Signs specific to a state

[thenetwork]

Colorado also has these:

There's more than one of them?  I didn't remember that.

I based that comment off of this:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5999.msg131530#msg131530

Apparently, though, this is the big enchilada as far as unconventional language goes.

There was another one at one time that started "TRUCKERS DON'T BE FOOLED..." before the description of the grade. I know it existed because I redrew it off a photo, but it has apparently been removed or revised to more conventional language.

There are a couple of variations on this sign roughly along I-70 between C-470 and Vail.  I travel the corridor frequently in a SUV, so they don't grab my attention as they first did.

[kphoger]

There was another one at one time that started "TRUCKERS DON'T BE FOOLED..." before the description of the grade. I know it existed because I redrew it off a photo, but it has apparently been removed or revised to more conventional language.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6y9oRwvjZqwL7xtj8

[Thunderbyrd316]

Georgia also has its own homemade looking sign reminding drivers to leave space around big trucks so they'll be seen as well as a fully loaded truck cannot stop as quickly as a passenger car.

spacega by Stephen Edwards, on Flickr

I definitely recall seeing this exact sign in several locations in Oregon a few years back and I think I have seen it in Washington as well but I do not recall seeing it recently.

[Thunderbyrd316]

Link to "Leave More Space" sign in Oregon: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3216415,-122.769059,3a,75y,0.2h,87.48t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1s7dB4GCzcyc9a6AGwezkZMg!2e0!5s20150801T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.521377025944176%26panoid%3D7dB4GCzcyc9a6AGwezkZMg%26yaw%3D0.19906643598699247!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i38?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Looks like this particular one was taken down sometime between November 2023 and August 2024.

[pderocco]

Link to "Leave More Space" sign in Oregon: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3216415,-122.769059,3a,75y,0.2h,87.48t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1s7dB4GCzcyc9a6AGwezkZMg!2e0!5s20150801T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.521377025944176%26panoid%3D7dB4GCzcyc9a6AGwezkZMg%26yaw%3D0.19906643598699247!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i38?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Looks like this particular one was taken down sometime between November 2023 and August 2024.

Looks to me like it's still there, in the latest 9/24 imagery.

[kphoger]

Looks to me like it's still there, in the latest 9/24 imagery.

And June 2025.

[CtrlAltDel]

Colorado also has these:

There's more than one of them?  I didn't remember that.

I based that comment off of this:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5999.msg131530#msg131530

Apparently, though, this is the big enchilada as far as unconventional language goes.

There was another one at one time that started "TRUCKERS DON'T BE FOOLED..." before the description of the grade. I know it existed because I redrew it off a photo, but it has apparently been removed or revised to more conventional language.

As it turns out, it's still there:

[kphoger]

There was another one at one time that started "TRUCKERS DON'T BE FOOLED..." before the description of the grade. I know it existed because I redrew it off a photo, but it has apparently been removed or revised to more conventional language.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6y9oRwvjZqwL7xtj8

As it turns out, it's still there

Good to know GSV hadn't changed in the intervening six hours. 

[CtrlAltDel]

There was another one at one time that started "TRUCKERS DON'T BE FOOLED..." before the description of the grade. I know it existed because I redrew it off a photo, but it has apparently been removed or revised to more conventional language.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6y9oRwvjZqwL7xtj8

As it turns out, it's still there

Good to know GSV hadn't changed in the intervening six hours. 

It doesn't count if there's no picture. 

[architect77]

I remembered that the shoulder signs had some sort of crest of arms or something like that. Here is what I saw, I don't know if the symbol is a castle or a coat of arms but it is different.

It is the arms of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, which is used as the symbol of the Historic Albemarle Tour route.

Thank you for this info. Actually I think there is also a special US17 black and white sign with some sort of arms through this area, but I stopped searching once I found this distance sign on steetview.

[oscar]

Hawaii has Nene Crossing signs, mainly on Maui but also on some of the other islands. Nene are a goose species unique to Hawaii. They are also rather stupid, often walking across highways without looking both ways first, so they need protective signs to help avoid extinction.

[epzik8]

In more Maryland, I've never seen "Facility Name Safety, Headlight Use Required" signs like these in any other state, and I'm even having trouble finding examples of mandatory headlight use zones outside of Maryland in general.

[74/171FAN]

PA requires headlight use in work zones.

[kphoger]

I'm even having trouble finding examples of mandatory headlight use zones outside of Maryland in general.

Arizona:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/rUf1xKeCb5SwcFbD9

I also have a memory of signs saying headlights were required on US-93 in Arizona between Hoover Dam and Kingman, but that was back in the 1990s.

