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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2005Stupid Sign of the Day
On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen stupid messages on this such as "If it's raining turn on your lights"... but today, it said: "Low fuel?? Fill up!" Thanks MDOT, thanks a lot. > On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating > electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks MDOT, thanks a lot. Hey, some people need to be reminded of this stuff. There's a permanent sign leading up to one of the tunnels on the PA Turnpike that says "remove sunglasses." You'd think that would be obvious to most people, but when you think about it, there's a heck of a lot of retards behind the wheel... nate >Hey, some people need to be reminded of this stuff. > >There's a permanent sign leading up to one of the tunnels on the PA >Turnpike that says "remove sunglasses." You'd think that would be >obvious to most people, but when you think about it, there's a heck of >a lot of retards behind the wheel... Alleghany, IIRC, though the Lehigh tunnels might have the same sign. There USED to be a sign there which said "Turn OFF headlights", but they removed that, probably because of DRLs. > There's a permanent sign leading up to one of the tunnels on the PA > Turnpike that says "remove sunglasses." You'd think that would be > obvious to most people, but when you think about it, there's a heck of > a lot of retards behind the wheel... > > nate You'd probably think I'm a retard, then. I've driven through many tunnels that have signs that read "remove sunglasses" without removing my sunglasses. Sunglasses are not THAT dark. If they were actually effective at protecting you from bright sunlight, then driving into a tunnel with them might cause a problem. But I've used sunglasses costing anywhere from twenty bucks to several hundred dollars. I've had custom tinted pairs that are supposed to be as dark as legally possible. NOT ONE of them is dark enough to make a significant difference in overall light level passing through the lenses. Thus, they are all safe to use in a tunnel, as your eyes might as well be naked while wearing sunglasses. There is no need to remove them. For the most part, I don't even wear them anymore, as they don't make that much difference. They are not dark enough, so why bother? But if I did still wear them, there would be no need to remove them for tunnels. -Dave On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:23:18 -0500, "Dave C." <mdupre@sff.net> >> There's a permanent sign leading up to one of the tunnels on the PA >> Turnpike that says "remove sunglasses." You'd think that would be [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >twenty bucks to several hundred dollars. I've had custom tinted pairs that >are supposed to be as dark as legally possible. I don't think there are laws regulating the tint on sunglasses. I have owned sunglasses that I would have to take off when entering a tunnel. > NOT ONE of them is dark >enough to make a significant difference in overall light level passing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >But if I did still wear them, there would be no need to remove them for >tunnels. -Dave >> On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a > rotating [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > nate That would not be good to remove them if the sunglasses are prescription sunglasses, or the automatic darkening "photogray" type prescription glasses. >On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating >electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen >stupid messages on this such as "If it's raining turn on your >lights"... but today, it said: >"Low fuel?? > Fill up!" So in other words it's a gigantic idiot light?  SignatureSloth Kills! http://www.geocities.com/slothkills/ Scott en Aztlán wrote: > >On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating > >electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > So in other words it's a gigantic idiot light? You know, a picture of the day would be to see a guy on the side of the road filling his tank with a 1 gal can under this sign! >>On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating >>electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > So in other words it's a gigantic idiot light? Maybe Judy controls the signs! If we see one that says "youranidiot" BINGO! > On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating > electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks MDOT, thanks a lot. IF there were any truth in advertising at the MDOT, the sign would have read as follows: "Low fuel?? Fill up!" "We need your gas tax money" "to pay for these stupid signs." > On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating > electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks MDOT, thanks a lot. Here in NJ on Rt. 42 there is one electric sign that sometimes reads something useful, like "Keep right except to pass" or other laws that are there for good reason and all good drivers follow but very few in NJ seem to care about. It doesn't seem to make any difference when it reads KRETP though. It's always the same free for all as usualy with the right-most lane being pretty much clear so I cruise along in that lane faster than traffic in the two lanes to the left. > On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating > electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen > stupid messages on this such as "If it's raining turn on your > lights"... but today, it said: > "Low fuel?? > Fill up!" In chicago, these electronic signs often have useless messages on them. >> On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating >> electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > In chicago, these electronic signs often have useless messages on them. Like "Do you know where your dog is?" > On i-75, mile marker 70 in Michigan (Troy, MI area), there's a rotating > electronic sign that generally shows traffic info... I've also seen > stupid messages on this such as "If it's raining turn on your > lights"... but today, it said: > "Low fuel?? > Fill up!" On new motorway matrix signs in the UK you often a notice saying 'sign not in use'... |
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