Federal officials want states to “use good judgment” and avoid humorous highway signs that may confuse or distract drivers. State officials say witty signs “break through the noise.”
    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
      24·
      10 months ago

      Or do head lights. I’m so God dam tired of not being able to see and getting headaches from other drivers bright as fuck lights.

      • Rob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        And the super bright disco LED flashers that all the emergency (etc) vehicles have now. I’ve gotten migraines from them. What was wrong with the old lights that didn’t stab your brain through your eye sockets?

        • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
          8·
          10 months ago

          I hate the emergency disco lights. I have epilepsy and the lights fuck with me. I don’t go into seizures when exposed to the lights because of my meds, but I do I get raging migraines from them.

          • Windows_Error_Noises@lemmy.world
            5·
            10 months ago

            I feel you, my epilepsy friend. I’m so sorry you deal with that! I have photosensitive seizures along with my others, and those mofos aren’t well controlled yet (workin’ on it with treatment trials), and it helps to wear my ultra-filtered polarized, darkened lenses when out at night, especially, but it’s still the shittiest gamble, if I won’t just be suddenly noping out mid-sentence in the car (my spouse does any driving, I obviously can not, haha). Still the damn stabbing pain, though, jesus christ.

  • x4740N@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    10 months ago

    the united states, experts on doom and gloom

    Also so right wingers don’t twist my comment, FUCK TRUMP

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
    9·
    10 months ago

    The signs are definitely more engaging and something that comes up in normal conversation when someone has the latest one, but I don’t actually expect them to make a difference. Maybe they’ll remind a driver to check their current speed or attitude, but I can’t see these changing people

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    In the latest edition of the federal standards for highway signs, published in December, officials warned that messages “with obscure or secondary meanings, such as those with popular culture references” or those that are “intended to be humorous,” should not be used.

    The federal guidance, reported by The Wall Street Journal, was a blow to state officials who have had fun moonlighting as comedy writers in an attempt to grab the attention of drivers.

    Paul Katool, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Transportation, is part of a group of employees who bat around ideas every month for funny highway signs, riffing on movies, pop music and upcoming holidays.

    It’s Me.” Another popular one, Mr. Katool said, referred to the “Star Wars” television show “The Mandalorian,” declaring: “Baby Yoda Uses the Force But Still Needs a Car Seat.”

    “By even having this discussion, MaineDOT believes the signs are meeting the purpose of promoting safety,” Paul Merrill, a spokesman for the department, said in a statement on Wednesday.

    New Jersey has a tradition of using humorous signs like: “We’ll be blunt, don’t drive high,” and “Get your head out of your apps.” However, the state has been warned by federal officials that such messages can be distracting.

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    • Viatorem@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      10 months ago

      Yeah but huge led billboards are perfectly fine and not distracting at all, workers cannot have a single ounce of joy into their job but corporations can blind us and steal the stars from the sky.

  • ChemicalPilgrim@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 months ago

    Good thing there’s nothing else that needs to be addressed. We’ve got everything else squared away so they have time to focus on this.