Why 'punny' signs on Texas highways could soon be a thing of the past

Texas Wants to Know

21-02-2024 • 11分

Texas drivers have become accustomed to seeing highway signs that read "All you need is love and a seatbelt" or "Only Rudolph should drive lit." But earlier this year, the Federal Highway Administration announced new guidelines discouraging the use of "punny" messages on those signs. To learn more about the effectiveness of these signs and why the Federal Highway Administration is discouraging them, Texas Wants to Know visited with Dr. Kara Kockelman, the Dewitt Greer Centennial Professor of Transportation Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.