Three roadside signs in that area bothered me (so I know they must be bothering others, right?) on the way home today from the weekend in Indiana ...
1.) There was some variation of the billboard in this picture -- and no matter how many times I've seen it before, I always swap out the letter 'o' with the letter 'u' in the word after 'loosest' and think it's a bold advertisement for casino folk ...
2.) There was a sign announcing "high crash area" and "strictly enforced", and although I get that we have to pay for every letter of every word that goes on a roadside sign and that we might want to edit things (of course, not that I have that "editing" skill set -- exhibit A: my posts), I'm pretty sure that, by omitting the words "speed limit", the state is announcing that it will strictly enforce that the area continues to be one with lots of crashes -- not quite the message they want to be sending ...
3.) One of the first billboards on I-65 informs that "Chick Fil-A" is at the next exit with a big instruction to "TURN LEFT". Regardless of where you fall in the chicken wars of late, I think we all can agree that there's nothing "LEFT" about that company and that truth in advertising practically dictates that the sign be changed to "TURN FAR RIGHT" ...
THE 2006 OFFICIAL LOOSEST SLOTS AWARDS:
http://www.casinocenter.com/loosest-slots/
RETHINKING SPEED LIMITS AND THE 85th % SPEED LIMIT:
http://www.lsp.org/pdf/troopc85thSpeed.pdf
STEVE MARTIN WEIGHS IN (BY WAY OF ELLIOT SPITZER):
http://current.com/shows/viewpoint/videos/eliot-spitzer-to-consumers-put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is/
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