Safety Alert! Blocked Stop Signs, Proceed With Caution

We've spotted them about town, we're sure you have, too — stop signs, street signs, "Do Not Enter" signs covered by overgrown trees and foliage.

Brandon Patch editor Linda Chion Kenney months ago posed the question on Facebook, "Is it just me, or are there WAY too many stop signs obstructed by foliage?"

In asking that question, she hoped Brandon Patch readers would join in the conversation about how prevalent such a sighting is throughout the town and whether others view it as a safety issue.

Arlene VonderPorten Jacobs apparently was of like mind.

"...have people send in pictures of stop signs and post the name of the street corner," she said. "See if it gets anyone's attention."

Reader Melissa Cohagen noted in her post a very real accounting of the danger posed with overgown foliage blocking from view a local stop sign in Bloomingdale. She noted at the time that motorists who had not seen the sign would "blow through it, and get a citation from the police sitting there waiting for them."

In jest, a reader asked: "Patch is now anti-tree?"

To which Cohagen added, "If it creates an unsafe hazard, we should be'anti' anything and everything."

Click through these most recent photos, snapped throughout the Bloomingdale-Riverview area. Upload your own photographs as well.

You can also report obscured or damaged signs to the county by calling 813-635-5400 or by emailing at info@hillsboroughcounty.org.

Let us know your views on the matter in the comment box below. We'll use this post as well to collect photos of stop signs obstructed from view by overgown foliage.