Contemporary traffic safety messaging that is focused on familiar ... for the efficacy of their safety programs. The funny signs might not have worked, but they allowed DOT staff to look like ...

So what happens when you come across funny road signs that force you to do a double take? Perhaps it isn’t clear what the sign is warning you about or asking you to do. Or perhaps the message is ...

Overhead electronic signs with "obscure meanings, references to pop culture or those intended to be funny" will be phased ... law enforcement, traffic safety engineers, civil engineers and ...

You’ve likely seen the funny electronic ... electronic road signs? A waste of time. Many states, Illinois included, have used the popularity of humorous signs to promote highway safety.

New Jersey had a message for drivers who might be thinking of hitting the road while under ... rein in usage of the signs, arguing there’s no evidence humor improves safety — and might create ...

Despite new recommendations to axe funny road signs, Delaware’s roadway humor ... be humorous will be allowed if it supports traffic safety, which the administration sees as a top priority.

As most of us learned from our parents or in driver's education, being behind the wheel of a car is serious business. When we're out on the road, we need to maintain situational awareness.

If the aim is to improve road safety, let’s make sure that messaging is accomplishing this or, at a minimum, not making matters worse. That may mean that funny signs eventually disappear ...

(For example, unique bumper stickers, creative license plates and funny road signs.) Whether they are traffic signs warning you of water close by (with a certain squid-like creature featured), a ...