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Drive safe--give children nightmares

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:26 PM EDT
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"The advertising agency that came up with the sign says the goal was to reduce the road toll by creating maximum awareness through unease."

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{"commentId":8132185,"authorDomain":"zomzom"}
Zom Zom

Because driving with your father, in the rain, while he swears at traffic and tries to work off the hangover, while dropping you at school, wasn't scary enough.

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Reply#1 - Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:40 PM EDT
{"commentId":8132684,"authorDomain":"rdonaldsnyder"}
R. Donald Snyder

I think it's great! I remember when I took driver's eduction and they had all of those gory "Death on the highway" movies and the Air Force driver's training had even grosser ones! Loved 'em! Automobile accidents are bloody and sad. Let's remind all people of that.

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Reply#2 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:22 AM EDT
{"commentId":8132776,"authorDomain":"zomzom"}
Zom Zom
utomobile accidents are bloody and sad. Let's remind all people of that.

Think of the children, RDS. Ok, you're five years old. And you discover that being out in the rain makes children cry tears of blood. Hello generation serial killer!

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#2.1 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:29 AM EDT
{"commentId":8132826,"authorDomain":"rdonaldsnyder"}
R. Donald Snyder

Statues of the Virgin Mary cry tears of blood even when it doesn't rain. LOL!

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#2.2 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:33 AM EDT
{"commentId":8237905,"authorDomain":"tishamauro"}
not over it
Statues of the Virgin Mary cry tears of blood

Talk about kids needing therapy, wow.

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    #2.3 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:22 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":8133542,"authorDomain":"ghall1950"}
    G. H.

    The high school driver's ed films were so bad, my middle son wouldn't drive until the Army forced him to! My youngest son STILL doesn't drive, and he's 31! Showing people the dangers is one thing, giving them nightmares is a whole nother deal!

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    Reply#3 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:45 AM EDT
    {"commentId":8134050,"authorDomain":"rdonaldsnyder"}
    R. Donald Snyder

    I loved the films the Air Force used to show us to try to scare us. The VD ones were fantastic!

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    #3.1 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:18 AM EDT
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    {"commentId":8237874,"authorDomain":"tishamauro"}
    not over it

    I can't see the billboards because my geek-squad at work has blocked all pictures and video. :(

    "drive to the conditions"

    When I was 17 I was pulled over by our County Coroner because he said I was driving too fast for the road conditions and he didn't want to have pick my dead carcass up off the road someday.

    I was going 45 in a 55, the dummy.

    Hmm, I guess it was snowing sideways and you couldn't see the 2 feet in front of you, so maybe he had a point.

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    Reply#4 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:20 PM EDT
    {"commentId":8237990,"authorDomain":"zomzom"}
    Zom Zom
    Hmm, I guess it was snowing sideways and you couldn't see the 2 feet in front of you, so maybe he had a point.

    Maybe just a little. But by the coroner? That's just embarrassing. I guess dog-catcher would be worse.

    That reminds me of my favorite drunk driving story. 70 in the fast lane, with 15 foot visibility during an down-pour in Santa Barbara. Car lights in front, and the driver slams on the breaks (spilling the tequila the four of us were drinking). He hydroplanes, so he throws the steering wheel to the far right. We shoot across three lanes, towards a freeway off-ramp, and the Geo Metro beaches itself on the divider between the off-ramp and the freeway. Luckily, it was a Geo, so we got out, picked it up, put it back on the road, and were on our way.

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    #4.1 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:27 PM EDT
    {"commentId":8238173,"authorDomain":"tishamauro"}
    not over it
    Luckily, it was a Geo, so we got out, picked it up, put it back on the road, and were on our way

    Good thing that car wasn't made out of metal or you would have gone to jail!

    But by the coroner?

    It was very embarrassing and of course, my luck, he knew my dad. I can't believe the coroner 'told on me'.

    I guess dog-catcher would be worse.

    Funny you should mention that.

    One time my dog bit the water guy (guy who delivers water to people that live in the middle of f'ing nowhere) and the damn dog catcher had me arrested because I could not find the dog papers and my dog had a rap sheet.

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    #4.2 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:37 PM EDT
    {"commentId":9492358,"authorDomain":"blackcat8838"}
    Nan-813417

    lol, Zom, ah, youth.

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      #4.3 - Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:58 AM EDT
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