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Tommy_Carcetti

(44,498 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:18 AM Oct 2020

Someone had stuck a Trump sign on the grass swale opposite the entrance to my neighborhood.

I'll conveniently add in the fact that Florida Department of Transportation regulations expressly prohibits signs--including political signs--being placed on either median strips or grass swales on public roadways.

All I am saying is that I may have made an unusually wide turn pulling out of my neighborhood this morning. A very, very broad turn. (Left turn, I might add.)

And damn, did that ever feel good.

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Someone had stuck a Trump sign on the grass swale opposite the entrance to my neighborhood. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2020 OP
Struck? ;-) Hotler Oct 2020 #1
Did you quarantine the bike for 14 days? CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #21
A creative maneuver! dchill Oct 2020 #2
keep up the good work. mopinko Oct 2020 #3
There's a Biden/ Harris sign on a grassy area near my house. cwydro Oct 2020 #4
Public rights of way and "unusually wide turn" yonder Oct 2020 #5
I did. Although it was rainy. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2020 #6
I know of ONE turtle I wouldn't bother braking for... robbob Oct 2020 #10
Yup. GB_RN Oct 2020 #11
10 o clock and 2 o'clock I hope! ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #14
Hope you didn't scratch your bumper KS Toronado Oct 2020 #7
hope there were no razor blades on it that could have damaged your tires though! LymphocyteLover Oct 2020 #8
Great idea. CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #22
I've been making a point to tell anyone I see with a tRump sign on their lawn: Blue Owl Oct 2020 #9
I let Zeus Dog leave pee mail on the signs in the ground where they are prohibited zeusdogmom Oct 2020 #12
Beware of tire traps ..... dumbcat Oct 2020 #13
I'd like to rent a car from Enterprise.. JohnnyRingo Oct 2020 #15
Well Played, Sir Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #16
I'd like to take a few teenage boys with paintball guns out joyriding around my neighborhood japple Oct 2020 #17
It can only be orange. CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #23
Trump is as bad as nuclear waste now Roc2020 Oct 2020 #18
Or you could have waited until tonight FakeNoose Oct 2020 #19
And now I know what a "swale" is. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2020 #20
KR! Cha Oct 2020 #24
Good job! Glad you did that without trouble. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #25
Had it been in a person's yard I would have made sure to make a narrow turn Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2020 #26
Well, it's the ones out there on public property that supposedly have been rigged to harm a car Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #27

Hotler

(13,747 posts)
1. Struck? ;-)
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:20 AM
Oct 2020

I took one out on the dirt bike a couple of weeks back. I had to hop a median, cross two lanes of traffic and jump a curb just to tag it.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
4. There's a Biden/ Harris sign on a grassy area near my house.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:50 AM
Oct 2020

It’s on public land, but I’m fine with it.

yonder

(10,293 posts)
5. Public rights of way and "unusually wide turn"
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:03 PM
Oct 2020

go hand in hand, right? Good job. Did you keep both hands on the wheel?

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
22. Great idea.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 02:15 PM
Oct 2020

Razor wire for pedestrians and roofing nails for cars.

Now...how to wire it for 110 volts?

Blue Owl

(59,103 posts)
9. I've been making a point to tell anyone I see with a tRump sign on their lawn:
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:40 PM
Oct 2020

"Hey nice Halloween decorations! 4 more years of tRump is the scariest thing imaginable!"

zeusdogmom

(1,141 posts)
12. I let Zeus Dog leave pee mail on the signs in the ground where they are prohibited
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:02 PM
Oct 2020

And of course dogs who go by the sign later need to "read and respond"

JohnnyRingo

(20,870 posts)
15. I'd like to rent a car from Enterprise..
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:16 PM
Oct 2020

Tape over some of the rear plate and just make a day of it.

japple

(10,459 posts)
17. I'd like to take a few teenage boys with paintball guns out joyriding around my neighborhood
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:20 PM
Oct 2020

some night soon. Just open up the moon roof and let them blast away!!!! I would even buy the paint.

Roc2020

(1,787 posts)
18. Trump is as bad as nuclear waste now
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:26 PM
Oct 2020

wow dude! you not only failed you failed Spectacularly!!

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,484 posts)
25. Good job! Glad you did that without trouble.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 07:19 PM
Oct 2020

My car has also reacted to similar circumstances by trying to take an unusually wide turn. But then I've reminded it that the RWers who place those signs have been known to put some sort of booby trap there for any car that does so. My car then decided against the wide turn.

Tommy_Carcetti

(44,498 posts)
26. Had it been in a person's yard I would have made sure to make a narrow turn
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 07:40 PM
Oct 2020

That being said, given that the sign was illegally placed in the first place, I felt like I could give my turning radius a certain level of...discretion.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,484 posts)
27. Well, it's the ones out there on public property that supposedly have been rigged to harm a car
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 07:58 PM
Oct 2020

that happens to find the sign in its path. I have no proof, but it's totally believable considering what we know about RWers.

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