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A New Traffic Sign
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| 6/28/2007 6:18:52 AM
| Claudine Ewing, Reporter
Posted on 03/22/2008 12:41:56 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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I was driving in Massachusetts last weekend and I saw one of these and while I have great sympathy for those who have children with Autism I could not help but chuckle at this. Wouldn't be enough to put up a Caution sign indicating children at play? What next? Mentally handicapped crossing signs?
Claudine Ewing reports
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:41:57 PM PDT
by
Maelstorm
To: Maelstorm
The sign should actually have nothing printed upon it.
To: Maelstorm
Wouldn't be enough to put up a Caution sign indicating children at play? Of course not. Everyone would ignore it, just as they ignore speed limit signs and stop signs.
Maybe this one will actually affect a driver, since they could imagine the whopper lawsuit if they hit the autistic child. I've never seen a sign like this, but I've seen "Deaf Child" signs. The principle is that a deaf or autistic child will not respond to the sound of a car horn.
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:46:19 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
To: Maelstorm
And just exactly what is a driver expected to do,
or expected to expect the autistic child to do?
They auto-attract to autos, and then auto-explode?
______
Today’s Governmint School damaged drivers
likely don’t even know what the word means.
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:48:44 PM PDT
by
Boundless
(Legacy Media is hazardous to your mental health)
To: Maelstorm
What’s next? “Child with ADHD Area?
To: Tax-chick
Maybe this one will actually affect a driver, since they could imagine the whopper lawsuit if they hit the autistic child. I've never seen a sign like this, but I've seen "Deaf Child" signs. The principle is that a deaf or autistic child will not respond to the sound of a car horn.and the other presumed principal is that most drivers will toot the horn and figure that's warning enough for any child, not following up to see if the child continues to chase the ball into the street but proceeding on without regard for the child's response.
Right? That's the only scenario under which a sign like that makes sense; unless, of course, tweaking the emotions of the driver somehow makes him better able to avoid running children over.
To: Maelstorm
We have these:
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:53:16 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
To: Boundless
When I see signs like
Speed limit 20 when children are present
I really don't know what to do. What if there's one hiding behind a bush. How close to the sign do they have to be before they're present?
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:54:55 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Maelstorm
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:55:02 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Senator McCain, what did GWB promise you back in 2000? And you believed him? BWAHAAAAA!)
To: Comparative Advantage
This is as annoying as those Baby On Board signs used to be.
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:56:19 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: All
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:57:26 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(More Maiden coming up in a few months!)
To: Maelstorm
When women ask me what my sign is, I tell them “Slow Children At Play”....
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:57:45 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...William Frank Buckley, Jr., November 24, 1925-February 27, 2008, R.I.P.)
To: Maelstorm
"But officer, it's Wednesday!"
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:58:32 PM PDT
by
gorush
(Exterminate the Moops!)
To: Maelstorm
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posted on
03/22/2008 12:59:03 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Never accept the mark of the Hillary beast)
To: the invisib1e hand
unless, of course, tweaking the emotions of the driver somehow makes him better able to avoid running children over.Maybe it will. Maybe (miracles happen) he was already driving the speed limit, stopping at stop signs, and using caution because he's in a residential area. If so, the sign hasn't hurt him a bit.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:00:37 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
To: Maelstorm
My wife says we need a sign, “Grouchy Old Man In Area”.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:02:56 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
I can understand a 'children at play' or children in area. and definitely a 'def child' sign in appropriate places. What is a person to do about an autistic child sign, get a DB check on your exhaust before driving by. Better check those squeaking fan belts and brakes too!
To: big'ol_freeper
To: All
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:05:23 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(More Maiden coming up in a few months!)
To: Tax-chick
I’ve got a cousin who lives in a “Deaf Child Area”. I always activate my flashing stobe light when driving through this area.
Got another cousin who lives in a “Bi-Polar Victim” area. I have extra meds ready.
Got another friend who lives in a “Schizophrenic Affected Person” area. First I drive one way, then I drive another.
Got a brother who lives in a “Beer Addled NASCAR Fan” area. I always take an extra six pack and a bag of pork rinds when I go there.
My sister lives in a “Sensitive, Progressive, Environmentally Concerned, Gentle, Anti-Bush War Peacenik” neighborhood, I always take an extra gun and some Claymores when I go there.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:05:33 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam. TWP VRWC)
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