{"id":2014,"date":"2012-08-17T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com\/blog\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2026-02-10T05:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:30:38","slug":"your-friday-five-breaking-signs-lawnmower-duis-salon-formaldehyde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/your-friday-five-breaking-signs-lawnmower-duis-salon-formaldehyde\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Friday Five: Breaking Signs, Lawnmower DUI’s, and Salon Formaldehyde"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A sign breaks over the road during a windstorm.<\/em>\u00a0(Click for video, via <\/em>OttawaCitizen<\/em>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday, August 17, 2012 — Jay Mangat was traveling along a highway in Calgary, Canada, in a severe windstorm when he noticed a highway sign bobbing violently. As Mangat\u2019s friend drove near the sign, he filmed the violent shocks to the support beam. Just as his vehicle passed under the sign, a last jolt dislodged the sign, causing it to plummet to the ground \u2013\u00a0narrowly missing his vehicle. Luckily, no one else was injured. The video, meanwhile, has gone viral.<\/p>\n

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Man gets DUI \u2013\u00a0on a bulldozer<\/em> (via <\/em>RoadTrafficSigns<\/em><\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Cody Gibbs, a 22 year-old from Georgia, was arrested and charged with a DUI after destroying a concrete cub and an erosion silt fence\u00a0\u2013\u00a0while driving a bulldozer intoxicated<\/a>. Estimated property damage is said to exceed $10,000. Gibbs is being charged with second-degree criminal damage,\u00a0a felony.\u00a0 The case comes on the heels of another bizarre DUI in which a Florida man was arrested<\/a> for a lawn mower DUI: the 68-year-old was arrested after driving his lawn mower on the wrong side of the road, drunk.<\/p>\n

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The DOT collaborates with the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety to raise awareness about distracted driving (via <\/em>MyParkingSign<\/em><\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Similarly, the Department of Transportation has teamed up with the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) to help teach employees safe driving habits. NETS has hosted a Drive Safely to Work Week every October for the past 15 years, but this is the first that’s been promoted by the DOT.\u00a0 The program emphasizes safety tips like the importance of wearing a seatbelt, or avoiding distracted driving. The initiative joins a host of other grassroots campaigns advocating<\/a>\u00a0safer driving habits.<\/p>\n

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Drought prompts DOT to waive truck regulations (via <\/em>MyParkingSign<\/em><\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

The DOT has announced that it will waive hours of service requirements and federal truck weight regulations in states where the governor declares a drought emergency.\u00a0 The waiver will assist farmers and ranchers by increasing the amount of commercial truck drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies. The announcement coincides with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s press release\u00a0urging<\/a> employers to prepare for extreme high temperatures by providing employees with heat protection.<\/p>\n

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Regulators identify a\u00a0<\/em>new workplace threat \u2013\u00a0salon formaldehyde (via <\/em>MySafetySign<\/em><\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Representatives of the Department of Labor, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Food and Drug Administration met to discuss<\/a> workplace hazards in salons. The foremost discussed hazard was formaldehyde exposure, as hair-smoothing treatments containing formaldehyde release potentially dangerous toxins into the air. The meeting follows OSHA\u2019s\u00a0 tighter regulations on beauty products<\/a> containing hazardous chemicals.<\/p>\n

– N. Gilliat<\/p>\n

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