I mow the shoulder on the road side of our ditch, just one pass, six foot wide mower deck. The pattern I use with the design of the deck (wider on left side, grass exit on right) means I throw the cut grass onto the road. That seems to slow down many drivers. I always stop my forward motion and take my hands off the wheel when a car approaches to let them know they can stay in their lane to go by me, as I am outside the white line. Only one time have I hit a stone and timed it perfectly to hit a passing car coming from behind. Insurance paid for that repair. I worry more about hitting some of the bushels of trash they leave me along the road.
These people are not stupid. They have never been taught the right way to do things and are selfish enough to take the easiest way out of every situation. They swerve across a double yellow line to pass a bicyclist when I have the right to my lane and have to slow to let them make the pass. They roll through STOP signs, speed at double the posted rate and NEVER put stuff back where it belongs.
We have to blame the people who follow(ed) them around and cleaned up all their messes, who put their toys away, paid for party time at college, let them live in their house as adult children, raise their illegitimate offspring for them, and bail them out of bankruptcy. Yep, a lot of times that is US.
No government, regardless of how Orwellian it becomes, can ever police every second of every life, or put punishments severe enough to keep people from breaking rules set by common sense. We know smoking tobacco or texting while driving kill people every single day, yet both are common enough to observe on nearly every single car trip.
But for those who want to rant, best be sure your truck is never a hundred pounds overweight, that you don't hit 70 on your road because you "know" every bump and possible oncoming driver, and that you never deduct the house cat food as livestock feed.
I know I am not perfect, never have been and never will be. But I remember how I was taught to follow all the rules, make decisions with no one watching like I am on camera, and hope I have taught my kids to do the same. I like to think my success is a result of doing things the right way. It is not the same success as you see on TV or the Internet, for sure. If you have a chance to make sure someone is doing things the right way, starting with yourself, then help somebody else out, too.
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