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Re: Silly road signs
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Subject: Re: Silly road signs
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From: lparker@curly.cc.emory.edu (Lloyd R. Parker)
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Date: 16 Nov 1995 11:46:32 -0500
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
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Organization: Emory University
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References: <47rbvr$fd6@tricia.msn.fullfeed.com> <jtchewDHzvE3.A0w@netcom.com> <48bef4$526@tricia.msn.fullfeed.com> <48d6g2$9t4@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <48fja2$o6j@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
John Carr (jfc@mit.edu) wrote:
: My favorite silly sign: in Roxbury, CT, a road has a sign "Speed Enforced
: By Radar". (I've been on that road hundreds of times in the 20+ years
: the sign has been there and never seen sign of police, with or without
: radar, but that's not the point.) The sign is at the base of a narrow,
: winding road going up a steep hill. Speed is enforced by inertia and
: gravity.
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: John Carr (jfc@mit.edu)
Even better: "Speed enforced by radar FOR YOUR PROTECTION." (emphasis mine)