What motivates them?
What makes them do it?
Is it anger? Frustration? Inferior upbringing? Immaturity?
No, I think it’s none of these?
My theory is that it’s quite simply terminal stupidity!
We all see it every day, and the sad thing is that it’s so prevalent we have become inured to it.
In case you haven’t guessed yet, I’m talking about myriad classless moronic motorists who routinely throw the remainders of their breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks out the windows of their automobiles.
Is It a Contest?
Do they derive some kind of perverse satisfaction from tossing Big Mac containers from their car windows? Are they engaging in a contest to see how far they can heave soft drink cans and beer bottles from their vehicles?
I taught at West Liberty State College (now West Liberty University) for 37 years, and my daily commute took me from my residence off GC&P Road to the thrills and curves of Route 88 and on to the campus. If I had been able to stop and collect every piece of trash I saw in those 37 years during my daily drives to and from work, I’d bet it would fill the massive Michigan Stadium to overflowing.
We are fortunate to live in an incredibly beautiful place, and it’s a shame that so many thoughtless ingrates daily pollute our roadsides.
How hard can it be to keep a bag for trash in the car and empty it in a trash receptacle later on?
The sad reality of this is that there’s no way of stopping it. And although some of the prime offenders may read this (if they can read), it probably won’t deter them from continuing to use roadsides as their garbage cans.
In a perfect world the police would catch these lowlifes who then would be tried and convicted of chronic littering in the first degree and sentenced to live in a dumpster for the rest of their lives.
Unfortunately, the world is not perfect and such enforcement isn’t feasible, but, hey, we can dream, can’t we?
