The relatively new stop sign installed at Webster St. and Hope Avenue is nearly invisible to those of us driving smallish sedans — the top of my windshield is about 40 inches off the ground, while this sign is mounted 11 feet (132 inches) off the ground:
Worcester has a notorious aversion to following the MUTCD regulations & guidelines about signage, but for those who are curious, the MUTCD recommends that signs like these be mounted between 5 feet & 7 feet off the ground, depending on whether it’s in a rural area or business/residential. By those standards, an ideal place to mount that stop sign might have been just below the Hope Avenue street name sign.
That Hope Avenue sign, by the way, is about 7 feet off the ground. A good height, but the way the blade is turned makes it almost invisible to those coming to the intersection from Auburn.
Hi Nicole,
Maybe they are worried about really, really tall pedestrians?
Nice MUTCD reference, btw.
Sorry I didn’t get back to you about the retroreflectivity ruling. I am still studying it. I don’t think recent signs will have to be replaced again. Only at the end of their useful service life, but I have to dive more deeply into all the requirements and changes.
Love the font photos.
That intersection is being converted to a roundabout this summer. I guess that means that YIELD signs will be posted 10 feet high instead of stop signs.