Crossing sign gives pedestrians the middle finger

An electronic crosswalk sign near the Maple Street Bridge in Spokane is apparently showing its disapproval of either the weather and / or local drivers by giving people the middle finger.

The crossing sign, located in downtown Spokane in the northbound lanes of Maple south of the Maple Street Bridge, has been somehow modified so when the ‘Don’t Walk’ hand is displayed, only the upraised middle finger is visible.



City of Spokane spokesperson Marlene Feist says that street department personnel think the electronic sign may have snow somehow wedged into the sign, obscuring all but the palm and raised middle finger.

Feist added that clearly the display is “unintentional.”

With news video. Many thanks Aaron!