WTF Stories of the Week

[Ghoulish Delight]

What a load of crap. Here's the tag I saw for what I thought was an awesome story:

Iowa Wins Snow-Plow Arms Race With Laser Beams on Rigs Nov 30, 2008
There are only two words that can describe the genius of putting lasers on snow plows: Friggin' sweet.

What I pictured was an uber-awesome snow-melting machine with a matrix of lasers blasting snow out of its path.


The reality? It's a laser guidance system designed to prevent the snow plow from hitting things like mailboxes and signs and crap. And even worse, all it is is a fvckign laser pointer. It's not even a sophisticated laser system that can map the terrain and identify obstacles hidden in the snow. It's a bloody green laser pointer that puts a dot on the ground in front of the plow to show the dirver where their plow will go. How fvcking disappointing.