Monday, October 20, 2014

Rural road signs near school bus stop in New York say: 'Hey, Stupid, Slow Down'

Officials in Davenport, N.Y., have found a unique way to warn drivers about speeding on a winding rural road near a school bus stop. A pair of signs—warning drivers traveling eastbound and westbound—read "Hey Stupid, Slow Down." The signs are in response to a recent incident where a speeding driver had to slam on his or her brakes to avoid a collision with the bus and pedestrians, Mark Boshknack reports for The Daily Star in Oneonta.

Fred Utter, a bus driver and the fire chief for the town of 3,000, paid for the signs, Boshknack writes. Utter told him, “If it saves somebody’s life, it’s worth it. I’m just trying to get a point across. Sometimes you need to be blunt. It’s meant for people who don’t obey signs." (Read more) (Wikipedia map: Davenport is located in Delaware County)

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