PennDOT Asks for Sign Change: Man Working. Five Guys Watching Man Working

PennDOT is asking the Obama administration for new signs that better protect the five guys watching the one guy working.

Current signs only point out the man at work, said PennDOT representative Stu Hardcleft.

"That doesn't really address the other guys standing around shooting the shit and watching him," said Hardcleft. "The motorist should exercise the necessary caution for those folks, too."

Last year, two guys watching another guy work were nearly injured by careless motorists.

"One guy spilled his coffee," said Hardcleft. "Not just a little bit. It was a complete loss."

Hardcleft said another worker in the Philadelphia area was burned when he dropped a lit cigarette onto his beer belly after a car swerved near a group of guys he was standing with while watching another guy work.

"He's on light duty now," said Hardcleft. "He is back at the office with some other guys watching another guy type."

PennDOT is also asking for a new version of another classic safety sign. The new version states, "Slow Down. My Mommy and Daddy is Watching Someone Else's Mommy or Daddy Working."

The request will be added to the $20 million for signs paid for by the Americans Watching Other Americans Throw Their Money Away on Useless Signs Act, signed by President Obama last year.

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