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Fri Nov 8, 2013, 06:16 AM Nov 2013

NC Dept of Transportation traffic alert: Watch out for women drivers and Obamacare

The North Carolina Department of Transportation sent out a traffic alert, warning people of female drivers, rain and Obamacare.

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.”

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WTKR NewsChannel 3 reached out 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.

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http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2013/11/07/botched-nc-traffic-alert-warns-of-women-drivers-rain-obama-care/

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NC Dept of Transportation traffic alert: Watch out for women drivers and Obamacare (Original Post) cali Nov 2013 OP
lol funny Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #1
yah, that's just side splitting. not. cali Nov 2013 #2
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