The Worst of Road Signs

[amroad17]

Someone should write an essay: "Oklahoma--How Not to Use Clearview"

[Scott5114]

Let's not forget about the lovely town of Nowata,* accessed by Exit 13^C.

*Maybe the person who was telling the sign designer what to put on the size was in the process of falling down a pit?

[agentsteel53]

I wasn't able to get a picture of it but heading south on I-35 from Waco, you can take the first exit for North 6 and North Loop 340 and 2nd exit for South 6 and...North Loop 340.  Makes sense being at the south end of town but couldn't they have said west & east?

doesn't Texas have a loop-road policy of two north-south segments and two east-west segments, like the Kansas City beltway IIRC?

[WillWeaverRVA]

VDOT never learns.



Neither does DC:





Does the last one actually mean "No No Gridlock"? I guess Alanland took over.

[WichitaRoads]

Let's not forget about the lovely town of Nowata,* accessed by Exit 13^C.

*Maybe the person who was telling the sign designer what to put on the size was in the process of falling down a pit?

Very funny! But, I think we can all agree... there's nothing lovely about Nowata!

ICTRds

[Central Avenue]

Does the last one actually mean "No No Gridlock"? I guess Alanland took over.

At least it's being polite about it.

[Takumi]

Someone should write an essay: "Virginia--How Not to Make Shields"

[PHLBOS]

Does the last one actually mean "No No Gridlock"? I guess Alanland took over.

At least it's being polite about it.

Central Avenue, I think missed the point of Will's post.  The sign's message is a double-negative (a prohibition to Not having gridlock).

[agentsteel53]

I don't even know what the "No Gridlock" sign is wanting me to do.

given that it is Washington... stop filibustering presidential appointments?

[1995hoo]

I don't even know what the "No Gridlock" sign is wanting me to do.

....

That sign is DC's version of "Don't Block the Box."

[PHLBOS]

I don't even know what the "No Gridlock" sign is wanting me to do.

given that it is Washington... stop filibustering presidential appointments?

While the sign referencing political gridlock, as opposed to traffic gridlock, is plausible.  The sign, in its displayed layout, is still conveying a double-negative message... unless of course, the sign was designed and erected by somebody wanting political gridlock. 

The sign should either display the NO without the red prohibition slash or just the red prohibition slash with just the word GRDILOCK.

[agentsteel53]

I think the double negative message is worse than the fact that not everyone knows what "gridlock" means.  I'd like to think of myself as a pretty good driver, and I would have had no idea.

the double negative is more pedantic than anything else.  the fact that it's using highly nonstandard verbiage is its main point of concern.  it's almost the equivalent of putting up a sign that says "DON'T DO THAT. (you know damn well what we mean.)"

[PHLBOS]

Personally, that NO NO GRIDLOCK Please sign's right up there with the Ain't got no... phrase.

[Central Avenue]

Central Avenue, I think missed the point of Will's post.  The sign's message is a double-negative (a prohibition to Not having gridlock).

I was making a joke. I'm not stupid, you know.

[PHLBOS]

I was making a joke. I'm not stupid, you know.

It was not my intention to insinaute that.  Since not everyone knows everybody here personally (nor the intent/mindset of their postings); it can be easy to assume that some posters may comment on an item and accidentally overlook some obvious items.

No harm nor malice was intended in my previous posts.

[formulanone]

One of these things is not like the other.

[amroad17]

If there is very little room near the median, why does PA insist on putting signs on the jersey barrier?

[Brandon]

If there is very little room near the median, why does PA insist on putting signs on the jersey barrier?

Because PennDOT.

[Ian]

I've always thought that the squared signs on the PA Turnpike were cool, but I guess I'm biased.

[Compulov]

I wish PA would take a page out of the NJ Turnpike handbook and use the diamond sign with the sides cut off. I can forgive that... it's saying "Look! We used the right sign, but we had to do this to make it safe." I don't even know why NJTA uses those all the time, given that they generally have decent sized inside shoulders (though I guess where they've shifted traffic into the inside, it makes sense). If nothing else, it's yet another NJ Turnpike-ism which makes it unique. The square signs (and usually they use smaller signs rather than the diamond turned 45 degrees) just look cheap.

[Takumi]

Am I the only one who noticed the sign on the right in the background says falling rock...like there's only one up there?

[formulanone]

Am I the only one who noticed the sign on the right in the background says falling rock...like there's only one up there?

Rolling Rock would have been a little more appropriate.

[Central Avenue]

"Falling rock" makes perfect sense to me. "Rock" can be a mass noun, after all.

It was not my intention to insinaute that.  Since not everyone knows everybody here personally (nor the intent/mindset of their postings); it can be easy to assume that some posters may comment on an item and accidentally overlook some obvious items.

No harm nor malice was intended in my previous posts.

Ah, sorry then. I guess I misinterpreted the situation; my bad.

[deathtopumpkins]

Osceola County, FL should never be allowed to design guide signs...
https://maps.google.com/?ll=28.338263,-81.498272&spn=0.003206,0.006539&t=k&z=18&layer=c&cbll=28.338265,-81.499294&panoid=Di4uiSw-HQ1XwagBHCeN7w&cbp=12,74.55,,0,-5.68

About the only things not hideous about that sign are the county and FL route shields, and the fact that the US 192 shield is black.
Otherwise, I almost think I prefer the Disney-erected signs.

[Zeffy]

Osceola County, FL should never be allowed to design guide signs...
https://maps.google.com/?ll=28.338263,-81.498272&spn=0.003206,0.006539&t=k&z=18&layer=c&cbll=28.338265,-81.499294&panoid=Di4uiSw-HQ1XwagBHCeN7w&cbp=12,74.55,,0,-5.68

About the only things not hideous about that sign are the county and FL route shields, and the fact that the US 192 shield is black.
Otherwise, I almost think I prefer the Disney-erected signs.

That inverted US 192 shield looks kinda cool. I mean, the Arial makes those signs automatically the worst, but those shields are pretty cool. Also, I love how they use a blue background for "PAY TOLL" rather than yellow.