PA road crew paints yellow lines over dead raccoon...

[malthaussen]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/10/13217139-pennsylvania-road-crew-paints-yellow-line-over-dead-raccoon?lite

Sounds about right for PA.

-- Mal

[unblock]

1. there's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead... racoons?

http://jimhightower.com/store/middle_of_the_road

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. From the article

“They did try to stop the paint gun,” traffic engineer John Ambrosini told The Tribune-Democrat. “But with the amount of congestion Thursday, the squirrelly geometry of the road and the size of the equipment, they couldn’t turn around to go back and fix the mistake.”

Ambrosini said paint crews know to avoid such animals and usually a foreman vehicle travels in front or behind the vehicle to remove any obstructions. But the crew didn't have a foreman that morning, and the equipment was too big to turn around in traffic on the curvy, narrow road, so the line couldn't be painted without the carcass in the way.

[Fumesucker]

3. Hey, at least it wasn't a skunk..

[Ron Obvious]

4. Also...

I used this picture when I used to maintain a cycling blog:

[darkangel218]

5. I dont know if i should laugh or cry

Maybe both

[Renew Deal]

6. Sometimes you paint the lines

Sometimes the lines paint you

[Vehl]

8. In Soviet Russia :P..or in this particular case, PA. nt

[snooper2]

7. that's a perfect scene for a movie

LOL