Sep 15 2008
Street Lights, in the street
Friday, Super Dave smirks into my cube and announces, “Flotsam Alert”. I grab the digital and head to the street. While I am walking up, this is what I see first.
I come around the truck, and….
Trapped between a parking meter and a hood, the light pole stretches across the parking lane and two traffic lanes. But wait, here is our chance to see the details of the breakaway mounting, upclose, It appears that the bolts sheared as they were designed to do, leaving the base pretty much intact.
The working theory is that the van got tagged from behind, which drove it into the light pole.
I don’t know all the protocols involved, but as I saw it, the Deputy Sheriff threw jurisdiction to the wind and helped out when he saw a need. This is Kennedy, the main drag through downtown Tampa.