Title: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on June 09, 2009, 04:52:39 PM
Post by: Michael on June 09, 2009, 04:52:39 PM
I love these types of lists, so let's start one!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 05:22:36 PM
Post by: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 05:22:36 PM
... your favorite author is Rand-McNally.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: njroadhorse on June 09, 2009, 05:26:14 PM
Post by: njroadhorse on June 09, 2009, 05:26:14 PM
your carry-on is filled with maps of where you're going
you carry at least two memory cards in your car
you refuse to go to Breezewood
you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
you carry at least two memory cards in your car
you refuse to go to Breezewood
you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 09, 2009, 06:20:19 PM
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 09, 2009, 06:20:19 PM
You allways go back home for your camera even if your going to Walmart*
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2009, 08:36:20 PM
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2009, 08:36:20 PM
-you LOVE Breezewood :-P
-you to take road trips
-begs for shotgun seat
-likes old signs
-likes new signs
-checks the Aaroads forum daily :cool:
-knows every US and interstate (future, historical, current)
-has a road related topic most of the time in your mind :pan:
ian
-you to take road trips
-begs for shotgun seat
-likes old signs
-likes new signs
-checks the Aaroads forum daily :cool:
-knows every US and interstate (future, historical, current)
-has a road related topic most of the time in your mind :pan:
ian
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
Post by: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
- you even know where Breezewood is :sombrero:
- you're on a first name basis with the local DOT even though you're not a DOT employee.
- you pay for used signs instead of simply stealing them.
- you know the difference between Clearview, FHWA (Highway Gothic) and other sign related fonts.
- you have ever been used in place of a GPS.
- you don't think of a musical instrument when the word trumpet is mentioned.
- you're on a first name basis with the local DOT even though you're not a DOT employee.
- you pay for used signs instead of simply stealing them.
- you know the difference between Clearview, FHWA (Highway Gothic) and other sign related fonts.
- you have ever been used in place of a GPS.
- you don't think of a musical instrument when the word trumpet is mentioned.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 74/171FAN on June 09, 2009, 09:03:23 PM
Post by: 74/171FAN on June 09, 2009, 09:03:23 PM
you have scared your friends while driving behind them while taking photos(yes I was actually videotaped once while doing this) ;-)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2009, 10:21:11 PM
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2009, 10:21:11 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
- you pay for used signs instead of simply stealing them.
Whoops I guess I'm not a road geek then ;-)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on June 10, 2009, 06:09:36 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on June 10, 2009, 06:09:36 AM
When numbering a list or outline instead of going
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Code Select
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SSOWorld on June 10, 2009, 11:10:37 AM
Post by: SSOWorld on June 10, 2009, 11:10:37 AM
- you dispise I-99
- you say things like 3DI, BGS, etc. - and know that they mean
- your starting point and destination is the same and you don't have any meaningful stops
- you don't take the direct route
- instead of coins or stamps, you collect interstates (http://cmap.m-plex.com/) and counties (http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/) <-- note the links ;-)
- you create a personal website, and at least one page contains a list that describes exits on a freeway
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alex on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
Post by: Alex on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you were giving directions to your parents when you were 10
- you knew all the Interstate highways before you could drive
- you drive hundreds if not thousands of miles just to get a new counties or clinch new roads
- you have dreams with fake freeways such as the one about a freeway over Lake Michigan that ends in a stack at I-17 somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago
- no matter where you are, you can simply close your eyes and take a roadtrip in your head
- you are able to convince your SO to appreciate your love of roads
- you pick up on the local movements of an area road network you've only recently started driving (hello Mercer Merge in Seattle).
- you knew all the Interstate highways before you could drive
- you drive hundreds if not thousands of miles just to get a new counties or clinch new roads
- you have dreams with fake freeways such as the one about a freeway over Lake Michigan that ends in a stack at I-17 somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago
- no matter where you are, you can simply close your eyes and take a roadtrip in your head
- you are able to convince your SO to appreciate your love of roads
- you pick up on the local movements of an area road network you've only recently started driving (hello Mercer Merge in Seattle).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on June 10, 2009, 02:57:41 PM
Post by: US71 on June 10, 2009, 02:57:41 PM
Your screensaver is highway shields :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: njroadhorse on June 10, 2009, 03:25:57 PM
Post by: njroadhorse on June 10, 2009, 03:25:57 PM
- You have helped a charter bus driver get out of traffic
- Bud Shuster is your public enemy #1
- GPS users are your public enemy #2
- When driving I-95 in NJ, you have sworn loudly about the nonexistant direct connection to the NJTP
- You have written angry letters to the DOT over cancelled projects
- You can figure the highway scheme of Greensboro out.
