The city’s transportation department is removing the vulgar signs, which resemble speed limit signs, from at least four locations. Police are investigating.
BOULDER, Colo. — The transportation staff for the City of Boulder were dispatched out to the city streets on a special mission Tuesday afternoon – to remove illegally posted traffic signs in at least four locations.
The signs use some choice words for drivers, asking them to put their cell phones down, avoid distracted driving and obey the posted speed limit. Boulder Police said they don’t know who posted the signs or when they were posted. The Boulder Daily Camera first reported on the signs Tuesday.
The signs offer similar sentiments using foul language.
Boulder Police spokesperson Dionne Waugh said the signs look professionally made and the transportation department had to find a special tool to remove the signs from the posts. She wasn’t sure if the city’s team would get to remove all of the signs Tuesday night.
The illegal signs that the city is aware of were posted at four locations:
- Table Mesa Drive and South Broadway
- 28th Street and Jay Road
- 28th Street and Palo Parkway
- 28th Street and Diagonal Highway
9NEWS found another illegal sign posted at 28th Street and Cordry Court.
Boulder Police said they are investigating the incident as “criminal tampering,” and asked anyone with information about the illegal signs to call non-emergency dispatch at 303-441-3333.
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