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Push to ban new highway signs sparks big crowd

Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:05 pm
Posted by Giantkiller
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:05 pm
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"I am simply asking you to put a moratorium on billboards," McFarland told the committee. "We have 7,000 of them."


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Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, a member of the committee, disputed comments by backers of the resolution that billboards represent a major distraction for truckers and other motorists. Marcelle said the key distraction among drivers is cell phones.


What would I not give to be free from seeing Gordon's shitty face 10,000 times a day?

BTW does anyone give more than 0% chance of this actually passing?
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:07 pm to
I don't care about billboards.
Posted by Tigerbait357
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:07 pm to
Posted by 50_Tiger
Arlington TX
Member since Jan 2016
43528 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:07 pm to
Why hasnt La gone to digital boards yet?
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:07 pm to
I'm all for free enterprise, but damn, how much of the view of nature, your own world, do you have to clutter up before too much is too much?
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:08 pm to
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Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, a member of the committee, disputed comments by backers of the resolution that billboards represent a major distraction for truckers and other motorists. Marcelle said the key distraction among drivers is cell phones.


I actually agree with this
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:08 pm to
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Marcelle said the key distraction among drivers is cell phones.


Even a broken clock is right twice a day
Posted by The Dudes Rug
Member since Nov 2004
14069 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:08 pm to
My goodness..
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:09 pm to
Restricting billboards seems like government overreach to me.

Let the free market work itself out here.
Posted by tom
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:11 pm to
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Marcelle said the key distraction among drivers is cell phones.

Ambulance chasers don't want that banned either.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:12 pm to
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I don't care about billboards


Until someone launches a low orbit billboard that lights up the sky.
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
10130 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:12 pm to
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Restricting billboards seems like government overreach to me. 

Let the free market work itself out here.


I'm fine with a city government making an ordnance around billboards.

The city council takes other things into consideration that an individual business or advertiser would not, such as city desirability and land value.
Posted by statman34
Member since Feb 2011
3851 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:13 pm to
As much as I hate Gordon, if he has the money to buy billboards, let him buy them. Work on litigation reform, not the ability to buy billboards. Then the Gordons of the world will not have enough money to buy all of the billboards they currently do.
This post was edited on 4/16/19 at 12:14 pm
Posted by Crusty
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
2780 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:13 pm to
All of the injury lawyer billboards are trash AF. I wish they would stop them. But, I agree with her...cell phones are worse than billboards.
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
16413 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:14 pm to
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Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, a member of the committee, disputed comments by backers of the resolution that billboards represent a major distraction for truckers and other motorists. Marcelle said the key distraction among drivers is cell phones.

Well, yeah. But that’s like saying cancer isn’t a problem because heart disease kills more people. Both can be a problem
This post was edited on 4/16/19 at 12:15 pm
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
25787 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:17 pm to
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All of the injury lawyer billboards are trash AF. I wish they would stop them. But, I agree with her...cell phones are worse than billboards.


Wait. What about banning obnoxious lawyer billboard AND curbing cellphone use while driving?!

Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42714 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:19 pm to
^This!
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76771 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:21 pm to
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represent a major distraction for truckers


maybe the billboards should serve as a reminder to stop wrecking?
Posted by Fishwater
Carcosa
Member since Aug 2010
6077 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:27 pm to
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Restricting billboards seems like government overreach to me.

Let the free market work itself out here.




Time, Place, and Manner restrictions can be constitutional... Not that TPM applies here, but thats what I remember about chilling speech.
Posted by mindbreaker
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
7921 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:27 pm to
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the key distraction among drivers is cell phones


we already have laws on the books for cell phones. As we do for driving slow in the left lane. If only we would you know enforce them.
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