Highway Signs

I don't know if I've blogged about this before but there are highway signs down in the Miami area that are similar to the highway signs that were in Stamford and both served the exact same purpose, show flash messages about how bad traffic is. Very useful if you don't listen to the radio a lot for traffic information, not like the information they give you on the radio is all that accurate anyway.

When I lived in Stamford, the sign would always update with new info about whats happening on I-95, like traffic is backed up until exit 22 which I knew was Fairfield so I would take alternate routes so I could get to my destination faster. They have traffic signs in the Miami area as well on both I-95 and I-75 but with a slight difference...... it doesn't give you traffic information!! I've been commuting to work in Miami for a good 6 weeks now and the only thing that it has ever told me is to buckle my seat belt because its the law in Florida. I'm assuming a few hundred grand of tax payer money went into putting in these electronic billboards to show traffic info and the best they can do is to tell me to buckle up. What a waste of resources! If it showed traffic data, I think things might flow more smoothly in the mornings, like that 5 lane closure this morning, I bet that wasn't on the traffic board for people heading north bound on I-95 until they were stuck in the huge mess that developed this morning.

Only 30 minutes to lunch time, can't wait!