Comments on: The nagging-est highway http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mentis Fugit http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21608 Mentis Fugit Tue, 01 May 2007 10:54:01 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21608 On the road from Auckland (largest city in NZ, population somewhere over a million) to Tauranga a couple of years back there were a series of billboards with captions like "Just Another Fatal Accident", "Just Another Failure of Attention", "Just Another Faulty Automobile", "Just Another Floored Accelerator" - all intended to raise driver awareness. The acronym JAFA is usually taken to stand for "Just Another Fucking Aucklander". On the road from Auckland (largest city in NZ, population somewhere over a million) to Tauranga a couple of years back there were a series of billboards with captions like “Just Another Fatal Accident”, “Just Another Failure of Attention”, “Just Another Faulty Automobile”, “Just Another Floored Accelerator” - all intended to raise driver awareness.

The acronym JAFA is usually taken to stand for “Just Another Fucking Aucklander”.

]]> By: ronebofh@livejournal http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21546 ronebofh@livejournal Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:12:41 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21546 Pittsburgh and Eire, eh? That's a long highway from Pennsylvania to the British Isles... Pittsburgh and Eire, eh? That’s a long highway from Pennsylvania to the British Isles…

]]> By: jenniferm@livejournal http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21545 jenniferm@livejournal Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:25:03 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21545 What's more effective than those stupid signs are the crosses that line some highways (like old PA 322) that signify a death in a car accident in that area. What’s more effective than those stupid signs are the crosses that line some highways (like old PA 322) that signify a death in a car accident in that area.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21544 Jessica Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:09:03 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21544 I kinda like the simplicitity of "Who taught you how to drive?" Having signs like "Werewolf Crossing" or "Cattle Abduction Zone" would be fun. I'd be more inclined to stay awake with signs like that. I like the I-95 for tackiness. In Virginia the signs are mostly just ye olde standard billboards. As you go through North Carolina they become more elaborate, more garish, and more frequent, to the point that you almost don't know where one leaves off and the other begins. I'm surprised there aren't more deaths attributed to the tacky billboards for South of the Border. I kinda like the simplicitity of “Who taught you how to drive?”

Having signs like “Werewolf Crossing” or “Cattle Abduction Zone” would be fun. I’d be more inclined to stay awake with signs like that.

I like the I-95 for tackiness. In Virginia the signs are mostly just ye olde standard billboards. As you go through North Carolina they become more elaborate, more garish, and more frequent, to the point that you almost don’t know where one leaves off and the other begins. I’m surprised there aren’t more deaths attributed to the tacky billboards for South of the Border.

]]> By: Black Knight http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21543 Black Knight Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:50:52 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21543 It's the "SPEEDING SKIERS" one that tickles me. As long as you don't have skis strapped to the roof you're allowed to do 150 k on the Hume Highway? It’s the “SPEEDING SKIERS” one that tickles me. As long as you don’t have skis strapped to the roof you’re allowed to do 150 k on the Hume Highway?

]]> By: lauredhel http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21538 lauredhel Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:06:06 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21538 Around here, they have huge signs saying ""Police are now targeting... [blank]", and the police slot in "SPEEDING" "DRUNK DRIVING" "SEATBELTS", etc. We end up brainstorming what the police might really be targeting this week. "Police are now targeting... DRIVING WHILE BLACK" "Police are now targeting...HIP HOP" "Police are now targeting... BEING MENTALLY ILL ON A PUBLIC STREET" "Police are now targeting... BACKPACKERS WHO LOOK A LITTLE FOREIGN" "Police are now targeting... PEOPLE WHO WEAR THEIR CAPS BACKWARDS. IT'S A FASHION CRIME, FOLKS" Around here, they have huge signs saying “”Police are now targeting… [blank]“, and the police slot in “SPEEDING” “DRUNK DRIVING” “SEATBELTS”, etc.

We end up brainstorming what the police might really be targeting this week.

“Police are now targeting… DRIVING WHILE BLACK”
“Police are now targeting…HIP HOP”
“Police are now targeting… BEING MENTALLY ILL ON A PUBLIC STREET”
“Police are now targeting… BACKPACKERS WHO LOOK A LITTLE FOREIGN”
“Police are now targeting… PEOPLE WHO WEAR THEIR CAPS BACKWARDS. IT’S A FASHION CRIME, FOLKS”

]]> By: sweh@livejournal http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21537 sweh@livejournal Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:54:37 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21537 Kelly Monteith had a skit based on a similar concept, I think (IIRC) dealing with the utter boredom of driving across Texas and the signs they have up... SLEEPY? "Well I wasn't but... now that you mention it... I can't stay awake anymore! AAhhh" (screeching noises and crashes). (police cop voice): Dang fool... didn't he see the sign back there? What he suggests are signs like "WARNING: SNIPER AREA!" or "WEREWOLF CROSSING" (wuh? I thought those were mythical... oh and it's a full moon!). Kelly Monteith had a skit based on a similar concept, I think (IIRC) dealing with the utter boredom of driving across Texas and the signs they have up…

SLEEPY?

“Well I wasn’t but… now that you mention it… I can’t stay awake anymore! AAhhh” (screeching noises and crashes).

(police cop voice): Dang fool… didn’t he see the sign back there?

What he suggests are signs like “WARNING: SNIPER AREA!” or “WEREWOLF CROSSING” (wuh? I thought those were mythical… oh and it’s a full moon!).

]]> By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21536 Paul Tomblin Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:33:37 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21536 I've seen those signs before, but not this time. I think NY uses them too. I’ve seen those signs before, but not this time. I think NY uses them too.

]]> By: jenniferm@livejournal http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21535 jenniferm@livejournal Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:31:36 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/04/30/the-nagging-est-highway#comment-21535 Ah, yes PA road signs. I take it you didn't encounter "slow down, my (mommy|daddy) works here"? Those even get printed in "childlike" writing, complete with reversed letters. Ah, yes PA road signs. I take it you didn’t encounter “slow down, my (mommy|daddy) works here”? Those even get printed in “childlike” writing, complete with reversed letters.

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