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Originally Posted by TheKiwi
When I spent 3 months around Jackson, MS this year, I noticed people would steal road signs quite often. I think some people would decorate their "man caves" with them.
You're probably right. My brother and his friends would steal some when they were teens then put them in the spare shed of the barn they used to hang out in. Now he has one hanging on the wall in his house. My BIL has a couple that were from the U.P. where him and one of his ex-friends used to go quad riding.
I can't figure out why people do this in my area. The highway department can't keep half the road signs up because some idiots like to steal them. We are not talking about funny or clever road names that some kid might hang in his bedroom; just boring road names.
While you don't consider them funny or clever, there has to be some attraction to the sign name for someone to take it 15 times. Nothing else makes sense.
My hometown has a "Head Street". Back when there was a residential college in town that sign was such a popular target that the street department kept a couple extras made up ahead of time so they could replace them quickly. Fortunately it was a short street with just a few intersections.
a lot of highway departments have eliminated the 412 mile markers and have opted for 411.9 to stop the theft of them.
I don't understand shooting signs, in this day and age shooting out of a car at a sign could easily be construed as a class b felony.
I work for the Maine DOT most of our signs get hit in the winter by drivers sliding off the road, very few are stolen. your town dot should be able to order one way bolts that only go on and can't be taken back out.
Just another note, if you steal a stop sign and there is an accident with injury or death you could be facing manslaughter charges, Parents may want to let there children know this, there are consequences for your actions.
Just another note, if you steal a stop sign and there is an accident with injury or death you could be facing manslaughter charges, Parents may want to let there children know this, there are consequences for your actions.
Please point us to an example where this actually occurred.
a lot of highway departments have eliminated the 412 mile markers and have opted for 411.9 to stop the theft of them.
I don't understand shooting signs, in this day and age shooting out of a car at a sign could easily be construed as a class b felony.
I work for the Maine DOT most of our signs get hit in the winter by drivers sliding off the road, very few are stolen. your town dot should be able to order one way bolts that only go on and can't be taken back out.
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I think some people would decorate their "man caves" with them.
