I call bullshit on the RFID and GPS
It's the ol' "Buying the Protected by ADT Security yard sign is cheaper than buying the security system" trick.
Yeah, I've seen the city computers running windows XP... no way they equipped a sign with GPS and have someone swapping out the battery.
To be honest, as long as they're not on an external network, it doesn't matter what OS they are running as long as it runs the needed software.
There are massive industrial CNC machines running on even older Windows systems than XP because the software won't work on a newer OS. There's no reason to upgrade if it means having to replace a massive multi-million dollar machine.
In Yellowknife, there's a road called "Ragged Ass Road" and that sign gets stolen so often that they started selling the signs in gift shops to reduce the theft rate. Which is super clever ;)
Good thing nobody wants your little red sign.
They should lean into it and sell horneytown rd merch
I'm good, I've already got a sign.
There's a town of Horneytown and Horneytown Rd here in North Carolina. Heard that the country store there does just that, selling shirts and whatnot. I'm guessing the road signs disappear around there frequently too.
And Horneytown isn't far from Climax, NC.
A la Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
There is a town in Austria which was called Fucking and now it's called Fugging. Seems like the residents couldn't take it anymore
Fugging shid :-DDD:D
Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to Horneytown Rd. I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more.
I don't think the highway 69 signs in my state are GPS tracked, at least they weren't when my girlfriend stole one years ago.
They could just, like, rename the stupid road. I imagine the kids who live on it get teased about it constantly.
The city of Liverpool just started painting Penny Lane on the side of buildings and walls to keep people from stealing the signs.
