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As a general rule, I think safety culture has gone too far. Or at least I did before the pandemic, when my kids were little and I worked in the public sector. Then it seemed like literally anything, no matter how inane, could be justified with the words, “It’s for safety,” and no one was allowed to question it. But as we’ve learned this year, sometimes there is danger. And it’s only fair to have a warning so we can make informed decisions.
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I don’t have anything particularly Easter-focused to post today, but Easter is supposed to be a time of peace. So here is a message of peace, Arizona-style.
Maybe I’m prejudiced, but I didn’t expect Arizona to spend government funds on public safety campaigns, let alone to have such clever messaging. This was one of several Star Wars-themed traffic safety messages we saw on Arizona freeways when we visited over the Christmas holidays in 2015.
Aggressive driving is the path to the dark side.
Growing up in Arizona in the ’70s and ’80s, I remember it as an aggressive driving kind of place. By aggressive, I mean people would pull over to the side of the road to get into fistfights over abrupt lane changes or cutting someone off. So I’m sure these traffic safety messages to aggressive drivers are needed. I hope they work.