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How to navigate highway signs without a GPS

Even without GPS you can stay oriented and drive confidently on unfamiliar highways and byways to get where you're going.
A Mississippi highway safety sign with a reference to Taylor Swift's hit song "Anti-Hero."Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Transportation The US Federal Highway Administration is banning ...
Road signs are the one constant when driving across our wildly diverse country. That’s because America’s roads and highways have a big, fat style guide. Driving across America today, you will ...
(WHTM) — Now that you know why highway signs are green, It is time to dive into another highway sign question. Why are some signs in one font and other signs in another font? Before that question is ...
If you ever wondered why the signs that you see on the highway, particularly green, here are some safety-based reasons you ...
“Don’t drink and drive.” They’re called Variable Messaging Signs, or VMS. And they’re meant to help keep drivers safe. But on ...
(NEXSTAR) – Only those with an acute attention to detail have noticed something wonky has been happening to signs on U.S. freeways and interstates over the past several years. Federal highway ...
Adopt-a-Highway signs are a ubiquitous fixture on United States roadways, and there’s a good reason why: States save millions of dollars each year by turning over trash pickup to groups that actually ...
We must drive past hundreds of road signs a day — thousands if we're on a road trip. And while most signs are pretty basic: Stop, yield, pedestrian crossing, every once in awhile we come across a ...
Before that question is answered, let’s talk about the history of highway sign fonts. The main typeface seen on signs for many decades is called “Highway Gothic.” This typeface is defined by the ...