Snow Removal..For Better Or Worse?

With this recent spate of lake-effect snowfall in our area, it's good to see all those snowplows out and about our highways, making them much safer to traverse. What is NOT good is the manner in which the plows come down residential streets.

Now, according to city code, people "should" have their sidewalks devoid of snow by around 9AM. Not a problem...seems reasonable. Of course with my neighbors, they'd MUCH rather lift an 40 oz. Olde English to their pieholes than lift one single shovelful of snow. Here's ONE instance where the city "could" make a ton of money on citations for non-removal of snow from the pavements across the city.

But then there are those "dumb" people, like myself, that feel the NEED to keep a clean sidewalk. Hey, in today's "lawsuit-happy" mentality, it makes damn good sense to play the CYA tune every time it snows. I mean you don't want to lose everything because some dipshit with "ATHLETIC SHOES" on (instead of proper cold weather footwear with a decent tread pattern) decides to fall on their ass on YOUR property, after staggering home from the local taproom (or house party), now do you? Herein lies our problem.

When the plows DO come down our streets...they zoom by at such a HIGH rate of speed (even 30MPH is excessive), that they "rooster-tail" the snow BACK ONTO your freshly cleaned sidewalk. Most times, this snow flies about 5-6 feet in distance at about 4 feet in HEIGHT! That will effectively cover most ANY sidewalk damn well, too! And most of THIS snow has all that crappy litter and chunky ice mixed into it...yummy! Of course, if you live in an "upscale" part of town, this probably doesn't occur, and if you live on a winding street...ditto!

Easy way to fix this problem (wherever it happens)...
SLOW IT THE F$CK DOWN, MORONS!

At a slower speed (under 20MPH would be a good start), sure it might take longer to do the entire city, but look at all the HAPPIER people (like me) you'll have on your hands, COMPLIMENTING you guys, instead of bashing you (deservedly so) on blogs....where people can READ all about your exploits.

Sorry, but the adage "Slow and steady wins the race" DOES apply here.
(your mileage may vary)