So here I am traveling down the roads of Colorado. Not bad scenery, very steep mountains, and..some very bizarre road working techniques.Okay..no I don't work construction or rebuild roads, so what would I know, right? But someone has to answer to some basic logic regarding this little incident.
I pull up to a line of various cars, SUV's, trucks, and campers who have suddenly slowed from 65 mph to a crawling 25 mph. The reason: a very bored little man equipped with hard hat, waving his "SLOW" sign, standing in front of a bright orange "Begin Road Work" placard. I rolled my eyes, sighed loudly, thought to myself... 'yeah..how long is this going to be'. As the parade of motorists continued I noticed something odd. There was not one road worker out there,... no shovels, no jackhammers, ...no lane closures, no cones, no k-walls, no accidents being cleaned up by highway patrol,... no asphalt layers, no backhoes.. just open road as far as the eye could see. There wasn't even one piece of equipment laying about for potential work later on.
Okay...and the flagger would be for ?????
Upon approach of the second mile, a second flagger (with same "SLOW" sign and another bright orange placard, "End Road Work") yawned slowly, as traffic picked up speed. I started to laugh. Somewhat confused I wondered why I just slowed for construction I didn't even see.
Are the highway workers now working in "stealth" and because of new Eastern techniques I just didn't see them? Was the reconstructed road actually finished, and someone forgot to tell the flaggers? Were these two just doing their jobs early so they could go home sooner?
Things that make ya go "Hmmm".
I continued to New Mexico and upon crossing their border I saw road workers hard at work. Jackhammers broke asphalt, workers dug furiously with shovels, asphalt layers and backhoes whined, and cones were set to block motorists from the damaged lane. And what was missing in this picture?
Flaggers!
LOL
The Magicians Owl
2 comments:
Hm, maybe the flaggers didn't get the memo and showed up in the wrong state.
I happen to live in the "Crossroads of America" state. Yep, every single one of those crossroads has construction.
As I was headed on a trip up north, I came around a blind curve in the road that had a huge, lit, ROAD CONSTRUCTION AHEAD sign. I slowed down, expecting it to be right around the curve. There was nothing.
Another mile down the road: ROAD CONSTRUCTION, NEXT 7 MILES The road was clear.
Another mile down the road, another road construction sign. I started counting: 12 total signs, no "END CONSTRUCTION" sign, and no construction anywhere.
Maybe this new technology in the US, invisible road construction?
LOL MzHartz! I think the technology of invisibility is great...however.. I70 and I90 still seem.. a little messed up! One of the funnier things, is to watch 1 guy w/ a shovel, and 12 other guys watching him!
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