Roads and Clickbait... together at last!

[Dougtone]

Clickbait is amazing. It prompts us to click on links that we wouldn't otherwise visit and Buzzfeed is happy to receive the incoming traffic.

OK, so maybe that isn't how I really feel about clickbait. However, I felt that it would be a fun exercise to come up with roadgeek related clickbait. Feel free to add to the list.

The DOT put up a sign error. You won't believe what happens next.
The bridge authority raised revenue using this one weird tip.
North Carolina is building another Interstate highway. What happens next will surprise you.

[jeffandnicole]

Top 17 drives you must do once in your life.

[iBallasticwolf2]

DOT fixed congestion woes using this old trick.
DOT is getting extra revenue. You won't believe how.
Ohio is building a new freeway. You won't believe what it is.

[Dougtone]

30 toll roads ranked from worst to first.
50 signs that you're a scenic road.

SCH-I545

[hotdogPi]

Donald Trump fires I-8, firefighters unable to prevent spreading of fire
Only 83% think Google Maps is more accurate than Wikipedia's road articles - the other 27% should too
500 million Americans are stuck in traffic every day, and here's why

[Mapmikey]

US numbered routes in the 80s.  Where are they now?
Drop 5 pounds at England's toll booths.  Ask me how.

[freebrickproductions]

500 million Americans are stuck in traffic every day, and here's why

There are only 318.9 Million people in the US, so I have to wonder where a clickbait site would get that 500 million figure.

[iBallasticwolf2]

500 million Americans are stuck in traffic every day, and here's why

There are only 318.9 Million people in the US, so I have to wonder where a clickbait site would get that 500 million figure.

Clickbait makers probably don't bother looking up figures and the viewers don't really notice the difference.

[empirestate]

500 million Americans are stuck in traffic every day, and here's why

There are only 318.9 Million people in the US, so I have to wonder where a clickbait site would get that 500 million figure.

Same place they get that stupid "moneybags" statistic from, naturally.


iPhone

[jeffandnicole]

500 million Americans are stuck in traffic every day, and here's why

There are only 318.9 Million people in the US, so I have to wonder where a clickbait site would get that 500 million figure.

I'm praying you at least noticed the total of the percentages just above that line.

[Dougtone]

6 urban freeways that shouldn't be torn down.

SCH-I545

[Big John]

Using the trick of adding a question mark to an absurd statement to pique your interest:

Members of Congress proposing making all highways toll roads?

[pianocello]

19 reactions to driving I-80 in Nebraska, as told through cat GIFs

[Dougtone]

The number of America's highest numbered 2DI is totally legal.

SCH-I545

[Takumi]

The top 25 speed traps in America. Do you live near one?

[Dougtone]

Obama urges homeowners to switch to mileage based exit numbering.

SCH-I545

[Bruce]

Seattle gets a little bit of rainfall, you wouldn't believe what happens next!

Top 10 state routes that you can't clinch (#8 is a passenger-only ferry!)

10 Reasons Why We Should Defund Amtrak and Transit in Favor of More Roads

[SSOWorld]

How many route numbers can you stick on this road

[iBallasticwolf2]

How many route numbers can you stick on this road

Alot if its I-465 or I-894. 

[NoGoodNamesAvailable]

Other regions hate him! NYSDOT region 8 discovers one weird trick for signing street names.


iPad

[Scott5114]

He Inserts The Highway Designation Into Federal Law, But I Couldn't Believe What He Did Next

500 million Americans are stuck in traffic every day, and here's why

There are only 318.9 Million people in the US, so I have to wonder where a clickbait site would get that 500 million figure.

The other 181.1 million people are South Americans.

[Dougtone]

9 photos of Interstate 238 that will change your life.
Is AASHTO due to wed the ghost of AASHO in the bathrooms of low-rent NYC nightclubs?
11 highway numbers that would upset a roadgeek.
The Shocking Truth about US 491 that Devil Worshippers Shouldn't Click.
You won't believe what these people did at the road meet! [Video]

[mhh]

25 improper uses of Clearview. (You won't believe number 8.)

[jeffandnicole]

We could go the route weather.com did.  Change a pretty good, informative sight into something where every...single...fricken...link is clickbait.

Your states' new 511 website:

TRAVEL TIMES HAVE DOUBLED BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT.  FIND OUT WHERE.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW THIS OVERNIGHT ROAD CONSTRUCTION MAY AFFECT YOU.

TRAFFIC CAMERAS SHOWING INCREDIBLE IMAGES.  YOU GOT TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

[hotdogPi]

TRAFFIC CAMERAS SHOWING INCREDIBLE IMAGES.  YOU GOT TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

Another instance of clickbait misusing the word "incredible" (although many people misuse it, not just clickbait articles). If it actually is incredible, you won't believe it even if you do see it.