November 9th, 2007

Observe Warning Signs - State Law

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Road signs in Texas, a state that apparently loves its leave-me-alone attitude can be baffling at times. Of course, the clearly copywriter-written anti-litter slogan ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’ reflects that attitude but some others clearly show signs of pleading.

One such sign is ‘Observe Warning Signs - State Law’. Firstly, why would someone observe this sign and not the other warning signs? Does making it a law help in enforcement and how would you make sure people have observed the signs? I think, this sign finds its roots in the seemingly libertarian attitude of Texans. The lawmakers posted a bunch of warning signs that merely serve as suggestions according to drivers. But you can’t make every warning sign a law, right? That would be too much policing so one lawmaker comes up with this brainwave - lets make one sign that makes it a punishable offense to ignore other warning signs. Ah! so when you actually don’t heed a warning sign, you are not breaking the law that the sign asks you not to but in fact, you are just guilty of ignoring that warning sign.

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