Let’s be honest: No matter which way you interpret that message, it’s good advice.
According to Huffington Post, the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety has been forced to cancel their campaign aimed at warning drivers about the dangers of over correcting in snow and ice because it is instead being interpreted as a message about not masturbating while you’re behind the wheel.
Highway Safety officials admitted the double meaning behind the campaign slogan “Don’t Jerk and Drive” was intentional, as the ad was aimed at young male drivers.
“The message is that we’d prefer drivers keep their cars out of the ditch and their minds out of the gutter,” Director of the Office of Highway Safety Lee Axdahl said.
Despite the fact the ad campaign had outperformed previous public safety campaigns on Facebook to the tune of 25 to 1, officials decided to pull the plug on it. Much of the pressure came from Rep. Mike Vericho, who said the office made a “terrible error in judgment.”
No word if this puts the kibosh on the department’s next campaign aimed at combating drifting and unnecessarily pulling the emergency brake called “Stop Yanking Your Crank.”
This guy apparently didn’t get the memo: Drunk Man Crashes Into Restaurant Then Gets Out and Masturbates
