The Worst of Road Signs

[formulanone]

Does this count?

Since the arrows are inverted, I'm assuming one will be squeezed into an acute angle.

[Brandon]

Does this count?

That is exactly what I'm talking about.  It never should've gotten out of the sign shop, past any sort of quality control.

[SD Mapman]

Does this count?

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

What does it mean? I'm still not sure.

[kkt]

Does this count?

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

What does it mean? I'm still not sure.

I think it means overhead clearance 10 feet 0 inches where the railroad passes over it ahead.

Either that or they're bragging because their favorite team is having a great season.

[kphoger]

I thought the meaning was obvious. But I would still run into the bridge due to retinal damage.

[Scott5114]

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

If only Denexa had a bad-sign-eating dragon, the state of Oklahoma's signage would be a lot better.

But alas, this is what hasn't (yet) been eaten by a dragon:



(It got to be too much work to maintain my business website and my personal one, so I killed off the personal one. I still have most of the photos though in case they ever become relevant.)

[Scott5114]

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?).

Would you believe they were even made by two different agencies? (Craig County by ODOT, Concessions by OTA). But yes, while Craig County is by far the worst sign in Oklahoma, there's tons and tons of signs at both the state and local levels that feature bad alignment, bad spacing, inconsistency, and such. I'm not sure what it is about OK government that causes this to happen, but it's a statewide issue. The only place I have ever seen a sign be replaced for being ugly is Norman; they had one brand-new sign posted that featured an incredibly squished font that was almost illegible, but the next time I went through it had been replaced with a sign in standard Series D.

[Billy F 1988]

Does this count?

My eyes just bled tears from that piece of godawful tripe of a sign, if it can be called such. Now where's my blowtorch again?

[Roadgeek2500]

I've actually found a pretty god-awful sign out in the wild, and caught it with my own camera. It's so bad, that I'm gonna throw in a GSV image too because I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it.

Yes, you're right, that is a Garden State Parkway logo. How could somebody mess that up so badly?
From GSV:

So, how'd I do?

[Zeffy]

I'm hoping that's a City of Cape May installation. I really am.

[abc2VE]

hmm, I didn't realize that my post wasn't in the correct thread. Given the other signs from this municipality I assumed that this sign would best fit this category.

[David Jr.]

Here's one of the 4-way STOP signs at SE 29th St and S Choctaw Rd in Choctaw, Oklahoma.  The STOP sign is faded and the lettering on the "4-way" tab is too small:

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4352868,-97.2652613,3a,15y,111.19h,83.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk_MMwrd8GNBDZ85rd6tz1A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[tckma]

How about a traffic light for the color blind?  (Note: I am part color blind myself.)

[kkt]

How about a traffic light for the color blind?  (Note: I am part color blind myself.)

There doesn't seem to be anything in the image you put in.

Isn't usability by the color blind the reason there are three different lights, red, yellow, and green, in standard positions, instead of one light that changes colors?

[tckma]

There doesn't seem to be anything in the image you put in.

Isn't usability by the color blind the reason there are three different lights, red, yellow, and green, in standard positions, instead of one light that changes colors?

Fixed the URL for the image.

Yes, it has to be red on top or to the left.

[cl94]

There doesn't seem to be anything in the image you put in.

Isn't usability by the color blind the reason there are three different lights, red, yellow, and green, in standard positions, instead of one light that changes colors?

Fixed the URL for the image.

Yes, it has to be red on top or to the left.

The city that is crazy about Benny Mardones begs to differ.

[Ian]

How about a traffic light for the color blind?  (Note: I am part color blind myself.)

How about actual traffic lights for the color blind? 

[paulthemapguy]

How about a traffic light for the color blind?  (Note: I am part color blind myself.)

I think this sign is made to warn people of a health hazard.  "Caution:  Traffic signal ahead has jaundice."

[Kacie Jane]

I'm not certain -- the blur on the bottom "lens" might just  be an actual blur -- but I think this sign was correct initially, and the red has faded to yellow, and the green has faded to mostly yellow with a bit of green left on the sides.

[tckma]

There doesn't seem to be anything in the image you put in.

Isn't usability by the color blind the reason there are three different lights, red, yellow, and green, in standard positions, instead of one light that changes colors?

Fixed the URL for the image.

Yes, it has to be red on top or to the left.

The city that is crazy about Benny Mardones begs to differ.

OK, so I wasn't thinking about Tipperary Hill.  But, IIRC, there's a crapton of "Upside Down Traffic Light" type warning signage around that intersection.

[cl94]

There doesn't seem to be anything in the image you put in.

Isn't usability by the color blind the reason there are three different lights, red, yellow, and green, in standard positions, instead of one light that changes colors?

Fixed the URL for the image.

Yes, it has to be red on top or to the left.

The city that is crazy about Benny Mardones begs to differ.

OK, so I wasn't thinking about Tipperary Hill.  But, IIRC, there's a crapton of "Upside Down Traffic Light" type warning signage around that intersection.

Looking at GSV, they took it all out. Even when signage was there, it was nothing more than an upside-down symbol sign. Nothing to indicate that something is different if one is colorblind.

[chays]

I saw this beauty this morning, exiting Smyrna Dunes Park in New Smyrna Beach, FL.

How many forehead smacks can you fit on one sign?

[formulanone]

I saw this beauty this morning, exiting Smyrna Dunes Park in New Smyrna Beach, FL.

How many forehead smacks can you fit on one sign?

Fifty-five seconds until the hex is gone?

A sign so bad, it's worth a visit!

[kkt]

I saw this beauty this morning, exiting Smyrna Dunes Park in New Smyrna Beach, FL.

Fifty-five seconds until the hex is gone?

No, silly.  That's 55 minutes until the hex is gone.   

[Android]

Wow, a rare instance of a sign that deserves the title of Worst of the Worst.  Well played!  (hexagon indeed...)