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| date = June 29, 2012 | | date = June 29, 2012 | ||
| title = Warning | | title = Warning | ||
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| titletext = Also possibly several miles beyond that. | | titletext = Also possibly several miles beyond that. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This parody of a road sign essentially reminds drivers of the reality of the situation they are now in and thereby implicitly refers to the dangers inherent to it. Because | + | This parody of a road sign essentially reminds drivers of the reality of the situation they are now in and thereby implicitly refers to the dangers inherent to it. Because humans are not adapted to traveling in a box on wheels at such high speeds, should anything happen to said box on wheels, such as crashing into a wall, the humans inside are highly susceptible to being badly injured, if not killed. (If, however, they had evolved something like exoskeletons, for example, this may not have been the case.) This reminder would presumably prompt drivers to drive more carefully or perhaps slow down. |
− | + | This sign is far too lengthy and philosophical to be practical as an actual road sign, but is conceivable as an advertisement for safe driving. | |
− | The road sign | + | The phrase "next 5 miles" is common to road signs, particularly those on US highways in rural areas. It assumes that the driver who sees the sign will continue driving (in the "box on wheels") for another five miles. |
− | + | The title text refers to the fact that the sign doesn't actually know how many more miles the driver may travel, and that it may be more than five. Since the average American [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm drives over 13,000 miles per year], this is very likely. | |
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− | The title text refers to the fact that the sign doesn't | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :An American Diamond warning sign with the following message on it. |
− | :You're in a box on wheels hurtling along several times faster than evolution could possibly have prepared you to go | + | :[You're in a box on wheels hurtling along several times faster than evolution could possibly have prepared you to go. Next 5 miles.] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] |