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The entire concept of roadside advertising should be seriously looked at. The roads are dangerous enough as it is - especially with attention gradually being de
by proactivesvcs 6y ago
The entire concept of roadside advertising should be seriously looked at. The roads are dangerous enough as it is - especially with attention gradually being degraded by cockpit distractions - without superfluous equipment which is specifically designed to attract attention.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoAs an anti capitalist (who has taken a fair bit of flak on this board for it for obvious reasons), that sounds intriguing. As a road trip enthusiast, that sounds either: - terrifying: finding services in far flung places could be nearly impossible - likely to recreate both of the problems I’d want it to address in potentially more harmful ways: for road safety, it means discovering services would depend even more on electronic devices inside the vehicle and further from the safe driving field of vision; for profit opportunism preying on drivers’ eyes, it consolidates the market much further than it already is, and with even greater harmful incentive
- proactivesvcs 6y agoAstute points; however distasteful advertising is to me, contextual and pragmatic advertising slips past that reaction and just seems "useful". But where would the line be drawn?