Finding stuff on a highway median

[Anonymous No.1807227]

The other day, I was driving on the highway, and saw a brand new (still in plastic) 6-foot fiberglass step ladder just sitting on the grass median strip. As we went on, I saw lots of other useful "litter" on the median.
I was wondering what the legalities are of stopping on an Interstate Highway to get stuff out of the median. There's gotta be people who do this from the Highway Department. You can't run over a ladder with a lawnmower. I know you can't really pull over on the left (inside) of the highway, so you might have to run across traffic, and no, I'm not willing to do that. Who would I call to do this? Is there any kind of finders-keepers law?

[Anonymous No.1807243]

Stop on shoulder, look both ways and cross when safe.

>NO I WON'T DO THAT!

Why are you so retarded? You think you can hire someone to pick shit up off the interstate median for you?

If I see something on the side of the road that I want, then I stop and pick it up. It is free game if no one is around claiming it... If you hesitate to get it, or call another person to cross the road for you then someone else with some testicular fortitude will come pick it up long before you'll ever get it.

[Anonymous No.1807255]

The best thing I ever got was a gas can. I almost got a yeti cooler but the "owner" best me to it. It may really have been his, said it just fell off and was full of beer. I find ratchet straps alot too

[Anonymous No.1807261]

>>1807255
What kind of beer?

[Anonymous No.1807318]

>>1807227
just grab it wtf

>tfw I saw a truck bed toolbox but it was gone when I went back later

[Anonymous No.1807319]

>>1807261
considering it fell out of a truck owned by somebody who was too dumb to keep it in the truck, it almost certainly ended with "light" maybe "lite"

[Anonymous No.1807321]

>>1807319
He outsmarted you.

[Anonymous No.1807322]

>>1807227
I've found a shit ton of plywood, pvc pipes, etc along the roads.

Still waiting to find something interesting.

[Anonymous No.1807651]

>>1807319
>>thinks budlite drinkers can afford a yeti

[Anonymous No.1807672]

I know a guy that was at a red light and someone pulled up and threw a kilo of weed at him and then just drove off.

[Anonymous No.1807685]

>>1807651
That's not how Bud light is spelled.

[Anonymous No.1807705]

>>1807227
Getting out of your car on an Interstate for any purpose other than an emergency is illegal. Also "finders-keepers" in most jurisdictions is called "theft by finding" which is also illegal. For random crap on the side of the road, no DA is going to bother prosecuting you but you find a 3 ct diamond ring, you're legally obligated to turn it in to the police or leave it where it is. In some places if no one claims it after a certain period of time, you can have it. Most places these days find excuses for keeping it themselves.

[Anonymous No.1807970]

I found a small engine with hydraulic pump attached to it in the ditch last summer.

[Anonymous No.1807979]

>>1807227
I found a tool bag that fell out of a truck. It ripped and spilled everything but I think I got all of it. It was a Ryobi drill and battery (no charger), a socket set, several screwdrivers, pliers, adjustable wrenches, and such. Nothing worth a damn. All Chinese made no-brand or store brand stuff. I had better so I sold it on Craig's List to the best offer, which was $35.

[Anonymous No.1808011]

>>1807705
Imagine being this much of a cuck

[Anonymous No.1808587]

>>1807227
If you have a pickup and a reflective vest, you can go almost anywhere and no one cares.

[Anonymous No.1808591]

>>1807227
Are you a fucking faggot? You have to be from a major city
It's on the side of the road just fucking grab it


I got a brand new corded drill and an autobody repair kit on a overpass turnaround before, my guess is that it slid out of someone's truck making the turn.

[Anonymous No.1808592]

>>1808011
Cuck and illegal aren't mutually exclusive.

[Anonymous No.1808593]

>>1807705
>Getting out of your car on an Interstate for any purpose other than an emergency is illegal.
Never in my entire life have I ever heard of that being enforced.
And for something non-valuable, and non-serialized like a fucking ladder?
How in the name of God would anyone ever find out
What a fucking cuck

[Anonymous No.1808602]

>>1808587
>If you have a pickup and a reflective vest, you can go almost anywhere and no one cares.
This

https://www.good.is/articles/the-fake-freeway-sign-that-became-a-real-public-service

[Anonymous No.1808615]

>>1808602

Nice link, anon.

[Anonymous No.1808830]

>>1807322
>High Forest Township
>weed just laying around
kek

[Anonymous No.1809269]

>>1807227

I work in billboards and frequently have to walk distances etc for our permits and among the most common “unusual” items I’ll see are gas pumps, large empty liquor bottles, and hair weaves. Next time you’re going by a highway rest stop look in the grass along the road. More Than 10% of the time there will be a gas pump there that someone drove off with by accident

[Anonymous No.1809481]

One time I "found" a large sheet of thick metal on the road. It was covering up a hole for some reason... Made a hell of a welding table!

