SEATAC, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Transportation says a training error is responsible for an unusual message that appeared on one of its traffic signs on I-5 Tuesday.
Reddit user Bruceinc, who first posted the photo of the sign, which said "U SUCK," commented on what he thought might have happened.
If I had to take a guess it's probably a worker messing around while doing maintenance on the sign. You can see the work trucks to the right of the sign in the photo.
WSDOT says it is taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again.
The message appeared on a traffic sign on I-5 approaching SR 518 near SeaTac.
After the post caused a flurry of amused comments on Reddit, WSDOT responded, apologizing for the "inappropriate message" that was "clearly a mistake" caused by a "training error."
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