BravoXray
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- Dec 17, 2019
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- Nothern Indiana
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- Kubota BX2230, John Deere 430 Diesel
Funny you should mention that. I live a couple of hundred feet from a T intersection on a road that serves several housing developments in the area. Today, we got our first real snow storm and with it some really slick roads. So, you can just about bet some idiot that has forgotten how to or never leaned to slow the F down when it's slippery, is going to slide through the intersection and through the nice 6' tall wooden panel fence in the neighbor's back yard, and I was not disappointed. Shortly there after, three more slide off at differing places, but no one hits anyone else. So the county sheriff and tow truck arrive and while he is setting there with his lights flashing, two more go into the bean field and one into another neighbor's yard.Someone should start a thread how to drive in the winter. Consider it a public service meme, Or I'll just make it another one of my peeves. Why are there dozens of cars in the ditch especially in somewhat hazardous early winter weather? Why don't they teach drivers Ed in the winter? Why do some folks think if the speed limit is posted at 55 they need to go 60+ in a white out blizzard? Meanwhile I'm white knuckling it pushing 45 with a 3/4 ton 4x4. is it Cuz they have AWD? Rants over and unfortunately if you are one of the yahoos that passed me only to end up in the ditch a mile later im not nice enough to pull you out.
I think that fence has gotten knocked down every year since it was put up about 10 years ago. Somehow though, they always manage to dodge the double posted traffic sign with the double arrow on it.
To the west a mile or so is a 90° right turn where another fool has tried to maintain a nice wrought iron looking fence for many years. About three years ago he gave up and put a line of boulders in front of where the fence was, and now all he may have to do in the spring is roll a few of them back into place.