Jersey is just weird (w/ photo evidence)

[juxt3r]

So I'm in southern Jersey for work until the 20th or so. Sure enough, outside of the gas-pumpers' union (self-serve doesn't exist here) and statewide issue with left turns (as in you can't make any), we happened upon this lucid vision of weird on Wednesday afternoon while driving...on a highway!



Ummm...yeah.
Should there be any doubt in your mind, yes, he is towing a lawn mower...with his bike.


Can I come back to Texas yet??

[Nexus Flux]

I seriously doubt that was on a highway. Having grown up in NJ, I can tell you highways don't have sidewalks. You might have been on a state road, but besides the Garden State Parkway and the NJ Turpike and a few others, they are all considered side roads.

Now, what's the issue with left turns? I was just in NJ in July, and I made all the lefts I wanted. What town are you in?

For a bit of fun you could go to Atlantic City, May's Landing, Long Beach Island, and Seaside Heights (mid Jersey). Don't forget the Thomas Edison Museum.

[trickyrix]

Ummm...yeah.
Should there be any doubt in your mind, yes, he is towing a lawn mower...with his bike.


Can I come back to Texas yet??

Well... they don't call it the Garden State for nothin'... right?

[juxt3r]

The photo was taken on Route 38. While I wouldn't classify it as being quite as highwayish as, say, Interstate 35 or something, it's bigger than 75 (in Dallas) was until the widening a while back. Just ignore the sidewalk, though, okay?

We've been spending most of our time in the Mt. Laurel/Cherry Hill area. Most left turns entail a "jug handle" turnabout, and then a left from a less major road. It's a constant source of jokes from us.

[srivendel]

Too bad is wasn't a self-propelled mower. It would have been funnier if the mower was pulling him.