Traffic signs

More silly signage on the digital board before Exit 1 on 95N. A few days ago, it admonished us peons to slow down, or to buckle up, or something, and the follow-up was 

LIVE TO DO GREAT THINGS 

I think what they really mean is

LIVE TO PAY TAXES AND OBEY ORDERS

Anyway, yesterday the sign read 

 31 NH DEATHS 

1 DEATH IS TOO MANY 

(or something like that). I began to wonder: how has this statistic changed since last year? I kind of remember it being roughly the same, but I can’t be sure. Then I began to wonder about Maggie Hassan et al.’s cell phone ban. Of course, that gang support it regardless of the trend, with either of the two following points: 

1. The traffic mortality rate has gone down. It’s obvious that the cell phone ban worked. Let’s pat ourselves on the back.
2. The traffic mortality rate has gone up. Obviously, the ban doesn’t have “teeth” to it. Let’s make it stronger and then pat ourselves on the back.

Win, win for them as they turn the ratchet.