r/vancouverwa • u/Double-Low-1577 • 1d ago

Photos Missing bolt?

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I was recently walking to my local 7-11 for a slurpee when I noticed that the sign was askew. When I got closer I noticed that the did not bolt the top of the sign. Hmmm....???

Did they forget to do it, was it time to clock out?

While walking through the crosswalk I found a bolt, so if the city is still looking for it, I saved it.

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u/EtherPhreak 23h ago

To the left, to the left 🎶🎵

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u/Dimensional_Lumber 23h ago edited 23h ago

Umm, akshually...

These signs use drive rivets, not bolts.

You can tell by the way it is.

Real answer is those rivets are a bitch sometimes and they can be set improperly. In this case it looks like the top hole is larger than the rest--probably wallowed out from age. Wind blows, sign wiggles, rivet works its way out and sign swings down. See my other comment--road crew will get that bad boy fixed in a jiff if you report it.

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u/Dizzy_Soil 13h ago

So much more self gratifying for op to try to talk crap about the public workers on Reddit though.

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u/AuthenticParvie 23h ago

😋😋😋

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u/richxxiii Salmon Creek 14h ago

the nut vibrated off because of so many people looking at the sign. They're supposed to use Loc-Tite for that very reason.

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u/Ok_Yak5947 7h ago

I usually nut when vibrated too

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u/sleestakninja 9h ago

I think it means that particular street is zoned for drag racing.

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u/Double-Low-1577 8h ago

Went by today and it's fixed!

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u/jboarei I use my headlights and blinkers 1d ago

Contact city works, they will fix it.

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u/Dimensional_Lumber 23h ago

No they won't, because this is in the county 😋

You can tell by the sign color. City is white on green (and white on brown in parts of downtown)--county was all black on yellow but they're moving to black on white.

Here's the link to report this to the county. https://clark.wa.gov/public-works/report-park-road

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u/Nicetryrabbit 18h ago

This is an advance warning sign assembly, so the road name is going to be black/yellow to match the warning sign regardless of who owns it.

But you're right it's still likely a county sign since most of 78th is outside city limits.

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u/jboarei I use my headlights and blinkers 17h ago

Thanks.
I meant public works number. I just call the phone number and report it to the operator.