Lee Horne
Posted Jan 5, 2008 9:56 PM
tlhorne
Gilbert, LA
Post #: 12
Remember, maximum visibility with minimum risk of removal.
Remember, ant hills are your friend. The ants soften the dirt and allow QUICK easy placement of a sign with the added benefit that few will approach it to remove it. Just be quick in placing it.

Look for places where herbicide has been used to clear the grass and brush. That way mowers will not take down the sign.

With that in mind, where a high traffic road ends in a T with another road, directly across from the entering lane AND across the ditch. (Remember if you have to work to place it someone else has to work to remove it and vandals are generally lazy.) If you have 2 signs available, one for left turning people and another one for right turning people.

The end of the off ramp from any major highway, again 2 signs so left or right turns will have to look directly at the sign.

Areas where traffic gets stopped or slowed are always good, city limits where the speed drops. Check out the line of sight from the warning sign to the lowered speed limit sign. Place a sign in that sight path.

School zones, remember hundreds of voters park for HOURS every day waiting to drop off or pick up children.

Rail road crossings, how many times have you sat looking around for something to distract you from the boredom of waiting for the train to clear?

Do not place a sign anywhere near where someone needs to look left or right to see on coming traffic. Do not block visibility of traffic.
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