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New Zealand Creates Safety Billboard That Bleeds When It Rains

Posted by samzenpus on from the when-it-rains-it-gores dept.

Officials in Papakura, New Zealand have come up with a billboard that bleeds when it rains. They hope it will encourage drivers to slow down when the weather makes conditions dangerous. Since the billboards have been erected, there hasn't been a fatal accident in the area.

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  1. Supernaturally effective by Bovius · · Score: 4, Funny

    The power of advertising compels you! To drive safely!

  2. In the U.S. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...we ought to erect a similar billboard that shits when politicians do ANYTHING.

    1. Re:In the U.S. by tuxedobob · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're just trying to get goatse posted on a billboard in your community, aren't you?

    2. Re:In the U.S. by Landshark17 · · Score: 2, Funny

      No good - it'd pile up so fast you'd need wings to stay above it.

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    3. Re:In the U.S. by Landshark17 · · Score: 2, Funny

      My bad, misread your post as "shits anytime politicians bullshit."

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  3. How soon before... by Registered+Coward+v2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    someone sees Jesus in one of the billboards?

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  4. I could be wrong here... by thewils · · Score: 2, Funny

    but I don't think it's really blood. Seems to be some kind of red liquid to simulate blood, I think.

    "Leaking" might be a better word to describe it, I wouldn't use "bleeding" myself.

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    1. Re:I could be wrong here... by oldspewey · · Score: 4, Funny

      but I don't think it's really blood.

      In related news, the New Zealand Health Bureau has stepped up calls for donors in the midst of what is being called "the greatest blood shortage crisis our nation has ever known."

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  5. ...No deaths, except for those ones... by RyanFenton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not reported are those deaths caused by folks either watching or cringing away from the image of a giant boy bleeding out his nostrils and eyebrows. ...followed by a sign that said...burma shave.

    Ryan Fenton

  6. with a few more tweaks by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    they also got the billboard to shit bats

    making it the most goth/ emo billboard in the world

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  7. Awesome much? by S7urm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think that is a pretty cool idea, what better way to get your average 16 year old chucklehead to pay attention and not drive head on into my mom on the road, then to remind him that getting in accidents cause signs to bleed at random in New Zealand...........and also forces people to kill cute puppies and kittens.........

    Damn kids! get off my lawn!

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  8. eh? by poetmatt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did they really realize that they basically made a menstruating billboard? At least it doesn't yell at people or have emotional breakdowns.

  9. If you want to get people to slow down in the rain by gurps_npc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Put an electronic headline news billboard up. Then when it rains, put a fake headline like "Be on the look out for a nude 20 year old girl on Highway 3" I assure you, all the men will slow down and be on the look out for her.

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  10. The appropriate name for this new material? by dmomo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gore-Techs

  11. Rain isn't causing those accidents by redshirt · · Score: 5, Funny

    After watching the video, the real cause of accidents is clear: they drive on the wrong side of the road!

    1. Re:Rain isn't causing those accidents by F�an�ro · · Score: 3, Funny

      And if you count India, you should count it for both sides.
      I am not sure how to tell which side they prefer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM

  12. Well gosh darn! by denzacar · · Score: 2, Funny

    We should better let them know then.
    They should immediately start cutting and stabbing actual living things on top of that billboard, or stop calling it "bleeding".

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  13. You Are. by davegravy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously they collected the blood from past accident victims (who never noticed the fine print on their organ donation card authorizing the use of their blood in accident prevention advertising campaigns)

  14. Vista Pollution by Fieryphoenix · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's getting impossible to enjoy the scenery there any more because of all the bloody signs!