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Say goodbye to jokey electronic sign messages on American highways.
It’s always been kinds fun spotting silly, well-meant jokes flashing on the displays of the electronic signs posted along the sides of American highways.
But out of a desire to minimize distracted driving, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration has set a 2026 deadline for states across the country to stop programming quippy messages into their signs, and stick to “simple, direct, brief, legible and clear” information about driving only. Womp womp.
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