So I was driving home from work today, and I saw a new School Zone sign put up. The speed limit on the road is 45mph.
So, here is roughly what was on the sign:
I spent so much time trying to read all the times on the stupid sign to figure out whether or not I needed to slow down 40mph, that I almost rear-ended the car in front of me.
Why couldn't they just make a single time range, from 7 to 4? It's a little hard to read fine print when you're moving at 45mph, and the guy in the left lane wants to pass the old grandma so he cuts you off, and the signal up ahead is changing, and a jaywalker is standing anxiously on the median, etc. etc.
I guess the city got too many complaints that people had to take an extra 30 seconds out of their day to slow down while the kids are in school.
They thought, "Ya know, we don't need to slow down while they're IN school. Just while they're COMING to or GOING from school."
Maybe they'll figure it out after a kid gets hit by a car whose driver was trying to read the School Zone sign.
So, here is roughly what was on the sign:
School
Max
15
Speed
7:30 AM to 9:15 AM
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
2:30 PM to 3:45 PM
Max
15
Speed
7:30 AM to 9:15 AM
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
2:30 PM to 3:45 PM
I spent so much time trying to read all the times on the stupid sign to figure out whether or not I needed to slow down 40mph, that I almost rear-ended the car in front of me.
Why couldn't they just make a single time range, from 7 to 4? It's a little hard to read fine print when you're moving at 45mph, and the guy in the left lane wants to pass the old grandma so he cuts you off, and the signal up ahead is changing, and a jaywalker is standing anxiously on the median, etc. etc.
I guess the city got too many complaints that people had to take an extra 30 seconds out of their day to slow down while the kids are in school.

They thought, "Ya know, we don't need to slow down while they're IN school. Just while they're COMING to or GOING from school."
Maybe they'll figure it out after a kid gets hit by a car whose driver was trying to read the School Zone sign.
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