"HWY XING" on bike path?

[squirrelitude]

I'm really kind of baffled by the new HWY XING sign where the Somerville Community Path crosses a dead-end road near Alewife:

Is this the result of some misguided legislation or city ordinance?

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[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

We yelled "HEADS!" because it told everyone to look out for something coming at their head, without any relevance as to what it was. Same idea.

In that way "TRAFFIC!" would work, but "XING" seems like a short version of it. XING should have been sufficient b/c it covers "PED XING:" be careful not to hit pedestrians, and "HWY XING:" be careful not to /be/ hit.

Boy, you type xing enough and it start looking like an alternate spelling to Zing!, which might be the problem.