Just One Deeply Concerned Citizen

There was an awful lot of road construction in Georgia between 1979 and 1985.  Hopefully, they've got that all sorted out by now

Can I safely assume that you looked up construction project plans from Georgia for the time period in question?  

You absolutely can not.

In that case, I somewhat hesitate to ask how you drew this conclusion.

Well, if you remember Not Too Long Ago, I had a Sametime Status that had to do with the theme song to the old TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard."  Well, as is often the case, once my mind gets its little claws wrapped around something, I end up watching a bunch of Youtube videos about it.  

I would hope there's some form of therapy or a support group for this problem of yours.

What I came to learn is that there are no roads in Hazzard County Georgia.  There's one little town which may or may not be called "Hazzard" and that has a little bit of pavement, but the roads seem to be about 50 feet long, enough for a car to be forced to drift around corners before driving off into the countryside on dirt roads.  

The odd thing about all of these dirt roads is that they're constantly under construction.  Everywhere people drive at remarkably high speeds, they're faced with construction crews with large piles of dirt placed directly in the road.  With a single flagman positioned on one side of the construction, and only about 5 feet in front of the dirt pile (which is nowhere near enough of a buffer), this provides a remarkably unsafe work zone, and leads to cars running into these unfortunately placed piles and becoming airborne.  After one incident like this, you'd think there would be an investigation into how to make these work zones safer for the workers and the general public, but it seems like there never was, as this issue kept on happening for 6 years.  The Hazzard County Department of Public Works should really be investigated for allowing this sort of, dare I quip, hazardous work environment to continue.  

There's also the issue of the crumbling infrastructure throughout the county.  The sheer number of bridges that are "out" all over the place is staggering, causing people to resort to jumping their cars over rivers, streams, gulleys, farm houses, and ponds.  Why there was ever a bridge over a pond in the first place is anyone's guess, and only serves as a further indictment of Hazzard Country's poor town planning.  Where these bridges have been destroyed, there are never any signs posted as a warning, nor are the roads blocked off in any way, endangering the public some more.  In addition to the poor bridge maintenance, the maintenance of the dirt roads themselves leaves plenty to be desired.  Many of the roads seem to have large dips in them sufficient for causing cars to leave the road surface and once again become airborne.  Other roads have large patches of shrubbery overgrowing the roadway.  It probably comes as no surprise to you at this point that these shrubberies are readily run over by cars traveling at high speeds causing two or more of the car's wheels to leave the road surface, causing the car to either tip over (occasionally only tip to one side, riding on two wheels until the driver can rectify the situation), or leave the road surface entirely.  

After 1985, I stopped paying much attention to the goings on in Hazzard County, so I'm not sure whether any or all of these problems have been resolved.  For the sake of the county's residents, I certainly hope they have.  It sounds like an awfully dangerous place to live.  

For those interested in doing your own research into these issues, please consult This Resource.