Most absurd VMS messages

[kphoger]

From UDOT:

This is a good message.  I was once taught in a safe driving class at work that your goal every day is ... to make it home.

[Pink Jazz]

From UDOT:

This is a good message.  I was once taught in a safe driving class at work that your goal every day is ... to make it home.

Interestingly that appears to be the same exact model of DMS ADOT has on some roads that they purchased from 2011 to 2016 (Skyline Full Matrix Walk-In), and that appears to be the same font used as well.  ADOT has recently switched back to Daktronics (the vendor from 2006 to 2011), and now has some new full-color DMS on the field, with some installations on I-17 north of Anthem.

[MASTERNC]

Saw two this weekend in the Cincinnati area:

Kentucky:

CATS? CARDS? WE ALL AGREE TO BUCKLE UP

Ohio:

TURKEY SAYS BUCKLE BUCKLE

[Ian]

Ohio:

TURKEY SAYS BUCKLE BUCKLE

MaineDOT used the exact same message over the Thanksgiving weekend.

[Pink Jazz]

Here were ADOT's other messages for this past weekend:

Thanksgiving Day

BIRD IS THE WORD
DONT DRIVE IF YOUR
VISION'S BLURRED

Black Friday

LEAVE DOORBUSTING
TO BLACK FRIDAY
DRIVE SAFELY

Saturday/Sunday

KEEP YOUR STUFFING
ON THE INSIDE
BUCKLE UP

[kphoger]

Here were ADOT's other messages for this past weekend:

Saturday/Sunday

KEEP YOUR STUFFING
ON THE INSIDE
BUCKLE UP

I'm surprised this one was allowed.  It's a rather graphic word picture.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota had one on Monday that was something like "don't be making deals from behind the wheel"  in "honor"  of cyber Monday.

[Scott5114]

To the pit of misery:

I only barely know what this is referencing, and it still makes no damn sense.

[MNHighwayMan]

I'm surprised this one was allowed.  It's a rather graphic word picture.

Can't be much worse than this one posted by Iowa DOT one morning a couple years ago.



What a pleasant thought to start one's day.

[7/8]

I wish Ontario would use clever messages like ADOT.

I saw this today and thought of this thread: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-region-road-sign-hacked-1.4425330

Here's the photo from the article:

[Doctor Whom]

SPEED LIMIT 35
YOUR SPEED 33
SLOW DOWN

[MCRoads]

well, even minecrft roads are not spared from VMS messages...

[US 89]

From UDOT:

This is a good message.  I was once taught in a safe driving class at work that your goal every day is ... to make it home.

Interestingly that appears to be the same exact model of DMS ADOT has on some roads that they purchased from 2011 to 2016 (Skyline Full Matrix Walk-In), and that appears to be the same font used as well.  ADOT has recently switched back to Daktronics (the vendor from 2006 to 2011), and now has some new full-color DMS on the field, with some installations on I-17 north of Anthem.

That's not in Utah. Utah doesn't have tall cactus like the ones on the right side of the picture. Also, I could be wrong but I believe UDOT's VMSs are all Daktronics.

[MCRoads]

From UDOT:

This is a good message.  I was once taught in a safe driving class at work that your goal every day is ... to make it home.

Interestingly that appears to be the same exact model of DMS ADOT has on some roads that they purchased from 2011 to 2016 (Skyline Full Matrix Walk-In), and that appears to be the same font used as well.  ADOT has recently switched back to Daktronics (the vendor from 2006 to 2011), and now has some new full-color DMS on the field, with some installations on I-17 north of Anthem.

That's not in Utah. Utah doesn't have tall cactus like the ones on the right side of the picture. Also, I could be wrong but I believe UDOT's VMSs are all Daktronics.

As someone pointed out already, this picture is in Arizona! To whoever said this was in Utah...

Are you ok?

[Hurricane Rex]

On speed limit 70?



Origionally posted in the Northwest board.

[Pink Jazz]

That’s not in Utah. Utah doesn’t have tall cactus like the ones on the right side of the picture. Also, I could be wrong but I believe UDOT’s VMSs are all Daktronics.

BTW, ADOT switched back to Daktronics as of last year.  There are some new Daktronics full color DMS on I-17 near Black Canyon City.  Some new DMS will also be going up on the Loop 202 SanTan Freeway between Ray and Broadway (the foundations have already been installed), although I am not sure if they will be full color models.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I really enjoy American VMSs, such as this one seen on Big Rig Travels, on I-44 East of St. James MO:
New Year
Another Chance
To Drive Safely

Too bad here VMSs don't display "funny" messages, they are serious.

[US 89]

On speed limit 70?



Origionally posted in the Northwest board.

Of course, the speed limit probably should be 75 or 80.

[roadman]

On speed limit 70?



Origionally posted in the Northwest board.

Of course, the speed limit probably should be 75 or 80.

Reminds me of this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kplr_UDUIM

[Hurricane Rex]

On speed limit 70?



Origionally posted in the Northwest board.

Of course, the speed limit probably should be 75 or 80.

That stretch of road is 80 in my dream plans, still 70T65 in what I want to propose though. 

[Scott5114]

I really enjoy American VMSs, such as this one seen on Big Rig Travels, on I-44 East of St. James MO:
New Year
Another Chance
To Drive Safely

Too bad here VMSs don't display "funny" messages, they are serious.

It very much varies from state to state. Missouri likes to keep theirs lit up with messages like that. When Oklahoma doesn't have anything to say, they just turn them off.

[US 89]

I really enjoy American VMSs, such as this one seen on Big Rig Travels, on I-44 East of St. James MO:
New Year
Another Chance
To Drive Safely

Too bad here VMSs don't display "funny" messages, they are serious.

It very much varies from state to state. Missouri likes to keep theirs lit up with messages like that. When Oklahoma doesn't have anything to say, they just turn them off.

Utah has “Message Mondays” when they show funny messages like these. They also have “Fatality Fridays” where they show how many people have died on Utah roads so far that year. Otherwise, unless there’s a crash or something else to put up, they usually show driving time to certain major exits, drive time via two different routes, etc.

[Flint1979]

The VMS messages on the buses in Flint don't switch at all. They continue to say the same exact thing all day.

1 North Saginaw
2 Martin Luther King
3 Miller - Linden
4 Civic Park
5 Dupont
6 Lewis - Selby
7 Franklin
8 South Saginaw
9 Lapeer Road
10 Richfield Road
11 Fenton Road
12 Corunna - Beecher
13 Crosstown North
14 Downtown Campus

[Bruce]

After today's false alarm in Hawaii:

[Hurricane Rex]

After today's false alarm in Hawaii:

Should I feel bad for laughing uncontrollably at that?