- Bud Shuster is your public enemy #1
- GPS users are your public enemy #2
- When driving I-95 in NJ, you have sworn loudly about the nonexistant direct connection to the NJTP
- You have written angry letters to the DOT over cancelled projects
- You can figure the highway scheme of Greensboro out.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Chris on June 10, 2009, 03:27:07 PM
Post by: Chris on June 10, 2009, 03:27:07 PM
- you try to name all the German interchanges when you cannot fall asleep :sleep:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on June 10, 2009, 03:27:35 PM
Post by: Michael on June 10, 2009, 03:27:35 PM
Some comments about the replies:
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2009, 08:36:20 PMThat's me! I can't stand being in the back seat. I never have. I HAVE to see where I'm going. I can't sleep on car trips, either.
-begs for shotgun seat
Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PMWho doesn't? :sombrero:
- you even know where Breezewood is :sombrero:
Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PMI seem to be the only one I know who knows this!
- you know the difference between Clearview, FHWA (Highway Gothic) and other sign related fonts.
Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PMI have, many times. When I was about 10 years old, I gave directions to someone who asked my mother for them.
- you have ever been used in place of a GPS.
Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PMI do think of the insturment, but I also think about the interchange.
- you don't think of a musical instrument when the word trumpet is mentioned.
Quote from: Master son on June 10, 2009, 11:10:37 AMI find myself doing that in normal conversation, but I end up explaining the acronyms. Oh, well!
you say things like 3DI, BGS, etc. - and know that they mean
Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PMI did that!
- you were giving directions to your parents when you were 10
Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PMI knew many of them in the Northeast.
- you knew all the Interstate highways before you could drive
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: okroads on June 10, 2009, 03:45:56 PM
Post by: okroads on June 10, 2009, 03:45:56 PM
- you take a different route to and from your roadtrip destination
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 10, 2009, 07:14:55 PM
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 10, 2009, 07:14:55 PM
Your walls are covered with maps from states youve never been to.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2009, 07:16:17 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2009, 07:16:17 PM
Quote from: njroadhorse on June 10, 2009, 03:25:57 PM
- When driving I-95 in NJ
you have managed to do this successfully??
also, what's wrong with GPS? It's a great way for me to find old alignments that are just past the next line of trees and therefore invisible to me while driving.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2009, 07:19:28 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2009, 07:19:28 PM
Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you have dreams with fake freeways such as the one about a freeway over Lake Michigan that ends in a stack at I-17 somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago
not quite a dream, but I was once tripping on a ... shall we say, non-prescription pharmaceutical substance ... and I was seeing such crazy shields as "Interstate Texas 43" and "Interstate Kansas S". The routes didn't make much sense, but they were all perfect '61 spec!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: FLRoads on June 10, 2009, 09:01:38 PM
Post by: FLRoads on June 10, 2009, 09:01:38 PM
- you were hand drawing road maps on loose leaf paper when you were 7.
- you were in charge of directing your parents from Florida to Texas when you were 5.
- you wake up on any given day, head out of the house just to grab a bite to eat and wind up in another state by the end of the day, with only the clothes on your back.
- write your state DOT in regards to erroneous signage and actually get them to change it.
- you were in charge of directing your parents from Florida to Texas when you were 5.
- you wake up on any given day, head out of the house just to grab a bite to eat and wind up in another state by the end of the day, with only the clothes on your back.
- write your state DOT in regards to erroneous signage and actually get them to change it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 10, 2009, 10:34:21 PM
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 10, 2009, 10:34:21 PM
Your the "backseat driver" everyone wants.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on June 11, 2009, 05:37:46 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on June 11, 2009, 05:37:46 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2009, 07:19:28 PMQuote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you have dreams with fake freeways such as the one about a freeway over Lake Michigan that ends in a stack at I-17 somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago
not quite a dream, but I was once tripping on a ... shall we say, non-prescription pharmaceutical substance ... and I was seeing such crazy shields as "Interstate Texas 43" and "Interstate Kansas S". The routes didn't make much sense, but they were all perfect '61 spec!
