Accident waiting for a place to happen..?

For about 10 months now, villagers have been wondering when the province is going to fix the eroded road edge and rusted out culvert along the 106 between Sackville and Dorchester. First they said it was going to cost around $50,000 .. then they did an environmental study and discovered it was going to be more like $300,000 and of course, there's no money in the budget for that! We in the village figure someone's going to get into an accident eventually.. probably when the road is icy.. as the road is down to one lane and those travelling east are to yield to those travelling west.

So, we're driving into town along the 106 the night after our first "sticking" snowfall .. no snow tires on the car yet, of course...we're following behind a provincial snowplow... you know -- the big green ones that take up 1 1/2 lanes plow and all... so... from out of the blue, a burgundy Chevy Silverado passes us, then it looks like he's going to pass the snowplow too, just as we come up on the "road construction" sign about a breath away from where the road is down to one lane -- did I mention the road is icy?--did I mention the 106 is a twisty, bumpy highway well inhabited by wildlife, including bull moose big enough to total the Chevy truck?? Even perhaps disable the snowplow? Yeah. So Mr. Chevy is straddling both lanes looking for his chance to pass when the road does indeed become one lane, like the sign said it would.
Mr. Chevy puts the brakes to and tucks himself right behind the snowplow. Yes, he's tailgating a snowplow. And he does it all the way into Sackville, which of course, takes 3 times longer than usual because we're behind a snowplow!!

We decide to back off a bit and watch the drama unfold -- its suppertime, prime time for those wildlife to step out onto the highway..
We notice snowplow guy is riding his brakes. We figure he's pretty annoyed with Mr. Chevy.
We decide to back off even more, cause at this point, if a bull moose does decide to check out the highway, we're all roadkill.

So, if you happen to come across this road menace in your travels, a burgundy Chevy Silverado, may I suggest pulling over and letting the idiot pass you he's in way too much of a hurry going nowhere endangering himself and everyone else around him.

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