So the people who drive around the snowplows during the winter and those who work for the Carroll County Government's Risk Management division got to practice and show off their skills in a friendly way.
They had to do a lot- back up the dump truck snow plow into tight spaces, get within 12 inches of signs, put their tires between tennis balls, plow cones (simulated snow) between narrow cones (simulated parked cars). And some of these people were not even roads workers, but maybe just people who work in shops that hardly practice! But they did all have commerical vehicle licenses.
They also had a backhoe competition (which you see in the picture above) and a sobriety driving course.
It was cute- a lot of their families came out and were really supportive. It was seriously the nicest competition I've ever seen. I think everyone was just happy to get a sunny day off of work!
This was fun for me because I also got to shoot video for it, and interviewing was easy because they were so nice.
Read my story:
www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/local_news/2carroll_county_roadeo.txt
Photo by Kyle Nosal
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