

MaineDOT's infamous chipmunk shield...

[Zeffy]

^ That US 1A shield totally got photobombed by the fugly US 202 shield.

[yakra]

Truck 1A/9?! o_O
Is there any more signage for that anywhere else?

[Alex]

MaineDOT's infamous chipmunk shield...

Similarly bad US 41 shields with "swollen cheeks" in Tampa:

[hbelkins]

If an "acorn" shield and a "chipmunk" shield were placed next to each other, would one of them eat the other? 

[Brandon]

If an "acorn" shield and a "chipmunk" shield were placed next to each other, would one of them eat the other? 

Chipmunk bites acorn is hardly news, but acorn bites chipmunk?  Then that gets the front page!

[Scott5114]

*  Does the curse word filter support regexes?  If so, then q=[^&]* makes the problem go away nicely.

*  Is it possible to define a custom tag (which is essentially what the "youtube" tag is about) in such a way that it manipulates the URL that is actually displayed?

The word filter does not, in fact, allow regexes. We have already looked into that for the purposes of removing the Tapatalk vanity line that appears when using that service to post.

The only way to add a custom tag would be to code a full-on SMF plugin. If it's really enough of a huge problem that someone wants to write one, we can discuss adding it to the forum.

The best solution, which is more interesting to the reader, is to just stop using Street View links and go get your own photo of the feature.

[Mr. Matté]

From this week's episodes of Conan from Dallas:



The plus side is that the 30 and 45 shields are state-named. Who here has the balls to record a "Ha-ha I Found an Error"?

[PColumbus73]

Haha, I thought that was Wheel of Fortune for a second

[ethanhopkin14]

From this week's episodes of Conan from Dallas:



The plus side is that the 30 and 45 shields are state-named. Who here has the balls to record a "Ha-ha I Found an Error"?

Dang, I got it too.



Besides the font being off and I-35 not going through Dallas, where was the love for I-20???

I saw a banner HEB put up for the Capital 10,000 10K race here in Austin and I was amazed how well they did:

[Zeffy]

Everything about those Arialveticverstesk Texas Interstate shields makes me want to hit whoever designed them upside the head with them.

Now that is a nice rendition, not suited for the 'Worst Of Road Signs' thread.

[6a]

The word filter does not, in fact, allow regexes. We have already looked into that for the purposes of removing the Tapatalk vanity line that appears when using that service to post.

That can be turned off from the app (it's pretty much all I use to browse the forum.)

[talllguy]

Too many words on a sign.



Should have been:

[vtk]

Didn't that W3-3 used to have an "ahead" arrow at the top?

[Big John]

^^ Unlike the stop ahead or yield ahead warning signs, the signal ahead sign never had a upward arrow at the top.

[Brian556]

Here's an I-35 shield on a billboard on I-35E in Lewisville. At least it has the state name in it.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=33.026962,-96.9893&spn=0.000009,0.006196&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=33.026917,-96.989265&panoid=-K-dQmXxIuS7sbJtHGl4rw&cbp=12,48.28,,0,0
It's like people are blind to the "E" in 35E around here. The city of Lewisville sure is.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=33.027348,-96.989611&spn=0.000018,0.012392&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.027478,-96.98972&panoid=bVY6ksaRkbdG9D5zV7itfg&cbp=12,93.82,,2,0

[PurdueBill]

Signal Ahead doesn't really need an arrow because it depicts a signal, not a sign, while Stop Ahead, Yield Ahead, and the new reduced speed ahead signs do need an up arrow at the top because they depict another sign on their own face.

I've seen NEW in all sorts of other interesting ways--fluorescent orange border around a yellow sign, white sign, black on orange...seems to be a freelance thing.  Maybe the MUTCD version will finally put an end to that.

[Alex4897]

It's like people are blind to the "E" in 35E around here. The city of Lewisville sure is.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=33.027348,-96.989611&spn=0.000018,0.012392&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.027478,-96.98972&panoid=bVY6ksaRkbdG9D5zV7itfg&cbp=12,93.82,,2,0

I never thought I'd see an interstate signed on a street blade at an intersection corner like that.

[Alex]

It's like people are blind to the "E" in 35E around here. The city of Lewisville sure is.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=33.027348,-96.989611&spn=0.000018,0.012392&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.027478,-96.98972&panoid=bVY6ksaRkbdG9D5zV7itfg&cbp=12,93.82,,2,0

I never thought I'd see an interstate signed on a street blade at an intersection corner like that.

The frontage road system in Texas uses the Interstate designation for the road name quite often. So you get something like the 2000 block of IH 35.

[PHLBOS]

From Bob7374's recent photo of the corrected MA 2A signs in the Northeast threads (the TO banner replacing the originally-issued WEST banner along a stretch of Mass Ave. that is not part of MA 2A (south of Commonwealth Ave.)):


Not only is the letter height rather big for the overall panel, but the font almost looks like its arial.

[agentsteel53]

the "TO" has issues. 

[Zeffy]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this sign.

'TO' looks to be Arialveticverstesk... FHWA Os are not that wide/open in the center.

[PHLBOS]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this sign.

Compare the fore-mentioned TO banner sign to the below-example to see the difference/contrast:

A TO 131 trailblazer installation along US 20 westbound in Sturbridge

While subtle, at an initial glance; make no mistake that the TO banner above the MA 2A shield is indeed a bit off.

[Zeffy]

Here's another comparison, I photoshopped (well GIMP'd) in a TO in FHWA Series E, as it would probably look if this sign were correct.



^ FHWA Series E:



^ Presumably Arialveticverstesk

Thanks to Bob7374 for providing the original photo.

[PHLBOS]

Here's another comparison, I photoshopped (well GIMP'd) in a TO in FHWA Series E, as it would probably look if this sign were correct.

Your GIMP'd looks a tad crooked.