Safe driving is a concern for anyone that gets behind the wheel of a car, but one Illinois town went a little too far in its effort to promote the rules of the road. In order to get drivers to pay attention to stop signs, the village of Oaklawn, Illinois put up several humorous signs below stop signs, but the Department of Transportation rule that they were actually in violation of federal code.
In all, the witty signs were placed near or under 50 stop signs throughout Oaklawn, according to FoxNews.com. While the signs don’t seem like that bad of an idea, the Department of Transportation ordered that the signs be taken down or Oaklawn would lose federal funding.
The total cost of the project was $1,700, but Joe Taxpayer won’t be footing that bill. 3M actually funded the project as the company planned to use the signs in a promotional brochure.
05/02, 4:08 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
I don’t see anything worng with it. Whats wrong with a little humour in such a dreary @$$ time in our country. The gov’t should have all their stupid $H!T they do stopped instead of being hypocrites about something this harmless.
05/02, 4:14 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
thats right whats wrong with humor
hell i would have made
STOP
it’s hammer time!
05/02, 4:25 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
STOP!!! They’re killing me….Not
05/02, 4:44 PM
posted by:
Madcapp
Those stupid signs are distracting and should have never been put up in the first place.
05/02, 5:18 PM
posted by:
TOZO
Damn feds.
05/02, 5:24 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
“Fire phasers, Mr. Sulu!”
05/02, 6:37 PM
posted by:
tzu13
“Those stupid signs are distracting and should have never been put up in the first place.
Comment by Madcapp, posted on May2 at 4:44 pm”
My long-held position on all stop signs and speed limit signs
05/02, 11:52 PM
posted by:
stick2clutch
There go our tax dollars. I’m sure somebody got a nice kickback for that stupid idea.
05/03, 4:26 PM
posted by:
MySi89TuNeD
i live in chicago but have friends in oak lawn. these signs are harmless and add some style to the dead town. nothing wrong with a joke every hear and there and people STOP and read them which means they dont run the stop signs.
05/03, 5:28 PM
posted by:
iglesias294
stick2butt, read the ****ing article dip****.
05/03, 5:52 PM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
Too bad. Conservative tight-asses win again.
05/03, 8:10 PM
posted by:
gitcypher
STOP!
Colaborate and listen.
… sorry, but I had to.
05/03, 8:11 PM
posted by:
gitcypher
* ll
05/05, 8:51 AM
posted by:
MB63AMG
I feel that people would still run them so I don’t believe the town would have “efforts of the road” to get drivers to pay attention and STOP. Anch’io they seem dumb and “witty.”