... leafblowers
Nov. 13th, 2008 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
milktreeI left the "fucking" silent.
Leaf blowers are fine when used properly. You know, to blow leaves.
But, when they're used for hours on end to blow a single leaf across the yard, they're annoying as all get-out.
Worse than that, when they're used to make "stuff" go "away", the users should be fined or made to stand downstream of someone else's leafblower.
This morning I went out to my car and discovered that some lawn care company had blown all the sand and grit and crap from the sidewalk into the street, and onto all the cars parked there. Now my neighbors' cars and mine are covered with fine, gritty, sand and other crap.
Every time I drive or ride by someone blowing all their dirt and leaves and stuff into the street I want to stop and ask them exactly what they think will happen to all that stuff they're throwing into the street. Do they not realize that all that sand is dangerous for anyone on a motorcycle, or anyone with an open window, and that simply driving through all that sandstorm damages windshields and auto paint?
Why is that not completely illegal? It probably is, but never enforced.
I should (and will) write a couple letters to my city government critters. Maybe they can do something about it.
That'll learn 'em!
Leaf blowers are fine when used properly. You know, to blow leaves.
But, when they're used for hours on end to blow a single leaf across the yard, they're annoying as all get-out.
Worse than that, when they're used to make "stuff" go "away", the users should be fined or made to stand downstream of someone else's leafblower.
This morning I went out to my car and discovered that some lawn care company had blown all the sand and grit and crap from the sidewalk into the street, and onto all the cars parked there. Now my neighbors' cars and mine are covered with fine, gritty, sand and other crap.
Every time I drive or ride by someone blowing all their dirt and leaves and stuff into the street I want to stop and ask them exactly what they think will happen to all that stuff they're throwing into the street. Do they not realize that all that sand is dangerous for anyone on a motorcycle, or anyone with an open window, and that simply driving through all that sandstorm damages windshields and auto paint?
Why is that not completely illegal? It probably is, but never enforced.
I should (and will) write a couple letters to my city government critters. Maybe they can do something about it.
| First offense: | $50 |
| Second offense: | $75 |
| Third offense: | $100 |
| Fourth offense+: | $200 |
| Fifth offense: | Loss of business license (if a landscaper) |
That'll learn 'em!
