From the January 18, 2017, USA Today "Time to get patriotic about carpooling" by Marco della Cava.
During World War II the U.S. government tried to guilt commuters into carpooling.
One of its weapons was a poster showing a driver at the wheel of his car, driving down the road. Riding shotgun, a ghostly der Fuhrer. It read: "When you ride ALONE, you ride with Hitler! Join a car-sharing club TODAY!"
Of course, this would save valuable gasoline and Americans were rationed as to how much they could get anyway.
Perhaps, we should return to that with the crowded roads of today.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
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