Re: Serious but Just Dumb stuff

[Jeff]

There as a sign just before my dads driveway that said, ( and it was broken up like this)

Blind
Drive
Way Ahead

I was always looking for a guy with a cane.

[Fabiola]

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Watch for ice on bridge
When I was in Canada I was always worry about that one!
And even during summer I wondered if would have any snow on the roads...

[Paul_H]

Tom,
I saw this sign on the gravel road to where I work and thought I'd take a picture of it and show you that you're not the only one that is irritated by the extra letters.(I just took the pic,I did not touch it)

And that should validate your concerns over wordy signs

[Tom]

Ha!  That's one way to handle it.

[SwampDonkey]

Old3dogg:

With regard to your first reply to this thread....

Just yesterday a pickup load of DOT guys in a FORD 4 door crew cab pulls up to the cross road, which begins across the road from my drive. Two get out, pick up a shovel each out of the bed of the pickup. They procede to walk to the road edge and prop up their shovels for a good lean. Then the driver uses the pickup as a steam roller and rocks back and forth over a frost heave to pack it down firm. One guy walks over to the culvert and looks for a minute, the other guy walks across the main road and into the ditch and walks along for 100 feet, then back to the pickup. The 2 hop back in the pickup, they all drive up the road for 5 minutes, then back down the road and on their way to the shop. On my road there is only 1 car an hour for traffic.

[redpowerd]

and all you could do is watch from your shovel

[SwampDonkey]

From my cumfy recliner with massager, to be exact

[redpowerd]

domt give that dot crew any idears

[shopteacher]

Olddog that's so you can keep an eye out for them DUIer's.  There like deer, come out of no where.  Cheaper to put up a warning sign than keep them in jail. Course the funeral expense for the family that gets the loved one taken out don't get no discount.

[oldsaw-addict]

Why do you suppose warnings of reduced speed limits are worded "Reduced speed ahead" rather than "Reduce speed ahead".  That extra "d" must make the sign cost more and I think it is border-line bad grammar too.  It sounds as if "speed" is a noun ....a something....(??)  Have you ever seen a speed?  I wonder what a reduced one would look like?  

I think I would rather be told to take my foot off of the excelerator with a sign that warns "Reduce speed" and save the cost of the "D" as well as the "ahead" part.

If they are trying to warn of a Reduced Speed Limit Zone, then they should be explicit about what the object of the verb is to be.  I used to spend long moments on English tests trying to get this right, and now, I'm not sure what is right or wrong  ......but, something about this really bothers me.    What education is required to pen hi-way signs, ....I wonder.

I think it would make more sense if the sign said something like speed limit reduced ahead, slow down please.  now doesnt that just sound better?  Or where they say other stupid things I bet I could find ways of making the signs make sense and actually work better.

[Bro. Noble]

The old roads in the Ozarks usually followed long ridges.  Some of the better traveled ones eventually became paved and some of those are now state and federal highways.  They still don't go by the compass nor in a streight line.  An example is highway 95 that goes by our place.  starts up north of Mountain grove and goes south where it quits when it gets to Arkansaw  There is also highway 5 which starts way up north somewhere in yankee land and passes near us and goes way south into Arkansaw.  Now both of these highways go from north to south but for some reason cross each other.  They actually share the same roadway for a couple of miles near Wasola Mo.  The problem is during that brief span,  If you just left Wasola the sign says you are going south on 5 and north on 95  and of course going into Wasola you are going north on 5 and south on 95

If you should ever happen to go by there there is also a sign that says Noble (Its on the right if you are going south on 5,  but on the left if you are going south on 95)  but anyway to get to my house don't turn toward Noble,  instead turn north on 95.  It'll take you right by us.  We live right off 95 from where the old Bushong store used to be.

[CHARLIE]

Why can't they say what they mean?  How about:

Speed Limit 45 MPH in 1/2 mile.

[old3dogg]

"targeted dui area"
Well gee!Thanks!
I will turn around and go the other way.
Not that I drink and drive.
I drive but I dont drink!

[David_c]

now what about no U turn. its not a U your taking but an upside down U. but i quess some highway dept guy in VT thought it was wrong too becuase i saw a right side up U on interstate 91 2 weeks ago