I live out in the sticks. While we do have chip sealed roads, they are narrow and usually have culvert ditches next to them. The road in front of our home has a very gentle curve which tends to result in people ending up stuck in a ditch if they aren't paying attention. There is also an electric transformer box on home side of the ditch between our driveway and the next door neighbor's home. Around said transformer box are some concrete things to stop people from hitting the box.
And even more background: The lady across the street is in the process of moving out. Her driveway has double gates and she sometimes has issues backing her pick-up out of them.
She rented the biggest U-Haul moving truck she could without having a CDL license. She left it in the road and dragged a bunch of stuff out to the street so she could load it, but when it got dark, she realized that she couldn't leave that big truck out in the street so pulled it nose first through the gates. Truck was almost touching her old place and was only a foot away from the road.
Now comes the fun part! The next morning, she needed to back it out so they could leave. Remember the ditches and transformer box? Yeah, I thought so.
Sadly, she didn't. As she was trying to make a 200 point turn while missing the gateposts, she backed one wheel over the concrete things to drop the left back tire into the ditch which caused the corner of the truck to push the electrical box out of its way while the entire mess settled down all kitty-wampus. Right front tire off the road, tipping at about a 15-20 angle.
When it comes to my neighbors, I tend to be Magenta "...unseen, I see all."
This time, I hurried down and yelled at everyone to stop and not touch anything. Of course, they all looked at me like I had lost my mind, so I said something like "I might have watched too many videos, but wouldn't you think that maybe that U-Haul is now electric? If I was you, I wouldn't touch any metal."
Her son yelled "YES!!! I've seen the same movies, NOBODY touch the truck!!!"
The lady was able to hop out of the truck and was just fine. Except the part about hearing things shift and break inside the truck. I called the electric company, who must have called the Sheriff because they arrived first.
As the police were asking what had happened, the lady never once said a word about what she was thinking when she rented a truck that size for a local move. While it wasn't my place to ask, I was really hoping one of the cops would have said something. (Like: What the heck were you thinking, you dumbbunny!!!")
And even more background: The lady across the street is in the process of moving out. Her driveway has double gates and she sometimes has issues backing her pick-up out of them.
She rented the biggest U-Haul moving truck she could without having a CDL license. She left it in the road and dragged a bunch of stuff out to the street so she could load it, but when it got dark, she realized that she couldn't leave that big truck out in the street so pulled it nose first through the gates. Truck was almost touching her old place and was only a foot away from the road.
Now comes the fun part! The next morning, she needed to back it out so they could leave. Remember the ditches and transformer box? Yeah, I thought so.
Sadly, she didn't. As she was trying to make a 200 point turn while missing the gateposts, she backed one wheel over the concrete things to drop the left back tire into the ditch which caused the corner of the truck to push the electrical box out of its way while the entire mess settled down all kitty-wampus. Right front tire off the road, tipping at about a 15-20 angle.

When it comes to my neighbors, I tend to be Magenta "...unseen, I see all."
This time, I hurried down and yelled at everyone to stop and not touch anything. Of course, they all looked at me like I had lost my mind, so I said something like "I might have watched too many videos, but wouldn't you think that maybe that U-Haul is now electric? If I was you, I wouldn't touch any metal."
Her son yelled "YES!!! I've seen the same movies, NOBODY touch the truck!!!"
The lady was able to hop out of the truck and was just fine. Except the part about hearing things shift and break inside the truck. I called the electric company, who must have called the Sheriff because they arrived first.
As the police were asking what had happened, the lady never once said a word about what she was thinking when she rented a truck that size for a local move. While it wasn't my place to ask, I was really hoping one of the cops would have said something. (Like: What the heck were you thinking, you dumbbunny!!!")
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