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Your garage is like a spoiler.
Bobcat
Sound Hound
Precisely.Your garage is like a spoiler.
Wind blows petals from the bougainvillia in front of my house between my place and the neighbor's, and deposits them on my back patio.
Also, during a storm, the wind between the houses can suck the cover off my water softener brine tank and deposit in the back yard, so I have taken to taping it down with gaffer's tape. Bernoulli is laughing from his grave. (In this climate, water softeners are installed outside, a complete surprise to me when I moved from Illinois.)
I remember standing in line with my son at a Walmart, waiting to get the latest PlayStation console (I believe it was the PS3). After enduring this hours-long line, I get to the counter, and the woman points to a customer, "That guy just took the last box."
Holy Cowpoops! Batman!
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Yes, it most certainly IS illegal to carry an uncovered or otherwise unsecured load in a vehicle (At least in the State, , , actually "Commonwealth", that I live in)
General Law - Part I, Title XIV, Chapter 85, Section 36
"Section 36:
Section 36. No person shall drive or move a motor vehicle on any way, as defined in section one of chapter ninety, nor shall the owner or bailee of any vehicle require or permit the same to be driven or moved on any such way, unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded so as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, and, if it is loaded with sand, gravel, loam, dirt, stone, rubbish or debris that could fall on other vehicles or on the highway and create litter or potential hazards to other vehicles, unless its load is fully and adequately covered. This section shall not prohibit the dropping of sand for the purpose of securing traction, or the sprinkling of water or other substance on such a way in cleaning or maintaining the same. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars."
That's the State law side of it. Of course if someone's unsecured load is found to be at fault in an accident, the civil penalties can go as high as the cost of the damage(s) caused, which in many cases can run into many thousands, perhaps up to hundreds of thousands or even millions if the accident caused by the unsecured load results in death.....
"Civil penalties for causing death with an unsecured truck load vary widely, ranging from small traffic fines to over $116,000 per violation for commercial carriers. State-level fines generally range up to $5,000, while federal violations for gross negligence involving death can reach $116,766. Families may also file wrongful death lawsuits for much higher, uncapped compensation.
U.S. Government Accountability Office (.gov)"
This is not "hearsay", I researched not only the State law, but also the civil litigation side of this issue before creating this post
Now, is it enforced? No, the cops ain't gonna be "cuffing & stuffing" the idiot whose empty Mc D's coffee cup blows outta the back of his pickup truck and hits your windshield. But if an 18 wheeler dumps a load of steel onto the highway and kills the proverbial "bus full of Nuns", well yeah that guy's likely gonna be doing hard time & the company he's driving for could possibly be bankrupted when all is said & done, especially if they've had prior incidents of unsecured loads causing mayhem on the road.
I find car commercials of today to be beyond ridiculous. What once was specs given; horsepower rating, rack and pinion steering, disc brakes, powertrain warranty, rust prevention etc. is now a carefully chosen family rescuing a dog and giving you good vibes.
So many ads are about selling a feeling rather than a product. I guess it works because they keep doing it but I don't find myself going "oh, I want to be like those people so I'm buying that" Even TV show and movie ads do that now. The ad ends and I think "I have no idea what that show is about".
On the other end of the spectrum are the ads that are designed to look like clips from social media influencers getting right up in the camera with "you've got to try this new crotch deodorant cream". Or someone in their car eating something, again right up in the camera. Maybe they are actual influencers, I'm not sure but it is sad to me that that is the model of the trusted source now.
Subarus are built with love. Maybe less so when they’re building defense helicopters.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
Another wheelchair user pet peeve. Pickup truck owners with massive trailer hitches which stick out. When said pickup truck driver backs into a parking space, their hitch sticks out onto the sidewalk, and impinges into the sidewalk and is dangerous to wheelchair users, as it can force them to maneuver around this obstacle. This is a major safety hazard.
The ball and mount are designed to be quickly removed so they wouldn't be in the way, but they leave them in.
I've been on several sidewalks where the people that don't stop until their tires hit the curb, are sticking so far into the walkway that I've wondered how people could get by.
I've been on several sidewalks where the people that don't stop until their tires hit the curb, are sticking so far into the walkway that I've wondered how people could get by.
YY1
Addicted Member
Any medication that requires a sharp instrument to open.
...and medication and supplies for diabetics that have warnings and instructions in a 2 point font.
Doesn't the pharmaceutical industry know that failing eyesight is an extremely common side effect of diabetes?