Painter didn't know when to stop

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This pavement marker would be a good spot for a DUI checkpoint. The view is to the south on College Avenue at Arrow Highway in Claremont. The crosswalk lines aren't much straighter.

8 Comments

Ramona said:

Are budget cuts responsible for the rash of goofy traffic signs you're seeing? Have you just become more aware of your surroundings?

I never see goofs because my eyes are glued to that giant SUV headed my way. I guess life is simpler in the roads you travel and that would make observation easier.

Keep 'em coming!

[I would hope there aren't any more messed-up traffic signs, but there probably are. -- DA]

Scott in R.C. said:

Looks like the painter may have had his nose a little too close to the paint bucket. Those fumes will make you do funny things, from what I hear.

marc c. said:

i've seen that on quite a few older pomona streets, around the railroad tracks east of downtown.

i always thought it was from large trucks basically wearing out the roads on hot days.

[Hadn't thought of that, but that makes sense. -- DA]

shirley wofford said:

I've been walking across that intersection weekly for the last year, and I am always chuckling to myself when I see those lines. I do hope that it was a machine malfunction and no one got written up.

I assume that by the end of the week there'll be a throng of Tea Partiers (read: 3) on the corner of College & Arrow protesting this grievous waste of guv'mint paint & claiming that Obama's failure to ensure non-wavy crosswalks for all is evidence that we need to keep healthcare in the hands of the insurance companies.

Bob T said:

Did Cheech & Chong enter the private sector on some type of ROP program?

Desdave said:

Looks like someone took a little too much Alice D. before painting!

JohnTee said:

It gets very hot in SoCal, and the hot tar/blacktop flows downhill. This is extreme, but it's pretty common.

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