Shoes On Power Lines. Shoes hanging from powerline Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image 18409990 Alamy People may toss shoes onto power lines to honor a loved one's death In fact, the city of Los Angeles underwent a massive shoe removal process in 2003 when residents expressed their concern that the shoes indicated "sites at which drugs are sold.
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Then again, the whole thing could be merely an invented tradition, with people doing it because. Shoes hanging on power lines were sometimes used to mark gang territory, signaling areas where drug activity was prevalent
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Along the lines of Demarco's leading theory on why people throw shoes on power lines (mimicry), a dangling pair of shoes may signify nothing more than silliness—i.e., kids being kids, perhaps. The shoes can also be used to identify gang turf, signify that a person has passed away or to commemorate an event, like the end of a school year or a wedding While it may seem harmless or even entertaining, throwing shoes (or any object) onto power lines can cause real problems:
Shoes Hanging From Power Lines Stock Photos, Pictures & RoyaltyFree Images iStock. Shoes with metal eyelets can conduct electricity, leading to short circuits or fires.; Power lines carry high-voltage electricity, and interfering with them is extremely dangerous. It has seemingly existed since people have worn laced shoes
People Throw Shoes On Power Lines Why? Hood MWR. The true origins of the peculiar shoe-tossing practice are lost to time Along the lines of Demarco's leading theory on why people throw shoes on power lines (mimicry), a dangling pair of shoes may signify nothing more than silliness—i.e., kids being kids, perhaps.