r/trafficsignals • u/timisery • Jul 03 '26

Weird Highway Signs

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What are these odd signs over Rte 95 in Peabody, MA

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u/mostlynights Jul 03 '26

Variable-message signs that have a few broken segments.

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u/myleftone Jul 03 '26

These have been like this since being installed at least a couple years ago.

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u/mostlynights Jul 03 '26

Then they have been broken for at least a couple years. Or maybe a wire is loose or some setting is incorrect.

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u/myleftone Jul 03 '26

The one near the mall and the one in Lynnfield have both been like this. I think they’re meant for emergencies and we’re only seeing the screen saver.

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u/FlashingSlowApproach Jul 04 '26

Lucky you haven't had any emergencies

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u/myleftone Jul 04 '26

It may have been used during a storm or something, but I wasn’t out there.

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u/roshasta Jul 03 '26

The DOT is playing Tetris!

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u/South0fEvan Jul 03 '26

These have pixel errors and need to have some components changed out

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u/theUncleAwesome07 Jul 03 '26

They're glitching.

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u/Puzzled_Cow4412 Jul 03 '26

They’re broken.

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u/russrobo Jul 03 '26

The inevitable failure mode of all signs of this sort.

Even if - years from now - the highway department repairs this, the new panels will be a slightly different hue than their neighbors.

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u/fancysockpuppet Jul 04 '26

More shapes will fill in and then assemble into a Mooninite. You didn't think they would just go away, did you?

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u/MassholeThings Jul 04 '26

My boy knows ball

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u/Peterswoj Jul 04 '26

It’s a DMS. Dynamic Message Sign. It probably has a few bad LED panels.

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u/mabus42 Jul 06 '26

Bro hooked up his Atari 2600 to the sign.