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onimity
08-02-2007, 01:14 PM
Did anyone else see this?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12370592
Zen
08-02-2007, 05:04 PM
Sadly, I'm not surprised.
missymaya
08-03-2007, 04:46 AM
We had a big push in Orlando to slow down and be nice to road crews. There were all of these commercials and billboards with kids saying "my daddy/mommy work here" and it actually worked. Of course, having the highway patrol sit there at the sites helps too. People just need to get over themselves and actually start considering somebody other than themselves.
TexanCzexican
08-03-2007, 05:12 AM
We had a big push in Orlando to slow down and be nice to road crews. There were all of these commercials and billboards with kids saying "my daddy/mommy work here" and it actually worked. Of course, having the highway patrol sit there at the sites helps too. People just need to get over themselves and actually start considering somebody other than themselves.

During my trip through FL a few years back, I saw those signs and thought they were genius!
Fredwina
08-03-2007, 07:18 AM
While I cant access the NPR story (I'm running Linux on this box and I'm too lazy to unpack my laptop;) )
http://www.latimes.com/search/la-me-roadrage7jun07,0,1375082.story
is what I think they're referring to (you may have to register to read).
It about 30 miles from where I live.
there's also this one:
http://www.dailybulletin.com/search/ci_6522088
mimitabby
08-03-2007, 08:32 AM
We had a big push in Orlando to slow down and be nice to road crews. There were all of these commercials and billboards with kids saying "my daddy/mommy work here" and it actually worked. Of course, having the highway patrol sit there at the sites helps too. People just need to get over themselves and actually start considering somebody other than themselves.

same here in Seattle. We had two (or three) road crew workers KILLED in accidents and then they cracked down..
northstar
08-03-2007, 10:40 AM
A couple weeks ago, my dad's crew was working on 35W (yep, where the bridge was) and my dad wound up being "the guy" who stood with the sign directing traffic. It made me sick, hearing about the way he was treated. It's like some people lose all touch with reality when they get into a car.