12.28.09 - 10:00AM
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Jed Stoneham

Hacked STOP Signs (Photos)

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While it may be illegal to deface traffic signals for a variety of reasons (violent car crashes), these stop signs feature a clever line or cliché that includes the word stop. They may not be the world's coolest bus stops, but they might make you think twice before rolling through an intersection.

It's hard to stop at every stop sign you see, especially if the sign's behind a bush or tall people crossing the street. Officials in Oak Lawn, IL tried to change things by modifying the city's stop signs to be a little more eye-catching. In the fall of 2007 they added one-liners like, "Stop means that you aren't moving." to their signage, but the Illinois Department of Transportation pointed out the changes breached safety standards and requested their removal. The signs were removed in April 2008.

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1.03.10

By Melissa

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It's always nice to laugh 1st thing in the morning!

1.03.10

By EmJ

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i wish one said "Don't stop 'til you get enough"

1.03.10

By sunny

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Some of these signs were very funny.
I remember them from this same story on AOL a while back.
I think the state made the locals take them down.
That sucks.
It was clever and amusing.
Oh well......

1.03.10

By Angi

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I don't know why these were taken down over safety standards. You HAVE to stop at a stop sign lmao GEEZ i love them, they're way cool

1.03.10

By Betty

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You got to be kidding! You meant to tell me that no one sees anyone doing this? Either you don"t care that it is happing or your blind. Most people barely slowdown for stop signs never mind stop. So they don't have the time to look at it anyway. If maybe these kids that don't have anything else to do, wereturned in and punished maybe we would have a little less to worry about.

2.17.10

By Carisa

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Just because you don't have a sense of humor doesn't mean the rest of us need to get rid of ours. And, as stated in the story you obviously didn't read, most of the signs were from a town that altered their own official stop signs in hopes of creating a more amusing and eye-catching safety feature, thus creating a safer intersection where those signs are placed.

The only people the rest of us worry about are people like you.

1.03.10

By Wendy

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My favories were the 3-way one and the "Stop Right There Pilgrim". *giggle* Hats off to whoever did this.

1.03.10

By William

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There used to be a stop sign down the street from me that said "STOP" and under that "BUSH".

1.03.10

By Skisher

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Bah ha hah! Some of these are genius!

1.03.10

By sugarear

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so, if a city official defaces public property it's not considered vandalizing

1.03.10

By Liz

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I think someone should put on a STOP Sign...STOP Drinking and Driving.....then people will listen

1.03.10

By Chris

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This certainly isn't a new trend though, as the top of the article claims. I've been collecting pictures of altered stop signs for 20 years.

1.03.10

By Hi boppy!

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Theres on i saw that said STOP and then in blue spray paint under STOP it said Bush!

1.03.10

By James Norman

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I've totally done the whole Don't Stop Believin' thing before, but the sign isn't hanging up (it's in my room... a friend took it for me from a junk pile? It's bent like someone ran it over.)

I've also see the HAMMERTIME! Ones all over Troy, NY x3

1.03.10

By bella

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hahahahah!!! Stop in the Name of Love and Don'tStop believin

1.03.10

By ashleigh

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OMG there's a graffitied stop sign by my house that says "Don't Stop Believin'" It's one of the reasons we picked this certain house to buy! I love Journey!

1.03.10

By bobbie

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what ever happened to one i remember..stop= step toe on pedal.

1.03.10

By jessica

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I think it's funny. Really does it affect the stop sign? No. You would have to be really dumb to NOT know that a stop sign mean stop!

People need to lighten up. There are too many uptight people that don't know how to laugh!
After all life is way to short as it is.