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Texting while driving
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1st sign should read TEXT AND DIE. Need another that says IDIOTS DO IT.
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Anyone else see the amazing irony in that second one?
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Hopefully it's photoshopped
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Likely a lot of wrecks just past that sign. Ed
I enjoy the humor of the signs. I am truly amazed (I guess I really shouldn't be) at the number of people I see texting (or potentially just check their phones with other activities/social media/etc). At any given stoplight, I can look around and at least 1/4 to 1/2 the people can be observed looking down (granted, they are stopped, but often times I'm behind them and they sit at a green light).
Similarly, I have been passed on the interstate (I drive about 75 in a 70 mph zone) by people with their hands on wheel holding their phones texting as they drive. Of course, just last week, I passed a gentlemen driving down the road and he had what appeared to be a manual of some sort on the steering wheel while he was driving - so it doesn't even take electronic media.
I've talked with some of my coworkers, and they admit to texting while driving - usually, just because they can. I urge them not to. I tried it one time, just to see if I could, on my 1/2 mile long dead end road. I couldn't stay between the ditches. I rarely even talk on the phone while driving, mostly just because it's annoying to me.
Enough of my soapbox message.
Good luck and take care.
Similarly, I have been passed on the interstate (I drive about 75 in a 70 mph zone) by people with their hands on wheel holding their phones texting as they drive. Of course, just last week, I passed a gentlemen driving down the road and he had what appeared to be a manual of some sort on the steering wheel while he was driving - so it doesn't even take electronic media.
I've talked with some of my coworkers, and they admit to texting while driving - usually, just because they can. I urge them not to. I tried it one time, just to see if I could, on my 1/2 mile long dead end road. I couldn't stay between the ditches. I rarely even talk on the phone while driving, mostly just because it's annoying to me.
Enough of my soapbox message.
Good luck and take care.
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Maybe it's a police sting, which would be great, text them, they track the number & send a citation:thumbsup:
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Doing some checking, the second billboard is Photo-shopped -- 17 Counterproductive Public Service Announcements.
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Until I bought my current F150 with which I can answer calls or make calls without taking my hands off the steering wheel, I just wouldn't use my cell phone at all when driving. Whether it was receiving or making a call, I just got out of traffic and stopped to use the cell phone.