Virginia is Closing Rest Stops! The Sky is Falling!
As far as I can tell this story was not from the opinion page of the Washington Post but you can’t tell from its tone.
On a bad day it can take hours of crawling, and as of July 21 northbound drivers will not have a rest stop to, well, rest in, or whatever else they may need to do.
Is this tone really needed for this story? The last half of that sentence is completely unnecessary.
This will save the state agency $9 million against its $2.6 billion revenue shortfall.
I could be reading a little into this sentence but it seems snarky to me. Of course there’s no context provided for this. You have to make a lot of little cuts to make up that kind of shortfall.
Caldwell will tell you that that is all well and good, but those are mid-20th century highways and these are modern times. While Gov. Tim Kaine may no longer be able to afford you a bathroom, Ronald McDonald can.
What the hell is wrong with stopping at a McDonald’s or a gas station to use the rest room? Do I have to use a government provided shitter?
Though some rest stops will be open to truckers only (no, an SUV is not a truck), the state will continue to maintain 19 open to all drivers.
Thanks asshole for letting me know that an SUV is not a truck. I would never have guessed. Could we just have the story and not interlace commentary into it? I know it’s not normally how things are written but they’re usually better at hiding it.
I’ve ridden on back roads up and down the east coast, into Canada and all over Colorado on my motorcycle. I purposefully avoid major roads. (back roads are much more fun). There are no rest stops on any of these country roads and somehow I’ve managed to survive all these rides without pissing myself.
This is a good example of why the government can never stop spending money. You can’t cut anything without someone getting all bitchy about it. Even when they should just be reporting the story.