You Know You're A Roadgeek If...

[tckma]

Right but the premise is similar someone who isn't a police officer sending you a speeding ticket in the mail or a toll attendant giving you one because your time stamps showed you went too fast.  Might not technically legal depending the statutory definition in certain states but there are a ton of them where it would be.  It wouldn't be too different than getting a ticket in the mail for a toll violation depending on who is sending it.

In MD, there are no "points" from these tickets, and it doesn't effect your license or insurance.  It's "just" a fine, because they can't prove from the photos who was driving the vehicle.  The only reason to pay it is that they will not allow you to renew your registration if you do.  Not like that's a real concern, given the number of cars I see on the road with expired stickers on the plates.

You can appeal the ticket in court, but that may cause the fine to increase, and for $40, it isn't worth the time off work and the hassle of going to court.  These cameras are strictly revenue generation for the state government.

[CobaltYoshi27]

You drive on I-86 in Idaho just to take exit 49 which is Rainbow Road.

[1995hoo]

You drive on I-86 in Idaho just to take exit 49 which is Rainbow Road.

One might argue you're a Mario Kart geek if you do that.

[CobaltYoshi27]

You drive on I-86 in Idaho just to take exit 49 which is Rainbow Road.

One might argue you're a Mario Kart geek if you do that.

I'm both. 

[1995hoo]

Something that occurred to me this morning....your wife has a birthday coming up and, because of the number, you refer to it as a "speed limit birthday."

[broadhurst04]

Something that occurred to me this morning....your wife has a birthday coming up and, because of the number, you refer to it as a "speed limit birthday."

I'll have one in July (45).

[roadman]

Something that occurred to me this morning....your wife has a birthday coming up and, because of the number, you refer to it as a "speed limit birthday."

I'll have one in July (45).

And I'll have one in September (55).

[SignGeek101]

Something that occurred to me this morning....your wife has a birthday coming up and, because of the number, you refer to it as a "speed limit birthday."

I'll have one in July (45).

And I'll have one in September (55).

20 this year for me (October).

[hbelkins]

I get NMSL this year... 

[hm insulators]

I get NMSL this year... 

Same here in December.

[noelbotevera]

736 days ago, I turned 10. So I've had two speed limit birthdays compared to...eleven.

[Ian]

I get to have a speed limit birthday this year too! 

[jp the roadgeek]

736 days ago, I turned 10. So I've had two speed limit birthdays compared to...eleven.

You'll have another one in about 6 months

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[Takumi]

I had one (30) in February.

[jfs1988]

You know your a roadgeek if you take photos of travel information and maps kiosk at rest areas.


People next to me: "Its just a state highway system map?" "You never seen that before?" 

[tckma]

You know you're a roadgeek if you frequently submit requests on the Maryland SHA website asking them to correct signage that has errors.

My favorite was a few years ago, during a sign replacement project, when they posted an MD-832 reassurance marker on what is clearly MD-140.  It was up for about three days.  I submitted a signage error request and the wayward reassurance marker was silently replaced that day, without comment.

[GCrites]

You can be the change America needs

[Max Rockatansky]

If you spend time down at the local railroad tracks examining for evidence of an old highway crossing that went through town....

[roadman]

If you spend time down at the local railroad tracks examining for evidence of an old highway crossing that went through town....

Depending upon your point of view, that makes you either a roadgeek or a railfan.  A friend of mine researches old railroad/highway crossings, but is not a roadgeek.

[Max Rockatansky]

If you spend time down at the local railroad tracks examining for evidence of an old highway crossing that went through town....

Depending upon your point of view, that makes you either a roadgeek or a railfan.  A friend of mine researches old railroad/highway crossings, but is not a roadgeek.

Probably a little bit of both.  I spent a good deal of time recently trying to figure out where a California State Highway used to cross through a town and in turn tracks before it was upgraded to an expressway.

