Figure This One Out

[Bruzilla]

I'm driving into work this morning, and traffic was a lot heavier than normal. I turned on WOKV, the news/talker in Jacksonville, to see what was happening to cause the back-ups.

The traffic gal comes on and says traffic on I-295 is slow because of a previously "mobility-challenged vehicle" that had been in the center lane. I thought what the Hell is a mobility-challenged vehicle? I figured it must be some special-purpose van or bus for moving handicapped people. Then the traffic gal says traffic is slow on I-10 because of another mobility-challenged vehicle in the median. That's when I figured out they were now using the term mobility-challenged vehicle to replace saying disabled or broken-down vehicle!

I sent an inquiry to WOKV to find out who thought this up. It's either some PC moron or the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act has been extended to vehicles now.

 

[Robert 96]

That's so stupid it's funny !

 

[Cranky]

Makes ya wonder what's coming next.

 

[super-bee_ski]

America has lost it's focus!

 

[RustyRatRod]

That's retarded.

 

[70rr-brian]

That's retarded.

Don't you mean "Intellectual Disability"?

Just look that one up if you want a good laugh. Here's a hint: Rosa's law

This is what we have become. Embrace the horror.

 

[bigredbird]

This is what happens when vocabulary-challenged newscasters work for intellect-challenged radio stations. Common sense breaks down... er, becomes logic-challenged.

 

[CTMopar]

So they don't want us to just call them Fords anymore? and I thought calling dead end roads no outlet was bad enough

 

[Propwash]

Chalk up one more "fail" on god's score board...........Poor guy sure has to be sick of shaking his head.

 

[Bruzilla]

I just got a response back from WOKV. They said "No motives beyond trying a different way to saying it." I don't know what's dumber... the use of mobility-challenged vehicle or the need to find a different way of saying disabled when referring to vehicles!

 

[Sweet5ltr]

I live around 10 minutes from Fleming Island, where the original poster is from and I feel the same way.. That is why I don't have a radio in my car, it was replaced by a rocker switch panel..

 

[Al K]

I'd prefer:

"Some bozo's shitbox farking died in the middle of effing rush hour. Traffic's backed up like a politician's pooper. Yo *** ain't gonna be moving for a while,so find something useful to do. Or pleasurable. Or both. Have fun...HAHAHA!!!! Glad I'm in the copter and not down there with you! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!.".

Nah;that'll never happen.

 

[sublimegtx]

Makes ya wonder what's coming next.

Mobility challenged?

 

[Moparsmitty]

Just another college boy/girl trying to show off their vocabulary. Talk about not getting your tuition moneys worth.

 

[sublimegtx]

I live around 10 minutes from Fleming Island, where the original poster is from and I feel the same way.. That is why I don't have a radio in my car, it was replaced by a rocker switch panel..

Does it fire missles? Now that would be cool

 

[Budnicks]

We are in a PC world, that's going to hell in a handbasket, like someone else said "get use to it"... we get some of that stuff here in Calif. too, Radio Jocks "think they're funny", when they're not....

 

[tpodwdog]

awwwwwwwwwwwwww.......poor radio people dont want to insult an inanimate object.......bless their hearts. when is this politically correct **** gonna end ?

 

[bigredbird]

They could just say "crippled vehicle" now - that word's been on ice for a couple of decades now and can come back to describe busted cars without offending anyone with a disability.

 

[wahya]

I don't know, it sounds more interesting than calling 511.

 

[YY1]

I personally love watching a recently made "period" movie, you know- set in the 30's, 40's, what ever...and hearing them use modern PC terms especially "went missing"...

WTF happened to "disappeared", which was used from the beginning of written communication until what, 1998-ish