Posted on 11/03/2013 3:30:59 AM PST by LD Jackson
One warning label which I would like to see in every voting booth in the country would post a label showing Hiroshima and Detroit in 1945 and today with a warning that continuous Democrat rule would do more long term damage than a nuclear blast.
Probably cuz some one hit one and the libs in the area(local gov) thought it would help but the biggest reason is it made THEM feel good
We moved from South Florida to North Carolina. I always figured they put those signs up for Floridiots because we really didn’t know bridges iced before roads. LOL
I would second that. It’s pretty silly, when you stop and think about it.
I appreciate those bridge warnings. If you are on an unfamiliar road, you may not even realize you are on a bridge until your car is sideways at 65mph.
Imagine driving around with the Sunshield in Place!
Of course, it is a great substitute for a tin-foil hat! LOL!
We needed a national billboard in 2007 that stated:
Warning: Voting for a black liberation racist, muslim, marxist gaylord may lead to the destruction of the United States of America and engulf the world in an evil shroud”.
CC
How about the “Caution:Low-flying Aircraft” signs? What are you supposed to do, duck?
We’ve got some signs that say:
‘road conditions may change’
They need to define “cold weather”.
They should also stop putting up signs that say “Slow Children at Play”. It’s an insult to mentally handicapped children.
How about the sign “No Dogs Except Seeing Eye Dogs.” Who’s going to read that?
Truth, there was no room for a warning label on his forehead. According to him he had a birth certificate pasted there.
Eric, it’s certainly time to thin the heard.
If I had to guess I would say the majority of people have no idea about the dynamics behind the signs.
That’s why they put up the signs. There’s not enough room to explain it.
I just pulled out the owner's manual for my 1976 Colt Woodmaster. It is four pages long without a single warning printed.
-——anyone who has driven any in cold weather knows that bridges will always be icy before the surface of the road.-—
Etched in my mind is the silver corvette spinning round and round on the I 75 bridge crossing the Tennessee River just out of Knoxville. It was the Sunday after Thanksgving. We were returning from seeing the King Tut stuff in New Orleans. We were all doing 70 or so.
The corvette entered the bridge and quickly hit the brakes. He immediately started to spin. He caromed from side to side, spinning like a top as he moved forward across the bridge. Although the rest of us slowed, it was not certain that we would not catch up with his totally out of control progress across the bridge.
he was not hurt and the damage I saw as I passed him seemed to be slight. We went on. I imagine his tilt-a-whirl like ride severely disoriented him.
End result? Useless warning. It's everywhere, so nothing is distinguished as "more hazardous."
At one time every bridge here in NC had a warning sign that was hinged in the middle, only opened to warn of “Ice On Bridge” when there was ice on the bridge.
But, now we have those same inane signs, too. Labor cost got to be too much I suppose. People still crash on iced over bridges, though, they did before. You can’t make people pay attention or not be stupid. That’s up to them.
Maybe it takes a hard lesson, like ramming a concrete bridge railing or an unplanned high speed trip out through the woods to do it for some.
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