Comments on: Sign Design Fail

By: checho

checho — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:20:23 +0000

it is: hundiste mi barco

By: me

me — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:42:21 +0000

We have bigger ones in Fayetteville, NC.

By: me

me — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:37:46 +0000

Not phottoshopped, we have a lot of these in NC.

By: LOLatCanadians

LOLatCanadians — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:04:02 +0000

i take it back it’s real OMG

By: LOLatCanadians

LOLatCanadians — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:00:45 +0000

no part’s real, part’s not – click the “here’s the location” and go to “street view” you’ll see 3 signs, not all those

By: Trozei

Trozei — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:38:40 +0000

Nevermind, I found it.

By: Trozei

Trozei — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:37:11 +0000

I tried the street view and I saw three signs together, but not ten

By: chubbyjake

chubbyjake — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:57:54 +0000

my birthday

By: JTown

JTown — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:32:01 +0000

They’re held up through metal posts on the backside going sideways you noob. Was it the pixels that were throwin ya?

By: IVOR

IVOR — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:52:21 +0000

it is PHOTTOSHOPPED look some of the signs dont have anything holding them up

By: tiben1

tiben1 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:36:41 +0000

Yes, Charlotte and surrounding areas are wonderful for “double” streets…as for the signs in Concord, the building in the background is an ABC store (liquor store, for non NC residents!)

By: Meh

Meh — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:55:28 +0000

Just move the viewpoint back a bit. You’ll then get an older picture which still shows all the signs.

By: AllGoodNamesTaken

AllGoodNamesTaken — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:23:10 +0000

if you look at the intersection on google maps that sign doesnt exist

By: allyson

allyson — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:46:32 +0000

BEHOLD THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA!!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:34:51 +0000

It’s not photoshop, but it is deceiving. The 72-29-601 signs are actually behind the other ones – nice camerawork to make it look like they’re all next to each other, though.

By: ND Irish Girl

ND Irish Girl — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:02:15 +0000

Interesting, I grew up not 5 minutes from where this is but I have never even noticed! I shopped at that Harris Teeter!

By: g

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:10:55 +0000

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By: Pork Chop

Pork Chop — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:11:30 +0000

You are close Qwertz, the intersection is the one just north of the one you’ved mapped. The view is looking south from US 29/US601.

By: Your Face

Your Face — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:07:38 +0000

Ever heard the term “here’s your sign” ?

By: Ordon

Ordon — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:30:19 +0000

Did you just quote Shamalan?

By: billyvd

billyvd — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:05:55 +0000

Not anymore, we’re going down by now.

By: billyvd

billyvd — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:04:35 +0000

“This is a stupid fail. I hate it. It looks like some idiot just collected signs. I don’t buy it. Fail fail.”
COMMENT FAIL

Bullshit, I live there and those signs are real. It just happens to be an intersection of several important roads. Of course it could be designed better but it’s kind of a joke around here so I don’t think anyone wants to get rid of it. Plus if you have your bearings, all of the signs make sense.

By: Lorelei

Lorelei — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:36:18 +0000

Oh shit. I know where that is.

I grew up right around there; that’s infront of the Harris Teeter. I remember laughing at that.

By: asdf

asdf — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:38:26 +0000

you are repetitive

By: jasonlg

jasonlg — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:21:09 +0000

This is actually not that unusual. Here’s another example of such signage that is equally ridiculous, among many others that are out there:

http://www.millenniumhwy.net/summa/summa-Pages/Image290.html

Even here in California we had an overly complicated highway system before it was simplified in the mid-1960:

http://gbcnet.com/ushighways/us_pix/99_pics/colton_overhead_sign_1960.jpg

By: Meike

Meike — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:27:37 +0000

Figures this is in North Carolina…

By: anonymoose

anonymoose — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42:38 +0000

I dont see the faill… everything is right… ye its a lot of signs but ….. it all is right:P

By: jayhonk

jayhonk — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:06:55 +0000

Susan, July 3rd, that is.

By: jayhonk

jayhonk — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:06:07 +0000

Logic fail.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:36:56 +0000

Nope, signs aren’t photoshopped…..I live less than a mile from this sign. A couple roads go by 2 highway names (601 and 29 for instance). The funniest part is about a mile away is Hwy 85 and it’s not even mentioned. And yes, that’s a liquor store in the background…and a hospital across the street. Cheers!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:32 +0000

I can believe the front line of signs, but not the three that turn the corner.

