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Two roadwork signs on Long Island were hacked in what appeared to be pro-Donald Trump messages. […] The portable Highway Department sign on Route 25 in rural Suffolk County asked drivers to “Vote For Donald Trump.” Another state Department of Transportation sign was hacked on Ocean Avenue in Ronkonkoma reading “Trump — Suck One Hillary” before it was removed. Many who saw the sign were outraged. …

Gov. Pat Quinn today signed a bill into law preventing state officials from putting their name or likeness on taxpayer funded signs. The measure was a response to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision years ago to plaster his name on nearly three dozen signs on the Illinois Tollway at what Quinn said was a cost of almost $500,000. "Sometimes there are those in politics and public office who want to glorify themselves at public expense, and I don't think that's right, I don't think the public feels that's what Democracy is about," Quinn said during bill signing ceremony at the Cermak...

LUBBOCK, Texas: A hacked electronic highway sign in northern Texas carried a warning not seen much since the American Revolution. On Friday, the sign briefly flashed: "OMG The British R coming. They R watching you." KCBD-TV reported the electronic sign was in a construction area in southwest Lubbock.

It is believed to be a first in Western New York. A traffic sign alerting drivers that there is a child in the area with autism. Take a trip down Sargent Drive in the town of Amherst and you will no doubt see the traffic sign. It's a warning sign that there is a child in the area with autism. The Amherst Traffic Safety Board put the signs on the street Wednesday morning. The father of Sawyer Aston, 8, took the idea of installing a traffic sign on their street to town officials several months ago. The idea was researched...

Despite ardent opposition to Gov. Rick Perry's Trans Texas Corridor transportation plan, the political arm of the Texas Farm Bureau has decided to endorse Perry's bid for re-election. "It's not just about the corridor. We will continue to oppose it, and will kill it if we can," farm bureau spokesman Gene Hall said Friday. "(But) the farm bureau is not a single-issue organization." Perry, the son of West Texas tenant farmers, has worked well with the farm bureau on other issues such as water rights and the government seizure of private property known as eminent domain, Hall said. Officially, the...

<p>The latest government manual on how to make clear and safe markings on and near roadways includes suggestions of fluorescent pink signs, large print on road signs for older drivers, and "animated eyes" to caution pedestrians at intersections.</p> <p>The 2003 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is used by transportation agencies when they design traffic signs and signals.</p>