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New big blue signs in SoWal

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I don't get it. The FDOT must require a sign announcing which county you are in when you cross a bridge. Sounds like a crock of crap to me.


I have to agree with you on that one SJ. If you are going to come up with some excuse, at least make it plausible. Blaming FDOT for a sign that makes people think they are in a new county is just wrong.

They could change it to "Welcome, you are still in Walton County!"
 
From WZEP news:
"In other TDC related action, Titus said the TDC board recommends a new contract with Bohan and told the commissioners they are looking at the height and a landscaping issue for the new Wayfinder signs. Titus was asked about some beach communities opting out, specifically Alyce Beach. Titus said Alyce Beach is not a beach community. She was also asked about the sign near the Clyde Wells Bridge saying ?Welcome To Walton County? and about the rest of the county. Titus said this is due to the FDOT?s required wording and noted there are other signs going up around the county, including the north end."

Ms. Titus needs to rethink that response. Watercolor and Watersound aren't "beach communities" either by her definition,....I think the answer is Alys didn't want a big ugly blue sign, unfortunately the one posted just west of their boundary still imposes on the pristine development....

Dave R., I love you!:clap:
 
I didn't even want to get into that. If Alys Beach isn't a Beach Community, is it a 30A Community? Prominence doesn't even have beach front land, but Alys does. Seaside doesn't want the public to access the beach in front of their property, yet they are called a beach community? I don't get it. One would think a person in the roll of the head hancho at the TDC would be skilled in public relations.
 
I don't know Dave personally but I am glad to see his informative and helpful posts regarding the signs. Hopefully, the readers and residents of South Walton will follow up with emails and calls to the parties who can get a fix going for the ugly signs. Talk must be combined with action and I personally know one of the posters in this blog will be an action oriented champion. Go, Janshops!!
 
As I sit hear reading through some threads, it occurred to me that we could have tiny signs which would work very nicely. Problem is, we need to get our autos up to speed with onboard computers. So here is the idea, you have a sensor in your car which is able to receive information from a microchip when you go past a "sign." The sign might even be underground, so as not to interfere with view or other things. Depending on the sign, the State, County, or even TDC might program the info on the sign. People could even install their own signs on their rental houses, at the mailbox, listing the address, website, and other public info they wanted people passing buy to know. Restaurants and businesses could also buy in to the system. From your car, you would have a computer screen, maybe with split screens, so that you could see the signs most recently passed. For example, one could choose to see the speed limit, name of road currently on, or cross street most recently passed, street addresses of properties which you are passing, businesses names, town/city/state/zip. Each screen would have at minimum, the road hazard signs, stop/yeild etc, and speed limits. On top of that, the user could block everything, or pull up all of the info to show simultaneously. Maybe a voice announcement would be good too. Even invisible billboards could work, notifying people of upcoming restaurants, gas stations with current prices, or restaurants with lunch specials and prices, etc. One could go as deep in their search for info as they wanted to, going straight to each business's website. blah, blah, blah. I'll take ten percent of the profits if anyone wants to bring the invisible signs to fruition.
 
As I sit hear reading through some threads, it occurred to me that we could have tiny signs which would work very nicely. Problem is, we need to get our autos up to speed with onboard computers. So here is the idea, you have a sensor in your car which is able to receive information from a microchip when you go past a "sign." The sign might even be underground, so as not to interfere with view or other things. Depending on the sign, the State, County, or even TDC might program the info on the sign. People could even install their own signs on their rental houses, at the mailbox, listing the address, website, and other public info they wanted people passing buy to know. Restaurants and businesses could also buy in to the system. From your car, you would have a computer screen, maybe with split screens, so that you could see the signs most recently passed. For example, one could choose to see the speed limit, name of road currently on, or cross street most recently passed, street addresses of properties which you are passing, businesses names, town/city/state/zip. Each screen would have at minimum, the road hazard signs, stop/yeild etc, and speed limits. On top of that, the user could block everything, or pull up all of the info to show simultaneously. Maybe a voice announcement would be good too. Even invisible billboards could work, notifying people of upcoming restaurants, gas stations with current prices, or restaurants with lunch specials and prices, etc. One could go as deep in their search for info as they wanted to, going straight to each business's website. blah, blah, blah. I'll take ten percent of the profits if anyone wants to bring the invisible signs to fruition.

That's a great idea until someone runs off the road reading a historical marker.

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As I sit hear reading through some threads, it occurred to me that we could have tiny signs which would work very nicely. Problem is, we need to get our autos up to speed with onboard computers. So here is the idea, you have a sensor in your car which is able to receive information from a microchip when you go past a "sign." The sign might even be underground, so as not to interfere with view or other things. Depending on the sign, the State, County, or even TDC might program the info on the sign. People could even install their own signs on their rental houses, at the mailbox, listing the address, website, and other public info they wanted people passing buy to know. Restaurants and businesses could also buy in to the system. From your car, you would have a computer screen, maybe with split screens, so that you could see the signs most recently passed. For example, one could choose to see the speed limit, name of road currently on, or cross street most recently passed, street addresses of properties which you are passing, businesses names, town/city/state/zip. Each screen would have at minimum, the road hazard signs, stop/yeild etc, and speed limits. On top of that, the user could block everything, or pull up all of the info to show simultaneously. Maybe a voice announcement would be good too. Even invisible billboards could work, notifying people of upcoming restaurants, gas stations with current prices, or restaurants with lunch specials and prices, etc. One could go as deep in their search for info as they wanted to, going straight to each business's website. blah, blah, blah. I'll take ten percent of the profits if anyone wants to bring the invisible signs to fruition.
Or people could just pay attention to basic road signs and landmarks and figure out to get from Point A to Point B! :roll:

Seriously, at some point we need to draw the line. The level of signage and coddling is ridonkulous. Either people are suffering from such severe cases of cranial rectal inversion that they need a babysitter or they need to actually put some effort and brain cells into their daily activities and decisions.
 
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