Obituarys

Obituaries, one of the most read thing in paper newspapers.

They have these in car magazines now too.  The following is a sampling:

In Memoriam
Turn Signals, Age 84

The use of turn signals by American drivers dies last Wednesday.  Their passing was not unexpected.  Turn signals had been steadily derided since the late '80s , when Americans had come to a consensus that lifting a finger several times a day was an imposition on their busy lives.

Turn signals were born in 1925.  At the time, the seemed like a clever method of indicating a driver's intentions, but as the years wore on, U.S. drivers increasingly became unaware of their own intentions.  

Turn signals had earlier gone into a coma when BMW eliminated the up-and-down detents for the signal stalk, but the proximate cause of death was full gridlock in L.A. last Wednesday, a day on which it became impossible for any car to turn anyway.

Besides the fact that I don't know what detents are, I totally am mourning this loss to bikers, pedestrians, and the toll on insurance in America.

Also, say goodbye to your brain cells as you celebrate Cinco de Mayo!  (Come to Mad Mex to visit if you are in Philadelphia!)

feliz cinco de mayo