[vdeane]

In more Maryland, I've never seen "Facility Name Safety, Headlight Use Required" signs like these in any other state, and I'm even having trouble finding examples of mandatory headlight use zones outside of Maryland in general.

MA 2

[kphoger]

MA 2

A yellow sign with "please" on it?  pffffft.  Not regulatory...

[formulanone]

MA 2

A yellow sign with "please" on it?  pffffft.  Not regulatory...

Fingerwagulatory

[PColumbus73]

MA 2

A yellow sign with "please" on it?  pffffft.  Not regulatory...

Fingerwagulatory

The Please makes me hear wind chimes

[cwf1701]

 how to make a left turn on a divided highway in Michigan https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5547541,-82.8993299,3a,18.9y,295.14h,88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgrRtYi7QwqytQqW3Z_-C5Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.002665845234546%26panoid%3DgrRtYi7QwqytQqW3Z_-C5Q%26yaw%3D295.14236242023696!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[architect77]

how to make a left turn on a divided highway in Michigan https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5547541,-82.8993299,3a,18.9y,295.14h,88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgrRtYi7QwqytQqW3Z_-C5Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.002665845234546%26panoid%3DgrRtYi7QwqytQqW3Z_-C5Q%26yaw%3D295.14236242023696!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

I don't understand where you are supposed to make a u-turn to then go left. Is this what a Michigan Left is? Where you choose any random business parking lot to turn into and then head back and make a right?

I envisioned a Michigan Left to be on e divided highway with a grass median that had a short lane to make a u-turn but otherwise wasn't a continuous turning lane.

To replace the protected left turn phase, New Jersey jughandles are a dedicated loop to the perpendicular street and NC's reduced conflict intersections force the minor intersecting road (that intends to go straight through or turn left) to make a right and then there's a designated center u-turn lane with curbs in order to traverse the intersection. Both of these are very delineated lanes that guide movement through.

[NE2]

What the fuck are you talking about?

[Scott5114]

I don't understand where you are supposed to make a u-turn to then go left. Is this what a Michigan Left is? Where you choose any random business parking lot to turn into and then head back and make a right?

I envisioned a Michigan Left to be on e divided highway with a grass median that had a short lane to make a u-turn but otherwise wasn't a continuous turning lane.

To get onto Gratiot from 15 Mile, everyone turns right on Gratiot, and then does a U-turn on Gratiot if the right turn has them going the wrong way.

To get onto 15 Mile from Gratiot, either you hang a right onto 15 Mile, or if that would put you going the wrong way, you go past it and do a U-turn on Gratiot so you can turn right going the correct way.

All U-turns are done on Gratiot because it's the wider street so it has the room to do the U-turn maneuver. (Las Vegas doesn't do Michigan lefts, but U-turns are a much more prominent part of driving here than they are in Oklahoma/Texas, thanks to our large number of streets with medians. I was able to piece together through observation of where U-turns are and aren't allowed that space available seems to be the primary consideration for when they are allowable—U-turns are usually allowed on our six-lane streets and usually prohibited on four-lane streets.)

[Brandon]

Another IL exclusive is the variant of the sign disallowing bicycles, mopeds and pedestrians on freeways that reads USE PROHIBITED BY NON-HIGHWAY VEHICLES.

And the addition of "BUCKLE UP!" to the bottom.

Other Unique to Illinois signage:

*999 Cellular Express Line for reporting incidents: https://maps.app.goo.gl/moh6FGuHKc3sdv2QA

Mileposts with hundredths of a mile: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Lp1dYXUdZYPQHRtHA

Mileposts to the 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 mile on the tollways: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2YamGad41Fsgkp5S6

Unique to Chicago signage:

Cul-de-sac: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dRzZ7iqRKm8pLye89

[ilpt4u]

how to make a left turn on a divided highway in Michigan https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5547541,-82.8993299,3a,18.9y,295.14h,88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgrRtYi7QwqytQqW3Z_-C5Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.002665845234546%26panoid%3DgrRtYi7QwqytQqW3Z_-C5Q%26yaw%3D295.14236242023696!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Illinois uses this signage for RCUTs/J-Turns/Michigan Lefts/whatevers

https://maps.app.goo.gl/hZtaeuPDGh337nNUA

[Flint1979]

A Michigan left is a right turn, followed by a u-turn or a u-turn followed by a right turn. Basically you are making all right turns and then turn around if you want to make a left turn.

So if I'm going down Telegraph and want to make a left turn onto Schoolcraft I'd have to turn right on Schoolcraft and drive for about 1,000 or so feet and turn around in the median. Schoolcraft is the service drive for the Jeffries Freeway so it's a popular one used.