Our highway department actually makes decisions about where to work on safety by counting deaths and near deaths. (And other things, it’s true.) When I’m feeling mellow, that seems almost reasonable. When I’m filling anti-mellow it seems like people are dying to save money for the state.
Q: A police car, a fire truck, an ambulance, and a postal-delivery vehicle all approach the same intersection at the same time from 4 different directions. Which one has right of way?
I’m remnided of a bar near where I used to work. There was a bar right before the office park that got refurbished and just as they were reopening, it was a cold day and driving into work there were four vulture sitting on the roof ridge. clearly they were just warming themselves but it looked really bad for a place where food was served
We had local names for some intersections. We called the worse 5 Points. Back in my old days we had a point system for evaluations. Every thing we did had a point assessment. Tickets were 1 point. Intoxication arrests were 3. Fatal crashes were the highest…..so our worse intersections were named 5 Points…as that was the point assigned to Fatal crash incidents. If we had more than one we added compass directions. 5 Points NW and so on.
The cartoon is pretty much apropos but around here the vultures go for larger carrion but well away from roads. The crows and ravens however feed on death right in front of you. And yet they go hardly noticed at all. Crows and ravens are a lot like small versions of the Grim Reeper. Watch for those little buggers and you will know where the deer cross and where the humans need to pay more attention to what is going on around them before there are more tasty little tidbits
Road killed a buzzard dining on road kill while driving to work. Driving back home, two buzzards were roosting on a bridge I crossed. Swear they were giving me the stink eye.
“It was a four way stop dilemma. We all arrived the same time. I yielded to the man to the right of me and he yielded it right back to mine. Well the yield went around and around and around…… Refrain; They don’t know how lucky they areThey could have run into that treeGot struck by a bolt of lightningAnd raped by a minority” RIP John Prine, we miss you.
I recall when many rural crossroads were unsigned. In Full Throttle, Sir Henry Birkin advises that going faster through intersections reduces the risk, as you spend less time in them.
In some Southern states, it used to be the practice to put up a cross at intersections for every fatality at that location. It got to be too embarrassing because some of the intersections started to look like graveyards. It was decided the money would be better spent on safety improvements, as people had become inured to the crosses. :(
In East Tennessee, it really doesn’t matter what the signs say anyway. For further detail: https://notepd.com/idea/rules-for-east-tennessee-driving-p5els
The danger is less from those intent on speeding through than from those they unexpectedly find hesitating and dithering at the crossing, wondering which road to take when there are no signs.
C over 1 year ago
Seems to be a lot of buzz about it
eastern.woods.metal over 1 year ago
They don’t have to lose their patience and kill something
sirbadger over 1 year ago
Have a smashing good time.
mr_sherman Premium Member over 1 year ago
Now put a green light facing each way.
rmremail over 1 year ago
It’s fast food for scavengers. Much like McDonalds.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 1 year ago
If you are cross at this crossroads, you cah cross off the rest of your life…
in.amongst over 1 year ago
As a wise man once said – it is not the speed that kills you, but the sudden stop at the end.
Enter.Name.Here over 1 year ago
Remember, the most dangerous part of any car is the nut that holds the steering wheel. ;-)
ONE NIGHT ONLY! • Oxymoron & The Paper Towels over 1 year ago
The accident is survivable - but not the heart attack upon seeing the hospital bill.
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
Our highway department actually makes decisions about where to work on safety by counting deaths and near deaths. (And other things, it’s true.) When I’m feeling mellow, that seems almost reasonable. When I’m filling anti-mellow it seems like people are dying to save money for the state.
Botulism Bob over 1 year ago
When you’re at a cross in the road, take it.
ONE NIGHT ONLY! • Oxymoron & The Paper Towels over 1 year ago
When you’re at a fork in the road, have lunch.
The dude from FL Premium Member over 1 year ago
I’ve had them sit in my old dead tree out back
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 1 year ago
Q: A police car, a fire truck, an ambulance, and a postal-delivery vehicle all approach the same intersection at the same time from 4 different directions. Which one has right of way?
A Common 'tator over 1 year ago
Four British Gentlemen (or Gentlewomen) arrive at that cross-road, all four will give way “No, after you – I insist”…
keenanthelibrarian over 1 year ago
As Yogi Berra said – “If you see a fork in the road, take it.”
backyardcowboy over 1 year ago
Is the other street named: “Wherever”?
jvo over 1 year ago
Whenever
diverbelle over 1 year ago
Alphonse and Gaston! A: “After you!” G: “No, after you” etc.
GiantShetlandPony over 1 year ago
A committee of vultures awaits the next careless driver.
rmercer Premium Member over 1 year ago
Stop, Look, and Turn Around.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 1 year ago
I’m remnided of a bar near where I used to work. There was a bar right before the office park that got refurbished and just as they were reopening, it was a cold day and driving into work there were four vulture sitting on the roof ridge. clearly they were just warming themselves but it looked really bad for a place where food was served
dot-the-I over 1 year ago
Parallel: Lawyers hanging around a Jersey circle.
