Florida men caught with stolen power pole strapped to SUV in wake of Hurricane Irma

US Med Times ^ | 9/14/17 | Mary Stringini

[left that other site]

Indeed!

Although, I Believe the Law states that the safety flag needs to be red in color.

This one is obviously in violation of the Law!

:-)

[wally_bert]

That would have been great as Live PD fodder.

[NohSpinZone]

You know it was one of the dude’s shirts!

[left that other site]

Absolutely! hehehe

[rlmorel]

Maybe they had some big dancers to bring it to!

[DoodleDawg]

At least they tied a warning flag to the end of it. So there’s that.

[cgbg]

I wonder how far they drove before they got stopped...

[cgbg]

They both had three names—dead giveaway they are kooks. :-)

[WKUHilltopper]

Your honor...the hurricane blew that onto my client’s vehicle.

[AZLiberty]

Officer, it fell on top of my car. I’m lucky I wasn’t killed.

[DoodleDawg]

How is that thing worth $2500?

I'm sure that's what the utility pays for them. I would assume these two were looking to sell it to a scrap yard or recycling center, but how to you explain how you came to own it?

These are likely not the sharpest tools in the shed.

[VietVet876]

Well they just didn’t want to get stopped by the cops for Failure to Fly Flag at End of Pole.

[netguide]

According to Missouri law it would have to be a red flag.

[RckyRaCoCo]

LOL!

[trebb]

At least they put the safety flag on the back - stupid is as stupid does...

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I’d doubt the city could or would buy such a thing used, dented up, probably with a cracked weld around the fat end. That looks like the horizontal boom that runs parallel to the roadway and hold 1-2-3 traffic light assy’s and is attached to the vertical post. You can see 1-2 of them in the pic still attached. It probably had a square mounting foot with four fat bolts going into a pad on the vertical and the weld to that square pad failed with torque/flex in the wind. So the fat end of that boom has an obvious cracked weld. Scrap. Very incriminating scrap!

[dragnet2]

I'm sure that's what the utility pays for them.

Or who's getting the contractor kickback$ and likely that comes with big contractor/manufacturer political contributions, pay to play and on and on...

[dragnet2]

How is that thing worth $2500?

It’s a union pole no doubt. The contractors/manufactureres putting in the bids no doubt sweetened the deal for the local political hacks.

[bgill]

Your honor...the hurricane blew that onto my client’s vehicle.

We are filing suit against the city for damages.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

LOL, there’s the answer we’ve been clamoring for. Attack of the 50 Foot Pole Dancer.