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Title: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Serowbot on 05/12/15 at 18:27:02 Some putz has figured a way to attach spikes to manhole covers... Like riding in Tucson wasn't fun enough already... ... and it's mostly around my neighborhood...>:(... http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc15.com%2Fnews%2Fregion-central-southern-az%2Ftucson%2Fspikes-found-on-tucson-manhole-covers-again&ei=QaZSVc6ZJtKyogSwsIHICg&usg=AFQjCNHWiPBJkxrzg2PSS6QymSFFNIZb2w&bvm=bv.93112503,d.cGU http://media2.abc15.com/photo/2015/05/12/KNXV%20Tucson%20manhole%20covers%20May%2012_1431464677548_18133440_ver1.0_640_480.jpg |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/12/15 at 18:41:11 Road rash graduates to road gash. So many fine people in the world. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Kris01 on 05/12/15 at 20:39:45 ...and we were supposed to move forward with progress in the 21st Century! :-? >:( |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/12/15 at 20:45:15 Yeah, society has taken a real leap with this advance in manhole decoration. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by jcstokes on 05/13/15 at 00:44:28 The "human????" who's doing this wants some fun out of upsetting car drivers, it doesn't give a tinkers cuss that it's actions may kill or maim a motorcyclist. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Dave on 05/13/15 at 04:03:09 Have the Police interviewed the local tire retailers? Seems like a scheme to improve sales! :o |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by HovisPresley on 05/13/15 at 07:02:26 This is insane! >:( I know that in the UK there was a spate of thefts with people stealing man-hole covers and drain covers to then weigh in for scrap metal. But this is dark, very dark :( PS. Dave, time to invest in stocks and shares in Goodyear ::) |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Dave on 05/13/15 at 07:15:29 The local scrap yards won't accept manhole covers or storm grates from regular folks anymore. If you want to turn those in for scrap you need to be associated with a Public Works Department, Sanitation District or one of the Contractors working for them. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Arnold on 05/13/15 at 07:18:16 Seems it would take a certain amount of skill/work to execute, hard to believe no one sees someone tempering with manholes. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/13/15 at 09:59:10 Now, ask yourself Why someone would do that. Is it just someone who has a bent idea of funny , someone who sells tires? What? And, how? JB Weld? Just walking along, bend over and set it? If someone thinks thats funny why not 6 X6 pieces of plywood with 10 or so long drywall screws run thru, paint flat black and dob a lump of JB Weld on the back and plunk them down in the road? A hole in the bottom of a van, parked over the manhole? But WHY? Some total loser who would get a giggle out of causing enough trouble to make the news? Someone who is absolutely convinced cars are evil? If you have ever run a grinder you'll know how much time it took to make that. I don't expect many of those. Time , effort and cost are all high. What's the diameter of the bolt? Best guess, anyone,,, I see low spots that don't exactly make sense.. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by old.indian on 05/13/15 at 14:52:46 And I was complaining about potholes in my street and the neighbor's dog wanting to chase me. Hitting one of those could / would cause some serious accidents. i.e. Getting thrown into oncoming traffic..... NOT FUNNY !!! |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Kris01 on 05/13/15 at 19:17:03 JOG, it's the same with computer viruses. They cause mayhem but the perpetrator is not even around to see the "destruction" (assuming this "person" isn't either). Some people are truly evil! |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by old_rider on 05/15/15 at 13:04:31 Looks like the just sharpened a bolt and super glued it to the manhole cover. I normally ride around them anyway.... I guess you could carry a hammer or battery powered grinder and get rid of them. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/15/15 at 17:26:11 Hmmm, OR, you see m to know quite a bit about it... you been in Azirona lately? If I was a cop id be visiting used tire places.. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by verslagen1 on 05/15/15 at 21:24:03 unless those covers have a threaded hole in them... they had to lift the cover up insert a bolt and lock it in place with a nut. a transmitter with a pop up switch and the neighborhood watch would take care of them. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by old_rider on 05/17/15 at 10:04:33 Maybe a "critter cam" on a nearby pole? that is if they keep doing it in the same area. Might just be an old fart tired of hearing the "bass" music noises from passing cars in neighborhood. Naw, I've not been to Arizona lately, but a few years ago there were pranksters in Illinois putting down boards with roofing nails sticking up. All motorcyclists were usually ok because they would ride around the obstacles, and the kids were doing it on backstreets, until a police cruiser ran over one. The kids never did get caught, but the local TV news put out a warning to drivers and hinted at heavy fines and jail time. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Drestakil on 05/20/15 at 10:49:46 Closest I've seen to that was some feral human busting a beer bottle in the middle of the intersection near my house about once a week. Either I or someone else would have to sweep it off to the side before someone got a flat. Luckily, they finally got tired of that little game or moved some where else. I'd like to think they ended up with a flat and figured it wasn't the greatest of ideas. |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Art Webb on 05/20/15 at 11:25:14 That'd be poetic justice :D |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by govnor on 05/22/15 at 09:46:58 Wow. After seeing this I will be obsessively compulsively avoiding any manhole covers from now on! |
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Title: Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Post by Art Webb on 05/22/15 at 10:38:48 Good idea to do so any way, they're treacherous when wet, and habits are habits |
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