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cathydemers · 03-20-2019, 01:30 PM

When we were kids, my brothers would always grab my head when we saw those signs -"see? I stopped a head!" Punny huh? Ah, lovely travel memories...

SnKPerk · 03-23-2019, 04:29 PM

I was Hiawassee Georgia and saw a sign that read, “Burn headlights when raining”. How do you keep them lit?

NormD · 03-25-2019, 09:19 PM

Deer in the US are not the only animals that can read road signs. In New Zealand the cows read, too. You will see signs saying “Cows…Stop”.

Also, along the Nevada highway near Boulder Dam there is a sign that says, “Rattle Snake Wash”. Who would dare to? And why would it be needed?

A few years ago, some smart-Alec in Bend, Oregon put up a sign that was an exact match for a standard highway caution sign that stated “Road Construction Next 200 Miles”.

daveandcarol · 03-25-2019, 11:03 PM

We chuckle about the braille on ATM's and the like but consider this. In Indiana (at least) people who are 'legally' blind but still partially sighted can buy glasses with telescopic lenses that allow them to pass the state driving eye test and get a driver's license. Now think of your reaction at seeing a driver get out of their car then take off walking with their white cane...

FL420 · 03-25-2019, 11:32 PM

One of the funniest things I ever saw on TV was many years ago. Allen Funt and his crew on Candid Camera set up a road block at the bridge on the only road into Delaware (now I-295 from New Jersey) with a sign saying "DELAWARE CLOSED." The reactions and questions from the lined up motorists were hilarious.

AnotherMike · 03-26-2019, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Arch Hoagland

I just had to take a written drivers exam in California because after 70 everyone has to take it.

Thought I would die laughing when I read in the drivers manual...."Green means go."

How many times have you sat behind some doof playing with his cellphone at a traffic light and said "Green means go!!!"

About 5 months ago I was at a stop light at an intersection by a school. There was a cream-colored Corvette first in line, a police patrol car behind the Corvette, and my car was behind the patrol car. The light flipped green, and the Corvette didn't move. About 10 seconds later I heard the patrol car outside speaker click on, and the officer said "It's not going to get any greener!"

AnotherMike · 03-26-2019, 12:41 AM

From a friend's photo collection:

ratherberv · 06-25-2019, 06:15 AM

But while going that direction, in some parts of the country they put rumble strips all the way across the lane. Kind of annoying if you are paying attention, but likely lifesavers.
The state highway past one of my favorite CGs, repaved with rumble strip center line and next to both shoulders. surprised by the number of people that drive by braille..

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DW told her grown niece those were there to let the blind know when they were straying out of their lane. She thought for a minute then asked "how do they know when to stop?" That's what the cross lane strips are for.

JoyfulRVer · 07-15-2019, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by flexitdriver

Spotted this one in Quebec City, we still do not know what it means?

Cherry Picking?

SLOweather · 07-16-2019, 01:32 PM

From back in 2016...

Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, CA, defended daylight saving time on behalf of farmers, whom he said benefit from the later sunset during summer and fall harvests.

“Our crops have gotten accustomed to that. They’ve in fact been bred to deal with that longer harvest season,” he said. “Don’t fix something that’s not broken.”

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Originally Posted by EdInArk

Some people are just so literal.

I'm on another forum where people are griping about Daylight Saving Time, and we've got one member patiently trying to explain to the rest of us that there's really not an extra hour of sunshine

SLOweather · 07-16-2019, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SnKPerk

I was Hiawassee Georgia and saw a sign that read, “Burn headlights when raining”. How do you keep them lit?

That's just an old sign. Headlights used to be kerosene or acetylene lanterns.

John Boy · 07-16-2019, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SLOweather

That's just an old sign. Headlights used to be kerosene or acetylene lanterns.

Still law in N Carolina. Signs are still up as you enter the state. ie I-77 from Virginia.

Walt Graham · 07-16-2019, 11:06 PM

Yeah slow churches or I feel bad for those "Slow Kids"... that must really upset the parents. And how about that "Blind or hidden Driveway" And how does the deer or wild life know that it has to cross at the sign ? If you have followed the internet you must have seen the post where a person said that the deer crossing sign should be moved to a better location down by a stop sign..... just to close in a cheap shot I think that one was from a blond.