Weird road signs contest: Which one is wackiest?

[tchafe1978]

I saw this on msn.com today. Thought it was kinds of fun, even though not all are road signs. Also made me wonder if anybody here has seen anything wackier?

http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/08/30/13553692-weird-road-signs-contest-which-one-is-wackiest?lite

[NE2]

This one's probably shopped:


Incidentally, their editor sucks:
"We never knew it was so dangerous driving around Taos, New Mexico.  If a cow lands on the car, though, do we get to keep the wool?"
"Also, Sign No. 10 warns of a cow falling, not a sheep."

[tchafe1978]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Even at the bottom of the article, it has a couple of corrections, which still aren't correct. Still a fun article, though.

[NE2]

I think my favorite weird 'official' sign is this one:

[Alps]

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[Ian]

Angry cloud sign of Quebec:

[colinstu]

"CAUTION" sign... http://goo.gl/maps/omLxB

Caution WHAT?! lol. There's nothing around here I feel like I should be cautious about besides other drivers, but that's a given just about anywhere. This sign has to be a remnant of something before and has been forgotten about.

In a random neighborhood there was a sign that read "DEAF CHILD"... Okay I understand the meaning behind this one, but it sounds scary. There are better alternate versions nowadays (Deaf Child Area, SLOW Deaf Child, etc). I remember this sign being just a little bit on the rusty side too, again probably forgotten about but left up because it makes people slow down.

[deathtopumpkins]

colinstu, they must have been taking a lesson from Massachusetts. Those plain "CAUTION" signs are everywhere, along with such exceedingly helpful ones as:

"CHILDREN"

"DEAF SLOW PERSON"

and possibly my favorite... "BAD INTERSECTION" (dangerous intersection is a standard Mass sign, but I've only seen bad once, in Lowell).

[agentsteel53]

I think my favorite weird 'official' sign is this one:

["this is not highway 89"]

is that in Vermont?  because if so, that would be referring to interstate 89.

I know of a 12 similar to it in Vermont, and it is in a location where it is indeed useful, as 12 takes a turn, and a residential street of similar quality continues forward.

[Takumi]

Judging by the landscape, the 89 sign looks to be much farther southwest.

[1995hoo]

My brother took this picture during a trip to Hawaii:





I spotted this on a street in my neighborhood a few months ago. Don't know if it's still there since I seldom use that street. I have no idea where they got this sign or who posted it.

[vtk]

"CAUTION" sign... http://goo.gl/maps/omLxB

Caution WHAT?!

In Madison County, OH there's a county road with a few signs that say "DRIVE WITH CARE" (in Series B with lots of interletter spacing, in true Madison County style) and advisory speed plaques of something like 40 MPH.  (GSV apparently never made it down that road.)  No, I'm not going to stick to your non-binding advisory speed unless you give me a specific reason to slow down.  The road is, as far as I can tell, just about as safe as any other county road in the area.

[kurumi]

I think my favorite weird 'official' sign is this one:

["this is not highway 89"]

is that in Vermont?  because if so, that would be referring to interstate 89.

I know of a 12 similar to it in Vermont, and it is in a location where it is indeed useful, as 12 takes a turn, and a residential street of similar quality continues forward.

There's a "this is not US 89" sign on UT 143 south of Panguitch, Utah: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/4424332432/

The sign NE2 posted is different, but the topography would not be out of place along US 89.

[Special K]

"CAUTION" sign... http://goo.gl/maps/omLxB

Caution WHAT?! lol. There's nothing around here I feel like I should be cautious about besides other drivers, but that's a given just about anywhere. This sign has to be a remnant of something before and has been forgotten about.

In a random neighborhood there was a sign that read "DEAF CHILD"... Okay I understand the meaning behind this one, but it sounds scary. There are better alternate versions nowadays (Deaf Child Area, SLOW Deaf Child, etc). I remember this sign being just a little bit on the rusty side too, again probably forgotten about but left up because it makes people slow down.

More likely, just forgotten.  These types of signs do little to nothing in the way of actually affecting traffic speed.

[US71]

I think my favorite weird 'official' sign is this one:

Kansas style:

[1995hoo]

I think my favorite weird 'official' sign is this one:

["this is not highway 89"]

is that in Vermont?  because if so, that would be referring to interstate 89.

I know of a 12 similar to it in Vermont, and it is in a location where it is indeed useful, as 12 takes a turn, and a residential street of similar quality continues forward.

There's a "this is not US 89" sign on UT 143 south of Panguitch, Utah: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/4424332432/

The sign NE2 posted is different, but the topography would not be out of place along US 89.

The one NE2 posted seems unlikely to be anywhere on the East Coast because of (a) the topography (recognizing that thing in the background COULD be a landfill, I guess) and (b) the wording–I can't say I've heard many people on the East Coast say "Highway XX" as opposed to "Route XX" or just plain "XX."

[elsmere241]

My brother took this picture during a trip to Hawaii:

Oregon should put some signs along I-84 warning about invisible trucks.

[BamaZeus]

Angry cloud sign of Quebec:

I still say it looks like Rip Taylor blowing confetti on someone

[NE2]

I think my favorite weird 'official' sign is this one:

["this is not highway 89"]

is that in Vermont?  because if so, that would be referring to interstate 89.

I know of a 12 similar to it in Vermont, and it is in a location where it is indeed useful, as 12 takes a turn, and a residential street of similar quality continues forward.

There's a "this is not US 89" sign on UT 143 south of Panguitch, Utah: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/4424332432/

The sign NE2 posted is different, but the topography would not be out of place along US 89.

The one NE2 posted seems unlikely to be anywhere on the East Coast because of (a) the topography (recognizing that thing in the background COULD be a landfill, I guess) and (b) the wording–I can't say I've heard many people on the East Coast say "Highway XX" as opposed to "Route XX" or just plain "XX."

Bloody hell. I linked the image to the Flickr page.

[Special K]

Kansas style:

Prudes.

[r-dub]

Two good ones from my travels:

On Colorado 14 in Poudre Canyon. I guess that you have plenty of time to read all that when your road isn't plowed.


Deep in Wyoming on I-80. Yeah, the sign makes sense, but still fun to figure out at 85 75 mph (don't speed there y'all!). And the mountain graphic is spiffy!

[flowmotion]

Just on those notes. (borrowed photos)



(^say hello if this is you)

[ctsignguy]

"You didnt say "Please"...."

[colinstu]

"You didnt say "Please"...."

Requested doesn't mean required. Heh, pretty useless sign.

[kphoger]

"You didnt say "Please"...."

Requested doesn't mean required. Heh, pretty useless sign.

And . . . requested by whom?  The guy who lives five houses down on the left?