The Cone Epicentre...    

Traffic cones, signs, and other strange photos, from our original research as well as the work of thousands of interested parties from around the world.

If you want some idea of what provoked this, check out the page that started it all.

(9/8/1999) Original entry in the Conetest

(1/19/2000) Even more traffic cones, here!

(2/27/2000) More traffic cones on Quito Road

(4/1/2000) Only a few safety cones here.  El Camino Real/San Antonio Rd in Los Altos/Mt View.

(4/2/2000) Another strange speed limit sign, and a cone puzzle.

(Added 5/13/2000)  Joe Manfre's Swimmy Cones! (which, however, doesn't seem to contain any photos anymore)

(Added 5/22/2000)  A lesson in Ineffective Cone Deployment.  Also, some Unusual Cones.

(Added 7/30/2000)  Usenet posts about black cones, and the latest news about Kibo's NEA grant.  Some cone damage, and miscellaneous cone scenes.

(Added 10/1/2000) Arlo's site and latest cone photos

(Added 11/12/2000)  Be careful of a girl who has the boold of orange cones in her mouth and the bodies of animals between her teeth. In other news, see some more of my local cones, as well as a recent hunting trip.

(Added 11/13/2000)  Battles between shopping carts and cones reported here.

(Added 1/16/2001) revjack's National Zoo photos (there is an orange cone in there, if you search for it)

(Added 6/9/2001) Dag Ågren: Some pure evil for your enjoyment

(Added 1/27/2002) The results of the September 1999 Conetest have finally been announced!

(Added 6/27/2005) I found these traffic cones at Kristina Spurgin's site "Champignon Art".

(Added 10/20/2005) Here are links to some old content that is not specifically about cones -- but if you look hard, who knows, you might see some! BART Tanforan construction SPUI interchange Hillsdale construction BART Millbrae construction Light Rail

(Added 8/3/2006) There are always orange cones on Flickr

(Added 12/22/2006) Courtesy of Ljutefisk Geist on a.r.k. ... Sneaky orange traffic cone amidst barrels

(Added 1/25/2007) Our partner site The Western Syndicate directs our attention to a bad job opportunity

(Added 3/22/2009)  A sign of the downfall of the newspaper industry? What is that cone doing there? (Boston Globe)

(Added 4/5/2009)  Cones finally make it to GraphJam

Thanks as always for your contributions.

Would you like your cone-related link here? Send me email at cones.epicentre.net@gmail.com. We are interested in posting any candid photos of traffic cones (also known as safety cones). Because someone has to. The Internet is supposed to contain everything, after all.

Last modified 5 April 2009