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Started by kphoger, July 17, 2025, 10:50:32 PM

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PColumbus73

#1075
September 17, 2025, 09:21:05 AM  
Quote from: jlam on September 17, 2025, 02:52:45 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 17, 2025, 01:06:51 AM2025-09-17: Why were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?

They changed when Signs, LLC was bought out by the Coca-Cola Company in 1954, with all affiliated signs (Stop, Yield, Wrong Way, Do Not Enter, etc) switching to company colors.

Actually, sign colors were changed as part of a larger marketing and corporate sponsorship with Skittles

kphoger

#1076
September 17, 2025, 09:26:40 AM  
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 17, 2025, 01:06:51 AM2025-09-17: Why were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?

Bribery by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (commonly known as 3M), plain and simple.
He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

kphoger

#1077
September 17, 2025, 12:09:51 PM  
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 17, 2025, 01:06:51 AM2025-09-17: Why were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?

In an era of increasing anti-Communist sentiment, the switch to red was an attempt to subtly cement the message "stop Communism" and "Communists, yield" in the American psyche.

However, they soon realized that a red Yield sign could also be interpreted as "yield to Communism".  This is why, shortly thereafter, there was a widespread decrease in the usage of Yield signs and an increase in the usage of Stop signs—even to the point of removing Yield signs and replacing them with Stop signs.
He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Sapphuby

#1078
September 17, 2025, 04:42:23 PM  
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 17, 2025, 01:06:51 AM2025-09-17: Why were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?

Santa's helpers kept getting confused at intersections they didn't understand, so elves were hired to reconfigure the MUTCD so that presents could be delivered on time every Christmas, which was known at the time as the Mint New Stops project.

formulanone

#1079
September 17, 2025, 05:46:33 PM  
QuoteWhy were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?

Mary Jane candy allowed their sponsorship of the MUTCD to lapse in 1971, but Starlight Mints took over semi-exclusive rights, and the rest is history.

Scott5114

#1080
September 17, 2025, 07:52:49 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on September 17, 2025, 12:09:51 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 17, 2025, 01:06:51 AM2025-09-17: Why were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?

In an era of increasing anti-Communist sentiment, the switch to red was an attempt to subtly cement the message "stop Communism" and "Communists, yield" in the American psyche.

However, they soon realized that a red Yield sign could also be interpreted as "yield to Communism".  This is why, shortly thereafter, there was a widespread decrease in the usage of Yield signs and an increase in the usage of Stop signs—even to the point of removing Yield signs and replacing them with Stop signs.

Fun fact I learned recently—yield signs didn't even appear in the MUTCD until 1961!
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

TheCatalyst31

#1081
September 17, 2025, 10:02:14 PM  
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 17, 2025, 01:06:51 AM2025-09-17: Why were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?
A fan of the (at the time) awful Pittsburgh Steelers thought the Steelers-colored signs were "stopping" the team from winning, and they petitioned to have the colors changed. Sure enough, the Steelers went on to win four Super Bowls in the 1970s. Petitions by Ravens, Browns, and Bengals fans to change the colors back have been ignored.

kphoger

#1082
Today at 11:38:45 AM  
18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:


He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

webny99

#1083
Today at 12:03:03 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:


One was in an accident.

JayhawkCO

#1084
Today at 12:13:57 PM   Last Edit: Today at 03:19:11 PM by JayhawkCO
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:

How gymnasts do the splits vs. how I do the splits.

I-55

#1085
Today at 12:31:34 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:




Widen car to take up whole road

vs.

Split car to take up whole road
Purdue Civil Engineering '24
Quote from: I-55 on April 13, 2025, 09:39:41 PMThe correct question is "if ARDOT hasn't signed it, why does Google show it?" and the answer as usual is "because Google Maps signs stuff incorrectly all the time"

kphoger

#1086
Today at 12:37:55 PM  
WARNING:  Look both ways.

WARNING:  Look down at the side of the road.

Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:



He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Max Rockatansky

#1087
Today at 12:59:14 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:




Barbell and broken barbell ahead.

Sapphuby

#1088
Today at 01:03:46 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:




Repellant force ahead vs excessive gravity ahead

vdeane

#1089
Today at 01:29:58 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:



Left: flat terrain
Right: top of hill
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

jlam

#1090
Today at 02:39:01 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:


9:15 vs 4:37

PColumbus73

#1091
Today at 04:22:24 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:




Left: Leia buns
Right: Pig tails

xonhulu

#1092
Today at 05:03:33 PM  
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.

Henry

#1093
Today at 09:45:53 PM  
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 17, 2025, 01:06:51 AM2025-09-17: Why were Stop and Yield signs changed from yellow and black to red and white?
Red cars were all the rage back then, and people always stopped to look at them, since they also knew to stop at a red light, so the AASHO decided to make all future Stop and Yield signs red and white from then on.

Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:



LEFT: Proceed sideways
RIGHT: Back up to the left or right
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago, what do you say? The Cubs are gonna win today!

Big John

#1094
Today at 10:12:11 PM  
left: Undetermined horizontal clearance.
right: squeeze under the arrows.

1995hoo

#1095
Today at 10:19:16 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:




Top: Watch for joggers wearing eye coverings who cannot see where they're going.

Bottom: Watch for joggers wearing headphones who cannot hear anything.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

CoreySamson

#1096
Today at 11:02:13 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on Today at 11:38:45 AM18 SEP 2025

Explain the difference:



Left: The generally understood political spectrum.
Right: The political spectrum in America.
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