Cap Metro offers lessons to stay upright

From statesman, August 18, 2008...

Is comedian Bill Engvall working for Capital Metro?

I ask because of the sudden flowering of signs on the agency's buses offering people a tutorial on how to, uh, stand up. Specifically, the placards instruct people on how to remain vertical while a bus is in motion.

For instance, one of the seven oh-so-Austin-hip figures on the sign advises that if the bus is accelerating, "lean forward and put your weight on your front foot." Stopping? "Just lean back and put your weight on your back foot. Like surfing," it adds.

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