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STAY OUT OF RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS!! NO EXCEPTIONS!! What would you do ?
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1166183" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Its not the road surface thats dangerous.</p><p></p><p>Its the fact that a lot of the people who live at the end of these long driveways out in the middle of nowhere do so because they are "hill folk" who value their privacy, and they dont take kindly to seeing strangers in dark clothing walking up their driveway with a flashlight when its pitch black outside at 5:00 in the winter time. A lot of these people (on my route anyway) grow marijuana. A lot of these people have big mean dogs. And... most importantly.....unlike in the UK, virtually<em> all </em>of these people also have <strong>guns.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>My unwillingess to hike up these driveways has nothing to do with laziness or not having enough time. It has <em>everything</em> to do with my own <em>personal protection</em>. A UPS package car with its horn honking and lights flashing is a <strong>clear identifier </strong>of <em>who</em> I am and <em>why</em> I am there. I dont <em>want</em> those people looking out their window at night and seeing some guy in dark clothing walking up their driveway, I want them seeing a brightly lit package car with a UPS logo on the side. I'm not too fond of having dogs sicced on me or guns pulled on me by nervous homeowners, so if that means I run the occasional risk of cracking a mirror or getting stuck in the mud that is a risk I am willing to take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1166183, member: 14668"] Its not the road surface thats dangerous. Its the fact that a lot of the people who live at the end of these long driveways out in the middle of nowhere do so because they are "hill folk" who value their privacy, and they dont take kindly to seeing strangers in dark clothing walking up their driveway with a flashlight when its pitch black outside at 5:00 in the winter time. A lot of these people (on my route anyway) grow marijuana. A lot of these people have big mean dogs. And... most importantly.....unlike in the UK, virtually[I] all [/I]of these people also have [B]guns. [/B]My unwillingess to hike up these driveways has nothing to do with laziness or not having enough time. It has [I]everything[/I] to do with my own [I]personal protection[/I]. A UPS package car with its horn honking and lights flashing is a [B]clear identifier [/B]of [I]who[/I] I am and [I]why[/I] I am there. I dont [I]want[/I] those people looking out their window at night and seeing some guy in dark clothing walking up their driveway, I want them seeing a brightly lit package car with a UPS logo on the side. I'm not too fond of having dogs sicced on me or guns pulled on me by nervous homeowners, so if that means I run the occasional risk of cracking a mirror or getting stuck in the mud that is a risk I am willing to take. [/QUOTE]
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