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New Yorkers outraged as bureaucrats order city to change lettering on every single street sign
NY Daily News ^ | 9/30/2010 | ANDREW PHILLIPS & PETE DONOHUE

Posted on 09/30/2010 8:00:45 AM PDT by Qbert

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To: Qbert

“The Federal Highway Administration says the switch will improve safety because drivers identify the words more quickly when they’re displayed that way - and can sooner return their eyes to the road.”

That might be true at interstate or highway speeds but on city streets - come on.


61 posted on 09/30/2010 8:26:27 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their federal funding!)
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To: Qbert

Looking into my crystal ball.....

I see all the signs are changed to the new font.

I see the mayor writing a check for $27 million.

I see.... I see...

A bureaucrat deciding he doesn’t like the color green.


62 posted on 09/30/2010 8:27:14 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Qbert

Is this going to mandated nation wide? Let me guess: our stimulus dollars at work?


63 posted on 09/30/2010 8:28:37 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: edcoil
exactly!

that is the FIRST thing I thought of too!

It is NO coincidence that Warren Buffet was one of Obama’s advisers when the Democrats pushed through the healthcare bill which requires everyone to buy insurance like the kind Buffet sells through his Geico insurance unit.

This is just another case of the government ordering us to buy the products of those that donate to their elections.

64 posted on 09/30/2010 8:32:39 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Qbert

It is 100% certain there will be a follow up to this story about all the newly repainted signs with spelling errors, incorrect street/avenue names, signs mounted upside down or mounted on the wrong street.


65 posted on 09/30/2010 8:33:01 AM PDT by Iron Munro (I prayed: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it - He sent the Obamas.)
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To: Qbert

Wait until they have to change them all to Arabic.


66 posted on 09/30/2010 8:33:08 AM PDT by crosshairs (If I agreed with a liberal, then we would BOTH be wrong.)
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To: Qbert

Look at the areas where you have the highest population of liberals. You also have the highest number of laws and regulations, highest tax rates, highest costs, highest debt, and highest crime rates. This is the result of a Liberal utopian society.


67 posted on 09/30/2010 8:34:07 AM PDT by Wee-Weed Up
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To: Qbert
I am just surprised they didn't require them to be done in braille also and placed lower so that blind people could reach them!

*shakes head*

68 posted on 09/30/2010 8:34:44 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Iron Munro

“It is 100% certain there will be a follow up to this story about all the newly repainted signs with spelling errors, incorrect street/avenue names, signs mounted upside down or mounted on the wrong street.”

;-)


69 posted on 09/30/2010 8:35:27 AM PDT by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Maybe a little bit of a delusional theory.

Maybe a republican mole in the DOT trying to get everyone mad at the democratic fools in charge.


70 posted on 09/30/2010 8:35:51 AM PDT by ThomasThomas (I still like peanut butter)
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To: kcvl

This hillarious because in our city the EPA has told the city that it can no longer dump limbs and brush on a piece of land it owns.. it has to be taken to the dump or recycled!


71 posted on 09/30/2010 8:37:01 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Qbert
The $27 million figure is BS.

Being familiar with construction, I know if will cost far more than $110 per sign. It would require several men to travel, set up ladders/platforms at thousands of locations and work at heights. The signs would also have to be placed at the proper locations and orientations.

When all the mistakes, accidents, union fighting and regulations are done with, I’d be surprised if it only costs $100 million. Then add a few giant city lawsuits from people or ambulances getting lost due to sign mistakes.

Every day, I feel more like I shouldn’t have left the USSR. Rather depressing…

72 posted on 09/30/2010 8:37:28 AM PDT by varyouga (Obama doesn't care about white people!)
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73 posted on 09/30/2010 8:38:25 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: brktxpyr
Not to me.

When you read all caps you have to read the letters. When you read mixed case your brain can get a snapshot of the shape of the whole word, which helps you recognize it faster. Take the word "SHAPE" which is just a rectangle and "shape" which has the ascender of the "h" and the descender of the "p" to help faster recognition. You may not notice it since it happens pretty much subconsciously, but this is scientifically established for those raised in Western languages.

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE IT WHEN YOU TYPE IN ALL CAPS.

We prefer things in mixed case since it's more readable.

This is why typing the occasional word in all CAPS helps emphasize. It's not just because it's bigger, it breaks the normal mixed case flow and instinctively makes you read the letters more carefully.

Yes, I'm a typography nut.

74 posted on 09/30/2010 8:40:03 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: All

Ohio alone spent $1 Million on stimulus road signs:

http://minx.cc/?post=297907


75 posted on 09/30/2010 8:43:26 AM PDT by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Wonder who’s uncle owns a sign making company?.


76 posted on 09/30/2010 8:44:38 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: varyouga

“The $27 million figure is BS.
Being familiar with construction, I know if will cost far more than $110 per sign. It would require several men to travel, set up ladders/platforms at thousands of locations and work at heights. The signs would also have to be placed at the proper locations and orientations.

When all the mistakes, accidents, union fighting and regulations are done with, I’d be surprised if it only costs $100 million. Then add a few giant city lawsuits from people or ambulances getting lost due to sign mistakes.”

—Great point!


77 posted on 09/30/2010 8:45:29 AM PDT by Qbert
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To: DManA
Looking into my crystal ball..... I see all the signs are changed to the new font. I see the mayor writing a check for $27 million. I see.... I see... A bureaucrat deciding he doesn’t like the color green.

Welcome to the world of the graphic designer. Just be glad they didn't put the "O" logo on each one.

78 posted on 09/30/2010 8:45:55 AM PDT by ponygirl (TEA people: First we take out the RINOS. Then we finish off the Socialists.)
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To: lacrew

[ Not just NYC. Its the front page story here in Topeka, KS today. Its a federal rule change...our local county has asked ‘what if we don’t change the signs?’. Nobody knows the answer yet...probably some sort of fed funding will be withheld. ]

Federal Funding = Federal Control


79 posted on 09/30/2010 8:46:12 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Mr. Silverback

ahh yes, obama frosting to cover stale bread.


80 posted on 09/30/2010 8:57:40 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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