"prison area: do not pick up hitchhikers" roadsign photo?

Question

This sign always makes me laugh and i pass it whenever I drive through Michigan coming from Canada, somewhere on the way to Detroit and I was wondering where I could find a picture of it. I couldn't find anything when I did a google image search.

**guess i forgot to add that i live in connecticut and only drive out there once a year

Answer 1

I am not sure why it is funny. The signs are trying to warn you not to pick up hitchhikers in the event that they have escaped.

Here is one of those signs in Texas, near Houston:
http://static.flickr.com/3/4006755_cc0b8312cc.jpg?v=0

Here is another one in Illinois:
http://static.flickr.com/40/97408340_2d942bd34c.jpg?v=0

Here is another one (I think in Colorado):
http://static.flickr.com/65/198313497_57cb6a6533_o.jpg

Here is another one in Washington, near Gig Harbor:
http://k43.pbase.com/u16/generale/upload/20180205.RoadSignsPlatesCorrFacilityNoHH_P80200018.jpg

Here is another one (not sure where it is located):
http://static.flickr.com/33/41569010_851ada44c3.jpg?v=0

Here is a similar one (not sure where it is located):
http://static.flickr.com/11/12255839_d4cf444b19.jpg?v=0

Here is another one in Texas (small and difficult to read):
http://www.expresswaysite.com/gallery/Texas/TX99/tx_99_1975.jpg

They are found thoughout the United States and Canada, even in Connecticut. There is a sign near near Danbury, CT that warns "FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION DO NOT PICK UP HITCHHIKERS".

I found a post from Beth ( http://theholeyourein.blogspot.com/2005/11/kansas-part-i-road-trip.html ) where she writes: "The funniest road sign I've ever seen was the one near a Connecticut penitentiary, something to the effect of "State prison 1/2 mile, do not pick up hitchhikers.""

So, they are obviously in Connecticut, too.

Answer 2

No Hitchhiking Road Sign

Answer 3

Well, I can't help you with that. Might I suggest pulling over, next time you see the sign and taking a picture of it?

Answer 4

Yeah, we have them too (in Washington.) Maybe there's a prison in CT that you could drive near enough to find one.

Answer 5

I have searched as well i can't find one for you sorry...

Answer 6

The roadsigns really wanted to swear at the roadrunners, not the road users.... I think.

Answer 7

if you pass the sign why don't you take the picture?

Answer 8

they are funnny.