'U Suck' Highway Sign a 'Training Error,' WSDOT Says in Apology

"U suck," read an electronic highway sign on I-5 in Washington on Tuesday in what the Washington State Department of Transportation called a "training error." 

Ruslan Koslov caught an image of the sign just before Exit 154B on his dash camera at about 1:37 p.m. and posted it to Reddit, Q13Fox reported.

The driver enhanced the image with Photoshop “because my dashcam screengrab was a bit hard to read,” but said the message was “not faked,” The News Tribune reported.

The WSDOT confirmed the image was real, telling Q13 Fox, “This was an inappropriate message and we apologize if anyone was offended. This was due to a training error and clearly a mistake. We are taking steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”

Twitter users were quick to see the humor in the mistake.

😂 that’s awesome. Don’t be too hard on them @wsdot everyone needs training

— KyPineda (@ZoZeLuZe) April 18, 2018

We love our @wsdot They are the best in the nation!   If I had seen that, I would have laughed, gives some levity to the annoying mainline slog. 😂

— NeonMidori (@NeonMidori) April 18, 2018

wheres the lie tho

— Grumpy Socialist (@jivejiverson) April 18, 2018

The truth hurts

— Jay (@Jay01762060) April 18, 2018

I mean...the employee should be reprimanded, but if someone's actually bothered by it they should probably lighten up

— Ridley Jones (@TheRidleyJones) April 18, 2018

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