Whippingham - Mayor Tom Shovel and Council voted unanimously last night to install traffic control signs at all major intersections of roads in town. The signs will be octagonal in shape and red in colour to attract attention. Mayor Shovel said "The increase in tourist traffic in the summer in combination with an increase in visitors from Ryde has put a strain on our roadways. The new traffic...
Councillors for the Isle of Wight are up in arms with the Highways Agency. A new road sign has been erected on Forest Road heading towards Somerton (pictured), which plainly states "Isle of White". "We are not amused," said Ophelia Keyhole, 39, wife of Jeremiah Keyhole, leader of the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce. "The Isle of Wight has been called this for centuries, how can the highway...
Trading standards have successfully sued the government over misleading speed camera signs. Speeder John Wilson contacted trading standards to complain that the cameras used by police are nothing like the ones shown on the signs. The high court j...
Hackers in Austin, Texas broke into several electronic road signs yesterday and modified each to display various zombie-related messages, something that Texas Public Works found to be funny, not! They included: Caution! Zombies! Ahead! Nazi...
Pratts District Council wants to clean up its highway designations, hence road and street names with rude connotations could soon be banned around Sussex to avoid "deliberate misinterpretation". But throughout England streets with names like 'Grop...
An irate pop music fan from Loughton, Lance Lyde, is suing the Department for Public Works over a sign outside the pub he frequents.
We saw some great signs on our recent trip to Florida. Below is a Top 7 list. Three of these are real signs we actually saw, and four are made up. Can you guess which are real? Scroll down to the bottom and I'll list the real ones.
Everyone knows those weird little people on restroom and crosswalk signs. A newly released design warns bathroom seekers to hurry up, it's a long to the nearest relief.
"Safety First" is getting more complicated than ever. The number of law suits has sky-rocketed as the American public stumbled upon more unusual, unpredictable and generally brainless ways to cause themselves bodily injury. As a result national park...
10. After waking up in the middle of an "American Idol" audition, she asked the contestant, "Was it good for you too?"...
1. He claims to be a landscaper. It's the winter. In Maine.
Washington - President Bush announced today that he would no longer push for war with Iraq after reading a protest sign by an anti-war protester.
With America's out of control debt fast spiraling toward a record $9 trillion, President Bush has announced that the United States is seeking debt relief from the World Bank and the IMF.
Bo Jackson did it. Deion Sanders did it also. And now, here comes Derek Jeter.
WASHINGTON -- President George Bush today announced he had signed the McCarthy Patriot Act to honor whom he terms "a true American hero."...
In response to the raunchy Superbowl half-time display, the FCC has decided to run a tighter ship. Baseball is the most recent victim of this frenzied censorship, in that baseball signs have been banned altogether. Said FCC spokeswoman Patty O'Fu...
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