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Trash on the roadways

Rich Z

Rich Z

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What the hell is wrong with people? They can't carry a trash bag in their vehicles with them and instead have to throw their trash out the windows whenever and whereever they feel like it? Connie and I walked down the road (a public easement) through our property the other day and it's sickening to see all the garbage people have thrown out on our land. So I grabbed my camera and intend to go to one of my county commisioners to see what can be done about it. If the county can't keep my land clean from the people who use this easement, then they can just close the damn thing. :mad:

 
It's sad to see what society has become. No appreciation for one of the most beautiful parts of Florida, once an unspoiled paradise.
 
My pet peeve is the people who throw cigarettes out the window. They think they are so disgusting that they can't leave them in their own ashtray, yet they smoke in their car! WTF?? The fiberglass filters last forever in the environment but the piles and piles of cigarettes at stop lights never gets through their thick heads!
 
Z06 Rocket said:
My pet peeve is the people who throw cigarettes out the window. They think they are so disgusting that they can't leave them in their own ashtray, yet they smoke in their car! WTF?? The fiberglass filters last forever in the environment but the piles and piles of cigarettes at stop lights never gets through their thick heads!
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Even worse is the dopes that will throw out cigarettes in areas with drought conditions and start fires. Happens here in Florida all of the time along route 95 during the dry season.
 
Here's a quote from one Mr. Andy Anderson.....................
"Some people are not content to just be born an a$$hole.............
they have to prove it to the rest of the world on a daily basis!"
And so it goes............................
I'm in the same boat with you Rich, but the only way they can be stopped is
to be removed from the gene pool and THAT'S not likely to happen.....
Andy
 
Yes, that kind of thing burns me up too. The ditch in front of my parents' house has enough trash to fill a large garbage bag in about 30' of its length. If you clean it out, it will be back like that in a matter of days. I wish I could find some of the people that do this and dump a couple of bags in their front yards. Or better yet inside their cars.
 
I've been guilty a couple times when I was a young man .I tosses a used condom out of my mothers car before she found it .The second time was I tossed a live skunk into the back seat of another car.I'm deeply ashamed and I now re frame from even spitting gum out .

Yes it is a growing problem as I travel our highways I notice more and more trash ,very inconsiderate .
 
I live next to a high school, school season it's a mess. I pick up the trash Tuesday and Friday afternoons so it looks decent on the weekends.

I lived next to another high school before where it was even worse and asked nicely at the office a couple times without anything being done. Then I started bringing the garbage to the office once a week and dumping it on the floor and walking out. That got their attention!
 
NOT A TA said:
I live next to a high school, school season it's a mess. I pick up the trash Tuesday and Friday afternoons so it looks decent on the weekends.

I lived next to another high school before where it was even worse and asked nicely at the office a couple times without anything being done. Then I started bringing the garbage to the office once a week and dumping it on the floor and walking out. That got their attention!
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I'm surprised they didn't have YOU arrested for littering.
 
They mentioned having me aressted if I continued doing it. But the litter problem got much better after my second trip. LOL
 
:lmao:

I think I would have asked the principal of the school what his home address was and make a few nightly trash deposits as well. I'll tell you, if I knew for certain who was throwing their trash out on our property, they'd be getting this crap right back at 'em. It has to be locals, because this is a loop road and only people living on or near it are likely to be using it.

I'm sorry, but I can't even imagine the void between someone's ears that doesn't think about the garbage they just toss out of the windows of their cars. It shows an absolute and complete disregard for other people's property.

Honestly, I am surprised that there are NO signs on the highways around here warning drivers of littering laws. So perhaps this is just a case of pure ignorance in that they don't think there is anything wrong with it. I guess they think their beer cans and bottles just evaporate over night or something....
 
maybe their logic is "Well, it does say "Janitor" under that Rich fellow's name"...:hehehe: In all seriousness though, sorry to hear about the problem. I'd see if you can request that they put in a no littering sign. If it's bad enough, maybe you could call some cop buddies to stake the road out and maybe ticket a few litterers.

vett boy said:
The second time was I tossed a live skunk into the back seat of another car.I'm deeply ashamed and I now re frame from even spitting gum out .
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Explanation please.
 
From what I remember, I think littering has declined over the years. Obviously not enough, as you can attest. Maybe as everything in our society gets easier and more convenient, people can't even take the time to throw away their garbage. And I imagine because they don't see the result of it (piles of garbage or a ticket/arrest), that makes it even easier. What I HATE the most is when people toss their lit cigarettes out the window! One, I've seen it ignite a fire. Two, it's just rude, especially when it hits the car behind them. I once saw a car leaking large amounts of fuel. Can you imagine if somebody had tossed a lit butt out their window and the gas ignited? Murder/attempted murder?

Rich, got any CCTV cameras or a video camera with a nice long tape?
 
Heck, Connie and I were driving back from Tallahassee this afternoon on route 319 to Crawfordville, and the sides of the road looked like hell with all the garbage strewn about. It's disgusting......
 
How about the ones that rather than litter on their street, they travel to your block and dump there. I have had hog carcasses, alligator carcassa, landscape trimmings. old bedding, etc dumped on my block...times when you want a 30 06 and scope to pick them off as they dump...
 
als2052 said:
How about the ones that rather than litter on their street, they travel to your block and dump there. I have had hog carcasses, alligator carcassa, landscape trimmings. old bedding, etc dumped on my block...times when you want a 30 06 and scope to pick them off as they dump...
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Yeah, but then who would clean up the mess afterwards? :rolleyes:
 
I wouldn't pick them off. but if you were to take out 2 of their tires.. every time.. its only a matter of time before they would stop going back there to dump.

Littering down here gets bad sometimes too.
 
When I moved to my town in 1972 it was a rarity to see litter. As the quality of people moving in from other countries has gotten lower the trash has increased. They crap up thier countries and want ours to look the same.
 
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