Winter Walking and Cycling

[ac3r]

I like seeing the city sidewalk plows do a 10m section that is their responsibility then drive in the street to get to the next 10m section. I would guess a lot of the equipment is already driving past a decent sized portion of what needs to be cleared. It's frustrating to watch and even more frustrating to walk through in the snow.

I hate that. I have always assumed it's some liability thing. Like...if the plow goes by and tears up some lawn or dislodges some stone edging, then the property owner would likely complain and could possibly force the city/region to pay for repairs. Then you've also got the sort of "yeah sorry, not in my job description, I only plow what I'm told to" attitude that some plow operators may have. Which I mean I can totally get behind when you're just making an hourly wage, but it isn't hard to just drive the plow through and be nice, rather than go onto the road and back onto the sidewalk.