Vet Premium Member over 1 year ago
We had local names for some intersections. We called the worse 5 Points. Back in my old days we had a point system for evaluations. Every thing we did had a point assessment. Tickets were 1 point. Intoxication arrests were 3. Fatal crashes were the highest…..so our worse intersections were named 5 Points…as that was the point assigned to Fatal crash incidents. If we had more than one we added compass directions. 5 Points NW and so on.
david_42 over 1 year ago
The intersection of “Whatever” and “Later”.
The Pro from Dover over 1 year ago
Clean up on Interstate 5
fthiel over 1 year ago
Neither shall go until the other has passed.
WickWire64 over 1 year ago
The cartoon is pretty much apropos but around here the vultures go for larger carrion but well away from roads. The crows and ravens however feed on death right in front of you. And yet they go hardly noticed at all. Crows and ravens are a lot like small versions of the Grim Reeper. Watch for those little buggers and you will know where the deer cross and where the humans need to pay more attention to what is going on around them before there are more tasty little tidbits
Interventor12 over 1 year ago
Road killed a buzzard dining on road kill while driving to work. Driving back home, two buzzards were roosting on a bridge I crossed. Swear they were giving me the stink eye.
mhebden over 1 year ago
“It was a four way stop dilemma. We all arrived the same time. I yielded to the man to the right of me and he yielded it right back to mine. Well the yield went around and around and around…… Refrain; They don’t know how lucky they areThey could have run into that treeGot struck by a bolt of lightningAnd raped by a minority” RIP John Prine, we miss you.
goboboyd over 1 year ago
Please take a number. The new roundabout is going to cause some confusion.
Out of the Past over 1 year ago
We have one of those near our house.
batesmom7 over 1 year ago
How will self-driving Teslas etc. take it?
morningglory73 Premium Member over 1 year ago
No matter which way to go it looks like doom.
monya_43 over 1 year ago
Patiently waiting for the next course to be served. They know that none will be disappointed.
sandpiper over 1 year ago
first huge multi-vehicle crash, those poles won’t be there.
bbenoit over 1 year ago
Whatever does the other sign say?
megerkey over 1 year ago
By the time you can see the buzzards it’s to late to turn around.
The Famous Eccles over 1 year ago
Down to the crossroads at midnight and sell your soul to the devil! At least according to Robert Johnson, and later, Clapton.
Ishka Bibel over 1 year ago
Paris has no stop signs. People just know how to drive.
paranormal over 1 year ago
The intersection of Whatever and Whocares…
Mediatech over 1 year ago
You get much the same result at a singles bar.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom over 1 year ago
There’s a crossroads in Missoula, Montana, commonly called Malfunction Junction.
Geophyzz over 1 year ago
I recall when many rural crossroads were unsigned. In Full Throttle, Sir Henry Birkin advises that going faster through intersections reduces the risk, as you spend less time in them.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Where do y ou FIND buzzards and vultures?I’ve never seen one outside of a zoo.(Eastern Seaboard)
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
In some Southern states, it used to be the practice to put up a cross at intersections for every fatality at that location. It got to be too embarrassing because some of the intersections started to look like graveyards. It was decided the money would be better spent on safety improvements, as people had become inured to the crosses. :(
waes-hael over 1 year ago
Physically Vultures; metaphorically Ambulance Chasers.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 1 year ago
13 Vultures. Wiley, at least you know some of pay attention
kathleenhicks62 over 1 year ago
Could be some intersections in our town. For a smaller than average place there are sure a lot of cars!
Buoy over 1 year ago
Corner of Whatever and Distracted.
ComicsBinger Premium Member over 1 year ago
At the cross road is where you make a deal with the crossroad witch or sell your soul to the Devil.
ArcticFox Premium Member over 1 year ago
Aaahhh, the omenicity of the number- thirteen. (Whatever)
websterphreaky over 1 year ago
Once again, Wiley Miller shows he is running out of clever comic ideas.
locake over 1 year ago
There are no stop signs for either road.
Tootsie Premium Member over 1 year ago
A murder of crows, indeed. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/a-murder-of-crows-crow-facts/5965/
eboosler Premium Member over 1 year ago
LOL!
bakana over 1 year ago
There is a Bridge I used to cross back and forth to work.
One afternoon, I looked up and realized that there was at least one Buzzard perched on every single light pole, all the way across that bridge.
That was my first inkling that driving across that bridge might be a tad more dangerous than the usual commute via Interstate.
Over 100 Buzzards can’t all be incurable optimists.
daking27 over 1 year ago
In East Tennessee, it really doesn’t matter what the signs say anyway. For further detail: https://notepd.com/idea/rules-for-east-tennessee-driving-p5els
JH&Cats over 1 year ago
The danger is less from those intent on speeding through than from those they unexpectedly find hesitating and dithering at the crossing, wondering which road to take when there are no signs.