The Deacon's Bench
The City of Hayward, California is trying something different. This, from The New York Daily News:
Speeding is no laughing matter, but slowing down can be.
A California city introduced humorous street signs to catch the attention of speeding motorists and compel them to slow down on a major residential street.
Hayward, Calif. installed seven new signs in a pilot program two weeks ago, and their light touch to makes them hard to ignore, city spokesman Frank Holland told the Daily News.
They appear to be everyday street signs but with warnings like “Use Eyes, Brakes, Brain” and “35: It’s a speed limit. Not a suggestion.
Another sign informs pedestrians: “Heads Up! Cross the Street. Then update Facebook.”
Read more about how the idea was hatched.
Photo: from City of Hayward, CA via Facebook
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