Silly Signs on Sunday

Silly Signs on Sunday

Weekly Words of Wisdom

"Foreign aid: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries."

~Douglas Casey

Silly Signs on Sunday

Wireless pool!! I kind of prefer it that way...

On a more serious note, the sign above comes from the photo shown below that I took last week in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida (less than 100 yards from the Gulf of Mexico). I was there looking at this pedestrian crossing location on Gulf Boulevard. Gulf Boulevard has had numerous problems with pedestrian crashes, and the Florida DOT is working to try to improve pedestrian safety on the corridor. One of the things they have done, is to install these crosswalks with lots of signs and other things to make the pedestrians more visible. One of the things is the use of flags to help people cross the road. At the left in the picture is a bucket with little bright yellow-green flags (with reflective strips on them for night time visibility too). Someone who wants to cross the road just grabs a flag, waives it to help approaching motorists see them so that the motorist can yield to the pedestrian in the crosswalk (as required by law), crosses the road and drops the flag off in the bucket on the other side of the road (just out of the picture here). Unfortunately, people (like the ones shown in the picture) choose not to use the crosswalks and just cross where ever they like...no wonder there are so many pedestrian crashes in the area. We do all that we can to create a high-visibility place for people to be seen crossing the road, and people don't use it. Please remember when you are crossing the road, be safe and be seen.