I just spent an hour in Traffic Jam Mode

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  1. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    :( Now this reminds me that there are 4 dead racoons along the highway just a couple miles from here.

    Cars need safety devices for animals too.

    When will we just start tapping our shoulder with our palm and say "beam me up Scotty?"
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Use a transporter that was built by the lowest bidder?!?!

    Hard Pass for me, personally.
    Not unless they send a bunch of cats through it first!!

    We use an artificially intelligent control unit that's strapped in between the seat and the steering wheel.
    The logic goes something like this:
    Hit a critter that damages your vehicle and you get three days off without pay and a 3-year black mark in your copy book.
    Do it more than once and you might be cleaning restrooms in a Buc'ees at $20 an hour......

    Animals are something of a problem with telephone mechanics.
    Fortunately, in my truck I can just center them up and they pass beneath the vehicle.
    For deer and coyote sized critters I use NASCAR rules......
    Aim for them and they're usually gone by the time you get where they were.
    I'm unapologetically NOT concerned with coyotes or feral piggies - other than I do not wish them to damage my vehicle!
    Back when my company had their dalliance with Priuses I had to adjust my strategery a little bit since even hitting a 'possum on a half-shell (armadillo) can result in a trip to the repair shoppe for them - but fortunately there's only one left in my turf - a calico coloured 2010 G3 that belongs to our engineering group.
    They don't get out much - it only has about 60,000 miles on it, and it will probably be sold off soon to some hapless new owner.

    I'm closing in on 26 accident/incident years and so far it's my fellow humans that threaten me on the highways and byways - NOT the critters I encounter.......
     
    #63 ETC(SS), Oct 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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