Hacking the Highways

cindy writes "LA artist Richard Ankrom got fed up with the terrible signage on the Harbor Freeway. Rather than wait for CalTrans to do something about it, he decided to take matters into his own hands. He carefully made additional signage and added it to an existing freeway sign. The results were so good that no one, including CalTrans, noticed for months! The LA Times has an article including some of the video shot by the artist to document his "crime.""

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Smoots

[Weasel Boy]

http://web.mit.edu/museum/fun/smoots.html

Re:Similar to MIT?

[Raetsel]

Perhaps it is the "Smoot"-ing of the Harvard Bridge you refer to? It's only off by 2 letters...

And yes, the local police do use the marks as references when writing accident reports.

You ought to read "If at all Possible, Involve a Cow." -- it's about college pranks, and has nice sections on both MIT and Caltech. A nice afternoon's diversion, at least... motivation for one's own college prank career at the worst.