Monday, August 31, 2009

Drunken Drivers and Hidden Messages

My first reaction to this road side display by Bangalore Traffic Police is...
"If this driver was drunk, why did someone else dropped something big on the car?" Did they hate him so much? Or did driver hit a tall building and it fell on the car?

Our normal association with drunken driving is a fast car crashing in a head on collision and smashed frontal portion. And here I could see a clear cognitive dissonance. Enough Indian movies have embedded it in our mind.

The police could have displayed the context of this crash for people to remember it for a longer time frame. A picture always speaks more than words. Think of it as thumbnail in picture and details in physical form. All of us are used to this representation of scenarios right. Don't make me think!

PS: I really appreciate the good service done Bangalore Police anyway.

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