Sig-Alerts make LA traffic a bit more bearable. I wish every big city had such a Sig-Alert.
From the California Department of Transportation website:
"Sig-Alerts" are unique to Southern California. They came about in the 1940s when the LAPD got in the habit of alerting a local radio reporter, Loyd Sigmon, of bad car wrecks on city streets. These notifications became known as "Sig-Alerts." Later Mr. Sigmon developed an electronic device that authorities could use to alert the media of disasters. Caltrans latched on to the term "Sig-Alert" and it has come to be known as any traffic incident that will tie up two or more lanes of a freeway for two or more hours.
Check out how wonderful Sig-Alerts are to people of Southern California.
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