Want a stop sign of your very own? Tired of replacing stolen traffic signs, Sharon, Mass., has decided to put them up for sale.
"If we made them available, people might chose to buy them rather than requisition them at midnight," said Public Works Superintendent John Sulik.
Sulik blames teenagers for the epidemic of disappearing signs. Despite efforts to put them high enough to be out of reach, more than 70 signs were stolen last year, costing the town more than $3,000, he said.Sharon, located about 15 miles southwest of Boston, makes its own street signs and will charge sign buyers $20 each. The town buys its traffic signs from a Boston company and will sell the popular stop signs for $27 and speed limit signs for $20, Sulik said. So far only one adult has ordered a sign.