Main Roads WA have been praised for their genius initiative to ensure grey nomads towing caravans don’t clog up regional roads anymore.
The solution? To place “overtaking lane ahead” signs every 100m to keep the boomers above 75kph. A spokesperson for Main Roads WA told The Times,
“What you don’t understand is that the boomer mind is actually on auto pilot while driving on regional roads and responds instinctively to those overtaking signs. Suddenly, that accelerator pedal gets an almighty smashing. So we believe that constant exposure to these signs will keep them in a state of trying to block others overtaking thus doing the speed limit”
After the first day of the trial, literal days were shaved off commute times from Perth to Broome. Similar statistics were also seen on the infamous boomer stretch of Albany Highway.
Not everyone is thrilled with the initiative with many boomers complaining that its trickery and the Government should be liable for the petrol they expend doing the speed limit. One boomer we talked to described the new road signage as dishonest, adding,
“If only they knew the panic we felt that someone might use the opportunity to get ahead of us and raid the toilet paper at the next caravan park. It’s cruel policy and we won’t stand for it”
A spokesperson for the WA Government said that there would be no hand outs to boomers for doing the bare minimum to ease frustration on the roads. Adding,
“They’ve been getting away with this shit for too long and frankly it’s driving both holidaymakers and locals insane. Do the speed limit or allow others to overtake, it’s’ simple”
Well said.