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Street sign cost vs Govt Mandated GPS?

Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:10 pm
Posted by captainahab
Highway Trio8
Member since Dec 2014
1680 posts
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.

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 by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
27523 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:13 pm to
Or, the government can just stay out of our lives.
Posted by OKellsBells
USA
Member since Dec 2016
5264 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:13 pm to
Oh great, another government mandate that is for our own good.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
10308 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:13 pm to
quote:

Or, the government can just stay out of our lives.


I smell a marijuana smoker.
Posted by captainahab
Highway Trio8
Member since Dec 2014
1680 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

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 by OKellsBells
USA
Member since Dec 2016
5264 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:18 pm to
quote:

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 by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
62212 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:20 pm to
HA-HA, you need a GPS unit with an irritating voice to show you where to go. You don't have a wife?
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
43531 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 1:54 pm to
What if you're deaf? SOL?
Posted by SaturdayTraditions
Down Seven Bridges Rd
Member since Sep 2015
3383 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:01 pm to
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
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
46420 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:11 pm to
What about every bridge that has multiple



Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa-Here to Serve
Member since Aug 2012
17361 posts
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:40 pm to
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.
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