Scott en Aztlán wrote:

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> On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 16:11:56 GMT, Oldschool >
> spake thus:
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>>>Mowers 'hit them, they explode'
>>>In April, Colorado increased its "human waste" fine from $40 to $500.
>>>Transportation employees convinced lawmakers of the need for the
>>>drastic increase with their tales of finding urine jugs as they mowed
>>>roadway ditches. "We hit them, they explode. The operator ends up
>>>wearing this stuff," Randy Dobyns told state senators.
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>>Thats what happens when cities and states put up "No Parking Ever"
>>signs so that truckers can't park and go into a restroom, or get a
>>bite to eat without looking for a truck stop.
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> Funny, somehow car drivers manage to find places to pee.

I'll give one day, no wait one hour, behind the wheel of a
tractor/trailer unit with 53' trailer in tow.

You'll quickly discover it doesn't park like a car.

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>>This isnt such a problem on the East coast where they have lots of
>>rest areas close together with vending machines and roach coaches,
>>unlike the West.
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> Once again, car drivers - even out here in the West - manage to find
> appropriate places to urinate. There's absolutely no excuse for
> throwing a jug of your excrement out your vehicle window onto the
> road.

Agreed with the tossing.


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>>But you wouldnt know about that, as you can whip your 15 foot car
>>into a Mickey D's on a dime, the John and buy a Big Mac and a Coke,
>>anytime you want to, car driver.
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> Even if your assertion that Truckers have fewer places to park is
> correct, that doesn't explain why they MUST throw the full **** jugs
> out the window onto the road. Why can't they dispose of the bottles
> properly at the next truck stop?
>
> Then again, I guess it's not such a big leap to go from leaving
> "alligators" on the road to leaving other debris...
>