Safety
Sign Theft: A Surprisingly Dangerous Crime
Use Drive Rivet to Stop Signs Theft We’ve all seen it: a stolen street sign hung in somebody’s dorm room or basement. It’s a standby for college students. Sign theft is distressingly common. But it’s still a crime. Of course, sign theft can compound into other problems. Steal an electric fence warning sign, and someone […]
SmartSign Commemorates Men and Women in the Armed Forces This Memorial Day
May 28, 2012 — In honor of Memorial Day, SmartSign features a series of products commemorate veterans. Each year on the last Monday of May, Americans are called to spend the day reflecting on those who have died in the line of duty, patriotically serving their country. A little extra Marine Pride on this day. (Via MyParkingSign.com)
This Week in Signs — Edible, Floating, Instated and Missing
Friday, May 24, 2012 — Leo Ilyayev, manager of Ilya’s Barber Shop on Lispenard Street, which will be receiving new street signs this week from the city. (DNAinfo/Julie Shapiro) “Lost” TriBeCa Street to Get New Signs Business owners on Lispenard Street, a two-block road in TriBeCa, are overjoyed that their street will finally emerge from obscurity […]
Silicon Valley Executive Arraigned In Bar Code Scam
Thomas Langenbach allegedly manufactured his own barcode tags, to steal Legos. May 23, 2012 — Thomas Langenbach, the vice president of SAPS Labs Integration and Certification Center, was arraigned yesterday on four counts of second-degree burglary. Langenbach, 47, allegedly manufactured his own barcodes to slap on boxes of Lego toys at Target Stores all over […]
Friday Five: Your Weekly Sign News Roundup
The Tennessee Department of Transportation hopes its new sign campaign will make drivers more focused and alert. (The Tennessean) Friday, May 18, 2012 — Highway Fatality Signs Alert Motorists to the Dangers of Distracted and Unsafe Driving The Tennessee Department of Transportation has started a jarring new highway billboard campaign that reports the annual roadway fatalities in […]
Alabama Department of Transportation Grants Temporary Tornado Shelter Signs in DeKalb County
One of the signs designed by DeKalb locals to warn residents of the impending tornado. May 17, 2012 — DeKalb County schools Superintendent Charles Warren witnessed the devastating impact of the tornado that touched down in the rural region April 27, 2011. In the weeks prior to the disaster, the Federal Emergency Management […]
Friday Five: Sign Theft, Safety, and Language
Did Caltrans employees steal signs like this one? Former Caltrans employees accused of stealing signs Five former employees of the California Department of Transportation are being held in the Monterey County Jail on $1 million bail. Their crime? Claiming overtime, and stealing highway signs. This is not funny. At all. And especially not the fact […]