When I first started driving over 55 years ago, GPS (The Global Positioning System) was something out of science fiction. To get from point “A” to “B,” you would keep a road atlas, gas stations would ...
When you’re driving down the highway, you naturally pay attention to traffic signs. But do you ever think about why they look the way they do or why they’re a certain color? Take the green ones. Green ...
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Ever wonder why some signs in the Triangle tell you you're traveling in one direction when you're really going the other way? The signs don't agree with your GPS, or a map, and they ...
Dear Readers: Here’s a column originally published in 2012. Dear Johnnie: A couple of questions I’ve wondered about while driving on road trips — Question 1: You pass a highway sign stating the ...
HERE IN HANOVER. THEY’RE CRANKING OUT UP TO 100 SIGNS A DAY, AND THEY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT NOW THAN THEY USED TO. FROM THE STREET YOU LIVE ON, TO THE HIGHWAY YOU DRIVE TO WORK, AND THE WARNINGS ...