maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) (09/19/85)
Just a suggestion from a bicyclist whose tires are sensitive to all of the broken glass found on the roads nowadays. I would like to hear feedback on the following suggestion from both fellow bicyclists and drivers - hence posting on both net.bicycle and net.auto. Since much of the broken glass that I see appears to be the result of accidents and fender benders (broken headlights) I would like to see a requirement that all parties in an accidents are responsible to ensure that ALL debris be cleaned up after the accident. Maybee the police officer responding to the accident should have as one of the items on his check list or whatever to ensure that the scene is swepted and policed following an accident just as in a laboratory situation where the area is completly cleaned and policed after any sort of accident. I know that in the labs where I work that if there is an accident and the area is not swept and policed, there would H**L to pay! I would like to see the same standards applied to our streets. Just A Suggestion From Mark A. Allyn !uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc_bee!maa
gary@ISM780.UUCP (09/24/85)
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It seems to me that the responsibility to remove broken glass and other
debris from the scene of an accident is that of whoever removes the
damaged vehicles. If the driver can drive away, he should take his
trash with him; if a towing service is called, cleaning up should be the
responsibility of the tow truck operator. While working for my father
in his body shop, I often helped with "wrecker calls". We always picked
up all the broken broken parts around the area and swept up the broken
glass and other debris. I don't know if we were required to by law, but
we generally felt it was our responsibility -- and it was good P.R. too!
Gary Swift, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp., Santa Monica, Ca., (213) 453 8649
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