"PRBot II" (prbot2)
11/08/2013 at 09:02 • Filed to: wtf, lolcars
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"PRBot II" (prbot2)
11/08/2013 at 09:02 • Filed to: wtf, lolcars | 1
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation sent out a traffic alert, warning people of female drivers, rain and Obamacare.
Reposted from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
The North Carolina DOT sends out routine alerts to drivers about accidents and road work using email and Twitter messages.
On Wednesday, the NCDOT sent out an alert which reads: “A High severity incident has been Added for I-40 Eastbound in Wake County in Raleigh,” before going on to list the incident as “Vehicle Accident: Women Drivers, Rain, Obama Care.”
The message then advised drivers: “Stay Home.”
WTKR !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to the NCDOT officials who said the erroneous message occurred due to a botched test of the system. According to the transportation officials, the systems were being analyzed at the time of the incident and messages were only supposed to be sent internally. The IT contractor reportedly did not follow protocol, and the alerts were sent to the public mistakenly.
“The individual violated procedures by failing to turn off the external feed while testing and for the inappropriate test message content. The contractor was let go immediately for this action,” DOT !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in a statement.
getchapopcorn
> PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 09:05 |
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This has nothing to do with NC — stupid people are everywhere.
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PRBot II
> getchapopcorn
11/08/2013 at 09:10 |
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Agreed 100%.
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getchapopcorn
> PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 09:10 |
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le sigh.
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PRBot II
> getchapopcorn
11/08/2013 at 09:13 |
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Just curious, what was it about the article that implied stupid people only in NC?
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 09:15 |
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Oh IT departments, "If it wasn't fucked up before, it will be now."
Autophile412 - what's the world got in store?
> PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 09:22 |
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I actually think it is kinda funny. *puts up umbrella for ensuing shit storm*
Cajun Ginger
> PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 09:23 |
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Sheesh. Everyone knows test messages should be about zombies.
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PRBot II
> Autophile412 - what's the world got in store?
11/08/2013 at 09:25 |
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It's alright, this DOT guy messed up pretty bad. I had a good laugh.
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getchapopcorn
> PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 10:13 |
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hahaha, absolutely nothing, I'm just being defensive of my state; Lord knows we're getting enough bad press about things...
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PRBot II
> getchapopcorn
11/08/2013 at 10:17 |
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I love NC. I've never lived there, but I always enjoy it every time I drive through.
I haven't noticed too much bad press for the state... thankfully there's no Bugs .gif sawing off NC.
The Transporter
> getchapopcorn
11/08/2013 at 10:19 |
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Nothing to do with NC? Hell, it's got nothing to do with Miatas in general. Miatas don't come with built-in traffic alert systems.
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getchapopcorn
> PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 10:19 |
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Haha, true. Surely any state is a utopian paradise next to Florida; Bugs had his priorities in the right place.