Joke over! In the USA, highway warnings will now no longer be allowed to contain puns or humor. Compassion.
It's About Time: US Highway Patrol Federal Highway Administration The laughter is gone. The latest published guidance on motorway road safety information states: “Warning signs should avoid language that uses popular culture references or humour.”
You know – things like this:
Photo: New Jersey Department of Transportation
cursed. A government agency like this can really prevent you from having any fun at all! You're not even allowed to smile at a clumsy joke while sitting in a traffic jam.
Photo: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Reason: These warning messages appear to be intended to have a distracting effect. In fact, the funny information boards, as intended, will not only contribute to improving highway safety, but will actually increase the risk of accidents, as many drivers appear to be taking out their mobile phones to take a photo as they drive past.
This claim stands 2020 Virginia Department of Transportation Study The opposite, which seems to prove that funny signs attract more cognitive attention than traditional (read: boring) safety signs. The federal agency's response claims that's exactly the problem. Such signs are often confusing – especially for people who do not understand the potential references, distracting them from the driving process.
Photo: Mississippi Department of Transportation
In other words, the feds think you're stupid.
However, this is a done deal at the federal level, As confirmed by various sources. The states in question have two years to implement all changes in the new guidelines — including removing the funny warning labels, … what Now that's reason enough to take a look at some of the classics:
Photo: Utah Department of Transportation
Fasten seat belts!
And: Camping in nature, not on the left path!
Photo: Missouri Department of Transportation
Photo: Nevada Department of Transportation
Well, the thing about using the turn signal…
Photo: Iowa Department of Transportation
Photo: Utah Department of Transportation
Photo: AP
…There are quite a few of them.
Photo: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Photo: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Photo: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Photo: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Here's a warning sign on Valentine's Day:
Photo: Nevada Department of Transportation
Here's one on Thanksgiving:
Photo: Ohio Department of Transportation
Photo: Mississippi Department of Transportation
You are the problem.
Photo: Ohio Department of Transportation
Photo: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Photo: Mississippi Department of Transportation
Oh, classic!
Photo: defensedriving.org
Photo: Iowa Department of Transportation
Bonus:
There are no highway information signs, but there are warning signs from all over the world: Have fun!
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Photo: defensedriving.org
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Photo: defensedriving.org
Image: parade
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Photo: defensedriving.org
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Photo: defensedriving.org
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Well, okay, that's not a funny sign per se, but it's more proof that everything, absolutely everything, can be improved by adding Google Eyes.
The highway becomes a farm
Video: CRF
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