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   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2014-03-05, Your Name  wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   In the United States, those people are often prisoners giving back to   
   the community.   
      
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