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In Southern California, near the border, CalTrans used to put signs on the freeways warning motorists that pedestrians (generally undocumented immigrants) might be crossing in traffic. The image on the signs consisted of a running family, as seen here. The signs were eventually taken down when it was thought that people were misinterpreting the signs as denoting pedestrian crossing zones (i.e., encouraging the very behavior the signs were intended to warn against).
Another Southern California tradition (particularly, it seems, among Hispanics) is to place stickers on rear windows that consist of an image for each family member: mom, dad, kid, kid, kid, . . . cat, dog, all in stairstep fashion. Here we have a car owner (who appeared to be Hispanic) with a sense of humor.
20110710-IMG_5691
In Southern California, near the border, CalTrans used to put signs on the freeways warning motorists that pedestrians (generally undocumented immigrants) might be crossing in traffic. The image on the signs consisted of a running family, as seen here. The signs were eventually taken down when it was thought that people were misinterpreting the signs as denoting pedestrian crossing zones (i.e., encouraging the very behavior the signs were intended to warn against).
Another Southern California tradition (particularly, it seems, among Hispanics) is to place stickers on rear windows that consist of an image for each family member: mom, dad, kid, kid, kid, . . . cat, dog, all in stairstep fashion. Here we have a car owner (who appeared to be Hispanic) with a sense of humor.