The Sign Picker 🛑⛔️🔶◻️🟡🟩🚦 (@thesignpicker)

Replying to @lillie 🤍 Here is your best way to acwuire a traffic signal. #streetsign #streetsigns #trafficsign #trafficsigns #roadsign #roadsigns #highwaysign #highwaysigns #oldsign #oldsigns #antiquesign #antiquesigns #signpicker #picker #signshop #streetdepartment #signcollector #signcollection…

Maybe if I squint it will make more sense. #sign #driversed #rules #design #error #hobby #collection #fyp

One of the biggest questions I get about my sign collextion is, “Did you steal all those??” No. There are legal means of obtaining both new and used traffic signs. Here are four of them. #streetsigns #trafficsigns #roadsigns #highwaysign #oldsigns #publicworks #signcollection #signcollector

Years ago, a sign manufacturer paid to advertise on my website by giving me store credit, which I used to add signs to my collection — including this non-MUTCD-compliant Falling Rocks warning sign. Living in Indiana, where mountains aren’t exactly plentiful, this was one sign I wasn’t likely to…

Only one traffic sign has this unusual shape. But why? Its history, placement, and even whether it’s required might surprise you. #history #engineering #design #vintage #driving

My original video about two conflicting LANE ENDS signs sparked plenty of conversation, but I still stand by what I said. In this follow-up, I’m explaining why two signs that appear to say the same thing actually communicate two very different messages. #standard #rules #convention #signs #driving

Sometimes traffic signs are printed or posted incorrectly. Here is how to tell if the SLIPPERY WHEN WET sign is posted the right way. #signs #design #rules #standard #details

THANK YOU 🙏 to Marvin Joles for having me on his @inthemixmj podcast to talk about my traffic sign collection! The episode just dropped!! Marvin is a business owner and podcast host, interviewing guests in the asphalt industry and beyond. He graciously invited me on to chat about my collection, my…

The familiar yellow traffic signal warning sign has been around since 1971, but its history goes back even further. Let’s look at how the SIGNAL AHEAD sign evolved from words to symbols, and why you might still find an older version posted along the road today. #trafficlight #history #didyouknow…

Me: it’s not hoarding if it’s clean and well organized, right? RIGHT??!! #hoard #vintage #organization #signs #old

Two traffic signs posted in the exact same spot warn drivers about an upcoming lane ending, but they actually communicate two different messages. One is a standard MUTCD advance warning sign, while the other is an Indiana-specific sign that’s supposed to be placed where the lane actually ends…

There are two completely different ONE WAY signs in the MUTCD — and they mean exactly the same thing. So why did traffic engineers decide we needed a second design? #sign #design #transportation #driving #rules

This neighborhood watch sign features the Crime Prevention Triangle (desire, opportunity, victim), Boris the Burglar, and a padlock and chain, all on one panel sponsored by the local police department. This clip is part of my longer video that showcases signs that are sponsored by clubs and…

I thought this yellow diamond BRIDGE OUT sign was a standard traffic sign. I was wrong. These signs have been used in multiple states — and you can still buy them brand new today — but this design isn’t actually in the federal MUTCD. Even stranger? Some sellers identify it as a W4-15, even though…

When a “collector” stares directly at the sun, but never in the mirror. #hoarder #vintage #signs #collector #taylorswift

Before MUTCD standardization, some signs were sponsored and posted by independent automobile clubs — and didn’t even read from top to bottom. Here is a 1950s (potentially earlier) era CAUTION SCHOOL CROSSING sign that pre-dates today’s pentagon, and reads center-top-bottom. #chicago #sign #design…

My heartfelt response to a few complaints on recent videos. #signs #vintage #video #edit #sound

The YIELD sign has been part of American roads for decades — but it didn’t always look the way it does today. Here’s where it started, and how one of our most recognizable traffic signs evolved. #design #sign #tulsa #history #transportation

Random Things I Get Excited About as a Sign Collector: hanging up a new sign in my sign shop. I salvaged this hand-painted EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL sign before it was trashed, cleaned it, and got it up off the floor. #vintage #salvage #sign #design #handpainted

A few weeks ago, I shared what happened when the hard drive containing six years of my Sign Picker content crashed — and this is the follow-up. I’m not telling you what it cost to recover the data, but I will show you all the traffic signs I could have added to my collection instead. #vintage…

Vintage home movie footage from 1996, heading from Hammond, Indiana into East Chicago, including the now-gone 9-span bridge, signs and route shield assemblies, and cars from the 1990s. #vintage #eastchicago #indiana #signs #hanmond

People are always asking where I find my traffic signs — and garage sales can be a great source. I picked up these two for just $20, and it turns out they’re both non-standard signs with very different stories. #garagesale #vintage #signs #standard #driving

The STOP AHEAD sign has changed quite a bit over the years. Older versions spelled out the warning — and some even said STOP SIGN AHEAD. Today, the W3-1 uses symbols instead: an arrow and the familiar red octagon of a STOP sign. It’s a great example of how traffic signs have evolved to communicate…

You can drive through this entire intersection in about 20 seconds. But it takes 26 traffic signs to get you through it. This is the new roundabout at West Main Street and St. Francis Drive in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It officially opened in August as part of a larger project that extended the…

Why do OM3 object markers need separate right and left versions? A few people asked why you couldn’t just turn one upside down and use it as the other. It seems like that should work. There’s a reason it doesn’t. #signs #design #engineering #road #driving

You’ve probably driven over thousands of railroad crossings. But one simple flip of the two RAILROAD CROSSING panels can turn a correctly installed sign into one that’s wrong — and you may have never noticed the difference. #Railroad #sign #design #vintage #collection

When stop signs changed from yellow to red in 1954, the old signs didn’t all disappear overnight. This unusual sign from my collection shows one way the transition happened — and preserves two different eras of stop sign design in a single sign. #stop #sign #design #vintage #driving

Sometimes, I point out what’s wrong with a sign. This time, I’m giving some credit where it’s due. New Welcome to Fort Wayne signs have been installed along major routes into the city this year, and I think they’re really well done. From the typography and layout to the color, city seal and Fort…

PSA: Make sure you always back up your digital files. 🤦🏻‍♂️ For perspective, there are worse things — just south of me, people lost their entire homes due to flooding this past weekend. This isn’t nearly as bad… but it still sucks. #IT #computer #video #vintage #contentcreator

A compilation of comments telling me that my collection is illegal. Others thinking they’re cute and encouraging people to just take signs off the road. 💀 Please don’t. Be sure to check out my previous video on how to obtain decommissioned signs legally. It can be done. #vintage #signs #illegal…