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No one knows the origin of the white fabric out the window? Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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As a kid I was told to raise the hood, tie a rag to the antenna and wait. I guess now that most cars do not have an antenna there are other options. I really don't know the answer. | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
In the Commonwealth of Kentucky, there are two classifications of disabled vehicles by location. Both are vehicles that are not blocking or presenting a traffic hazard. The first is any local, state or federal roadway. A disabled vehicle on a local, state or federal roadway may set on the side of the roadway for 3 days. At the three day mark, it is deemed to be abandoned and can be removed. On a limited access roadway (interstate), the vehicle can only remain six hours by KAR. At the six hour mark, it gets towed. Some agencies don't enforce it. | |||
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Sound and Fury |
That's a hazard. I'd have called 911 and reported it. Around here, that'd get towed, and in the meantime, probably a car or flares out behind it. "I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here." -- Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989 Si vis pacem para bellum There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Feeding Trolls Since 1995 | |||
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Yeah, they don't last long out here along US 93. Regarding abandoned vehicles in snow, when I used to live in MD, and listened to the scanner a lot, AAA response time could be hours. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Unless it's situated such that there's a very real danger due to its location, leave it alone, the last thing whomever left it there probably needs is more cost and bullshit to deal with, and towing and storage fees are an absurd racket in many places - with govt assistance... A day, a week, it's nothing in a broad sense, aside from the aforementioned exception. | |||
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| Doing my best to shape America's youth  |
The NY State Throughway used to have something along the lines of "if your vehicle becomes disable place a white flag in your window and stay with the vehicle. The flag will signify police to stop and render assistance" printed on the toll booth tickets. Whether it started there or not, I believe it was to act as a signal for LE or highway personnel to show you needed help. Clarior Hinc Honos BSA Dad, Cheer Dad | |||
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I was taught in driver's ed that hanging a white cloth out the window/in the door was a signal that you would be back for the car and to please not tow it right away. I took Driver's Ed in 1998 in Kansas. Don't know if things have changed, or if it's a regional thing or what. ------------------------------ I'm a right wing, anti-illegal, pro-life, gun owning, straight, white, college educated, politically informed, conservative, Christian male. Liberals hate me. | |||
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| Rail-less and Tail-less |
But if you didn't stay with your car you would get citations and not cheap ones. I think that the 70's and 80's BQE and all the junked abandoned cars made NY and the tri-state area Uber sensitive about abandoned cars. _______________________________________________ Use thumb-size bullets to create fist-size holes. | |||
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| Never Go Full Retard  |
Here in the middle of South Carolina, we used to have a couple good ole boys with a tow truck who would remove the plates and all the VIN #s for you. They'd tow it away for free without you having to ask! However, they'd make up their costs in the form of your hoopty being processed for parts or sold at auction with a title that wasn't quite the original title. Law enforcement had a different view of this "public service" and eventually caught up with them. They don't think it be like it is, but it do. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
yeah we've got a lot of "drivers" who can't figure out how to keep gas in their cars too.. then they want to know if we will give them a ride to the nearest station and ask for money to pay for the gas.... "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| Sigforum K9 handler |
My favorites are the ones who pass two exits that have gas, get stranded blocking a lane of the bridge, and when you ask why they didn't get gas back there, they state it is ten cents cheaper at the next exit. | |||
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Here in Florida they put an ugly sticker on the window with the date and time, then if it's not removed within 24 hours it gets towed. | |||
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