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The genius that approved a sideways light in that spot should be fired.
ReplyDeleteHow many sideways lights do you ever see?
Real easy to miss especially for people that are driving THROUGH Salisbury on that busy part of rt 13.
The light is round either way it's turned! If it were upright, the bridge would hide the red light at a distance.
ReplyDeleteThere is no sideways in round.
That's why they have colors...............genius.
ReplyDeleteThat yield sign crossing RT50 at Denny's is another genius of traffic engineers.
ReplyDeleteWhy is that "genius"? There is plenty of site view...why make drivers come to a complete stop? How many crashes have there been because of the yield vs. stop? Are you suggesting that motorists are too stupid to negotiate the intersection? If you frequent it...maybe so.
DeleteLot's of them if you even get off the shore.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding is that the light was situated horizontally because the framework holding the light was built too low.Rebuilding the framework would have cost a considerable amount & justified this action.Some of the trucks passing under the bridge would have actually hit the light had it been vertically placed.
ReplyDeleteYou are.....incorrect. Try again genius.
DeleteFire the town supervisor.
ReplyDeleteSHA...not town/city/county. Plus, there is no reason to fire someone because drivers are idiots.
DeleteThat's what you get when long term state road big shot employees like Gary Comegys, his supervisor, and many others were home taking naps or who knows what while on the state clock. Everyone that worked there joked about it.
ReplyDeleteThat's where Rudy Cane worked and what he did also! Now he's got a sweet retirement and double dipping.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteFire the town supervisor.
December 12, 2013 at 3:02 PM
WTH! Who and what are you talking about? I'm sure if you checked you would find out there is no such thing as a town supervisor!
This time the light had nothing to do with it. Witnesses say the light was green and the vehicle coming off the bypass went thru the red light.
ReplyDeleteThe light is laid on its side because it is hard to see in a tall vehicle when you come under the overpass. Moving it any farther down would make it too low for trucks to pass.
ReplyDeleteThank you, 5:28, my point exactly, and I reiterate, there is no sideways in "ROUND"!
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Why are those fire trucks orange? I thought they were supposed to be red?
ReplyDeleteWhy was a giant fire truck there at all, I don't see smoke, flames, or gas on the road. Just another excuse to charge the peoples insurance and make money for the fire department!
ReplyDeleteinsurance does not pay for responding emergency equipment. what planet are you on?
ReplyDeleteum...yes they do if they are performing the function of M.O.T. (maintenance of traffic)
DeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteWhy was a giant fire truck there at all, I don't see smoke, flames, or gas on the road. Just another excuse to charge the peoples insurance and make money for the fire department!
December 12, 2013 at 8:51 PM
I was thinking the same thing.
Would you prefer to have a secondary collision because the people in hickbury can't slow down for anything?
DeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteinsurance does not pay for responding emergency equipment. what planet are you on?
December 13, 2013 at 12:10 AM
You are full of crap BOZO it certainly does. Another uneducated farmin heard from.
Insurance pays for the ambulance transport.
Insurance pays for the "extra personnel" for the ambulance.
Insurance pays for the emergency response.
PIPP pays for engine responses also.
Now go back to pounding your pudd to reruns of Backdraft and Ladder 49 little boy.
And people wonder why emergency personnel get run over and killed. Look at this bozo, playing Ansel Adams while trying to drive. How about you pay more attention to the road and stop rubber necking before you cause another accident.
ReplyDeleteMore firefighters are killed along roadways than burn in fires. Large apparatus respond to accidents on major roadways to protect responders working on the scene. It is common practice everywhere. In fact, lawsuits would fly and be successful if an ambulance attendant was struck by a passing car because local yahoo's thought it was OK to break from accepted and recommended practices and not have that "giant fire truck" there.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteWhy was a giant fire truck there at all, I don't see smoke, flames, or gas on the road. Just another excuse to charge the peoples insurance and make money for the fire department!
The big giant fire truck is there to block the big traffic from running over people trying to treat the injured people. The firemen are helping treat injured people alongside the ambulance personnel. They're removing the broken glass, auto parts, oil and coolant from the roadway so you don't damage your tires or car. Educate yourself and your questions will disappear.
They need to install blinking lights on the other side of the bridge to alert motorists that there is a red light ahead, just like what they did by the shorebirds stadium.
