Excessively Oversized Signs

[kphoger]

Guys, can we please keep it somewhat clean here?  Seriously.  The last 3 posts were over-the-top IMHO.

Agreed.  Let's keep this rated R and not NC-17.

Rated R for Roads.

[Big John]

Guys, can we please keep it somewhat clean here?  Seriously.  The last 3 posts were over-the-top IMHO.

Agreed.  Let's keep this rated R and not NC-17.

Rated R for Roads.

And there is no North Carolina route 17.  17 is a US highway there though.

[agentsteel53]

there is, however, a route PG-13 in Puerto Guam (a jointly held subsidiary of Alanland Alanworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern)

[1995hoo]

If NC-17 is the newfangled politically-correct version of X, does than mean a XXX flick would now be NC-51?

(Yes, I know the answer is "no" because the MPAA owns the NC-17 rating.)

[kphoger]

NC-4913, actually.  Which really needs to be a North Carolina state highway.

[Alps]

NC-4913, actually.  Which really needs to be a North Carolina state highway.

I'm bizarrely inspired to split off from this thread, "MPAA ratings, sexuality, and road numbering." Or write a scholarly research paper.

[formulanone]

there is, however, a route PG-13 in Puerto Guam (a jointly held subsidiary of Alanland Alanworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern)

No love for Matsumura Fish Works?

(hmmm...T-shirts exist)

[jeffandnicole]

NC-4913, actually.  Which really needs to be a North Carolina state highway.

I'm bizarrely inspired to split off from this thread, "MPAA ratings, sexuality, and road numbering." Or write a scholarly research paper.

If you want to expaned your paper to include license plates...

On occasion, I'll see a car with the license plate HOT 69X.  This is a standard issued NJ Tag (with the little state silhouette between HOT & 69X).  The woman driving it appears to be in her post-hot days, to put it nicely.

[roadman]

One of the southern states (South Carolina) no longer issues standard plates with the letter combination OMG.

[kkt]

One of the southern states (South Carolina) no longer issues standard plates with the letter combination OMG.

How about LOL or WTF?

[agentsteel53]

POO is not used in California, simply because it conflicts with the number 00 for the commercial pattern (1A23456).  I believe 1P00234 is issued to commercial runs.

[Brandon]

POO is not used in California, simply because it conflicts with the number 00 for the commercial pattern (1A23456).  I believe 1P00234 is issued to commercial runs.

Is the P00 series issued to trucks for cleaning our septic tanks? 

[ap70621]

There are some really huge speed limit 45 signs on NJ 23 near I-287 in Riverdale, NJ. Can't post a picture though since Streetview was taken before they were put up.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

One of the southern states (South Carolina) no longer issues standard plates with the letter combination OMG.

How about LOL or WTF?

North Carolina once issued plates in the WTF-0000 series. These were on the short-lived red-die plates, sometime between 2007 and 2009.

[OracleUsr]

There are some really huge speed limit 45 signs on NJ 23 near I-287 in Riverdale, NJ. Can't post a picture though since Streetview was taken before they were put up.

I-64 west of Williamsburg used to have a huge SPEED LIMIT 55 sign going towards Richmond.

[cpzilliacus]

There are some really huge speed limit 45 signs on NJ 23 near I-287 in Riverdale, NJ. Can't post a picture though since Streetview was taken before they were put up.

I-64 west of Williamsburg used to have a huge SPEED LIMIT 55 sign going towards Richmond.

There were similar signs on I-95 northbound near Dumfries, Prince William County, Va.

[Alex]

The winner for me of excessively oversized signs was this panel on DE 1/7 south after I-95 (long gone now, but was there throughout most of the 1990s):



Oddly enough, this sign might qualify as an early example of a OAPL sign. 

[OracleUsr]

There are some really huge speed limit 45 signs on NJ 23 near I-287 in Riverdale, NJ. Can't post a picture though since Streetview was taken before they were put up.

I-64 west of Williamsburg used to have a huge SPEED LIMIT 55 sign going towards Richmond.

There were similar signs on I-95 northbound near Dumfries, Prince William County, Va.

Any pictures of these around?  I only knew about the I-64 one because in 1982 I took an overnight class trip to Williamsburg and we returned on I-64 to I-95.

[cpzilliacus]

There are some really huge speed limit 45 signs on NJ 23 near I-287 in Riverdale, NJ. Can't post a picture though since Streetview was taken before they were put up.

I-64 west of Williamsburg used to have a huge SPEED LIMIT 55 sign going towards Richmond.

There were similar signs on I-95 northbound near Dumfries, Prince William County, Va.

Any pictures of these around?  I only knew about the I-64 one because in 1982 I took an overnight class trip to Williamsburg and we returned on I-64 to I-95.

I never took one, and I they are gone now (according to GSV) - they were posted someplace between Exit 148, MCB Quantico (Russell Road) and Exit 152, Va. 234 (Dumfries Road).

The speed limit along that part of I-95 was raised in the last several years, and the signs would have had to be modified or removed for that reason.

[OracleUsr]

Wait, I remember those now that you mention it.  There were many in VA like that, had a fairly large space above the word "SPEED"  I used to live in Gaithersburg, MD, so I sometimes used I-95 to go from my parents' house in Greensboro, NC, to my apartment (81 to 66 or 70 was my preferred route, though)

The I-64 one I'm thinking about was about the size of a large BGS...maybe I remember incorrectly.

[amroad17]

There are large "Speed Limit 55" signs before each end of the Big Walker Tunnel entrances as well as before the south entrance of the East River Tunnel.  They are not as large as the one I saw on I-64 westbound between Williamsburg and Richmond in 1990.

[OracleUsr]

Ahh, okay, so I didn't dream it.

I had a 110 camera with me on the bus, shoulda grabbed a pic of it.

[Duke87]

One of the southern states (South Carolina) no longer issues standard plates with the letter combination OMG.

How about LOL or WTF?

Connecticut let WTF slip:


And New York issued plates with FAP:

[Brandon]

One of the southern states (South Carolina) no longer issues standard plates with the letter combination OMG.

How about LOL or WTF?

And New York issued plates with FAP:

FAP - Federal Aid Primary?  That's one designation for route in Illinois (as in FAP-407 aka IL-336).

[Duke87]

One of the southern states (South Carolina) no longer issues standard plates with the letter combination OMG.

How about LOL or WTF?

And New York issued plates with FAP:

FAP - Federal Aid Primary?  That's one designation for route in Illinois (as in FAP-407 aka IL-336).

Nope. This.

It's kind of an internet thing, I suppose. Most people I mention it to have not heard the term before. Which I guess is why the DMV didn't catch it.