So we're driving home and I noticed a new sign on the side of the road on Route 6 on Cape Cod. It was a mile sign. I'm not talking about one of those little 2 x 6 single-digit green rectangles on a post, put there, i'm sure, to occupy your mind on long drives through such mundane landscapes as kansas or nebaska. This thing was a HUGE sign. I'd say it had to be 14 x 18 inches or so. It was a big green sign with typical white letters: "Mile 66.""Odd" I thought. They need such a big sign for a mile marker. But, that wasn't the oddest part. It wasn't that they had the need to make every mile sign bigger and extremely conspicuous, but about 5 seconds along I saw another one... "Mile 66.1" ... Now THAT was ODD! Sure enough, there was one every TENTH OF A MILE the same size, marking every 10th of a mile that you'd passed since the last. Now I ask wha.. WHA... What FOR??! The only thing Amy and I could come up with was it was some kind of government work project to stimulate our dead economy... but really... REALLY! Do we really need a reminder that we're not where we want to be EVERY SIX SECONDS??? And what a waste. (photo is the next day going the other way, so multiply the waste by 2)
Any other ideas what this is for?
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Hey, a new post!!
My guess, you may be in for a change in the way they do addresses out there, like the Florida keys, everything is done by mile marker (my folks' place was in Marathon, MM50 .... ) just a thought.
Or, here's an idea, check out your local newspaper ... link to the story here ...
http://tinyurl.com/lrpge3
The Google, it's magic!
Here's the gist,
"State officials hope that new mile marker signs installed along Route 6 and other highways in Massachusetts will help emergency responders find motorists faster. But some drivers say the signs, which appear every fifth of a mile, will only help the companies that were paid to install them"
I'm here to help.
Yeah, I did see that story... I think it came out on the 18th... I meant to add to my notes, but never got to it... so yeah... that's the story. Pretty big waste if you ask me.
yeah.
A waste of taxpayer money.
uh, that surprises you, in Massachusetts?
what you guys put up with :-)
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