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Politically correct traffic signs

To: Spridgets@autox.team.net, midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com,
Subject: Politically correct traffic signs
From: b-evans@earthlink.net
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:22:00 -0800
In England, the Cheshire County Coucil has begun posting traffic signs 
in Polish, as well as English.

Insisting that it was not out of political correctness, Steve Kent, the 
Council's highway engineer, said, "On several occasions last year, we 
found Polish-speaking drivers were failing to understand diversion signs 
..."

http://tinyurl.com/2zsbcy

Are you prepared for this kind of driving in England, Frank?

(Under the same reasoning, California would need traffic signs in 16 
different languages!)

Buster Evans




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