# Federal Highway Administration busts humorous highway signs

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205>\
**Category:** Safety\
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205 "2024-01-19T00:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205/1 "2024-01-19T00:59:33Z")

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‘Signs, signs, everywhere a sign, blocking up the scenery breaking my mind’  
I hate that song.

> **[No more humorous highway signs to hoot at](https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225446382/no-more-humorous-highway-signs-to-hoot-at)**
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> Those quirky electronic signs you see along the highway with funny messages about car safety aren't sticking around. The Federal Highway Administration has given states two years to change those signs — which they say can be distracting to drivers.

Feel safer now?

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205/2 "2024-01-19T01:29:40Z")

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I actually agree that they are out of place and distracting. I don’t pay these people to come up with funny jingles to tell me not to drink or speed or wear my belt etc. if they think it helps which I would question, just say it. Especially when it take two pages to get the message out. Hard to read the whole thing at 70 and still drive. But I just don’t think anyone changes their behavior because of them but I’m open to studies that show otherwise.

Just be straight forward and speak clearly. Bridge out, lane closed, drug check point ahead, water over the road. We don’t pay them to be comedians but to provide information. Pet peeve like give em a brake. We are not all from New Jersey.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205/3 "2024-01-19T12:35:06Z")

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I like humor to get a point across.  
I still buy Burma Shave😀

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205/4 "2024-01-19T13:37:32Z")

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I don’t find the humerous signs any more distracting than the serious ones. Either way works for me. I must admit that I’ve been changing signs in my mind for decades.

Is now: Road work ahead. Temporary inconvenience, permanent improvement.

Should be: Road work ahead. Temporary improvement, permanent inconvenience.

Is now: Beware fallen rocks.

Should be: Beware fallen women.

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205/5 "2024-01-19T15:00:07Z")

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Yes cause the real problem with the world right now is funny signs, that will solve all our problems… 🤦‍♂️

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/federal-highway-administration-busts-humorous-highway-signs/194205/6 "2024-01-20T02:22:25Z")

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> [@davesmopar](#):
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> the real problem with the world right now is funny signs, that will solve all our problems

lol … great observation!