Cool sign
I like the one that says "Your speed" with 108 MPH on it

 

the thing that gets me is poeple who won't pass the plows, even if they are barely throwing anything out and theres plenty of room!

 

MATTSBOX99-

"There aren't any plows that throw or push to the left, that would put snow into oncoming traffic. They aren't that backwards, nto even in MN."

FYI- Most city/county/state plows around here are mounted midway between the front and rear wheels and can push the snow either left or right. They push to the left on inside lanes of divided highways so you could very well pass on the right and have to sometimes.

 

this is what we have here in the city and also what the state of n.y. uses

http://www.oshkoshtruck.com/airportm...eries~home.cfm

however it seems that as much as i believed there is no plows that throw to the left this proves me wrong

http://www.oshkoshtruck.com/airportm...ies%7Ehome.cfm

 

Here's a website with a slideshow of a truck that plows to the left on public roads in this area-

http://www.montcalmroads.com/Patrol%20Wing.html

I guess my area is ahead of the rest of the country when it comes to snow removal.

 

Long time ago, I drove a snow plow one winter, on leave. I lived about 3 miles from the depot, and when it snowed, it was bad (Northern Europe) so I had to walk and being somewhat dark I had to have a light, to see where the snow poles were at. A flash light would have been the sensible thing, but... I had a pump up kerosene lamp, with the glass shade. One morning, walking to work, the snow was really slick, and I went flying... The light also went flying, and shattered on impact, throwing a pint and a half of kerosene in a perfect hollow ring about 5 feet round. Fortunately I was not in the circle of fire, but it was spectacular, I hung about keeping warm for the 5 minutes it burned then looked for the lamp.. I never found it, and wandered off into the dark, to find the snow plow.. 2 hours later, still dark, there were a few people about, looking for the snow plow driver, who was still wandering around looking for the hump that would be the plow...... After 4 more hours, still dark, I found the plow, and started digging it out, so I could try to start it. The engine block heater was on a time switch, so the thing had been off for about 5 hours, so the truck took one heck of a lot of starting, then chugged black smoke out for 10 minutes before it ran smoothly. I managed to get the place plowed, and luckily nobody minded me being so late.. At about mid day, a faint glow showed in the south , suggesting that the sun was over there somewhere, then it got dark again. That place was the coldest darkest and most miserable place I have ever spent a winter. I should have gone home, but the leave was only for 6 weeks, and there was a nice girl........ It would have taken me about 2 weeks travel to get home and back, so that would have left me with 4 weeks to do nothing at home.. I think the winter was better than that.

Theo

 

I wish i had a camera with me a few years ago. I had a 92 SHO with a few mods and went by a sign like that and it flashed "000". I was well over 130 at the time, probably close to 140. There was noone around and it was 3am. My dad was pretty scared though.

 

Unfortunately, with my truck they only flash 97 at most...(i rarely go that fast any more, most the time it is when i see one of these signs)

 

some of those speed signs have cameras on them and take a picture of your license plate if you're speeding

 

hmm...oops. I think Arkansas is too cheap to afford the top of the line models.

 

when they put the one in my neighborhood i would go around the block a few times and see how fast i could get goin in the short distance ~1/10th of a mile, it made boring days a lil more interesting

 

I live in Florida. I turned on the seat heater tonight because it got down to 65 degrees....

 

hell, i wish it was 65 degrees for a high here

its about 25 with 20 mph winds.

 

ABout 30 here right now, & extremely windy.

 

We cannot make up our minds, low 30s one day, 75 tosay.....I cannot decide weather or not to break out the nice leather duster or not.