[Wright is right!]

Took him two years of planning and execution, just to make up an I-5 sign to exact DOT/Caltrans specs? Heck, you can buy(if you know where to look) interstate highway sign BLANKS and add your own numerals and reflectors. They make 'em in all the standard sizes, one of which is the size CalTrans used on this signage.

So, this "artist" lamented that it would take TWO YEARS to get CalTrans to change the signs. How, 'zackly, is it better that HE changed the sign - and it took HIM two years?

Michael

[no-s]

The art part is - it's performance art? Because he made it all by his lonesome? As far as it taking two years - CalTrans was never, never, never, never going to fix it.

This exposes an interesting issue - City and State traffic engineers, following rigid specifications and regulations, routinely do bonehead stuff more often than not. When called on it, they always saying they were doing the best they could do, given the situation.

Why is there always a "no u-turn" when you get to the logical place to back-track after following erroneous sign directions? Sometimes you are forced to drive several miles on main streets after a minor error (reinforced by confusing signage), or exit the city center, or drive through neighborhoods full of kids, all in order to obey the signage.