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Old May 27, 2010 | 07:53 AM
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Default Road Sign Hacked by Racists in Miami

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/26/1648...-road-sign.html



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Motorists driving along the Palmetto Expressway on Tuesday were greeted with an anti-immigrant message on a digital message board in a road construction sign.

Someone had hacked into the controls for the sign and reprogrammed it to flash ``NO LATINOS'' and ``NO TACOS.'' It was disconnected and repaired around 6 a.m.

Crews returned the sign to its intended message -- warning motorists that Northwest 25th Street would be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.



Gotta admit...if I was driving and saw a road sign that said "No Tacos"....I would probably laugh, as bad as that sounds. lmao.gif
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Old May 27, 2010 | 08:16 AM
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Maybe it wasn't racists... Maybe Taco Bell ran out of tacos and needed to tell the people...
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Old May 27, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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LOL 03 accent, great explanation... that no tacos sign is now my desktop background
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Old May 27, 2010 | 11:39 AM
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<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qCgtqAsHwAE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qCgtqAsHwAE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
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Old May 27, 2010 | 12:26 PM
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hahah funny. i love road sign hacks.

this could pass for offensive but it's just a joke.
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Old May 27, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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I think it was hacked by Mexican supporters, and would be intended to say:

"No Latinos No Tacos"

But that's silly. I can make my own tacos.
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Old May 27, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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ah you're right!!! that's what it must have said.

i was on Palmetto Expressway two years ago. a LOT of people would have seen this.
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