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Whatever happened to the good ol' days when you slipped on your ass and you got back off, laughing it off? Now it's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Everywhere you look there is a lawsuit. Makes it scary to do anything now a days.<BR>
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I agree that all home owners should take care of their sidewalks, but don't agree that a lawsuit should follow, if the pedestrian can't figure how to walk.<BR>
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Should snow plowers be held responsible if they plow the snow as close as they can to your car and you fall when you are shoveling your car out?<BR>
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PS Great job city o Moscow with the job at hand<BR><BR>> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:49:08 -0800<BR>> From: kcraine@verizon.net<BR>> To: bevbafus@verizon.net<BR>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Snow Grouch<BR>> <BR>> Speaking as a person who not only drives a 1990 Honda Civic but one <BR>> with all-weather tires (learned how to do that Anchorage with a <BR>> Renualt LeCar ), I agree with Bev (except for 4). I can go as long as <BR>> my tires touch occasionally and I'm at the "sweet-spot" speed. I'm <BR>> stuck when some @@#$%%^$%&** in a big honkin', gas-guzzeling SUV <BR>> with all-wheel drive, studs- all-around decides --despite the law-- <BR>> that "yield right-of-way" applies to the smaller vehicle.<BR>> <BR>> One of the fundamental responsibilities of government is to ensure <BR>> that the public can use their right-of-way (both streets and <BR>> sidewalks) safely and efficiently to go from point "A" to point "B". <BR>> For decades, the City of Moscow has taken pride in failing that duty. <BR>> I can't count the times I've suggested improvements to the plowing <BR>> system only to be told that I need to "accept responsibility" for my <BR>> own transportation (i.e. run a a big honkin', gas-guzzeling SUV with <BR>> all-wheel drive, studs- all-around or stay off the streets) rather <BR>> than demanding that the nanny government take care of me by actually <BR>> plowing the streets. I've fought for years to get the city to enforce <BR>> the ordinance which makes properly owners responsible for clearing <BR>> their sidewalks are clear of ice and snow. Same answer. I should <BR>> "accept responsibility for my safety" by either wearing Yak-Traks or <BR>> staying off icy areas (i.e. walk in the traffic lanes) so as to avoid <BR>> harm caused by the property owner's negligence.<BR>> <BR>> In other words, the city has dumped their responsibility for traffic/ <BR>> pedestrian safety on the users of the public right-of-way. After <BR>> banging my head against this for years, I've come to the realization <BR>> that the only solution to the city's failure to clear the streets <BR>> and sidewalks is to have each and every person who suffers harm as a <BR>> result --SUE the city for mega-bucks.<BR>> <BR>> I am saying nothing against the hard-working people who drive the <BR>> plows. They do an awesome job involving long hours. My criticism is <BR>> to the managers who tell those workers to not leave a berm as they <BR>> carefully go around parked cars rather than telling the owners to <BR>> move their vehicles. Citizen participation in snow removal should <BR>> involve helping the city, not having to run a big honkin', gas- <BR>> guzzeling SUV with all-wheel drive, studs-all-around in order to get <BR>> around.<BR>> <BR>> Kit Craine<BR>> <BR>> P.S. To the idiot who pulled out of the Co-op parking lot into my <BR>> path at about 1:50 pm on the 21st as I was swimming my Civic through <BR>> the berm doing a left turn into the lot: you deserved to be flipped <BR>> off and the curses I laid on your head. By law, you were required to <BR>> yield me the right-of-way. That means you stop and wait until I <BR>> complete my maneuver. The fact your vehicle was bigger than mine is <BR>> inmaterial.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Dec 22, 2008, at 4:02 PM, bevbafus@verizon.net wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > From a confirmed snow grouch, my top 5 reasons to hate snow in <BR>> > Moscow:<BR>> ><BR>> > 5. *&%&$*#&$ Berms<BR>> > 4. Physics-challenged people driving Honda Civics and Ford Focuses <BR>> > who<BR>> > think they can drive over the *#&$$# berms.<BR>> > 3. People who think that because of berms, driving laws are <BR>> > suspended,<BR>> > and they can turn from the left lane on Jackson right onto 3rd or 6th.<BR>> > 2. Landowners along all the major highways within Moscow who don't<BR>> > clean their *#$&*$& sidewalks. Especially along north 95, and south <BR>> > 95.<BR>> > People are walking IN THE HIGHWAYS AGAIN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! <BR>> > (these<BR>> > landowners include the State of Idaho and the City of Moscow)<BR>> > 1. And coming in at NUMBER ONE: There is a right turn lane on <BR>> > Highway<BR>> > 95 near Pintail Lane, people. I am IN MY LANE. I HAVE MY TURN SIGNAL<BR>> > ON. Just because you are in the RUTS does not mean you need to lay on<BR>> > your horn. YOU ARE NOT IN YOUR LANE.<BR>> ><BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> > http://www.fsr.net<BR>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> =======================================================<BR><BR><br /><hr />It’s the same Hotmail®. 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