[D-Dey65]

Probably a little bit of both.  I spent a good deal of time recently trying to figure out where a California State Highway used to cross through a town and in turn tracks before it was upgraded to an expressway.

I'd say I am both, and I'm pretty sure roadman is too. I'm going to tell you something I knew for a long time about a railroad crossing in Medford, New York that only I seem to have paid any attention to; Manor Road used to begin at Jamaica Avenue, and after Horseblock Road it would cross the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road then end at Long Island Avenue, and become Munsells Road, up until around the early-1970's. Then the grade crossing was replaced with a series of concrete poles sticking out of the pavement on both sides and a Stop sign reading "STOP Railroad Crossing" or something like that. You would've thought they were trying to trick drivers into thinking you could still cross the tracks. By the mid-1980's the segment of that street on the south side of the tracks was a dead end, the north side was piled up with dirt mounds, but there was still some remnants of the railroad crossing that used to exist embedded in the tracks.

[kurumi]

...if you notice unsigned route numbers or old route numbers on Google Maps and do *not* want them fixed. It's a bit selfish: the "errors" don't impede your navigation, and actually convey more information from your point of view.

... if you pick a long US Route (12, 52, etc.) and just follow it in Google Maps end to end, to see what's interesting.

[formulanone]

...if you notice unsigned route numbers or old route numbers on Google Maps and do *not* want them fixed. It's a bit selfish: the "errors" don't impede your navigation, and actually convey more information from your point of view.

It's only annoying when the Google nav system barks out:

"Turn Right on Orange Blossom Trail US Route 441 US Route 192 Florida State Road 600 Florida State Road 15"
and/or
"Stay on Orange Blossom Trail US Route 441 US Route 192 State Road 600 State Road 15 for 3 miles"

...while you're trying to watch traffic and operate a motor vehicle. I really don't need to hear the secret number, although usually there's only a few places I've encountered it (example above). In that case, I just mute it.

That's a case where perhaps simplicity is best.

[Max Rockatansky]

...if you notice unsigned route numbers or old route numbers on Google Maps and do *not* want them fixed. It's a bit selfish: the "errors" don't impede your navigation, and actually convey more information from your point of view.

It's only annoying when the Google nav system barks out:

"Turn Right on Orange Blossom Trail US Route 441 US Route 192 Florida State Road 600 Florida State Road 15"
and/or
"Stay on Orange Blossom Trail US Route 441 US Route 192 State Road 600 State Road 15 for 3 miles"

...while you're trying to watch traffic and operate a motor vehicle. I really don't need to hear the secret number, although usually there's only a few places I've encountered it (example above). In that case, I just mute it.

That's a case where perhaps simplicity is best.

Or if secret numbers splitting off onto their own alignment like FL 15 does through Orlando only to become a County Route briefly before becoming a secret state highway again drives you nuts....not the secrete part, the county route part.

[nyratk1]

Probably a little bit of both.  I spent a good deal of time recently trying to figure out where a California State Highway used to cross through a town and in turn tracks before it was upgraded to an expressway.

I'd say I am both, and I'm pretty sure roadman is too. I'm going to tell you something I knew for a long time about a railroad crossing in Medford, New York that only I seem to have paid any attention to; Manor Road used to begin at Jamaica Avenue, and after Horseblock Road it would cross the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road then end at Long Island Avenue, and become Munsells Road, up until around the early-1970's. Then the grade crossing was replaced with a series of concrete poles sticking out of the pavement on both sides and a Stop sign reading "STOP Railroad Crossing" or something like that. You would've thought they were trying to trick drivers into thinking you could still cross the tracks. By the mid-1980's the segment of that street on the south side of the tracks was a dead end, the north side was piled up with dirt mounds, but there was still some remnants of the railroad crossing that used to exist embedded in the tracks.

New reply to an old post but was it me or there was still a 1970s era Town of Brookhaven street sign at the corner of LI Avenue and what was Manor up until 15 years or so ago? Or was it just my dumb memory?