The Worst of Road Signs

[kphoger]

It's pretty easy, considering I can still see the "missing" letters.  They're a slightly different yellow.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

It's pretty easy, considering I can still see the "missing" letters.  They're a slightly different yellow.

I wasn't sure how many would be able to see the "missing" letters in this case.

[KEVIN_224]

Or, a DEAD END sign would just read D--D --D.

It's better that the first sign didn't read as NO S--T!

Then there's THIS attempt at a classic along US Route 5 in Brattleboro, VT, south of their downtown. 

[Big John]

If this is with missing letters, this was taken when Favre was at Minnesota and some vandals kept removing or covering up the "P"

[KEVIN_224]

But would they have cared from when he was with the New York Jets?

[Big John]

But would they have cared from when he was with the New York Jets?

They didn't care too much since it was an AFC team.  They got very disgusted when Favre insisted on playing for a divisional rival.

[TheGrassGuy]

This was supposed to be a 10'0" clearance sign, but they got EVERYTHING wrong. To quote Steve Alpert...

"Milltown Rd. NB leaving US 202 in Bridgewater. Wrong symbol, clearly. Wrong font, too. And the arrows are backward. Must be the same kindergartners as Branchburg.

Wait, I'm not done. The '10' is not only too high on the shield, it's not even horizontally aligned (to say nothing of the arrows being far from vertical or anywhere near symmetrically positioned to each other). And the degree symbol, yes, it's the wrong symbol, but it's not even in the right place! It's not even remotely aligned with the '10.' Probably not even the right color yellow."

[jakeroot]

This was supposed to be a 10'0" clearance sign, but they got EVERYTHING wrong.

Wow. A true worst-of. Surprised this hasn't been posted before. Unless it was?

It's still standing, remarkably.

[TheGrassGuy]

This was supposed to be a 10'0" clearance sign, but they got EVERYTHING wrong.

Wow. A true worst-of. Surprised this hasn't been posted before. Unless it was?

It's still standing, remarkably.

I know, I pass it every so often. It's not even the right diamond shape!

[ErmineNotyours]

This was supposed to be a 10'0" clearance sign, but they got EVERYTHING wrong.

Wow. A true worst-of. Surprised this hasn't been posted before. Unless it was?

It's still standing, remarkably.

And then on the other side of the bridge...

[Brandon]

Construction signage from another thread.  I know it's construction signage, but even construction signage shouldn't be hit with an ugly stick this bad.

[formulanone]

^ It was on eastbound I-10; north of San Antonio, for those keeping score.

[Rothman]

Looks like you can change the letters around like on an old marquee.

[roadman]

Construction signage from another thread.  I know it's construction signage, but even construction signage shouldn't be hit with an ugly stick this bad.

Poor man's CMS.

[Scott5114]

Looks like you can change the letters around like on an old marquee.

I like the idea (makes sense for longer-term but still temporary signage), but geez, make an effort to have all the letters the same height and series.

[jakeroot]

Poor man's CMS.

Damn, how many terms are there for those types of signs? VMS, CMS, DMS, EMS, matrix display (digital), etc.

[Scott5114]

Poor man's CMS.

Damn, how many terms are there for those types of signs? VMS, CMS, DMS, EMS, matrix display (digital), etc.

The better question is how many more plausible ones can we come up with?

AMS - alterable message sign
FMS - fungible message sign
LMS - light message sign
MMS - matrix message sign
PMS - programmable message sign
RMS - rewritable message sign
WMS - writable message sign

[JoePCool14]

Construction signage from another thread.  I know it's construction signage, but even construction signage shouldn't be hit with an ugly stick this bad.

That duct-tape lookin'

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has to be my favorite.

[thenetwork]

Construction signage from another thread.  I know it's construction signage, but even construction signage shouldn't be hit with an ugly stick this bad.

That duct-tape lookin'

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has to be my favorite.

Someone must have borrowed that...that.....MONSTROSITY from CRaIg CoUnty, OK.

[Billy F 1988]

Who in nuclear god shat this hideous thing out from its orifice?!

All that just to get a lazy cheap dollar spent on jizzed up Mickey D's that sat dormant for eons. Contractors. Bruh. Just can't trust them sometimes.

The new category we should do for signs like that is "When Sign Contractors Try Too Hard or Very Little".

[formulanone]

You might be overreacting just a little bit, Billy.

[jakeroot]

Poor man's CMS.

Damn, how many terms are there for those types of signs? VMS, CMS, DMS, EMS, matrix display (digital), etc.

The better question is how many more plausible ones can we come up with?

AMS - alterable message sign
FMS - fungible message sign
LMS - light message sign
MMS - matrix message sign
PMS - programmable message sign
RMS - rewritable message sign
WMS - writable message sign

MMS - Modifiable Matrix Sign?
GMS - Gantry Message Sign
CMS - Commutable Message Sign
OMS - Overhead Message Sign

[hotdogPi]

RPG - Rewritable Pixel Grid
ADHD - Arrangeable Dot Highway Display
YMCA - Yellow Message Changeable Array

[ErmineNotyours]

Poor man's CMS.

Damn, how many terms are there for those types of signs? VMS, CMS, DMS, EMS, matrix display (digital), etc.

The better question is how many more plausible ones can we come up with?

AMS - alterable message sign
FMS - fungible message sign
LMS - light message sign
MMS - matrix message sign
PMS - programmable message sign
RMS - rewritable message sign
WMS - writable message sign

Also:

HAR - Highway Advisory Radio

I noticed the aerial antenna for one of the instances of this was marked HART, which I assumed meant Highway Advisory Radio Transmitter.  Too bad the system wasn't named Freeway Advisory Radio.

[Billy F 1988]

You might be overreacting just a little bit, Billy.

Hmmm? Nah. Just putting a little comedic spin on what I observed with that sign is all.