There is a funny photo making the rounds of the deaf internet via email. It appears to be a photo of one of those highway announcement signs, saying
“DEAF DRIVER
NO SIDEKICK T-MOBILE
WATCH OUT”
The implications of having a real sign say this are amazing. Why single out deaf drivers? Not all deaf drivers have a Sidekick. There are worse drivers out there who are jabbering on their cell phones, drinking coffee, doing their makeup, reading their newspapers, etc.!!!
Before you all start sending the NAD, or even Ridor himself, emails with your scathing comments about being discriminated against, hoping that the deaf blogosphere will explode with a tremendous backlash . . . relax.
This picture is a fake. A hint can be found in the bad wording used to describe the pager - it’s actually T-Mobile Sidekick, not the other way around. The second clue is in the hard to discern URL embedded in the photo. This leads to this website by Atom Smasher.
Atom Smasher offers a fun way to autogenerate a photo with your custom message on the highway announcement sign. Hehehe. Have fun, but don’t believe everything you see via email! 
6 responses so far ↓
1 Barb DiGi // Mar 7, 2007 at 11:01 am
Yeah, did a fun vlog last week about that…check it out..
http://deafprogressivism.blogspot.com/2007/03/deaf-drivers-watch-out.html
You would be amazed how many deafies thought it was real! When I first saw it, I said no way but decided to make a joke out of it.
2 asdf // Mar 7, 2007 at 11:32 am
I know.. Therefore there are so many idiot deaf people..
3 *Boston // Mar 7, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I hear what you say and Barb yes, I thought it was too good to be true but I caught something that I knew it was fake… BAD ENGLISH!
Should have typed “NO TMOBILE SIDEKICK”
whoever typed this should be more careful to make this a cruel joke
I found this website to be entertaining and now I found my father making up signs and send out to family and friends with birthday greetings… Yes my Dad reads my blogs but couldn’t understand my vlogs (he’s hearing) LOL…
4 tayler // Mar 7, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Another clue: the sign singles out the T-Mobile Sidekick.
5 *Boston // Mar 7, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Another clue: Deaf Driver, should say “Deaf Drivers” (plural) I’m having too much fun with this… that tells me I have bit too much time on my hands at work! Better get back to work!
6 Debra Fry // Nov 5, 2007 at 6:28 pm
I want to know, which is best for deaf pager strong service than T-Mobile sidekick weak plus block all the times. Please let me know soon as possible.
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