PLEASE tell me people are not this stupid

[Crockett]

So I noticed there are new (small) signs located at the entrance to WDW. Just before you go under the famous gateway welcoming you to the property, there are white flashing signs on either side of the road which read: "No Stopping".

Somebody please tell me that these new signs were placed here due to some sort of city mandate, hazard precaution measure, rather than being added because tourists had the intelligence levels which made them necessary. In other words, were people actually that stupid that they need to be told not to park/stop their vehicle along a busy freeway??

I have been visiting WDW since the early 1980's. We go approx 2-3 times per year. Not once have I seen someone stopping their car alongside the busy freeway to take pics of the WDW welcome gateway. Yet these new "No Stopping" signs suggest there has been a problem with this...a frequent problem.

For those of you who live closer to WDW, or frequent the place more often...tell me, what gives? Do tourists really stop alongside the road? I can understand if this was some small town, low-traffic street in which this would be considered safe. But the entrance to WDW?? That freeway is hectic even when people DO follow the rules.
Please tell me there was some other ordinance of something which caused these new signs to be added, and not the lack of common sense among fellow human beings.

 

[Hakunamatata]

I've seen people stop.

 

[rsoxguy]

Whether they can be labeled as being stupid or not, I have seen people over the years stopping in the vicinity of the grand entrance to take photos. The signs might as well read, "this is not a photo stop".

 

[wm49rs]

I've seen people stop.

And these signs are not new, nor is the subject:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showpost.php?p=4762288&postcount=1

 

[Crockett]

And these signs are not new, nor is the subject:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showpost.php?p=4762288&postcount=1

Sorry, didn't see the older thread.

Not sure why, but I've never noticed these signs before. Have they changed them recently or something, adding the flashing lights, etc? We were there back on Oct and drove right past that area several times, and I never noticed them. :shrug:

 

[wm49rs]

Sorry, didn't see the older thread.

Not sure why, but I've never noticed these signs before. Have they changed them recently or something, adding the flashing lights, etc? We were there back on Oct and drove right past that area several times, and I never noticed them. :shrug:

I believe the lights attached to them may be newer, but the signs themselves have been in place for close to a year now.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I still see people parked there even with the multiple signs telling you not to stop. It's a great memory until someone gets hit by a car...

 

[wm49rs]

I still see people parked there even with the multiple signs telling you not to stop. It's a great memory until someone gets hit by a car...

Yeah, they were there last week as well. Some simply parked further away from the signs, as if they weren't able to read them or something. :dazzle: :brick:

 

[unkadug]

Perhaps the lights only start blinking when they sense that someone is contemplating stopping. It's part of the Next Gen initiative.

 

[MouseDreaming]

Whether they can be labeled as being stupid or not, I have seen people over the years stopping in the vicinity of the grand entrance to take photos. The signs might as well read, "this is not a photo stop".

And many of those pictures can be seen on these boards, I'm sure.

 

[Crockett]

The signs might as well read, "this is not a photo stop".

Lol. Though WDW must have known this would happen when they put such a decorative piece alongside and over the freeway. It's asking to be shot at w/cameras. I'm guilty of filming the arch as I drive under (may not be considered a safe driving habit in it's own respect). But stopping on the side of that road just seems like a death gamble, especially considering how other drivers will be looking at the sign...and not at you on the side, as they drive past.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Sorry, didn't see the older thread.

Not sure why, but I've never noticed these signs before. Have they changed them recently or something, adding the flashing lights, etc? We were there back on Oct and drove right past that area several times, and I never noticed them. :shrug:

I think they used to say "Watch out for falling prices"....:lookaroun

 

[scpergj]

Yeah, they're that stupid. Seriously.

A few years ago we saw an accident ALMOST happen...kinda went like this:

Obliviot guest parked on the side of the road to take pictures of kids in front of the sign. Load kids back into car and pull back onto road...failing to notice traffic coming up from behind. If there was more traffic, car would have been flattened by the minivan coming up fromm behind that swerved into the next lane to avoid the accident...

Oh...how do I know this? I was driving the minivan....thank God for antilock brakes and all the other electronic driving assistance in modern vehicles...

 

[lighteningqueen]

And these signs are not new, nor is the subject:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showpost.php?p=4762288&postcount=1

Why is it that someone can never bring anything up that someone has to point out its been spoken before. I did not ever see this and I do not do the boards everyday.. I also do not look way back at old post. No need by the time we read them rules or something has changed. AND some people are new altogether on these boards.. This is just me reading you telling them its old hat.. We are sorry I find it interesting though as I did not know they even had the blinking signs., We only drove one time in 2007. So obviously we had not know about this.

 

[Mikester71]

Perhaps the lights only start blinking when they sense that someone is contemplating stopping. It's part of the Next Gen initiative.

:ROFLOL: Gotta spend that billion dollars somehow!!

 

[Mikester71]

I remember seeing the signs last March when we drove down. I usually just have my wife snap a quick picture from the safety of the car as we drive under it. Most of the time it turns out.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

I've seen some knuckleheads stop a few times.


I've said this before, but people are going to stop regardless. I think Disney needs to realize this is akin to the Las Vegas sign and put some kind of parking off on the side of the road where people can safely stop to take their pictures.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Why is it that someone can never bring anything up that someone has to point out its been spoken before. I did not ever see this and I do not do the boards everyday.. I also do not look way back at old post. No need by the time we read them rules or something has changed. AND some people are new altogether on these boards.. This is just me reading you telling them its old hat.. We are sorry I find it interesting though as I did not know they even had the blinking signs., We only drove one time in 2007. So obviously we had not know about this.

Because it is quite possible additional info that is in the old thread could be relevant to the new. I dont see a problem with it.

 

[sittle]

So I noticed there are new (small) signs located at the entrance to WDW. Just before you go under the famous gateway welcoming you to the property, there are white flashing signs on either side of the road which read: "No Stopping".

Somebody please tell me that these new signs were placed here due to some sort of city mandate, hazard precaution measure, rather than being added because tourists had the intelligence levels which made them necessary. In other words, were people actually that stupid that they need to be told not to park/stop their vehicle along a busy freeway??

I have been visiting WDW since the early 1980's. We go approx 2-3 times per year. Not once have I seen someone stopping their car alongside the busy freeway to take pics of the WDW welcome gateway. Yet these new "No Stopping" signs suggest there has been a problem with this...a frequent problem.

For those of you who live closer to WDW, or frequent the place more often...tell me, what gives? Do tourists really stop alongside the road? I can understand if this was some small town, low-traffic street in which this would be considered safe. But the entrance to WDW?? That freeway is hectic even when people DO follow the rules.
Please tell me there was some other ordinance of something which caused these new signs to be added, and not the lack of common sense among fellow human beings.

Yes, people are this stupid.... haven't you ever noticed on the bottom of "Bleach wipes" (ie: Clorox, Scrubbing Bubbles, Lysol etc) they've posted a disclaimer "Not to be used as a personal wipe".

If there is a sign about it, there was probably a lawsuit about it... more infuriating the sign probably has little effect.

 

[cowanfamily]

I still see people parked there even with the multiple signs telling you not to stop. It's a great memory until someone gets hit by a car...

After they get hit the media runs with it on the front page, the individuals file a lawsuit and ticket prices go up. Why? So Mr. and Mrs. Idonthaveaclue can take a picture of little Johnny in front of the sign.