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glass semi-sphere reflectors i“cat’s eyes”) were used with the letters STOP. In 1953, reflective sheeting was in use, so headlights lit up the sign at night. And in 1954, the stop sign received its federally sanctioned octagonal shape, with white letters on a red background and a white border.
Where do our signs come from? VDOT has a Regional Sign Shop in Culpeper. Ray Gore is in charge of the sign crews and sign fabrication. In an interview, he told of the shop turning out some 100,000 square feet of signage a year for the Culpeper District. This is equal to 2.3 acres; half the floor area of an average WalMart Supercenter.
Twice a year, in the spring and the fall, his crews drive the arterial and primary roads of Rappahannock County: Route 211, Route 522, and Route 231. They drive in the dead of night with headlights on high beam. This picks up flawed signs; signs that do not reflect well due to damage by gunfire, paint balls, graffiti, advertising, bending, whackdowns, theft, etc. These are then replaced.
The highest priority for replacement is any damaged stop sign. Once made aware of such a sign by State Police, Sheriff Deputies, VDOT personnel, or the public, a truck with two men is dispatched, no matter the weather, to replace the sign. A new stop sign costs $30, the post $15, and labor and transportation to and from the site amounts to about $55. Total cost to replace a whacked-down stop sign: about $100.
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