Monday, 09 February 2004
In response to a rising number of pedestrian accidents, city officials installed new traffic signals at busy intersections to dissuade walkers from crossing in front of traffic. Featuring a daunting, red hand with both its thumb and middle finger extended, officials hope the new signal will impress on pedestrians not to cross when they shouldn't.
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The new traffic signal expresses more than words |
Drivers encourage the decision. “I can’t wait to see the looks on those kids faces when they see this,” gushed one local commuter.
Local students, however, are not warming up to the change. “I was going home from school, waiting for the signal to change, when I suddenly noticed that the signal was giving me the middle finger!” testified one angry student. “Who wants that?”
Authorities hope that the signal, while conveying the message “Don’t cross” more aptly, will also startle would-be transgressors long enough that they forget to cross illegally. “It’s a risk we’re taking,” says transportation authority Dusan Blanchreart. “But is it a risk worth taking? Definitely.” Some insiders feel that the new signal represents more than a new attempt to dissuade J-walking.
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| Above: Student offended by new signal |
According to next year’s mayoral candidate Jack Surprima, the signal reflects changing attitudes within the city council. He told reporters that he thinks the city no longer cares about its citizens, before trailing off on a plug for his own candidacy that no one asked for.
If citizens respond well to the change, however, the city council has more measures up their sleeves they’d be happy to enforce. One suggestion demands that all “Wrong Way” signs be replaced with the more direct version, “Fuck off”. Thankfully, such measures have yet to be passed through the city senate.
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