State-Sponsored Stalking
I watched one too many episodes of Unsolved Mysteries and America’s Most Wanted as a kid, which instilled a sense of hyper-vigilance around whether anyone was following me home. I cautiously watched the side view mirror, noting how long cars were following us. I didn’t want my name coming out of Robert Stack’s mouth in that ominous voice.
This sign wouldn’t have made me feel any safer because although I can read it, someone creepier might use it as justification to go into stalker mode and follow me home. This design is obviously one of those ideas the creator thought were so great they had to force it to work even if it ultimately didn’t.