Some people just have no sense of humor.
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has given states two years to stop posting comical and amusing messages on electric highway and freeway signs, the Associated Press reported.
The agency released an 1,100 page report in December which includes rules on the regulating of how signs and traffic control devices are used.
Signs with ambiguous meanings, pop culture references or other jokey displays will be banned in 2026 because they can be misunderstood or distracting to drivers, the report said.
Among those that will be disappearing are messages such as “Use Yah Blinkah” in Massachusetts; “Visiting in-laws? Slow down, get there late,” from Ohio; “Don’t drive Star Spangled Hammered,” from Pennsylvania; “Hocus pocus, drive with focus” from New Jersey; and “Hands on the wheel, not your meal” from Arizona, the report said.
Staten Island is no stranger to whacky messages on local traffic signs.
Back in 2012, a portable message sign, usually used to alert motorists of lane closures, was instead issuing a “zombie alert” for several days.
Apparently, a prankster gained access to the message sign at Arthur Kill and Woodrow roads, and changed the wording to suggest zombies were staggering around the neighborhood looking for a bite.
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