ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SEEKS YOUR WACKY SAFETY MESSAGES

The Arizona Department of Transportation is holding a contest in search of clever safety messages they can post on their highway signs. Here are some previous messages:
– “Hello from the other side, buckle up and stay alive”
– “New year, new you, use your blinker”
– “Mash potatoes, not your head. Buckle up”
– “Falcons? Patriots? We don’t care, just drive sober”
The signs can accommodate three lines and 18 characters, including spaces, per line. Hashtags, phone numbers, website addresses are not allowed. The signs can’t accommodate emojis. Submissions will be accepted through February 19.
* How about:
– “This is Phoenix / Not Daytona / We Drive Slow / In Arizona”
– “If U Can Read This U R Not Watching The Damn Road. Pay Attention!”
– “You Should Have Bought A Squirrel” (Anyone? Anyone? “Rat Race” reference? Anyone?)
* I think they should promote tourism with them. How about: “Slow down or you’ll crash into the Grand Canyon.”
* Maybe honor a famous song from the state with “By the time I get to Phoenix, I’ll be speeding.”
* Tell me again what’s the difference between reading these and reading a text message?
* Maybe take a lyric from a Beatles song: “Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, but he obeyed all the posted speed limits.”
* From the internet:
– “Don’t stick your elbow out too far, it might go home in another car.”
– “Drive slow and see our state. Drive fast and see our jail.”
– “Are you wearing clean underwear?”
* Now that’s how to be a government bureaucrat: Get the people to do your job for you.
* At least the Arizona Department of Transportation is willing to admit they have no sense of humor.
PHONE TOPIC: Do you have any driving slogans for our drivers here in (Your Town, USA)?