MANCHESTER, Mo. - St. Louis County highway officials are crediting a 6-year-old boy with giving them some direction on making their road signs more accurate.
KTVI-TV says first-grader David Hindes apparently noticed that a sign in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester told motorists that a single curve was ahead rather than the multiple twists and turns that actually unfold.
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The boy repeatedly complained to his parents about the discrepancy until his dad suggested he take action. The boy wrote a letter to highway administrators who called him the next day to tell him he's right.
The sign has since been updated.
His attentiveness - and persistence - won him a tour of the county shop where signs are made.
David Hindes' mom says he was so happy, it was as if he had visited Santa's workshop.