Tasmanian Police Sign Stuff Up !!!

[csv8]

Tasmanian police have been left red-faced by a signage mishap on random breath-testing vans which encourages people to drink drive.

The vans have been emblazoned with the message: "Real mates don't let mates drink drive."

The slogan painted on the sides of vans used throughout the state shortens to "Real mates drink drive" when the sliding doors are open.

The signage was part of a major campaign by the Road Safety Advisory Council.

The Police Department has told officers to remove the slogans by the end of the week.
The department say it is up to the council to pay for the new paint job.

[XRGhia]

Hahahaha, that's epic!

[flappist]

There was a van a while ago that had the word Therapist across the doors at the back that became "the rapist" when partly opened.

And of course the QLD cockup when the wrong sticker was used to repair damage to a door and they had a POLLICE car.

[GTP-814]

Goes to show that marketing people are great at concepts, not reality

[blueprinted_xr]

Reminds me of several top gear episodes

Peniston oil became ***** oil
Arseton biscuits because **** biscuits (or something similar)
Eat English muffins became eat English muff

[FPV GTHO]

What's the go with fobbing it off to the council?

[pcman]

Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

What's the go with fobbing it off to the council?

"The signage was part of a major campaign by the Road Safety Advisory Council."

[exdubbleya]

Google - images: "Alan Jones" + count

[2011G6E]

Many many moons ago, when the police station was in the center of Bundaberg near the old traffic bridge, you could drive past and see into the parking area out the back where the cop cars sat.
They got a brand new Highway Patrol car...a yellow (back when they were yellow and normal cars were white) VH Commodore pursuit car. Some people managed to get photos of it when it was sitting out the back one night, as the number plates it was delivered with said "PIG" for letters. I saw it as I drove past, but this was the days way before digital cameras or mobile phones, so the only pictures that exist were taken by people who pulled up and sat there with an old 110 Instamatic or something and flashed a few photos.
The plate was changed before it was allowed out on the roads of course, but someone simply must have been having a giggle when they put that plate on.

[tex]

Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

What's the go with fobbing it off to the council?

The police department can't afford paperclip atm, yet alone restickering a booze bus.

[XBROO]

I remember about 10 years ago there was a police car getting around with just pol on one side of it. We used to say the ice melted in hot pursuit.

[Mickxr8]

6ES used to be the prefix for unmarked plates here many moons ago , poor buggers in "069" , took em guite a while till they twigged that everyone was just following them while we chucked bog laps around perth lol