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Monday, January 2, 2012
What rules or laws apply to state and town snowplow vehicles — the rules I have to follow, or do snowplows qualify as emergency vehicles?
I was driving during a recent storm that brought one inch of slushy, slippery snow. I came across two Auburn municipal plows deliberately running red lights with no intent of trying to stop. Had I not been paying attention, I would have gotten T-boned while turning on a green light. The other plow passed two stopped cars at a red light and went directly through. I was one of those stopped cars.
That does not seem right. Snowplows do not have sirens, just flashing lights.
I say, play by the layman's rules and stop at red lights.
Jonathan Duchette, Turner
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Frank, are you willing to
Frank, are you willing to accept the financial liability when someone gets killed by a plow truck running a red light or stop sign. As a taxpayer, I am not. As a municipal employee, I know that we are not above the law.
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All I know is that I would want them to go through the red light to get the snow and ice plowed and sanded before I drive on it. Stop complaining or do the job yourself!
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Snowplow drivers have to follow the same laws as everyone else.
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Really Mr. Duchette? Seems the plows had more of a right to be on the roads than you did. It's a tough job, and like them do it. Besides, I'm certain you run a few red lights occasionally, right?
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... but I don't run red lights. Breton must be describing his own habits.
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I do not blatently run red lights, and driving in 1" of snow in Maine to go to work is a normal activity. If you cannot handle it, leave the state. Running red lights is illegal unless driving an emergency vehicle. Auburn snow plow drivers are not considered emergency vehicles and should stop at all red lights and stop signs. I wrote this as a precautionary warning. Someone will get injured if this keeps occuring.
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Jon ? 12.01.02 8:30 pm
Wrong forum • Please contact the Human Resources Department at 207-333-6601 ext 1416 or 1414 or e-mail to dgrimmig@ci.auburn.me.us or cmumau@ci.auburn.me.us
They obey the same laws as your policemen and women
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h t h /s, Steve Dosh , Hawai'i
~ Happy New Year - all - Auburn Public Service Employees Unionized , Tenured or not ~
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What is this nonsense? The poi has caused severe brain damage. Government should not be the first resort - it should be the last. If you're a resident of Hawaii, why are you shilling for the Maine DHHS? Your grass skirt needs a retread.
Happy New Year to everyone who is employed, especially in what remains of the private sector. If you're tenured, meaning you don't have to take responsibility for your actions, I hope this year brings you close, personal knowledge that actions have consequences. If you're in a union, meaning you pay someone else to do your thinking for you, I hope this year you'll learn how to think for yourself. If you're any kind of public employee, I hope in this year you will be appropriately grateful to the dwindling group of us who pay taxes to support you.
All those hopes will be fulfilled when pigs fly and sing arias.
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Really? Are you willing to do without a standing Army? Airforce? Navy? Marines? Your taxes support them, too.
You sound like a shill for Fux Gnus.
Oh, and the next time you are cited for a ticket, please be sure to tell the police officer that he had better be appropriately grateful. I'm sure it will make his day.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Take a deep breath, Joanne.
In these threads, the term "public employee" means teacher, municipal worker, or government apparatchik. The good folks in our armed forces, in the overwhelming majority, know what they're supposed to be fighting for, when they're not hamstrung by politicians, and who supports them. That goes for most LEOs as well
With that cute phrase "Fux Gnus", are you related to Mark Wrenn? He too is hung up on alleged witticisms like that and considers them oh so clever. Get a room - you two are a perfect match.
Next time? I'm 63, been driving since I was 16, and have never had a ticket for anything. As I observed above about Breton, you must be commenting on your own habits. You gotta go with what you know.
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