Blasted low-flying planes
So when I’m biking I think about random things, because I basically have nothing to do but move my legs.
So today, I was riding down Town Line Road in Bethlehem. Like many roads in Bethlehem, it is somewhat rural, with fields and the occasional home bordering the smooth, paved surface. So as I’m riding, I am surprised to see a bright yellow road sign – something I wouldn’t expect to see on such an infrequently traveled road.
The sign said “DANGER LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT”.
Excuse me?
First of all, am I in danger of being decapitated by a propeller when I ride on this road? Should I crouch as low as possible to avoid an untimely death by getting sucked through a jet engine? Maybe if Town Line Road in Bethlehem is such a busy area for air traffic, maybe it should be closed off to automobiles and pedestrians.
Secondly, if planes are flying low enough to warrant putting up a goddamn street sign, wouldn’t they be crashing into any number of the hundreds of trees in the area? Or the houses? Or the telephone poles? If your plane is in danger of crashing into cars, maybe you shouldn’t be flying so low. And if drivers need to be warned about low-flying planes, by the time they look out their window and say “Oh, shit, that’s an airplane”, they are probably going to be engulfed in a fireball.
Now, let’s assume that planes are probably not flying low enough to the ground to kill your typical driver. So these planes are probably flying higher than, I don’t know, eight feet above the ground.
So unless you are driving a vehicle that is either:
A. 30,000 feet tall
B. Towing something 30,000 feet tall
you can probably can safely ignore the DANGER LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT sign on Town Line Road.
