Banner/Sign wave test run (looking for suggestions and reference points)

[harikaried]

After waving the sign and holding the banner up for almost 3 hours today ~3-6pm Sunday... make sure to bring water!

I had a couple friends drive by, and it's somewhat tricky to read the whole "I'm voting for Peace; Ron Paul President 2012" but the face is pretty recognizable.

I noticed a lot of people were putting up the Peace sign (V with 2 fingers) or gave a thumbs up. There were quite a few people that like to honk and wave back just because you're waving at them too.

I'm thinking one of the below might be better for overpass banner waving. Higher contrast and larger Ron Paul text.




http://ronpaulswag.com/signs/banners.html

 

[TruckinMike]

What's wrong with TALKING TO REAL PEOPLE?

Sign waves = dumb

Thats why every year billions of dollars are spent on billboards, magazine ads, TV spots, newspaper ads, and the like --- yes, all of those folks are just plain dumb. In fact I'll go one further, the entire advertising industry is dumb. Yes, you heard it here, right here on the Ron Paul Forums for the billionth time. Advertising is dumb. Its said so often by so many folks here it just has to be true.

Listen up foolish little children! Some folks don't have a gift for gab, those of you that do, do your thing. And those that would rather fly Ron Paul kites or hang banners do your thing. But whatever you do STOP trying to place everyone else in your tiny little box 'O ideas. All I see happening with these attacks on other peoples ACTION is a rapid decline in ones motivation for actually doing something positive for the campaign.

TMike

 

[lucky_bg]

Thats why every year billions of dollars are spent on billboards, magazine ads, TV spots, newspaper ads, and the like --- yes, all of those folks are just plain dumb. In fact I'll go one further, the entire advertising industry is dumb. Yes, you heard it here, right here on the Ron Paul Forums for the billionth time. Advertising is dumb. Its said so often by so many folks here it just has to be true.

Listen up foolish little children! Some folks don't have a gift for gab, those of you that do, do your thing. And those that would rather fly Ron Paul kites or hang banners do your thing. But whatever you do STOP trying to place everyone else in your tiny little box 'O ideas. All I see happening with these attacks on other peoples ACTION is a rapid decline in ones motivation for actually doing something positive for the campaign.

TMike

+rep Amen brother! Whole post is pure gold, but this sentence is sublimation of something that is bothering me for days. It seems whenever someone have some idea to help campaign, to promote Ron Paul, to do whatever, there is a couple of people who would shout: No! No! No! Canvassing! Phonebanking! Like parrots.
I don't know why they do that! To show how smart they are, and how they mastered basics of political campaign?!

 

[lucky_bg]

This morning, I packed up my 4'x8' Ron Paul Peace banner and one Ron Paul President 2012 yard sign and headed out to a nearby intersection of 2 highways: I-280 and CA 85.

I brought along a telescoping pool pole to support the 8-foot wide banner:

Where I picked up some twigs to lock in rubber bands passing through the eyelets for easy removal:

There was a slight breeze from time to time, but there was a handrail at the bottom to keep the banner from moving too much:

The California Department of Transportation estimates a peak hourly traffic of 13,900. My own quick 1-minute estimates averaged around 90 - 110 vehicles per minute across 6 lanes. There was a bit of traffic, so people weren't driving the usual 70-80mph through this intersection.

I also walked over to a nearby overpass for CA 85 with an estimate 9,000 peak hourly traffic, but I counted a similar 90 vehicles per minute across 4 lanes.

I found having the yard sign to wave pretty useful to get people's attention and waving back at those who waved or honked. Hopefully next week with more people, we can cover both directions on the highway and spread the word even more.

Do people have suggestions on organizing the banner/sign wave? It seems to me that having people spread across consecutive overpasses could be pretty effective to have multiple chances of getting attention as well as repeating the message of Ron Paul.

Also, for people that have sign waved, do you have estimates on how many people pass by per minute or hourly?

For those curious what the front looks like:

If I could give you 10 reps, I would. You are hero and inspiration!

 

[Anti Federalist]

+rep

Thats why every year billions of dollars are spent on billboards, magazine ads, TV spots, newspaper ads, and the like --- yes, all of those folks are just plain dumb. In fact I'll go one further, the entire advertising industry is dumb. Yes, you heard it here, right here on the Ron Paul Forums for the billionth time. Advertising is dumb. Its said so often by so many folks here it just has to be true.

Listen up foolish little children! Some folks don't have a gift for gab, those of you that do, do your thing. And those that would rather fly Ron Paul kites or hang banners do your thing. But whatever you do STOP trying to place everyone else in your tiny little box 'O ideas. All I see happening with these attacks on other peoples ACTION is a rapid decline in ones motivation for actually doing something positive for the campaign.

TMike

 

[harikaried]

So much happening in one picture on 9/11/11!

- Holding up the 4'x8' Peace banner
- Waving a yard sign to get attention
- Throwing a peace sign for people to raise back