Monday, July 5, 2010

Canada Rumble Strip.

What a night's work getting this post up and running.

What it's all about is "rumble strips"... (one of a series of rough, or slightly raised strips of highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles.)

That being said, I passed through a little city in the middle of Saskatchewan last week, named Moose Jaw.

It is just down the road from Eyebrow, South and East of Elbow, around the corner from Snowdrift and if you've gone too far around that corner, you run into Earmuff.

If you actually hit Cowpie, then you have gone much too far and will have backtrack past Turtleford, follow the signs and you will end up at the 'Real Jewel of the Prairie."

Spa, Murals, Museums, Al Capone Tunnel Tours, 'ol fashion trolley rides, et al, awaits you.

All of that and three golf courses, more restaurants per capita than Vancouver and the friendliest, most helpful people on the planet.

(Try pulling over on the side of the highway, with your hood up in Vancouver and see how long you have to wait until someone pulls over to 'help' you. You would probably hide in your car, with the doors locked, if someone actually did! In Moose Jaw, Ma and Pa would invariably come out of the car together, posing no threat, but only to help you out of your 'predicament.'

I digress...

they also have "rumble strips" in 'some' of the school zones. 'All' of the ones, it seems, where some child has lost their life. Why the other ones don't... I am not sure.

But I am sure of this...

If Moose Juice SK can afford to "rumble strip" most of their school zones, places like Calgary AB, can soon hopefully quit treating these killing zones as a commercial enterprise as in radar/photo and seriously begin to care about the welfare of the children.

More to follow!

Much love as always to you all!