ReplyDeleteInsurance covers the damages to your vehicle, property damage and medical expenses. Not emergency equipment responding to the scene. YOU ARE A MORON!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteMore firefighters are killed along roadways than burn in fires. Large apparatus respond to accidents on major roadways to protect responders working on the scene. It is common practice everywhere. In fact, lawsuits would fly and be successful if an ambulance attendant was struck by a passing car because local yahoo's thought it was OK to break from accepted and recommended practices and not have that "giant fire truck" there.
December 13, 2013 at 9:30 AM
I am throwing down the BULLSH!T Flag on this one. You idiots who are wannabe firemen always invent reasons to justify your jobs.
Tell me this oh intelligent one. Why doesn't a "big giant fire truck" respond to all car accidents even if there aren't injuries for and ambulance to respond. Why doesn't the "big giant fire truck" respond to minor MVC's to protect the police officers. Why aren't "In fact, lawsuits flying and be successful" when police officers get struck and no "big giant fire truck" is their to protect them. You are another wannabe farmin who is trying to justify your jolly ride on the "big giant fire truck." It's called job security on your part.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteAnd people wonder why emergency personnel get run over and killed. Look at this bozo, playing Ansel Adams while trying to drive. How about you pay more attention to the road and stop rubber necking before you cause another accident.
December 13, 2013 at 6:05 AM
This bozo playing Ansel Adams was stopped so the only bozo is you and your wannabe farmin buddies.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteMore firefighters are killed along roadways than burn in fires. Large apparatus respond to accidents on major roadways to protect responders working on the scene. It is common practice everywhere. In fact, lawsuits would fly and be successful if an ambulance attendant was struck by a passing car because local yahoo's thought it was OK to break from accepted and recommended practices and not have that "giant fire truck" there.
December 13, 2013 at 9:30 AM
If more firemen are killed along roadways then I submit to you that they shouldn't be responding to these type of calls. There you have it, problem solved and no killed firemen along the roadway.
When I was a kid, traffic accidents were responded to by Police and if necessary, an Ambulance. If a "Wash Down" was necessary, then, and only then, did they bring out a fire truck, and then it was just a small tanker truck to spray off the gas or oil on the highway. The glass and metal was sweep up by the tow truck company. If extrication was required of occupants then a Fire Rescue vehicle came to the scene, not a full size Giant Fire truck, does anyone realize how expensive it is to roll out one of those, compared to a small pickup with the Jaws of Life and a few jacks?
ReplyDeleteThis pickup also carried traffic barricades, gee sounds like good management of resources to me!
When a crash is called in...who is in charge of the crystal ball to know if a vehicle will catch on fire? There is not a fire apparatus that carries barricades...that is done by local SHA or County Public Works.
Deleteall this crap. does anyone know if the people involved are ok? that's important.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteMore firefighters are killed along roadways than burn in fires. Large apparatus respond to accidents on major roadways to protect responders working on the scene. It is common practice everywhere. In fact, lawsuits would fly and be successful if an ambulance attendant was struck by a passing car because local yahoo's thought it was OK to break from accepted and recommended practices and not have that "giant fire truck" there.
December 13, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Ok Genius 9:30 AM look closely at the picture again. Look where the ambulance is positioned and look where your "giant fire truck" is positioned. That ambo and farmin are clearly in the travel portion of the highway with no protection so there goes your "giant fire truck" theory. Some of these clowns try so bad to justify responding a giant fire truck on calls they aren't needed on. Then they are to stupid to look at the evidence that proves them wrong and makes them look very stupid.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteThey're removing the broken glass, auto parts, oil and coolant from the roadway so you don't damage your tires or car. Educate yourself and your questions will disappear.
December 13, 2013 at 9:35 AM
I love this comment more than any of the rest. Justifying a "giant fire truck" by say they are there to remove the broken glass, auto parts, oil, etc. Guess what Dumbo the tow truck charges the owners of the vehicles they tow for sweeping up that mess. Educate YOURSELF and look at a bill from the tow company before you run your mouth. Firemen are so stupid they sweep up debris for free and the tow companies laugh all the way to the bank.
Anon 2:51 You can love it till you roll in the floor. That's the way it is and its not going to change for you. If your ignorant enough to drive through the mess of an accident scene you deserve the flat tire and the auto parts stuck in your cars undercarriage.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteAnon 2:51 You can love it till you roll in the floor. That's the way it is and its not going to change for you. If your ignorant enough to drive through the mess of an accident scene you deserve the flat tire and the auto parts stuck in your cars undercarriage.
