We don't need more signs, just useful ones
I have just read a letter to the editor in which a person complains of inadequate signage at roadwork projects.
I would like to complain about the waste I see every trip in which there are an abundance of signs detailing which river basin you are driving through. Wouldn't you look that up on a map? What part of traffic safety does that involve and how much does it cost taxpayers?
Another complaint: the thousands of signs that say, "Bridge ices before roadway." Isn't that a given assumption? Soon, if this trend continues, we will see signs that say, "Speed limit posted on the next sign."
These signs are a waste of taxpayers'monies. I have an idea: Let's stop the waste and put up more signs that actually warn of a hazard, like — dare I say it — road construction.
Michael Martin
Eden
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I have a similar gripe.
I live in a bad curve. There's a sign prior to my house that says, "Hidden Driveways". The wording of that sign requires the reader to think ahead a couple of steps and come to the conclusion that traffic may be entering from driveways. Why not, "Traffic Entering From Driveways" or something to that effect? Make the wordage simple, and plainly explanatory precluding extra mental effort for drivers.
Posted on July 6, 2006 10:03 AM
jcackbar,
your solution is simple...move to a good curve (lol). but you are correct, why not state simply what you mean.
talk about useless sign - i saw one the other day that read "disregard this sign" !
Posted on July 6, 2006 10:32 AM
Speaking of signs, what's with the billboard on I40 between Greensboro and Winston that simply states "I pooted"? It is in white letters on a red background. I don't mean to be gross but I don't get it and neither do the folks I've asked. Is it some kind of inside joke?
Posted on July 6, 2006 1:34 PM
Yvonne,
I'm not sure but there is one on Business 85 exactly as you describe that says something like "Look at my meat mustache".
I'm still scratching my head.
Posted on July 6, 2006 3:52 PM
Yvonne & yellowdog: Visit this link for an explanation of the signs you saw:
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14873641.htm
The N&R ran an article about them, too, but I couldn't find it online.
And to the letter writer: "Speed limit posted on the next sign." LOL. That one made my day. ;)
Posted on July 6, 2006 6:45 PM
"Bridge ices before roadway." Isn't that a given assumption?
Not to anyone who grew up south of the snow line.
Posted on July 6, 2006 6:53 PM
Thanks CF. I would have never figured that one out. Talk about a waste of money! I don't think they are funny at all. Just gross.
As smart as the N&R bloggers are, I knew someone would know.
Posted on July 6, 2006 7:05 PM
yvonne check this out..
http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/archives/2006/06/somebody_pooted.html
Posted on July 6, 2006 9:52 PM
Thanks Buz. Although I'm a google nut, it never occurred to me to look up those billboards. I also saw the one that said "I'm a hot toe picker".
Reading the comments on that site, it would seem the consensus is clever, hilarious, amusing, etc. I still say it's gross.
Posted on July 7, 2006 12:10 AM
HR 2331 - spending bill before the North Carolina House of Representatives budgets $2,331,818.00 for the purchase and installation of "Signs Ahead" signs on all North Carolina Interstates.
Hey, it could happen.
Posted on July 7, 2006 12:56 PM