Re: Confusing road signs (off topic slightly)

From: Punch/ Crash2000 (2punch.crash2000@home.com)
Date: Mon May 21 2001 - 01:11:44 EDT


oh my, you getting heat stroke today??
Punch,
Alive and well.....
.
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve preston" <steve239dak@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: DML: Confusing road signs (off topic slightly)

> I don`t know,are local department of highways trying
> to make subliminal statements with road signs,or just
> trying to confuse people? I was driving along a curvy
> road yesterday,and I noticed at each curve they had
> math symbols like this: > or this: < ,spaced
> throughout the curve about every five feet.I looked at
> them and thought,"Do they mean hillside is "greater
> than" road? Hmmm. Another confusing sign I observed
> was when driving along the side of a mountain with big
> boulders sticking out.The sign said "rock slides".This
> one pi**ed me off.They go out of their way,seems
> like,to promise something like that,yet there were no
> signs down the road instructing me on who had these
> slides,or where they might be showing.I would love to
> see something informative like that about rocks! Even
> if it was just in a photographic format! Another one I
> saw was,"End construction". Amazing! Doesn`t it seem
> like everyone has a cause these days? If these radical
> enviromentalists truly ever do succeed in "ending
> construction" as they apparently hope to do,then the
> highways and byways that we enjoy so much would not be
> built! Anyway,I was so mad by the time I saw the one
> that said "DIP",that I about wrecked after hitting a
> small bump in the road.Now they resort to
> name-calling? Is it just me? No,I`m sure that the
> neighborhood kids playing near the street do not
> appreciate the sign that says,"SLOW children
> playing",like it`s the D.O.H.`s business how
> intellectually developed our kids are! Man,I am just
> furious right now! Thank you DMLers for letting me vent.
>
> =====
> Steve Preston 1999 Dakota Sport
3.9V6,4x4,3.92 Anti-spin,42RE auto,Intense Blue,regular cab.
>



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