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green73
11-07-2013, 06:38 PM
The North Carolina Department of Transportation sent out a traffic alert, warning people of female drivers, rain and Obamacare.

The North Carolina DOT sends out routine alerts to drivers about accidents and road work using email and Twitter messages.

On Wednesday, the NCDOT sent out an alert which reads: “A High severity incident has been Added for I-40 Eastbound in Wake County in Raleigh,” before going on to list the incident as “Vehicle Accident: Women Drivers, Rain, Obama Care.”

The message then advised drivers: “Stay Home.”

WTKR NewsChannel 3 reached out to the NCDOT officials who said the erroneous message occurred due to a botched test of the system. According to the transportation officials, the systems were being analyzed at the time of the incident and messages were only supposed to be sent internally. The IT contractor reportedly did not follow protocol, and the alerts were sent to the public mistakenly.

“The individual violated procedures by failing to turn off the external feed while testing and for the inappropriate test message content. The contractor was let go immediately for this action,” DOT officials said in a statement.

http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2013/11/07/botched-nc-traffic-alert-warns-of-women-drivers-rain-obama-care/
gwax23
11-07-2013, 06:47 PM
Well we should watch out for Women drivers and Rain. Especially when both are present.
acptulsa
11-07-2013, 06:57 PM
Well we should watch out for Women drivers and Rain. Especially when both are present.

Yeah. Because if we aren't careful around those, we might end up at the mercy of Obamacare...
2young2vote
11-07-2013, 07:13 PM
Yeah. Because if we aren't careful around those, we might end up at the mercy of Obamacare...

All you have to do is exist to be at the mercy of Obamacare.
DamianTV
11-07-2013, 07:49 PM
Their solution: buy a really expensive automated self driving car and give us all your responsibilities.

If you have No Responsibilities, you have No Freedom.
roho76
11-07-2013, 08:14 PM
Somebody hire this man. That's awesome.
presence
11-07-2013, 08:22 PM
That is really a stupid reason to fire someone. Shit happens; you don't take away a man's lively hood over a simple mistake just to be PC.

eta

fuck it. Its a state DOT job. the leaches can all go to hell.
green73
11-07-2013, 08:25 PM
That is really a stupid reason to fire someone. Shit happens; you don't take away a man's lively hood over a simple mistake just to be PC.

Then again, when it's a central planner the effects are a little more powerful than that of the good people sector.
Kotin
11-07-2013, 08:27 PM
How prescient.
FindLiberty
11-08-2013, 08:00 AM
The contractor was let go immediately for this action. Buzz kill.
Working Poor
11-08-2013, 08:04 AM
That is really a stupid reason to fire someone. Shit happens; you don't take away a man's lively hood over a simple mistake just to be PC.

eta

fuck it. Its a state DOT job. the leaches can all go to hell.

He would have still had his job if it said: caution tea party on the road.