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Street sign cost vs Govt Mandated GPS?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:10 pm
Looking at all the very large Interstate Signs (“I-10 to New Orleans”) and even the smaller local street signs (name of the street), I looked up the cost of these signs. Here is what I found:
Sign panels:
* Regulatory/Warning/Marker: $15 to 18 / sq.ft.
* Large Guide Signs: $20 to 25 / sq.ft.
* Electronic Variable Message Sign: $50,000 to $150,000 each
Sign Posts:
* U-Channel: $125 to $200 each
* Square Tube (Telespar): $10 to $15 per foot
* Large Steel Breakaway Posts: $15 to $30 per foot
* Cantilever Sign: $15,000 to $20,000 each
* Sign Bridge: $30,000 to $60,000 each
Foundations:
* Square Tube: $150 - $250 each
* Breakaway Post: $250 to $750 each
* Cantilever / Bridge: $6,000 - $7,000 each
These are just raw material costs and excludes labor.
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Given theses costs, would it not be cheaper that the Government (us) mandate that all automobiles come with GPS within the next x years? I am not talking about Stop or Yield signs, just signs that are directional.
Portable GPS systems start around $90 but am sure the units that are integrated into your car are significantly more but holy crap, the cost of these street signs are incredible.
Am I missing something in my logic?
Sign panels:
* Regulatory/Warning/Marker: $15 to 18 / sq.ft.
* Large Guide Signs: $20 to 25 / sq.ft.
* Electronic Variable Message Sign: $50,000 to $150,000 each
Sign Posts:
* U-Channel: $125 to $200 each
* Square Tube (Telespar): $10 to $15 per foot
* Large Steel Breakaway Posts: $15 to $30 per foot
* Cantilever Sign: $15,000 to $20,000 each
* Sign Bridge: $30,000 to $60,000 each
Foundations:
* Square Tube: $150 - $250 each
* Breakaway Post: $250 to $750 each
* Cantilever / Bridge: $6,000 - $7,000 each
These are just raw material costs and excludes labor.
Source
Given theses costs, would it not be cheaper that the Government (us) mandate that all automobiles come with GPS within the next x years? I am not talking about Stop or Yield signs, just signs that are directional.
Portable GPS systems start around $90 but am sure the units that are integrated into your car are significantly more but holy crap, the cost of these street signs are incredible.
Am I missing something in my logic?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:13 pm to captainahab
Or, the government can just stay out of our lives.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:13 pm to captainahab
Oh great, another government mandate that is for our own good.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:13 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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Or, the government can just stay out of our lives.
I smell a marijuana smoker.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:17 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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Or, the government can just stay out of our lives.
Well last I checked, the Government (us) is paying for the signs. I am just looking for a way for the Government (us) to save money.
My GPS is telling me all the same stuff the signs are telling me.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:18 pm to captainahab
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Am I missing something in my logic?
Yes. You don’t understand that government regulation is what inflates the price of street signs.
I’m okay with letting the car companies compete to provide GPS service.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:20 pm to captainahab
HA-HA, you need a GPS unit with an irritating voice to show you where to go. You don't have a wife?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:54 pm to captainahab
What if you're deaf? SOL?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:01 pm to captainahab
Government official* - "Oh hey look, Saturdaytraditions just sped, turned the wrong way down that one way street, and is currently at the home of a well known drug dealer...lets just send him a ticket or shut his car off."
ME*- Well frick
ME*- Well frick
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:11 pm to captainahab
What about every bridge that has multiple
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:40 pm to captainahab
And when the Russians take out our satellites we wont be able to go anywhere.
Hell I cannot remember any phone numbers since the smartphone came out.
Hell I cannot remember any phone numbers since the smartphone came out.
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