Yesterday I was sweeping the sidewalk and driveway when a man threw out a bottle.
@lookatdesktop (27129)
Dallas, Texas
November 22, 2016 10:26am CST
The outdoor temperature was in the lower 60s yesterday in Dallas, TX and I was sweeping all of the leaves from the front porch, and the driveway into a nice pile of dust, dirt and brown and crunchy hackberry leaves.
Then as I went forward to sweep behind our car and the front sidewalk and driveway I heard a honking car horn as a dumb person threw a coke bottle out their car window onto the street.
I was lucky that I had time to run out into the street and pick it up before the traffic began to move forward after the traffic lights turned green. I was able to place this bottle into the recycle can. Well, that bottle did not break and this is kind of strange, as most people love to toss out beer bottles and they usually shatter into many broken pieces.
If I hadn't picked up that coke bottle the next vehicle would have run right over it and shattered it into thousands of glass pieces that potentially could cause a flat tire.
I cant stand and be the watch dog for my street 24/7 but at least I was there at that moment, to prevent another broken bottle and I even wonder if there is a fine for throwing out glass bottles from vehicles
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Nov 16
It happens so often here in Big 'D' that the city workers seldom go out looking for broken glass to sweep up off the streets yet they maintain the grass on the medians perfectly.
I once drove a back street and saw the city sanitation truck and a few men picking up bulk trash that day but behind each pile or under each along an entire one block radius, broken glass in large piles remained. I yelled out the window to a worker and asked, "Hey, are you guys gonna clean up all that broken glass?" No comment. Perhaps they just don't understand my language.
@paigea (35694)
• Canada
22 Nov 16
@lookatdesktop They workers who pick up garbage here would not consider that their job either.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
23 Nov 16
@paigea So by that do you mean, that nobody is going to be picking up the glass unless the home owner himself takes time to do the work? Seems a bit like passing the buck. If the home owner had the brains to know it looks bad to have all that glass out in the street they might need to either be motivated by a heavy fine or be instructed to get the glass off the street in front of their residence within 24 hours of notice. lol
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
22 Nov 16
Wow that person is RUDE! You are really nice to go out there and pick up the bottle for recycle.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
22 Nov 16
@lookatdesktop Oh yes because they're littering! I surely hope they get fined in the future or getting caught! The other day, parked beside a truck & he had a bottle of Coca Cola, poured it out.... on the street. Couldn't he just wait? Then when he finished dumping his soda out, he inched forward so he wouldn't have to be near that pile of soda!
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Nov 16
I consider the road in front of me an extension of my front yard and thus an extension of our private property and yea it makes me angry to see this and especially doing it just to make me angry and they probably had a laugh while they committed a class C misdemeanor.
Litter weighing five pounds or less is a class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $500
http://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/states-with-littering-penalties.aspx
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
22 Nov 16
It seems that we have to go out with a pad and a pencil when we go outdoors so that we can write the car´s number to report it. 
. It´s not so hard to keep a bag in your car and place bottles and other junk there until you reach home.
. It´s not so hard to keep a bag in your car and place bottles and other junk there until you reach home.1 person likes this
@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Nov 16
And I think it should be mandatory that all home owners get their very own big blue recycle totes.
@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
22 Nov 16
@Fleurnight This surely is a possibility and then people seem not to fear the law anymore.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
23 Nov 16
@Fleurnight It is sad, but the reality is that some are capable to get away with anything.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
22 Nov 16
You did a great job..I'm proud of you
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