December 13, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Hey Dumbo what part of "it's the job of the tow truck operator to sweep up the debris" don't you understand. Who said anyone has to drive through the debris. When we see you clowns sweeping debris at accident scenes we laugh at you guys because you look like grunts providing slave labor. The tow truck drivers bill and you all do the work for them. They laugh all the way to the bank.
By the way you don't have the authority to say it will change or not. Just remember you will always be on the bottom of the totem pole.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteInsurance covers the damages to your vehicle, property damage and medical expenses. Not emergency equipment responding to the scene. YOU ARE A MORON!
December 13, 2013 at 11:03 AM
No moron you said insurance didn't pay for anything. You have no clue what you are talking about because you are a low life farmin with no future.
So, from the comments posted here, nobody really knows how these bills are paid. I just this week received an ambulance bill for last December. This is now December.
ReplyDeleteSo, they are just now billing me after a year? They must not need the money is what I'm thinkin'.
Car insurance can be billed for everything needed to respond to an accident. It will pay to replace guardrail, utility poles, MOT, private property, or anything else an agency will submit a bill for that can be attributed to a crash. Many of the bills are generated by a third party...some are sent after an insurance company won't pay. You are complaining because you were given extra time to pay a bill? HAHA...heard it all now.
DeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteWhen a crash is called in...who is in charge of the crystal ball to know if a vehicle will catch on fire? There is not a fire apparatus that carries barricades...that is done by local SHA or County Public Works.
December 13, 2013 at 9:36 PM
Your point sir?
The bottom line is Salisbury and Fruitland never responded a fire truck on car accidents in which and ambulance was dispatched. Why you might ask? Because they weren't needed.
ReplyDeleteYou might ask why are fire trucks dispatched now? Because the Far Cheefs were bored because there were no fires to respond to and they needed to boost LDS ego to respond on something just to say I am in COMMAND. How they can command a car accident or a shooting when multiple agencies like police departments are involved is beyond me. They can't do my job so they can't command me.
Another reason they started dispatching themselves to car accidents is because they needed to increase their call volumes to justify paid jobs because fire calls were and are down. Bottom line the need for paid fireman is pretty much a thing of the past and really not needed, but they are still on city payrolls because that's the way we have always done it. Mayors and city council members don't know the jobs they are elected to oversee so they are misguided and misinformed and continue to allow them to continue to do the same things they have been doing for years. Can you imagine how much tax money could be saved if the city would cut back on paid firemen and unneeded fire trucks. The county should do an audit and realize they are spending to much money on the fire service as well.
I know for a fact that Salisbury FD has a specialized vehicle marked "Traffic", yet it never seems to make it to any of these calls.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if the giant fire trucks are there to keep traffic from mowing down EMT's, where are the dents in the sides and rear end from stopping all that traffic?
My favorite one is about all the firefighters getting hit by cars! There's a perfect reason they should have left the big giant fire truck back at the station!
Salisbury does not own or operate a traffic control unit. Fruitland and Pittsville do.
ReplyDeleteA simple Google of emergency workers killed at accident scenes will give you plenty of tragic stories to read. Firefighters, Police and even tow truck drivers have all fallen victim to inattentive drivers passing through accident scenes. Fire trucks at accident scenes are a national practice for safety, patient care and scene clean up. Tow truck drivers do not remove motor and transmission fluids. They are classified as Hazardous Materials and are require fire service personnel to remove properly. Until you've stood on the road at an accident scene you cannot clearly understand the concept. Cars passing by within inches will change your mind toward safety.
ReplyDeleteIn case nobody noticed, there was an overturned van on the other side of the fire truck. I saw a fireman remove a crowbar from that truck that I assume was going to be used to open the van door. I guess the ambulance driver forgot to bring his crowbar.
ReplyDeleteanonymous 10:23, very easy to say without evidence of such and or a name to your comment. Notice my name is on mine.
ReplyDeleteWhat a whining bunch of people we have here.get a life and carry on.
ReplyDeleteDecember 15, 2013 at 10:23 AM
ReplyDeleteFiremen use crowbars and firefighters use Halligan Bars.
10:09, Then why do I see it in real life physically with my own eyes? Says "Salisbury" right on it, been around a few years?
ReplyDeleteIn fact, is that the exact traffic vehicle in the photo?
ReplyDelete916pm
If you weren't looking for hits, you wouldn't have move this from page 3 to the top.
ReplyDelete9:57
ReplyDeleteWe move all the popular post from the week back to the top on Sundays. We have been doing this for a while now. Try to keep up :)