Is there anything that says you're in New Jersey better than the construction barrel?

There are certainly other candidates for a new state symbol, like the legendary New Jersey pothole. The problem with the potholes getting this honor is that, for the most part, they're seasonal, so we sometimes don't see them for a while.

Then there's the toll booth, a true legend here in the Garden State. The concern about this as the symbol is that EZ Pass has all but gotten us to forget we're even paying tolls until we check our account.

My vote is for the construction barrel, the true visual symbol that tells you you're 20 minute commute just became 45 minutes. It's the ultimate reminder that otherwise normal, decent people will get within a centimeter of the car ahead of them to prevent you from exiting a lane that is now closed. Yes, the very same people who bought Girl Scout cookies from your kid or donated 25 bucks to that charity walk you're doing this Saturday.

The construction barrel is the universal sign that a good mood has turned bad and in New Jersey that almost always leads to some very awkward anonymous potty mouth.

And let's not forget, we spend more time with the construction barrel than we do with our own family. And yet we pay no tribute to them. That ends today. Hail the construction barrel!

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