His BEST course of action would have been to LEAVE the damned thing there on the side of the highway, and when the deputy showed up relate to him exactly what happened.
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That's exactly what I would have done. My BIL is nicer than me.
Were it not a public road,....rather a location where there were no risk or hazard, that potential man-killer just very well might have caught fire, were I involved.
Your BIL SHOULD report this to his S.O., or Id. DOT .
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