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Don't know if the Virginia State Police still check speed with VASCAR radar units, but some years ago, locals on I-81 as you enter VA would alter the "V" in the "VASCAR ENFORCED" signs with tape to read "NASCAR ENFORCED". The Bristol Motor Speedway is nearby.
In New Jersey (and other states) signs on Interstate highways read: "TRUCKS PROHIBITED FROM LEFT LANE". So that means I've got to get into the left lane and not leave it until I leave the state???
Don't know if they still do, but years ago Dallas, TX had some unusual "NO U-TURN" signs; They just said "DON'T"...
Oregon's freeway speed limit signs are not speed limit signs, at least not to go by them. They say SPEED rather than SPEED LIMIT. In other words, it's evidently as much a violation to go below the required speed as above it. Of course, if you have out-of-state tags you'd be foolish to speed in Oregon anyway, but it is physically impossible to remain locked on a given speed even with cruise control. Examples seen low down on this Wikipedia entry.
There's a certain amount of state personality in how they phrase the command to wear seat belts. In Washington, we have these fairly elaborate Click-it-or-Ticket (stupidest-sounding slogan ever) signs with an abstracted representation of a belted driver. It's bigger than a speed limit sign. In Wyoming, it's smaller than a speed limit sign, no graphics, just:
Oregon's freeway speed limit signs are not speed limit signs, at least not to go by them. They say SPEED rather than SPEED LIMIT. In other words, it's evidently as much a violation to go below the required speed as above it. Of course, if you have out-of-state tags you'd be foolish to speed in Oregon anyway, but it is physically impossible to remain locked on a given speed even with cruise control. Examples seen low down on this Wikipedia entry.
There's a certain amount of state personality in how they phrase the command to wear seat belts. In Washington, we have these fairly elaborate Click-it-or-Ticket (stupidest-sounding slogan ever) signs with an abstracted representation of a belted driver. It's bigger than a speed limit sign. In Wyoming, it's smaller than a speed limit sign, no graphics, just:
BUCKLE UP
STATE LAW
Kind of sums up the laconic Wyoming style.
Jersey uses the Click-it-or-Ticket slogan also.
"Bridge Freezes Before Road Surface" always mystified me. I know what they mean, but it's badly expressed,
"Bridge Freezes Before Road Surface" always mystified me. I know what they mean, but it's badly expressed,
Wyo does that one laconically too: BRIDGES MAY BE ICY. Given that this is Wyoming we are talking, when it can easily snow in June, anyone who ignores those signs (especially at morning) is very reckless.
Here's my favorite: "Construction Zone. Use Extreme Caution."
What counts as extreme? Five miles per hour? Three miles per hour with the flashers on? Can you people be a little more specific? Or can I just drive with moderate caution? I need to know.
One of my favorite road signs is "Falling Rock Zone." Every time I see one of those signs, I think, well then why didn't they take more precautions when building the road?
"No Spitting" signs in the NY subways always grossed me out, I always felt that it actually encouraged gross people to spit on purpose!
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