I think the most amusing thing is the fact that all of the signs in the foreground point the same direction except one 73-East. Also why I think the corner sgns were Photoshopped, because the final 73 is the only one without a direction designation…

By: Anonymice

Anonymice — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:40:13 +0000

I smell a MU*er.

By: jamiee

jamiee — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:09:47 +0000

of course it is in NC. and right outside a liquor store… funny.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:45:37 +0000

I can’t believe you didn’t go for the “Hey there, hot lookin’ sign, what’s your sign?” joke.

By: VS

VS — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:55:37 +0000

That’s definitely not in PA but in Concord, NC (per the Google map link and personal experience, having lived there).

By: VS

VS — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:54:27 +0000

I grew up near there, so I’ll third that it’s real – that’s a confusing intersection… and poorly planned.

By: hello

hello — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:25:41 +0000

failol

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:17:57 +0000

a) glad to see some folx eventually mentioned the ABC store that seems to have been visited by the sign and/or highway designers.
b) another NC fun fact is that if you drive a little ways out of Durham on I-85 South, you’re actually heading about west-NORTHwest. (and vice versa heading east from the 85/40 split.)
c) that said, the years i spent driving in NC were *way* less frustrating than the 5 years i’ve spent driving in CT. even confusing signs — well, maybe not the ones pictured here, but in general… — give you a better shot than no signs at all or, my fave, signs you can’t see until it’s too late to get in the lane in question.

By: Confused

Confused — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:11:32 +0000

This is for real…This pic is found in Concord, NC. I drive by this often. you can actually mapquest concord NC and see that intersection of numbered hell.

By: Detroiter

Detroiter — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:33:46 +0000

True dat.

By: shitty

shitty — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:17:35 +0000

fail ail il l

By: Keelhaul

Keelhaul — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:46:42 +0000

ssssst…..”Base we have visual…copy????”….ssssst. “Roger, Blue7….Confirm.”ssssst
“Copy, base…..We have Charlotte and the surrounding area locked on.”sssssst…….”Roger Blue7….Release when ready.”sssssst…..”Roger, base….One away!…..Goodbye blue Monday!!!”ssssst. “Base, this is Blue7…Gimme a vector I’m comin’ home!”ssssst

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:54:10 +0000

Have you every been to jersey?

By: Justin Johnson

Justin Johnson — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:23:56 +0000

Kannapolis is a town that is butted up against Concord. Concord is barely 20 minutes north of Charlotte on I-85, and other state highways. Kannapolis is in the process of building an effing HUGE biotechnical research park. Land values aren’t super, but they aren’t awful, either. The influx of rich doctor-y research types has the potential to raise the values in the area, including Charlotte, greatly once the park is up and running. This means that, thanks to speculators and investors, property values have at least stayed level if not rising because of the potential influx of money.

Also, I used to leave near Concord, and I go through it all the time. The sign is real. There’s a similar stretch of highway in between Greensboro and Raliegh that has two interstate highways, two “business” interstate highways, and no less than three state highways in one 55MPH skinny two lane piece of ill-kept concrete.

By: C CC

C CC — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:31:10 +0000

IT MEANS U FAIL GAYLY

By: Ham!

Ham! — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:51:12 +0000

You FAILed to mention at the Queens and Queens intersection, the other two corners are Providence and Providence!

By: meg

meg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:57:23 +0000

oh dearie, the link to googlemaps wasn’t there the whole time.

also, i live in SC and while SC is ridiculous as hell regarding having any idea where the hell you’ll end up if you turn onto any given road, NC’s highways make me want to rip my brains out everytime i’m up there. D:

By: meg

meg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:55:16 +0000

way to get way too offended over the internets, bb.

By: Ham!

Ham! — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:42:33 +0000

Bwahahahahah!

I grew up here. The signs are in front of the town’s liquor store, and there’s even more FAIL that you can’t see — when I was a kid, the local churches would go to that liquor store and photograph your license plate! With people like that living there, no wonder the signs are fscked!

By: Komadori

Komadori — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:02:32 +0000

I’ve had GPS fail there, though…

“Turn right on ‘A Local Road’.”

c.c “WTF?”

“At the next signal, make a legal U-turn…” etc.

*sigh* A local road, indeed. c.c