The Worst of Road Signs

[ctsignguy]

"nuff said...

[WillWeaverRVA]

That's almost as bad as Frankensign! (BTW, Frankensign got blown over during a storm, it has yet to be put back up - VDOT needs to put it out of its misery already!)

[Scott5114]

It's Helvetica, of course.

[Anonymity Lane]

I wonder what the process behind such blatant carelessness is.

[corco]

I wonder what the process behind such blatant carelessness is.

$10/hr employee who is sick of his job and really doesn't give a shit and knows nobody else will either as long as a sign gets put up?

[Anonymity Lane]

Hmm, you're probably right. I tend to think of signage from an aesthete's point of view, though.

[Central Avenue]

Also I notice that US 32 no longer exists. The sign's obviously been recycled, but it's the wrong shield.

[NE2]

Speaking of recycled signs, I took this back in 2004 (it was fixed soon after):

[Zmapper]

You would think they would at least have the decency to flip the sign so the arrows are counter-clockwise.

[6a]

Speaking of recycled signs, I took this back in 2004 (it was fixed soon after):

Seriously though, that should be in a hall of fame somewhere.  It's awesome.

[Central Avenue]

I don't even, like, understand how that kind of mistake could happen.

[national highway 1]

Wonder where they got it from? A recycling plant?

[Duke87]

I don't even, like, understand how that kind of mistake could happen.

It didn't, the picture is photoshopped.

[NE2]

I don't even, like, understand how that kind of mistake could happen.

It didn't, the picture is photoshopped.

Uh no. I took that photo.

[Duke87]

Then explain the following:

[kaothinterceptor]

*remembers a site that wanted to redesign road signs worldwide... and the idea of Japanese signs with a atomic bomb in the background...*

Now THAT is bad.

[NE2]

Then explain the following:

Bugger off. You obviously haven't seen enough pixels in your time, and are chasing either jpeg artifacts or imperfections in the manufacturing process.

[kaothinterceptor]

Then explain the following:

Bugger off. You obviously haven't seen enough pixels in your time, and are chasing either jpeg artifacts or imperfections in the manufacturing process.

Hence the use of the line "This picture was Photoshopped. I can tell by the pixels."

[NE2]

Hence the use of the line "This picture was Photoshopped. I can tell by the pixels."

Thanks for explaining the 'joke'.

Anyway, that photo is not shopped. It comes straight from the camera, edited once in MS Photo Editor to crop.

[roadman65]

How about the mileage signs for upcomming cities in New Jersey.  Many of the cities used are townships that are either not on the map or secondary to larger population centers.  For example, I- 295 entering New Jersey from Delaware uses Paulsboro- Bellmawr- Ewing on the first distance sign.  The first control city is fine, but why not use Camden as the second point, and Trenton as the third?  Both of these cities are the main control cities for I-295 and yet they use these two suburbs instead.

Bedminster is used on I-78 distance signs considering there is no exit marked for Bedminster!  The I-287 interchange is located there, but signed Morristown- Somerville and no mention of it there!

Plus the distance signs in New Jersey are all caps and not usual freeway type signs.

[barcncpt44]

Caught this on a street in alabama, a orange and black stop sign; who would have thought halloween was in march.

[agentsteel53]

THAT should be filed under the Best of Road Signs.  Yellow was the standard from 1924 to 1954.  the sign is old as Hell.  there's only a handful of yellow stop signs left in the US.

[andrewkbrown]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Washington+D.C.,+DC&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.185946,86.220703&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Washington+D.C.,+District+of+Columbia&ll=38.941094,-77.00841&spn=0,0.014613&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.941019,-77.00841&panoid=-b8hqU9EVEgZLfjgB7u2Bw&cbp=12,218.37,,1,0.37

A bad looking 35 on this speed limit sign in Washington DC.

[Dr Frankenstein]

I wonder what happened to that '3'.

[froggie]

A bad looking 35 on this speed limit sign in Washington DC.

I have a photo of that sign floating around somewhere.