Like many other news outlets, Milwaukee's WTMK reports on a "new" rule regarding street signs. Lots of people are upset by this "new" rule requiring changes in street signs and characterize it as frivolous because it deals with font size and capitalization. The rules were changed in 2003, the changes aren't merely cosmetic, the changes do not need to be completed until 2018, and the changes in letter can be phased in over time.
In other words, it is not the case that some faceless bureaucrat woke up this morning with a bad hangover and sent a sternly-worded letter to everyone in America, who is responsible for street signage, and told them to change everything now with no explanation.
The Manuel that appears to guide this stuff is here. It's worth thinking for a moment of the advantages arising from a Uniform Vehicle Code and a uniform set of traffic signs for people who move about the country in the service of industry, commerce, and seeing their relatives back home, as opposed to crouching in the basement in fear of the police ripping you outdated street sign from your cold dead hands.
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