Weird road signs contest: Which one is wackiest?

[Dr Frankenstein]

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In case Steve changes his avatar, http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ok/us_283/wb.jpg
"STATE PROPERTY
DO NOT MOLEST"

[Special K]

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

How the hell am I supposed to use that truck-sized garage?

[Alps]

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

How the hell am I supposed to use that truck-sized garage?

It's a "request." I interpret that as a "should" but not a "shall."

[The High Plains Traveler]

^^ Is "requested" enforceable? I wonder about the enforceability of such suggestions or advice, like the section of U.S. 101 through the redwoods parks where trucks over a specified length are "not advised".

[Central Avenue]

I would assume (though this is just a guess) that phrasing like "not advised" is more of a disclaimer than anything else--we're not gonna stop you, but don't go blaming us if something goes wrong.

[kphoger]

I would assume (though this is just a guess) that phrasing like "not advised" is more of a disclaimer than anything else--we're not gonna stop you, but don't go blaming us if something goes wrong.

Sort of like "at your own risk" signs I've seen in Nebraska and one or two other places.

[citrus]

I've always liked this one: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=market+and+octavia,+san+francisco&hl=en&ll=37.77151,-122.423715&spn=0.001471,0.00327&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=12.056388,26.784668&hnear=Market+St+%26+Octavia+Blvd,+San+Francisco,+California&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=37.771537,-122.423774&panoid=hiQhgp9IU-DDRCikVm-Kjg&cbp=12,97.53,,2,0.66

[NE2]

I've always liked this one: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=market+and+octavia,+san+francisco&hl=en&ll=37.77151,-122.423715&spn=0.001471,0.00327&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=12.056388,26.784668&hnear=Market+St+%26+Octavia+Blvd,+San+Francisco,+California&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=37.771537,-122.423774&panoid=hiQhgp9IU-DDRCikVm-Kjg&cbp=12,97.53,,2,0.66

Nice. In other words assholes might right hook you even when turning right is illegal.

But cyclists don't have to obey no turn signs, apparently: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.776922,-122.446704&spn=0.015468,0.033023&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.776832,-122.446686&panoid=xZf-nbFKoT_xN2XyzG_qiw&cbp=12,230.1,,1,-11.42

[agentsteel53]

But cyclists don't have to obey no turn signs, apparently: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.776922,-122.446704&spn=0.015468,0.033023&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.776832,-122.446686&panoid=xZf-nbFKoT_xN2XyzG_qiw&cbp=12,230.1,,1,-11.42

I actually know the guy who laid out the San Francisco bike route system.  he works for the city.  I emailed him; he will either clarify for me why that is okay, or have it corrected. 

[national highway 1]

So relating to wacky roadsigns and rainbow crosswalks, and this topic:
I've no problem with the politics of this, but does it comply with the MUTCD?
I've noticed these new rainbow avatars:

Not that they are offensive in any way, but the are indeed wacky. 

[Alps]

So relating to wacky roadsigns and rainbow crosswalks, and this topic:
I've no problem with the politics of this, but does it comply with the MUTCD?
I've noticed these new rainbow avatars:

Not that they are offensive in any way, but the are indeed wacky. 

Mine is even wacky without the rainbow

[jwolfer]

Kansas style:

Prudes.

I thought the same thing.  You know that this sign is now probably hanging in some frat-boys bed room

[kphoger]

So relating to wacky roadsigns and rainbow crosswalks, and this topic:
I've no problem with the politics of this, but does it comply with the MUTCD?
I've noticed these new rainbow avatars:

Not that they are offensive in any way, but the are indeed wacky. 

I like agentsteel53's the best, and you didn't even snip that one in there.   

[agentsteel53]

of the ones I've seen, I like this one the best:



but I don't see many avatars because I read the forum mostly in "most recent posts" view mode.

[vtk]

I think I saw a rainbow-backed Michigan state route avatar in another thread a few minutes ago.  It seems every couple of days or so I see a new one.

[Ian]

So relating to wacky roadsigns and rainbow crosswalks, and this topic:
I've no problem with the politics of this, but does it comply with the MUTCD?
I've noticed these new rainbow avatars:

Not that they are offensive in any way, but the are indeed wacky. 

Didn't notice mine? 

[kphoger]

Freudian avatar envy.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Here's what highway shields should look like.

[MDOTFanFB]

I think I saw a rainbow-backed Michigan state route avatar in another thread a few minutes ago.  It seems every couple of days or so I see a new one.

That would be me. A few seconds ago in the erroneous signs thread, I saw a Florida toll road avatar where there was a rainbow behind "TOLL". How come we've been jumping into the rainbow avatar trend?

[NYYPhil777]

Here's what highway shields should look like.

Nice- where did that come from? 

[vtk]

Here's what highway shields should look like.

Someone went a bit overboard with filters in the GIMP...

[NE2]

How come we've been jumping into the rainbow avatar trend?

Meme stage 2: new followers are unaware of the origin.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7746.msg176013#msg176013

[hbelkins]

How come we've been jumping into the rainbow avatar trend?

Political correctness run amok.

[NE2]

How come we've been jumping into the rainbow avatar trend?

Political correctness run amok.

Thanks for giving me the impetus to join the meme.

[english si]

How come we've been jumping into the rainbow avatar trend?

Political correctness run amok.

To run amok is an Indonesian term - it describes the madness, anger and unpredictability of a lynch mob.

While certainly there are certainly those kind of thuggish elements on both sides of this debate, none of them are (AFAICS) on this forum - what we have here is people celebrating diversity by sheep-like saying "I conform": having multicoloured avatars is the shibboleth to say "I'm like you, don't think down on me". In mainstream politics, this debate is simply a way of displaying your virtue (see Dan Hannan MEP summing up the current British debate brilliantly) - with each side valuing different things as virtuous.

PS it's not a rainbow unless it arcs like a bow - what we have here on avatars are multicoloured stripes, or spectrums/spectra (not sure what's the right plural)