Taupo sign

**WRT** · 27th February 2006, 11:56

Spotted this over the weekend on the road that leads south from Taupo. Had to stop and take a pic, its proof someone down there has a sense of humour.

**NotaGoth** · 27th February 2006, 11:59

that would be a very good sign for up here.. lol

**bugjuice** · 27th February 2006, 12:03

lol..
driving below the average speed limit and just picking the average lane..
what's it in aid of anyway?

**Sparky Bills** · 27th February 2006, 12:14

Good call!!

**Wolf** · 27th February 2006, 12:28

Originally Posted by bugjuice

lol..
driving below the average speed limit and just picking the average lane..
what's it in aid of anyway?

Considering the fashion at the mo' is to broadcast inexplicable ads to "pique the viewers' interest" and then eventually following them up with the ad in which all is revealed, the same brain-damaged room-temperaure IQ Marketroids are probably now making the signage for the road. In a few weeks they may well put up something like "travelling at above average speeds" or something equally trite, hoping that we still actually give a fuck what the stupid signs were about.

The fifties gave us annoying jingles about the benefits of soap, the late nineties until now give us the serialised advert-in-five-exciting-episodes...

Unfortunately, our backwards judicial system still think marketroids are human so we're not allowed to kill them

Good on whoever furnished their own (probably more appropriate) sequitur.

**WRT** · 27th February 2006, 13:33

Have you guys not seen these signs before? They're all over the place, "Lose your confidence, save your life", "I cant drive tired", "Warning, over confident drivers ahead", "I cant text and drive", and, of course, "I'm just an average driver". There's probably a few more, those are all I can remember off the top of my head.

**ManDownUnder** · 27th February 2006, 13:35

Originally Posted by WRT

Have you guys not seen these signs before? They're all over the place, "Lose your confidence, save your life", "I cant drive tired", "Warning, over confident drivers ahead", "I cant text and drive", and, of course, "I'm just an average driver". There's probably a few more, those are all I can remember off the top of my head.

Clearly not aimed at helping those with depression...

**Colapop** · 27th February 2006, 13:46

Or "I concentrate more on signs than my driving"

**Coyote** · 27th February 2006, 16:59

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

Clearly not aimed at helping those with depression...

Oh woe is me (sob)

I'd rather keep my eyes on the road than read signs. Never understood what those numbers in those red circles meant anyway

**Wolf** · 27th February 2006, 20:34

Originally Posted by alarumba

Never understood what those numbers in those red circles meant anyway

I think they're meant to tell you how many dick-head cagers are ahead of you crawling along at snail's pace...

**ajturbo** · 27th February 2006, 21:34

i concentrait more on my speedo than the road

**Toast** · 7th March 2006, 12:32

Originally Posted by WRT

"Lose your confidence, save your life"

Yeah I saw that one approaching Taupo. What a shit message to give out. Over-confidence can be bad, for sure...but what are they trying to advocate? Fear the machines and the act of driving/riding...like that's going to make anyone better at it...

**Wolf** · 8th March 2006, 00:31

Originally Posted by Toast

Yeah I saw that one approaching Taupo. What a shit message to give out. Over-confidence can be bad, for sure...but what are they trying to advocate? Fear the machines and the act of driving/riding...like that's going to make anyone better at it...

'tis not confidence people should loose, 'tis false confidence or ego or cockiness. True confidence is what can save your life.

Thinking you're Possum Bourne when you've got less than a year's experience is not "confidence", it's clinical stupidity.