Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon be disappearing from highways and freeways across the country. The U.S.

It’s no joke. Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has given states two years to implement all the changes outlined in its new 1,100-page manual released last month, including rules that spells out how signs and other traffic control devices are regulated.

Administration officials said overhead electronic signs with obscure meanings, references to pop culture or those intended to be funny will be banned in 2026 because they can be misunderstood or distracting to drivers.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    94·
    11 months ago

    Good thing the locks on them are shitty and that they don’t usually ever change the default password from ‘DOTS.’

    If the default password doesn’t work, ‘DIPY’ as a password supposedly resets the password to the default ‘DOTS.’

    Citizens, together we can keep jokey signs on the roads.

    Also, for a joke:

    Ain’t no Federal Highway Administration in the Constitution!

    States Rights!!!

    • ramble81@lemm.ee
      2·
      11 months ago

      States rights, federal money… that’s how they got the drinking age increased and the speed limits passed: “do it or we’ll yank your federal road money you get”