Federal Killjoys Tell States To Stop Putting Jokes In Highway Signage

The Federal Highway Administration says states have two years to clean up their act

JALOPNIK By Bradley Brownell

January 12, 2024

An arm within the U.S. Department of Transportation called the Federal Highway Administration has declared that joke time is over. New guidance has been issued on interstate traffic-safety messages: “Signs should avoid language that uses pop-culture references or humor.” These DOT punks say the signs can be distracting and should only be used for pure information delivery. There’s nothing the feds can’t take the joy out of, eh?

Apparently these jokey signs with popular culture references have been bothering the highway overlords for a few years now, as a draft of the pending update to the FHWA’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices dates back to 2021.

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