I’m working at home these days, so I see everything that happens on my street during the day. One of the things that bothers me is the trash and recycling trucks.
They go too fast, but worse than that, the guys who pick and empty the cans ride on the back and hold on. That can’t be safe. But is it legal? Are the waste management companies just breaking the rules to be more efficient?
In the big picture I guess it really doesn’t matter. They’re just men, so they’re expendable.
Pretty sure trashmen’s life don’t matter… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_sanitation_strike
They do the same thing here riding by hanging on to the back. I think there are traffic laws against it, but cops just let it slide. Imagine how long it would take if you had to buckle in every time?
I’m sure that cops let it slide, but if you or I were hanging on to the back of a U-Haul or 3/4 ton pickup like that, they’d write us a ticket.
My favorite trash collection scene in a move, starting at about 128:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkjA_cr2cg&t=187s
That was disturbing.