Obscure meanings, pop culture references and humor are heading out. Federal highway officials want distracting or misunderstood signage to hit the road.
Agreed. But driving accidents kill millions of people and an environment where one small mistake can end in critical failure isn’t the place for some cheeky department of transportation employee to be testing their standup routine.
I’m okay with this. Those signs are at best mildly distracting and at worst very distracting. They should be off 99% of the time.
Same thing with billboards.
No doubt. Banksy (supposedly) said it best: https://genius.com/Banksy-letter-on-advertising-annotated
I’m not ok with this.
The objective of life isn’t for it to be the safest, cleanest, blandest, most sterile experience possible.
Agreed. But driving accidents kill millions of people and an environment where one small mistake can end in critical failure isn’t the place for some cheeky department of transportation employee to be testing their standup routine.
So take off the billboard (now often just videos) of corporations testing their marketing routine. At least these signs were on the road.