Cryptic word messages on traffic signs

[Brandon]

How about "Gd" for Grand in Grand Rapids, MI.  I think they could have used "Gr" instead. 

As stated in another thread, "Gd" is standard in Michigan for "Grand".  "Gr" would be for "Great".

Gd River Ave
Gd Rapids
Gd Ledge
Gd Haven
etc.

[Molandfreak]

Colo Sprgs (Colorado Springs). They should have at least spelled out springs.

[1995hoo]

How about "Gd" for Grand in Grand Rapids, MI.  I think they could have used "Gr" instead. 

As stated in another thread, "Gd" is standard in Michigan for "Grand".  "Gr" would be for "Great".

Gd River Ave
Gd Rapids
Gd Ledge
Gd Haven
etc.

If I had not seen that information on this forum, I'd probably assume it stood for "Good" unless I made the "Grand Rapids" connection.

[Brandon]

How about "Gd" for Grand in Grand Rapids, MI.  I think they could have used "Gr" instead. 

As stated in another thread, "Gd" is standard in Michigan for "Grand".  "Gr" would be for "Great".

Gd River Ave
Gd Rapids
Gd Ledge
Gd Haven
etc.

If I had not seen that information on this forum, I'd probably assume it stood for "Good" unless I made the "Grand Rapids" connection.

At least it is consistent.  I'd rather a DOT use a consistent abbreviation that one can figure out from seeing it a number of times than inconsistently use abbreviations.

[Alps]

A handful of Saw Mill and Taconic signs read "S M P" or "T S P" with nothing else in the shield.

[Scott5114]

There's one in Conway, AR that says

Univ. Cent. Ark.
Exit 129

Couldn't we have completed at least ONE word?!?

Similarly: "Ok. Dept. of Agric." for I-35 exit 104.

[TEG24601]

How about "Gd" for Grand in Grand Rapids, MI.  I think they could have used "Gr" instead.

I always saw GD, and the first thing I thought of was from a sketch from "The Hour Has 22 Minutes", and it means "God Damn".  (GD Clicker Box = Remote Control).

[vtk]

How about "Gd" for Grand in Grand Rapids, MI.  I think they could have used "Gr" instead. 

As stated in another thread, "Gd" is standard in Michigan for "Grand".  "Gr" would be for "Great".

Gd River Ave
Gd Rapids
Gd Ledge
Gd Haven
etc.

If I had not seen that information on this forum, I'd probably assume it stood for "Good" unless I made the "Grand Rapids" connection.

The word "good" is writtten as "gd" in Grade 2 (the most common form of) Braille.  Anyway, be glad MDOT didn't standardize on "Gr&".

[US71]

I'm not sure if this would qualify, but:  DR MLK JR DR in Greenville, MS

[dfilpus]

On the exit ramps from I-140 to I-40 East, there are small green signs which say UNCW with an arrow.
(University of North Carolina-Wilmington)

[SidS1045]

A handful of Saw Mill and Taconic signs read "S M P" or "T S P" with nothing else in the shield.

Ah yes, the ever popular Teaspoon Parkway.

[Compulov]

I have a bicycle bell, but I rarely use it.  It has come in handy, for example, when cycling on what amounts to a sidewalk through a large park, about to overtake people walking.  What I find, actually, is that sometimes a person hears the bell, then moves in the opposite direction I was anticipating–sort of like when a rabbit darts across the highway directly into your path.  Without ringing the bell at all, I run the risk of clipping someone's elbow, but I'm unlikely to bowl them completely over.  I don't know, it's been a toss up for me.

I think a bell has a similar problem to the emergency vehicle siren, you look around figuring out where it's coming from and where to go, so much so that you risk a collision. My fiancee and I were walking through a park (on a mixed-used path) and I heard someone say "on your left" behind me. That was significantly more useful than a damn bell, as it tells me, hey, there's someone I need to watch for on my left. Doesn't help if you can't figure out your left from your right quickly, though... Of course that doesn't help at all if you're someone who likes to drown out the world with music when you're walking, but at that point, I figure it's your own damn fault. It's one of the reasons I can never listen to music when I walk... I'm too paranoid that I'll get mowed down by a car or bike.

[Alps]

I'm not sure if this would qualify, but:  DR MLK JR DR in Greenville, MS

DERP MILK JERR DERRRRRRR

[elsmere241]

I'm not sure if this would qualify, but:  DR MLK JR DR in Greenville, MS

DERP MILK JERR DERRRRRRR

When Wilmington, Delaware changed Wilmington Blvd. to you-know-what, the new street signs said "M.L. King Jr. Blvd."  People complained, saying "M.L King Jr. could be anybody."

[vtk]

I'm not sure if this would qualify, but:  DR MLK JR DR in Greenville, MS

DERP MILK JERR DERRRRRRR

Last week's Futurama revealed Lrrr (ruler of Omicron Persei 8!) has a son named Jrrr.  And there was a veterinarian on that planet named Drrr.

[kphoger]

I'm still trying to figure out how to obey or disobey the "DO NOT PASS" signs that Kansas puts up at the beginning of road construction zones–when they're on an elevated, divided freeway.

[empirestate]

How about "Gd" for Grand in Grand Rapids, MI.  I think they could have used "Gr" instead. 

As stated in another thread, "Gd" is standard in Michigan for "Grand".  "Gr" would be for "Great".

I've only seen "Gt" for Great.

[theline]

^^ Wrong. Anyone who's been to Alanland knows that "Gt" always stands for "Goat." (I couldn't help myself.)

[empirestate]

^^ Wrong. Anyone who's been to Alanland knows that "Gt" always stands for "Goat." (I couldn't help myself.)

Well, having never been there myself, it is in fact not wrong that I've only seen it mean "Great".

[Scott5114]

Okla. Dept. of Transp.
Pott. Co.
Maint. Hdqrs.

[Zeffy]

Maint. Hdqrs.

I've only seen headquarters abbreviated as "HQ". Everything else looks ugly.

[PurdueBill]

I knew I'd seen HDQRS somewhere before.


(Note that one is a DOT district HQ and the other a Highway Patrol district office; different agencies so different district boundaries?)

Locally, I thought of a "HQ" sign right away.  Not sure if the sign will survive or be changed with the new Goodyear global headquarters moving to a nearby location served by the second exit, not the next one.

[1995hoo]

I am pretty sure there's a sign near my house that uses "HDQT." I'll keep my eyes peeled on Monday.

[kphoger]

Okla. Dept. of Transp.
Pott. Co.
Maint. Hdqrs.

That's cryptic?  My guess would be "Oklahoma Department of Transportation/Pottawatomie County/Maintenance Headquarters" (if I spelled all those right).

[vtk]

Pott. Co.

About the same as Mass Ave, I suppose...