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This should be replicated outside of Texas. When I lived there my coworkers and I used to get a good laugh at the traffic signs like "do not drive into water".
by gumby 3y ago
This should be replicated outside of Texas. When I lived there my coworkers and I used to get a good laugh at the traffic signs like "do not drive into water". Who could be so dumb?
Actually of course texans are no dumber or smarter than anyone else, but there were very many opportunities for a laugh, parallel to the "known to the state of California to be harmful" signs. Still, it would be interesting to see if there are cultural differences before drawing too broad a conclusion.
- mcpackieh 3y agoPeople drive into water all the time. They see water across the road, and using past experience of the road conclude that the road surface is only a few inches below the water. Better wet than late so they decide to drive through it. Except unknown to them, the water washed out the road and they fall into a trench deep enough to wreck their car or worse. It's so easy to find videos of this online. People should know better but hubris is a hell of a drug. Anyway, I doubt the signs help much.
- defrost 3y agoThe solution, here at least, is fit snorkels and winches and to drive in pairs. Always interesting in the wet season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3zPIbaE_nI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3zPIbaE_nI