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‘420’ Mile-markers Changed to ‘419.9’ to Avoid Theft by Stoners

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday August 25 2015, @09:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the up-in-smoke dept.

"exec" writes:

For reasons lost in the mists of time - or possibly to impared memory function - the number ‘420’ is code for pot. As such, mile markers and other signs bearing that number have become targets for trophy-hunting cannabis enthusiasts.

To combat this expensive annoyance, the State of Idaho has turned to to strategic inaccuracy, labeling their at-risk mile-markers a tenth short to become less appealing to would-be thieves.

-- submitted from IRC

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @09:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @09:44PM (#227800)

    There's just one milepost 420 in the state: US-95 runs North-South along western Idaho, so it manages to have nearly 500 miles. No other Idaho highway has the length. Am told it is similarly rare in other states (many don't have any 400+mile highways)

  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Tuesday August 25 2015, @11:25PM

    by mendax (2840) on Tuesday August 25 2015, @11:25PM (#227851)

    We in California several many 400+ mile long highways, I-5 (which is a hair shy of 800 miles long), CA 99, US 101, and US 395 (although part of it runs into Nevada before re-entering California), but it's one of the few states that does not use such mileposts. The mileposts you do see are based on mileage the highway runs in the county, not the state. This should not surprise out-of-staters; we've only recently installed exit number signs on most freeways, and even then it was done at a leisurely pace, as part of a sign replacement project running years.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2015, @03:19AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2015, @03:19AM (#227947)

      That must be hell on commercial drivers. They rely heavily on both every place I have had business to know.

    • (Score: 2) by WillR on Wednesday August 26 2015, @08:25PM

      by WillR (2012) on Wednesday August 26 2015, @08:25PM (#228253)
      If you're trying to steal mile marker 420 in a state where there's a town named "Weed", you're doing it wrong anyway.

      • (Score: 2) by mendax on Wednesday August 26 2015, @10:34PM

        by mendax (2840) on Wednesday August 26 2015, @10:34PM (#228313)

        Well, that's a different story. And there is also a town called Rough and Ready. Sounds like a gay sex club.

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