You Know You're A Roadgeek If...

[sammi]

... you become upset if

> a sign is removed.

... near your house.

On the other hand, you should be happy if that sign was orange.

[Molandfreak]

... you become upset if

> a sign is removed.

... near your house.

On the other hand, you should be happy if that sign was orange.

 

[sammi]

Oh man I totally forgot about Flahrida. Let me try again.

* black and orange.

[74/171FAN]

if you go to a presentation and notice the road signs in any photo despite the fact the presentation has little to do with roads.

[formulanone]

If a self-proclaimed "transit geek" sees you taking many photos of roads, signs, and the like...while said person is also taking photos of the transit, rail, and road system at the same place and time.

(Yup, finally happened.)

[bulldog1979]

... you run across a crossword puzzle clue of "Musial of the Cardinals" with a four-letter answer and you can reply STAN based on a bridge. I actually had this happen on the New York Times crossword puzzle app after attending the St. Louis meet this weekend. I didn't know he was a Cardinal though.


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[CentralCAroadgeek]

...when you end up digging roads in the sand every time you go to the beach.

[vtk]

...when you end up digging roads in the sand every time you go to the beach.

I once made a 50s-style 4-way spaghetti junction with a rest area accessible to and from all directions on Clearwater Beach.

[J N Winkler]

If a self-proclaimed "transit geek" sees you taking many photos of roads, signs, and the like...while said person is also taking photos of the transit, rail, and road system at the same place and time.

(Yup, finally happened.)

Happened to me in Berlin in 2008--and the other person was a she.

[yakra]

Driftwood comes in handy for overpasses, and the right kind of seaweed can stand in for a BGS.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

If a self-proclaimed "transit geek" sees you taking many photos of roads, signs, and the like...while said person is also taking photos of the transit, rail, and road system at the same place and time.

(Yup, finally happened.)

I'm both a roadgeek and a transit geek

[sammi]

I'm both a roadgeek and a transit geek

Same! Especially a fan of subways. (But not as much as Ford.)

[vtk]

I'm a geek of pretty much all forms of transportation infrastructure, but there are just a lot more roads than anything else.

[pianocello]

...you see in someone's Facebook post the word "LIE" in all caps for emphasis, and automatically think he's talking about the Long Island Expressway.

(which is weird, because I have no ties to New York, and AFAIK this particular poster doesn't either)

[Tom958]

If you habitually get in the correct lane way too soon because you've memorized the lane configuration of every freeway within 300 miles.

Or, if you occasionally get in the wrong lane because you're thinking of how the road ahead should be instead of how it actually is.

[SD Mapman]

If you habitually get in the correct lane way too soon because you've memorized the lane configuration of every freeway within 300 miles.

This could also work for 4-lane divided highways too.

[pianocello]

...If you are on a road trip with a couple classmates and your driver gives you the GPS to "proofread" the route, you notice that it's not necessarily the best way to get to your destination, but you decide to go with it anyway so you can clinch another state route.

[D-Dey65]

You are a roadgeek when your intoxicated passengers accuse you of being a CHP officer because you have a dashboard camera to produce a freewayjim style video.

I would love to do that. It's too bad though that a drive along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel lasts longer than "Go Coastal," by Velocity Girl, because that song would be perfect for the drive.

[hotdogPi]

You are a roadgeek when your intoxicated passengers accuse you of being a CHP officer because you have a dashboard camera to produce a freewayjim style video.

I would love to do that. It's too bad though that a drive along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel lasts longer than "Go Coastal," by Velocity Girl, because that song would be perfect for the drive.

Freewayjim speeds up the videos.

[signalman]

If you use exit/entrance ramps that you wouldn't normally use; just so you can clinch the interchange in question.

[D-Dey65]

Freewayjim speeds up the videos.

Yeah, but that's still a pretty short song for a long bridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqbKq2pUkA8

[US71]

It takes you ten hours to drive what most people drive in 3.

[ElPanaChevere]

You have the completion/opening dates of interstate highway segments marked on your calendar.

You know by heart how many states an interstate goes through and what counties it passes through (bonus points if you know the mileage).

You're the one in the family who always navigated during family road trips.

You're upset when they decommission a route in your city.

You love to explain how the interstate highway system/US system is numbered to your friends and family.

You've been using AAroads for over nine years now. Every. single. day.

You check back every single day to look for new updates. If not, then you go to either OkRoads or CrossCountryRoads.

You own at least 30 license plates.

You understand the joke when the PA Turnpike/I-76 says "Denver (Pa.)" on its signage, and you're the only one who understands why that's remotely funny.

You have used up more than a forest worth of printer paper, using sheets to draw maps, fictional and/or real of interstate highways, roads, etc.

You keep track of what interstate highways you've clinched and the sections that you've driven on, from where to where, and what sections are left for you to discover.

You've driven a different route than the one Mapquest/Google Maps gave you because you just wanted to see the new section of interstate highway.

Your face lights up when you see new signage for a new interstate highway!

(these are true for me, btw  lol)

[yakra]

You keep track of what interstate highways you've clinched and the sections that you've driven on, from where to where, and what sections are left for you to discover.

Or you're actually a data contributor for Clinched Highway Mapping

[rickmastfan67]

Or you're actually a data contributor for Clinched Highway Mapping

Guilty on that charge. hahaha.