The Washington Post’s Marc Fisher:

In the two years since it became illegal in the District to talk on a cellphone while driving, the city has slapped 19,000 tickets on motorists for violating the law. Yet no one believes the law has had much impact on the practice of chatting while holding a handset.

So the city has decided to try another way to send the message about distracted driving: Billboards. Billboards you look up at while you are . . . driving.

Ah, but the billboards mean well. Which is really all that matters, right?

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