Pac-Man Eats Highway Safety Project

“I drove that road the other day and drivers were bunched up to figure out what it was,” said an amused Gary Miller, the Wright County sheriff.

Someone inspired by the dots on the highway, to deter tailgating, decided to paint a large Pac-Man eating the dot - just like in the game.

“It’s kind of comical,” said county highway engineer Wayne Fingalson. “Somebody really did a good job of meticulously putting that (Pac-Man) in the dots.”

But Tom Dumont, the area traffic engineer for the Department of Transportation wasn’t too happy with the yellow menace: “I’d hate to say positive things because I don’t want to encourage people to try to paint something on a busy highway. But at least it’s made the project a little more noteworthy,”

Patricia Hackman, who teaches driving classes at Buffalo High School, said: “I don’t know where Pac-Man came from, but anything we can do to bring more attention to traffic safety, I’m all for it.”

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