The Worst of Road Signs

[Kacie Jane]

What exactly are we looking at in the second one? Without clicking on it to zoom in, I couldn't notice anything to qualify it for Worst Of, but looking closer, it almost looks like a "bubble shield" printed on a correctly shaped blank.

[Alex]

Placed here not for the actual content of the sign, but because of the fact that the sign is almost entirely covered by the shrubs:



But this, this is just ugly.

That would fall under the category of "poor product placement" though its circumstantial given the weeds overtook the sign:



Similar to "let's place the construction sign here:"



Or this sign on I-26 west in Tennessee. The lightpost is always in the way:

[Zeffy]

What exactly are we looking at in the second one? Without clicking on it to zoom in, I couldn't notice anything to qualify it for Worst Of, but looking closer, it almost looks like a "bubble shield" printed on a correctly shaped blank.

It's either a bubble shield that wasn't cut out correctly (note the white behind it), or just a shield in general that wasn't cut out correctly. I can't tell if it's a bubble shield from the photo. Also, the arrow below it looks to be stretched vertically.

[talllguy]

TO 83 by Elliott Plack, on Flickr

Name the things that are wacky about this sign...

[ET21]

TO 83 by Elliott Plack, on Flickr

Name the things that are wacky about this sign...

Besides Big Brother obviously trying to spy on you 

[hotdogPi]

TO 83 by Elliott Plack, on Flickr

Name the things that are wacky about this sign...

1. Stretched font in "TO".
2. Bold font.
4. Arialveticverstesk font.
5. Unisign.
6. No "Interstate" in shield.
7. Non-cutout Interstate shield.
8. Did you notice I skipped 3?

[vtk]

Also, the 83 is Series C, but stretched a little bit.  And the TO and arrow "pieces" of the unisign don't have borders.

[PColumbus73]

And I thought it was ugly from afar

[Zeffy]

^



KILL IT WITH FIRE.

[Takumi]

[jakeroot]

[Alps]

And I thought it was ugly from afar

AlanDOT calling.

[Takumi]

And to finish it off...

[exit322]

And I thought it was ugly from afar

AlanDOT calling.

No, not quite.  This would be a disapproved AlanDOT sign.  "This" should be in quotation marks on a proper AlanDOT sign.

[TheCatalyst31]

Saw this one in the wild, but didn't get a picture. Oversized fonts are one thing, but the numbers start to obscure the state name here.

[JoePCool14]

Wow, that's ugly, what did they use FHWA Series D letter stickers??

BTW, Now available at your local arts and crafts store! S

[talllguy]

WTF does this mean? https://www.evernote.com/shard/s5/sh/3b2ccd1f-afa4-4da0-aabd-ee45feb43ec5/fd6a60429803176b48f0049016054425

[Zeffy]

WTF does this mean? https://www.evernote.com/shard/s5/sh/3b2ccd1f-afa4-4da0-aabd-ee45feb43ec5/fd6a60429803176b48f0049016054425

I guess turning vehicles have to yield to pedestrians. Hopefully they are in a cross walk. Also, I'm not sure why TURNING VEHICLES is in fluorescent green - it would make more sense for it to be in black on white just like the rest of the sign.

[jakeroot]

WTF does this mean? https://www.evernote.com/shard/s5/sh/3b2ccd1f-afa4-4da0-aabd-ee45feb43ec5/fd6a60429803176b48f0049016054425

I guess turning vehicles have to yield to pedestrians. Hopefully they are in a cross walk. Also, I'm not sure why TURNING VEHICLES is in fluorescent green - it would make more sense for it to be in black on white just like the rest of the sign.

It seems most signs are going the way of the fluorescent green. I think it looks nice...sparingly.

[talllguy]

WTF does this mean? https://www.evernote.com/shard/s5/sh/3b2ccd1f-afa4-4da0-aabd-ee45feb43ec5/fd6a60429803176b48f0049016054425

Sorry about the extra enthusiasm. I was out walking when I noticed this. It seems like there could be a less wordy MUTCD option instead of this abomination. They assume drivers are reading this as the zip around the corner.

[PurdueBill]

There are even less symbolic, entirely-worded versions of said sign out there in the wild.

[jakeroot]

There are even less symbolic, entirely-worded versions of said sign out there in the wild.

I would think "Peds" is sufficient. Full blown "Pedestrians" seems, especially in this case, unnecessary.

[sammi]

I would think "Peds" is sufficient. Full blown "Pedestrians" seems, especially in this case, unnecessary.

There are signs in Manila that say



They're not bad per se, but they can be confusing. Because "Ped Xing" might be the name of a street or something.

[VCB02FromRoblox]

Here's a bunch of signs in Baltimore that are completely terrible.

(Looking at the Exit Only part wit this)


Hand drawn route shield on a sign

[DaBigE]

There are even less symbolic, entirely-worded versions of said sign out there in the wild.

I would think "Peds" is sufficient. Full blown "Pedestrians" seems, especially in this case, unnecessary.

Madison's got some of the worded versions that are just as bad: smaller than the size of a no parking sign

Fail on the mounting placement: can't be read until you're under it!