{"id":1302,"date":"2012-04-06T10:18:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T14:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkingsigns.net\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2024-05-24T08:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T12:19:32","slug":"new-york-introduces-skeletons-to-make-you-slow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-york-introduces-skeletons-to-make-you-slow-down\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Introduces Skeletons to Make You Slow Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One half of the pair of skeleton speed boards littering New York with warnings. Image via the NYDOT.<\/p><\/div>\n

April 6, 2012 —\u00a0New York State is introducing, for your driving pleasure, the skeleton-emblazoned digital billboard. For the first time this summer, two lucky New York city streets saw the installation of what the Department of Transportation is calling “skeleton speed boards.”<\/p>\n

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This is not the first time that the DOT has employed unorthodox measures to keep city streets safer. Last winter, we reported on street signs that use poetry to keep pedestrians aware of the dangers of distraction<\/a>. Now, the DOT designs speed signs to shock.<\/p>\n

The image of a skeleton, or a similar skull and crossbones, is usually paired with poison or death. Speeding, says this new initiative, is at least as dangerous as ingesting poison. Said Commissioner Sadik-Khan, \u201cSpeeding is a menace that endangers everyone on our streets, and it is particularly deadly for pedestrians. These speeds boards deliver the equally chilling message that speeding kills and slowing down can save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n