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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Neil Ellwood   
    wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:28:46 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   > > Much of the motorway system here in New Zealand barely has a should   
   > > "lane", let alone a grass verge. In some places the idiots in charge   
   > > have changed the shoulder into a bus lane.  :-\   
   > >   
   > > Quite often when I'm driving on the motorway during the day (off-peak   
   > > times) there's a small van being driven slowly along the shoulder with   
   > > it's hazard indicators going and someone leaning out the passenger side   
   > > picking up rubbish, etc. ... but following behind that in a mini-convoy   
   > > are always two large trucks with big flashing arrow signs on the back to   
   > > warn drivers. I don't know how often or how many teams do that, but the   
   > > it must incurr a huge waste of money and worker-time in the course of a   
   > > year and the length of all the motorways.   
   >   
   > It is not the three vehicles wasting the money but the fools throwing the   
   > rubbish away.   
      
   It's not all thrown away rubbish. Some of it is typical roadside debris   
   like plastic hubcaps that have come off, truck tyre shreadings, toys   
   that a small kid has dropped out of the window, etc. Using three trucks   
   and at least four people is wasting money and time.   
      
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