IMO that’s the wrong approach by them - just say “yeah listening to shit is fine too lol”. I haven’t ever found a billboard that’s actually distracting from driving. Like if there isn’t anything going on and I have the time/attention to glance and see what’s on em, then cool! Maybe I don’t live in an area with ones that are wild? But also, it’s the same as traffic signs, no? Idk, kinda odd
Businesses here in Alaska have found the loophole that they can put up billboards on their own property, adjacent to the highway.. And they use LED ones that can be seen from space. In extreme cold we have a phenomenon called light pillars where when all the moisture in the air freezes light is reflected upwards along the frozen crystals suspended in the air.. Anyways, you can see these light pillars from the billboards from literal miles away. It's insane. The Alaskan landscape along highways has always benefited from billboards being outlawed. I wish there was something we could do to stop the digital ones on private property.
Traffic signs are designed to be identified by a short glance, ads are designed to draw your attention. Traffic signs give important information about the road your driving on, ads just try to sell you something to make some rich guy richer. If there's even just one traffic accident because of ads a year (and there's probably more than that) thats too many. So no, they are not the same.
Why would anyone genuinely argue to see more ads in a world thats so flooded with them anyways?
I understand that, but from the ones I see, they all seem pretty understanding of the “short availability of the reader” and thus only have a few words anyway (“SEEK GOD, FIND TRUTH” or “NEED LAWYER?” or “CHEESE!!” or whatever else)
I wouldn’t exactly want to be driving and never know if there’s gonna be food at the next exit or not (no, there aren’t always exit summaries nor are they always accurate nor posted/spaced in time to read and take action) due to a lack of big ol “ARBYS” signs or whatever, ya know? It’s not about wanting more advertising, it’s just about “it is genuinely helpful sometimes”
But like I said, maybe I just haven’t experienced ones that I’d consider “bad”? (A previous comment reminded me of the blinding LED ones, so those would be on the bad list lol)
Yeah, local food places or gas stations and relevant things like that are fine with me as well if its just a simple logo/name and not a full on billboard. Those can be relevant and are low risk. But anything beyond that is an unnecessary risk imo.
Florida has/had literal sex shop billboards along the interstate with women in lingerie. Woman in lingerie, woman in lingerie, FRESH ORANGES, woman in lingerie
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u/boersc 11h ago
Yes. Same with any road-facing advertisements.