Time Warp

Remember the old Burma Shave highway signs? The brushless shaving cream started in 1925, and the first signs were introduced in 1927. Around 1935, the first safety themed signs appeared.

Many people do nostalgically recall those now phased-out rhymes that feature a touch of humor, and, in most cases, some safety sense. Here are some of those verses that should jog a memory or two:

 

DRINKING DRIVERS
ENHANCE THEIR
CHANCE
TO HIBALL IT HOME
IN AN AMBULANCE

TRAIN APPROACHING
WHISTLE SQUEALING
STOP!
AVOID
THAT RUN-DOWN FEELING

DRINKING DRIVERS
—NOTHING WORSE
THEY PUT
THE QUART
BEFORE THE HEARSE

PASSING CARS
WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE
MAY GET YOU
A GLIMPSE
OF ETERNITY

HARDLY A DRIVER
IS NOW ALIVE
WHO PASSED
ON HILLS
AT 75

WE KNOW
HOW MUCH
YOU LOVE THAT GAL
BUT USE BOTH HANDS
FOR DRIVING, PAL

DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING

IS HE LONESOME
OR JUST BLIND—
THIS GUY
WHO DRIVES
SO CLOSE BEHIND?

NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER
HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN YOUR CAR IS YOU

A GUY
WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKING
HE'S JUST HOPIN'

DIM YOUR LIGHTS
BEHIND A CAR
LET FOLKS SEE
HOW BRIGHT
YOU ARE

AROUND THE
CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
WAS A BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?

Published 03-22-19