[Anonymous No.1809494]

>>1809269
So drunk people with weaves are pretty likely to accidentally drive off with gas pumps?

>>1807227
I havent seen anything worth stopping on highway for but I do see bulk pickup trash that's worth looking at. I found an old commodore pc that booted right up and was fun to tinker with. Some of that stuff is worth money now because of youtubers showing their old refresh builds and old games etc.

[Anonymous No.1809605]

>>1809269
>large empty liquor bottles
Around here it's usually the half pints, but plenty of them.

[Anonymous No.1811897]

>>1809481

[Anonymous No.1812073]

I saw a push mower fly out of the back of a pickup before, tried honking and waving at the guy etc and he just sped up. I also found a tackle box on the side of the road before that was full, I still have it and use some of the tackle. Post more roadside finds, this shit is hilarious.

[Anonymous No.1812076]

>>1807227
i found a lighter one. almost never used.

[Anonymous No.1812082]

>>1807243
>testicular fortitude
Sure is Reddit in here

[Anonymous No.1812086]

>>1807227
I never see any garbage when driving through the northeast states, and the vegetation is well kept.
But in the GTA? Tim's cups everywhere, plastic bags, and nothing is ever cut.

[Anonymous No.1812090]

>>1809481
That happened here a few years ago. So tweakers stole a giant steel plate to sell. Some woman drove into it and was ejected through the windshield and died on impact. Now they use hot patch on all of the steel plates to make it harder to move.

[Anonymous No.1812264]

>>1807705
you are the biggest faggot i've ever seen on this website and there are literally people on here that go to /lgbt/ and talk about being gay and getting fucked in the ass.

not only do i not believe those laws are real, i also think if some off chance they are anyone trying to enforce that type of law on a free American should be shot in the fucking face and drug through town with his own sawed off dick and balls stuffed in his faggot corrupt ass,

[Anonymous No.1812362]

>>1812082
If you ain't heard that phrase before irl you have to be under 18.

Or a fatherless shithead.

So get out.

[Anonymous No.1812371]

>>1812264
It is true. It is there to protect people and drivers. Do you not think you would see more homeless walking the freeways to get to places if not the case? A truck pulled over and getting stuff that might have fell off will not get a ticket but being a poorfag and doing this on the regular will. I doubt the police care about your stupid ass getting ran over but they do care about the drivers that may hit your stupid ass while going 65 while you are collecting plastic bottles.

[Anonymous No.1812381]

Dude. When you find stuff like that... if you don't get it, someone will.
Bet my left nut that shit won't be there when you go back.
Fuck what a cop says. Say that shit was yours, fell off the truck, and you're just now finding it.

[Anonymous No.1812653]

>>1812371
i understand stopping in the middle of the road being illegal, but the shoulder? how is that indangering anyone?

[Anonymous No.1812667]

>>1812653
You are only allowed to stop on the shoulder for emergency purposes. Otherwise people would stop for all sorts of reasons and cause safety issues when trying to re-enter the lanes.

[Anonymous No.1812668]

When I was 18 I watched as one of those refrigerators that looks like a coke can fly out the back of a guys trailer, I quickly swooped it up and flagged the guy down and gave it back to him. Nowadays I would either keep it or leave it because I'm tired of shit head morons that don't know how to use a strap.

[Anonymous No.1812997]

>>1812667
Holy shit what state do you live in I want to make sure I never go there

[Anonymous No.1813220]

>>1812997
What state allows you to fuck around on the shoulders of a freeway?

[Anonymous No.1813275]

>>1813220

It is literally pulling off the side of the road safely and then grabbing something and hopping back into your vehicle. It's not like you're setting up lawn chairs, having a god-damn bbq and playing horseshoes.

Fuck off with your bullshit.

[Anonymous No.1813285]

>>1813275
Go ahead and do it. But why claim that it's legal in your state?

[Anonymous No.1813294]

>>1813285

Why claim that it isn't? Do you have any proof of anyone that wasn't being a total jackass actually getting prosecuted for said law?

It's also technically "illegal" to deface currency. Better not turn a quarter into a ring or else you'll go to "pound me in the ass" Federal prison!

Go fuck yourself narc.

[Anonymous No.1813303]

>>1813294
>Why claim that it isn't?
Because I was answering OP's question. I could care less if someone gets arrested, but next time you stop on the freeway to collect cans be careful when re-entering traffic.