Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!zehntel!ihnp4!ihlts!ryl From: ryl@ihlts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Odd roadside sign in OK Message-ID: <147@ihlts.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 19:59:42 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlts.147 Posted: Fri Jun 10 19:59:42 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 04:25:52 EDT Lines: 13 On a recent cross-country road trip, I saw the following sign on the turnpike in Oklahoma (red letters on a white background from Joplin to Tulsa, white on red from Tulsa to OKC): DO NOT DRIVE INTO SMOKE This has puzzled me with a great puzzlement. Besides being a statement of common sense, what could this possibly mean? Is it significant that Oklahoma is the only place where I've ever seen such a sign? Anyone care to try to explain? Bob "Route 66" Lied ...ihnp4!ihlts!ryl