{"id":79,"date":"2011-07-05T11:16:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=79"},"modified":"2014-01-26T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T17:58:38","slug":"2009july01-do-automakers-put-directional-blinkers-on-their-cars-or-are-people-just-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/79","title":{"rendered":"2009JULY01 &#8211; Do automakers put directional blinkers on their cars or are people just stupid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well my fellow brothers and sisters; if you can&#8217;t tell what today&#8217;s rant is about; it&#8217;s\u00a0about\u00a0all those morons who do not use their directional blinkers.\u00a0 I know my cars came with the blinkers attached; and as far as I know they are standard safety equipment.\u00a0 Anyways; on with the story.\u00a0 I was headed down the highway the other day and sure enough&#8230;.I saw it coming&#8230;.some stupid jerk too busy talking on his (or was it a her) cellphone not even paying attention to where he\/she was going.\u00a0 Just about took me and the car in front of me out &#8212; boy was I pissed.\u00a0 To make matters worse; they just kept driving; in and out of traffic (notice there is never a state trooper when you want one; unless you&#8217;re the one speeding?).\u00a0 I wished I would have gotten the license number.\u00a0 I think next time I will; and I&#8217;ll post it, yeah&#8230;that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ll do; take that you non-driving phone talking jerk.\u00a0 But enough is enough &#8211; I&#8217;ve gotton it off my chest &#8211; thanks for listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well my fellow brothers and sisters; if you can&#8217;t tell what today&#8217;s rant is about; it&#8217;s\u00a0about\u00a0all those morons who do not use their directional blinkers.\u00a0 I know my cars came with the blinkers attached; and as far as I know &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/79\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aom","category-rants-raves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1121,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1121","url_meta":{"origin":79,"position":0},"title":"Keeping the Roads Safe for Democracy","author":"John Sweeney","date":"August 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last month my daughter\u2019s car had its Virginia \u201csafety inspection\u201d.\u00a0 It failed. 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