U.S. Sen. Angus King is urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to keep humorous highway signs.
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, King said the clever signs get the message across.
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“As a cosponsor of the Road to Zero resolution in the Senate, I believe that implementing proven measures to reduce traffic deaths should be among the foremost responsibilities of the DOT. However, that does not include a ban on signs which through humor or wit attempt to give their messages a bit of fresh tread; I hope we can avoid a head-on collision on this,” King said in his letter
There were 171 fatal crashes on the highway in 2022, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.