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mowermech
Oct 16, 2014Explorer
There are some things that are constant, like not knowing where one is in relation to where one wants to be.
I saw it happen three times today.
I was on Main street, in the lane I knew I needed to be in, when traffic stopped, even though the light was green. It turned out, there was some dingbat at the intersection that wanted to turn right, but he (she?) was in the center lane. So, even though it would be very simple to take a round about way to get to the airport or wherever, this person STOPPED in the center lane and waited for traffic to clear in the right lane so he could move over and turn onto Airport Road! Yes, blocked traffic because of lack of attention!
Then, about 1/4 mile further along on Main, a person waited until the last few feet before moving over to take the 6th Ave. N. exit!
The same thing happened at the King Avenue exit off of Laurel Road!
I had a friend once who "forgot" to tie his aluminum boat down, and didn't make sure the winch was latched. When the boat slid off the trailer, he didn't notice it until over 3 feet of the bottom, from the transom forward, was ground off! By the way, he was a licensed multi-engine commercial pilot, qualified in several models of fire bombers, cargo aircraft, and passenger aircraft!
Sorry, but NO license or inspection will prevent a trailer from disconnecting if it isn't hitched properly. Unless, of course, you want to have a LEO inspect the rig each and every time it is hitched up.
I don't think that would be practical!
I saw it happen three times today.
I was on Main street, in the lane I knew I needed to be in, when traffic stopped, even though the light was green. It turned out, there was some dingbat at the intersection that wanted to turn right, but he (she?) was in the center lane. So, even though it would be very simple to take a round about way to get to the airport or wherever, this person STOPPED in the center lane and waited for traffic to clear in the right lane so he could move over and turn onto Airport Road! Yes, blocked traffic because of lack of attention!
Then, about 1/4 mile further along on Main, a person waited until the last few feet before moving over to take the 6th Ave. N. exit!
The same thing happened at the King Avenue exit off of Laurel Road!
I had a friend once who "forgot" to tie his aluminum boat down, and didn't make sure the winch was latched. When the boat slid off the trailer, he didn't notice it until over 3 feet of the bottom, from the transom forward, was ground off! By the way, he was a licensed multi-engine commercial pilot, qualified in several models of fire bombers, cargo aircraft, and passenger aircraft!
Sorry, but NO license or inspection will prevent a trailer from disconnecting if it isn't hitched properly. Unless, of course, you want to have a LEO inspect the rig each and every time it is hitched up.
I don't think that would be practical!
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