As if there were not enough distractions for drivers:
Cell phones, satellite-positioning devices, radar detectors, shortwave and citizen-band radios, police monitors, back-seat television sets, stereo systems, mothers-in-law, etc.
Now a theater complex in Toronto, Canada wants to show movie clips on two giant screens alongside a major expressway.
Twelve lanes of motorists would be able to watch coming attractions—not the road—while traveling at 55 miles per hour.
Do wrecking yards, towing companies, funeral directors, emergency hospitals, rehabilitation centers and others have financial partnerships with Cineplex Galaxy?
If the zoning variance is approved, watch for the madness to invade the United States.
Actually, it is already here in the form of smaller plasma-TV advertising screens on busy street corners. (2 OCTOBER 2005)
