# The roadsigns you wish they had... **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketplace\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685 "2010-12-19T04:44:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/1 "2010-12-19T04:44:43Z")
The opening of the Marketplace forum has inspired me to dust off some sketchbooks and revive my old CafePress store. After doing a bit of research with the Ontario Traffic Manual, the website of _Transports Québec_, the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and various roadgeek sites, I turned my sketches into Illustrator drawings. I think I’ve got some signs that look like the real ones. With a few twists… Here’s a sample: [http://www.sunspace.org/images/wrathumb20101218.png](http://www.sunspace.org/images/wrathumb20101218.png) This design and more are available on T-shirts and, soon, other products. More designs are being added! Here’s a link to my store: [http://www.cafepress.ca/moreroadsigns](http://www.cafepress.ca/moreroadsigns) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/2 "2010-12-19T11:25:02Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > The opening of the Marketplace forum has inspired me to dust off some sketchbooks and revive my old CafePress store. > > After doing a bit of research with the Ontario Traffic Manual, the website of _Transports Québec_, the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and various roadgeek sites, I turned my sketches into Illustrator drawings. I think I’ve got some signs that look like the real ones. With a few twists… > > Here’s a sample: > > [http://www.sunspace.org/images/wrathumb20101218.png](http://www.sunspace.org/images/wrathumb20101218.png) > > This design and more are available on T-shirts and, soon, other products. More designs are being added! > > Here’s a link to my store: > [http://www.cafepress.ca/moreroadsigns](http://www.cafepress.ca/moreroadsigns) > > Enjoy! Holy crap! We can post images now? WOOT! Here’s one of my favorite “should-be” road signs: [![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/snowboarderbo/MrImportantSpeedLimit.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/snowboarderbo/MrImportantSpeedLimit.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/3 "2010-12-19T12:55:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Holy crap! We can post images now? WOOT! We could always post a link to an image, couldn’t we? It’s embedding an image in a post that we can’t do. **sunspace** , LOVE the road signs! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/4 "2010-12-19T14:47:14Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > We could always post a link to an image, couldn’t we? It’s embedding an image in a post that we can’t do. This forum is special. The OP may embed an image in the first post, but no-one else may in other posts. > [@freckafree](#): > > **sunspace** , LOVE the road signs! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/5 "2010-12-19T16:35:25Z")
Make your own [sign](http://www.customroadsign.com/menu.php) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/6 "2010-12-19T21:31:43Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Make your own [sign](http://www.customroadsign.com/menu.php) Ah, but does it have _pictures?_ And does it create a high-quality vector output? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/7 "2010-12-20T02:34:37Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Make your own [sign](http://www.customroadsign.com/menu.php) They ought to have a gallery of submissions with votes on the most popular. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/8 "2010-12-20T18:33:43Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Holy crap! We can post images now? WOOT! Only in specific circumstances: > [@Marketplace Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketplace-rules/563403/1): > > 1. The person starting the thread may post images that are relevant to the item or service being offered. You may only post pictures if you are the OP (that is, in your own threads). Please use this feature judiciously. We may review this policy later. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/9 "2010-12-20T18:42:01Z")
Speed Trap one mile ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/10 "2011-01-03T05:57:42Z")
Just added two more designs to the store. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/11 "2011-01-03T07:27:20Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > The opening of the Marketplace forum has inspired me to dust off some sketchbooks and revive my old CafePress store. > > After doing a bit of research with the Ontario Traffic Manual, the website of _Transports Québec_, the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and various roadgeek sites, I turned my sketches into Illustrator drawings. I think I’ve got some signs that look like the real ones. With a few twists… > > Here’s a sample: > > [http://www.sunspace.org/images/wrathumb20101218.png](http://www.sunspace.org/images/wrathumb20101218.png) > > This design and more are available on T-shirts and, soon, other products. More designs are being added! > > Here’s a link to my store: > [http://www.cafepress.ca/moreroadsigns](http://www.cafepress.ca/moreroadsigns) > > Enjoy! I suppose this sign is applicable at the approach of a boat ramp. Otherwise I’m trying to think of a road that is always wet 🙂 Cute sign though. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/12 "2011-01-04T02:09:39Z")
That is BRILLIANT!! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/13 "2011-01-18T21:45:42Z")
Would I be the first one to order a two speed bumps one with “BOOBS” as the caption? ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/14 "2011-02-09T08:55:28Z")
great designs… but… Am I the only one who doesn’t get the [120 km/h](http://www.cafepress.ca/moreroadsigns/7588118) joke? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/15 "2011-02-17T02:08:54Z")
That’s because you don’t drive on the 400-series highways in Ontario. The speed on them is either zero or in excess of 120km/h. There is no in between. All signs saying 100km/h are just a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/16 "2011-02-17T02:17:44Z")
I would like to donate money for operating the amber alert signs (when there are no amber alerts) with traffic safety tips, like; Signal lane changes you pinhead Slow the eff down when it is icy Hang up and drive Yes, there is a drug checkpoint 4 miles ahead We confiscate your vehicle if you get 6 points ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/17 "2011-02-17T07:27:59Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > That’s because you don’t drive on the 400-series highways in Ontario. The speed on them is either zero or in excess of 120km/h. There is no in between. All signs saying 100km/h are just a suggestion. Ahh. Canadian humor. No wonder… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/18 "2011-02-18T05:51:23Z")
I have this one outside my cubicle. [![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/patchbunny/LJ%20Posting/IMG_0147.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/patchbunny/LJ%20Posting/IMG_0147.jpg) Look for a shop in your area that deals with traffic control items. They may also make signs. That’s a regular size sign with my modified text, and it only cost me $45. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roadsigns-you-wish-they-had/564685/20 "2012-05-26T23:41:21Z")
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