What’s the problem?
A few things.
The poster seem to normalise people being hit or run over by cars.
It seems to normalise the blame of being hit to the fault of the pedestrian, as opposed to the driver or vehicle operator, which is no where to be seen.
It seems to associate the intelligence of a person with that of a animal that made the same mistake, ie. wanting to cross the road safely.
There is an activate campaign in Toronto called Vision Zero. Its goal is to have zero traffic fatalities in Toronto. This poster kind of says to me “ohh well we tried, but people will still get hit or run over”
What? All it’s saying is not to call 911 for that kind of thing.
Don’t underestimate a raccoon’s intelligence. Put a half eaten burger in the world’s most secure safe, he’ll crack that mother and he’ll tell all his friends how he did it.
At first glance, “the right call” makes me think spatially in terms of direction - i.e. always call the phone number on the right side of the page, instead of the left side.
(Obviously they mean the correct call to get the correct help, but it’s still funny).
I think that hit the spot, actually. Lol
No pun intended?
What’s the pun?
Hit the spot = hit by a car
Aha! Those are tire marks. Thanks!
Raccoons need ambulances too! That title sounds pretty speciesist.
You call the Toronto Wildlife Centre, that is if the image’s are 1:1 and the racoon’s infact still alive like the pedestrian.
I just checked and raccoons have a life span of 1.8 to 3.1 years even shorter if they’re eating trash.
This poster seems to imply both are dead on the sidewalk.