This is Jake at his finest, everyone. Not only does he hallucinate interstate shields when under the effects of a mind altering substance, but he can even tell you which MUTCD they came from! :-P
I-S in Kansas? Must have been sent there by mistake instead of Missouri, which once posted a U.S. V...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 11, 2009, 02:08:56 PM
Post by: BigMattFromTexas on June 11, 2009, 02:08:56 PM
- You give random people directions at random gas stations
- You no more about a city your visiting than the man at the hotel
Both real life experiences 1 at Town & Country in SA 2 At a hotel in Austin
- You no more about a city your visiting than the man at the hotel
Both real life experiences 1 at Town & Country in SA 2 At a hotel in Austin
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mightyace on June 11, 2009, 02:11:05 PM
Post by: mightyace on June 11, 2009, 02:11:05 PM
Quote from: BigMatt on June 11, 2009, 02:08:56 PM
- You no more about a city your visiting than the man at the hotel
Sad but often true!
(been there, done that, forgot the T-shirt)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SSOWorld on June 11, 2009, 02:13:45 PM
Post by: SSOWorld on June 11, 2009, 02:13:45 PM
- You have an E-ZPass (or equiv) but you don't live in a toll road area
- You wonder why Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Texas or California don't have ETCs that comply with E-ZPass :banghead:
- you despise driving in Michigan or the Philadelphia area (particularly South Jersey) - due to the unorthodox left-turn configurations
- you drive an entire city beltway on one trip
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: corco on June 11, 2009, 08:21:37 PM
Post by: corco on June 11, 2009, 08:21:37 PM
You can drive in fast moving, heavy traffic and take well positioned pictures of road signs without ever having to waver your concentration from the traffic
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mightyace on June 11, 2009, 08:23:56 PM
Post by: mightyace on June 11, 2009, 08:23:56 PM
Quote from: corco on June 11, 2009, 08:21:37 PM
You can drive in fast moving, heavy traffic and take well positioned pictures of road signs without ever having to waver your concentration from the traffic
I guess I don't qualify then. :ded:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ctsignguy on June 12, 2009, 01:04:44 AM
Post by: ctsignguy on June 12, 2009, 01:04:44 AM
Quote from: BigMatt on June 10, 2009, 07:14:55 PM
Your walls are covered with maps from states youve never been to.
Your walls are covered in signs from states you both have been and never been to....
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on June 12, 2009, 04:21:50 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on June 12, 2009, 04:21:50 AM
Your story about "the one that got away" involves a rare state-name shield and dead camera batteries.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SSOWorld on June 12, 2009, 09:25:17 AM
Post by: SSOWorld on June 12, 2009, 09:25:17 AM
if - when confronted with construction on a road - you think "oh man - wait - lets go that way anyway."
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: akotchi on June 12, 2009, 12:55:33 PM
Post by: akotchi on June 12, 2009, 12:55:33 PM
. . . when the first part of the new Rand McNally atlas (or other) you look at is the "updates" section.
. . . when you nod your head and smile at every previous post in this thread.
. . . when one stop on your honeymoon is the project office for a major interstate highway project.
. . . when overhead guide signs, especially diagrammatics, are referred to as a "work of art."
. . . when one spends lunch hour, at a profession in the same field, posting to threads such as this . . .
. . . when you nod your head and smile at every previous post in this thread.
. . . when one stop on your honeymoon is the project office for a major interstate highway project.
. . . when overhead guide signs, especially diagrammatics, are referred to as a "work of art."
. . . when one spends lunch hour, at a profession in the same field, posting to threads such as this . . .
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mightyace on June 12, 2009, 06:38:16 PM
Post by: mightyace on June 12, 2009, 06:38:16 PM
Quote from: akotchi on June 12, 2009, 12:55:33 PM
. . . when one stop on your honeymoon is the project office for a major interstate highway project.
How did you manage that? :wow:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ctsignguy on June 12, 2009, 07:20:22 PM
Post by: ctsignguy on June 12, 2009, 07:20:22 PM
Quote from: akotchi on June 12, 2009, 12:55:33 PM
. . . when one stop on your honeymoon is the project office for a major interstate highway project.
Hmmm, i might do that.....or better yet, try to stop at a local State garage! *can easily imagine road dust all over my tuxedo with a few specimens under my arms as my blushing bride murmurs "Mom told me there would be days like this...but why TODAY?"*
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: akotchi on June 12, 2009, 07:51:20 PM
Post by: akotchi on June 12, 2009, 07:51:20 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 12, 2009, 06:38:16 PMQuote from: akotchi on June 12, 2009, 12:55:33 PM
. . . when one stop on your honeymoon is the project office for a major interstate highway project.
