Photo: Steve Ringman / SeattleTimes.com
That’s one way of making your opinion heard, though it’s neither the safest or entirely legal. Vandals broke into a mobile road sign in Seattle and reprogrammed it with an anti-Trump message.
In light of the news of the ongoing impeachment inquiry, someone thought they could make themselves heard by using the mobile electronic road sign. It is usually used to deliver important safety messages to motorists or info on traffic conditions and roadblocks, but for a couple of hours the other day, it boldly proclaimed “Impeach the bastard.”
The hijacked message didn’t mention Trump by name, but considering the ongoing impeachment investigation, there can be no doubt as to who it was referring. According to the Seattle Times, the sign is owned by a company called National Barricade and is now being used by the city’s Department of Transportation for a project.
June Hatfield, service manager at National Barricade, says the hijacked message was up there for a couple of hours before a technician deleted it. KIRO7 reports that the vandals were not employees of the company or the city but probably some random guys. They broke the padlock to gain access to the keyboard and changed the message to put Trump on blast.
Many motorists and pedestrians were either outraged or amused by this seemingly innocent act of vandalism, but Hatfield stresses that it could have had more serious consequences. There is a reason why these mobile road signs are used, and that’s drivers’ safety.
“It’s taking away valuable information that drivers need,” Hatfield says.
Right now, the message has been deleted and the company put a new lock on the road sign. Neither report says whether the police have been involved or if anyone is actively looking for the anti-Trump campaigner.
The hijacked message didn’t mention Trump by name, but considering the ongoing impeachment investigation, there can be no doubt as to who it was referring. According to the Seattle Times, the sign is owned by a company called National Barricade and is now being used by the city’s Department of Transportation for a project.
June Hatfield, service manager at National Barricade, says the hijacked message was up there for a couple of hours before a technician deleted it. KIRO7 reports that the vandals were not employees of the company or the city but probably some random guys. They broke the padlock to gain access to the keyboard and changed the message to put Trump on blast.
Many motorists and pedestrians were either outraged or amused by this seemingly innocent act of vandalism, but Hatfield stresses that it could have had more serious consequences. There is a reason why these mobile road signs are used, and that’s drivers’ safety.
“It’s taking away valuable information that drivers need,” Hatfield says.
Right now, the message has been deleted and the company put a new lock on the road sign. Neither report says whether the police have been involved or if anyone is actively looking for the anti-Trump campaigner.
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