Pages Tagged “road signs”
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- Upper Limit
Okay, okay, I won’t toss this speck of neutron star material here! I guess I’ll just have to pack it out. (Spotted at the Hermosa Beach Pier over the weekend.)
- Made it to First Place!
While driving around Hermosa Beach, I finally made it to 1st Place! Unfortunately, once you get there, there’s only one way you can go.
- Enforced by Laser (Flat Version)
I’m sure 45 MPH ENFORCED BY LASER doesn’t mean what it sounds like, but really…who wants to take that chance? (Photos of a real traffic sign.)
- Enforced by Laser!
I’m sure 45 MPH ENFORCED BY LASER doesn’t mean what it sounds like, but really…who wants to take that chance? (GIF animation of a real traffic sign.)
- Landscape Under Renovation
Irvine is dreadfully afraid you might think the dead grass is the result of poor maintenance. Apparently, they’re also concerned that the old Grass Under Renovation signs might not be inclusive enough.
- USA↑WAR
Markings on a street. Underground cable maintenance notes, or political statement? You decide!
- Devil in the Construction Details
- This Way to the Egress
Whenever I see this freeway sign, I think of the story about PT Barnum trying to get people to leave and putting up a sign saying This Way to the Egress.
- Beware of Invisible Cows
The visitor center for the Mauna Kea observatories has a sign that says Beware of Invisible Cows. It actually makes sense in context.
- Grass Under Renovation
Oh no, there’s dry grass on the median! Oh, wait, it’s OK: There’s a sign saying it’s under renovation. *whew!* … Irvine is a strange town.
- Nene Xing
The Nene (roughly nay-nay), a.k.a. the Hawaiian Goose, is Hawaii’s state bird. It’s also endangered. There’s supposed to be a (comparatively) large population in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, but we didn’t see a single one all week. All we saw were a zillion of these signs warning us to avoid hitting them. Maybe it was […]
- Donkey Xing
Driving through the lava fields of North Kona, you’ll see signs like these: After coffee companies stopped using donkeys for transportation, they turned them loose, and a herd of wild donkeys roamed the fields. They apparently picked up the nickname “Kona nightingales” from their, uh, “singing.” They’ve since been moved up to greener—and less traveled— […]
- Senior Xing
I’ve only seen these signs in Irvine. I suspect that says something about them: Perhaps an important warning to drivers, but it’s not a well-designed road sign. There’s too much detail, for starters—detail you’re not going to see clearly zooming by at 35 M.P.H. Compare to the stick figures of the standard school crossing sign, […]