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Here’s What Advice From Colorado’s Talking Urinals Sounds Like

KUNC | By Jim Hill
Published August 28, 2013 at 1:41 PM MDT
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Faced with the challenge of reaching young men with a message to deter drunk driving, Colorado's Department of Transportation has turned to a new tool. The 'Interactive Urinal Communicator.'

You read that right. The motion tripped device rests in the urinal and when a patron steps up, this attention grabbing message will be delivered:

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Jim Hill
I’m not a Colorado native (did you know that "I'm from Missouri" means "I'm skeptical of the matter and not easily convinced?") but I have lived here for most of my life and couldn't imagine leaving. After graduating from Colorado State University, I did what everyone wants to do; I moved to the mountains and skied, hiked, and hid from responsibility! Our listeners in the mountains may know me from my time in Steamboat Springs and Vail or as the voice of the Battle Mountain Huskies Hockey team in Vail.
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