ROAD SIGN NUISANCE.

The New York Times
November 19, 1922

A protest against the defacement of the highways by road sign billboards is voiced by the American Automobile Association.

"I believe that the road sign billboard should be abolished," said President George C. Diehl. "These signs serve as a distinct menace to motorists, especially when they are placed, as many of them are, at a sharp curve or a road intersection. A motorist driving along the highway and approaching such sharp curve or road intersection wants to see what is around that curve or down the intersecting road much more than he wants to see a huge sign advertising somebody's ties, patent medicine or chewing gum.

"With the general trend of opposition to billboards developing over the country, as indicated by letters received by the association, it can be but a question of time until the American public will take things into its own hands and find some means for the abatement of this nuisance."