Effen Rebar - There oughta be a law!

Jeff Wisnia · 2004-01-11T19:45:39+00:00

It seems like in the last couple of years more ignoranuses around here(Red Sox country) are sticking in foot long pieces of rebar where theirlawns abut the street, hoping that'll keep the snow plows from rippingup their turf.What happen is that a good number of those get bent over by the plowsand end up sticking out into the street two or three feet.They can be pretty hard to see at night, but you sure notice them whenyou move over to clear an oncoming vehicle and hear that rebar whackinto and tear up your car.I've felt like flinging one of those rebars right through the perpswindow, but then I'd probably be the one ending up in trouble.I asked the town cop who lives behind me about the situation. He justshrugged.Thanks for letting me rant...Jeff

Jan 11, 2004 21 Replies

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ameijers 22 years ago

People tend to telephone poles, because they know they are big and solid, plus they are easier to see. They expect mailboxes to be flimsy. And in most areas, telephone poles ARE set back from the road, for the same reasons.

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ameijers 22 years ago

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Rural delivery areas I grew up in were generally country 2-laners with

50-ish mph traffic speeds. Didn't even think about the upscale subdivisions with curbside delivery.

As to your plow/tank trap- most highway plows (that I have seen) have a rubber or metal-with -shear-pin strip along the bottom just for such things. Need to sneak a tape measure into the coffee shop parking lot at 0-dark-30 some snowy morning, to see just how high you need to make the base.

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