Safety
Neighborhood Posts Fake Stop Sign to Save Kids
One neighborhood takes matters into its own hands May 30, 2012 — The lack of stop signs in one residential neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has left parents no alternative but to create their own—two homemade, wooden “slow down! ur killing kids” signs nailed to trees. Parents claim the sign was necessary to discourage speeding […]
SmartSign Commemorates Men and Women in the Armed Forces This Memorial Day
May 28, 2012 — In honor of Memorial Day, SmartSign features a series of products commemorate veterans. Each year on the last Monday of May, Americans are called to spend the day reflecting on those who have died in the line of duty, patriotically serving their country. A little extra Marine Pride on this day. (Via MyParkingSign.com)
Alabama Department of Transportation Grants Temporary Tornado Shelter Signs in DeKalb County
One of the signs designed by DeKalb locals to warn residents of the impending tornado. May 17, 2012 — DeKalb County schools Superintendent Charles Warren witnessed the devastating impact of the tornado that touched down in the rural region April 27, 2011. In the weeks prior to the disaster, the Federal Emergency Management […]
Friday Five: Sign Theft, Safety, and Language
Did Caltrans employees steal signs like this one? Former Caltrans employees accused of stealing signs Five former employees of the California Department of Transportation are being held in the Monterey County Jail on $1 million bail. Their crime? Claiming overtime, and stealing highway signs. This is not funny. At all. And especially not the fact […]
Orange You Glad You Can Wear that Neon Sweatband Again?
It’s the best kind of Tic-Tac, the signature shade of Halloween, and now the official color of 2012. Pantone, the reigning authority on color and color systems, has taken a wacky turn with 2012’s color of the year: Tangerine Tango. While 2011’s “honeysuckle” was a demure rose pink, there is nothing bashful about this year’s […]
Lights Out in the City That Never Sleeps
April 3, 2012 — Times Square and the people who fill it are among the most fundamental sights to be seen in the Big Apple. Amidst the bustle of ticket-hawkers and Naked Cowboy photo opportunists, tourists cluster to stare up at the billboards above Times Square. The gaudy advertisements twinkle around the clock, flashing messages […]
Friday Five – Signs as Art, Regulation, and the Supernatural
Friday, March 30, 2012 — Perhaps a Hazardous Machine sign like this one could have helped prevent injuries during construction of the East Side Access passage. OSHA Fines Contractor In less jubilant news, contractors tunneling the East Side Access passage from Long Island to Grand Central Terminal were fined $48,000 by OSHA on Friday. This […]