How did you manage that? :wow:
Purely by accident. My grandmother offered us her house in South Florida for the second week, and it was two miles away from the I-595 construction. Fortunately, 20 years later, it appears my wife has forgiven me . . .
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mightyace on June 22, 2009, 02:45:31 PM
Post by: mightyace on June 22, 2009, 02:45:31 PM
. . . your first thought when seeing a "ROAD CLOSED" sign is to drive past it as far as you can so you can view and photograph what's going on.
. . . when following a detour, you mutter "Why are they sending us this way?" and proceed to take a more direct route.
. . . when following a detour, you mutter "Why are they sending us this way?" and proceed to take a more direct route.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hellfighter on June 22, 2009, 04:52:18 PM
Post by: Hellfighter on June 22, 2009, 04:52:18 PM
...when you bring your camera with you just to take pictures of road signs. ;-)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Bryant5493 on June 23, 2009, 12:37:07 AM
Post by: Bryant5493 on June 23, 2009, 12:37:07 AM
... when you get in a car accident and are pissed more about not being able to videotape a particular road element than anything else. ;-)
Be well,
Bryant
Be well,
Bryant
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on June 23, 2009, 04:53:35 PM
Post by: Michael on June 23, 2009, 04:53:35 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 22, 2009, 02:45:31 PMI've done that since I was a kid!
. . . your first thought when seeing a "ROAD CLOSED" sign is to drive past it as far as you can so you can view and photograph what's going on.
Quote from: mightyace on June 22, 2009, 02:45:31 PMI've done that on a detour near Oswego, NY. A bridge over a creek near Fruit Valley on NY 104 was being replaced. This map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NY-104%2FW+Seneca+St&daddr=43.414338,-76.535397+to:NY-104%2FState+Route+104&hl=en&geocode=FaQNlwIdcEdw-w%3B%3BFTZtlgId3oRv-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1&sll=43.439272,-76.511793&sspn=0.052537,0.077248&ie=UTF8&ll=43.431606,-76.546297&spn=0.052544,0.077248&z=14) is the route of the official detour. I took this route (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NY-104%2FState+Route+104&daddr=43.443073,-76.556168+to:NY-104%2FState+Route+104&hl=en&geocode=FdTYlgIdVOFv-w%3B%3BFSTFlgIdyrtv-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&via=1&sll=43.439926,-76.556768&sspn=0.026268,0.038624&ie=UTF8&z=15) instead, and got ice cream at a lakeside restaurant along the route too!
. . . when following a detour, you mutter "Why are they sending us this way?" and proceed to take a more direct route.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hellfighter on June 24, 2009, 12:03:14 AM
Post by: Hellfighter on June 24, 2009, 12:03:14 AM
Quote from: mightyace on June 22, 2009, 02:45:31 PM
. . . your first thought when seeing a "ROAD CLOSED" sign is to drive past it as far as you can so you can view and photograph what's going on.
I do that all the time! :-D
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: r-dub on June 24, 2009, 12:07:50 AM
Post by: r-dub on June 24, 2009, 12:07:50 AM
-You think spending money on an DC->AC converter, suction cup mount for your camcorder, video capture card for your laptop, battery chargers, and extra batteries is perfectly normal. (Not to mention the camera and camcorder)
-You have to have XM, Sirius, or a serious MP3 player available since you know you'll be out of radio range hunting for abandoned alignments
-There is no direct route home--even within your home city
-You think YouTube sucks because of its copyright issues when you put music over a video
-You're willing to pay for a website to showcase your roadgeekery
-You were able to figure out how a construction project was going to look when completed and draw it out to explain to your parents -- at 5 (true story)
-On a roadtrip to an out-of-state destination, you're pissed when you aren't able to get that picture of that one good sign and you know you won't be back that way
-You learn very quickly that flash photography through a windshield is a losing battle.
-You spend more time doctoring your road pictures than you do on your roadtrip. (mostly reliving the trip, but fixing that bug splatter is of utmost concern)
-Your family vacation roadtrip picture galleries have more picts of the roads than of the actual family and tourist traps you visit
-You've crashed a GPS. (also true story. Laughed my rear off when I saw a windows error message pop up on the damn thing. Tried to take a picture, didn't come out)
-You lament those pictures that don't come out
-You get really annoyed at that perfectly placed pothole that interferes with that one great shot.
-You know your local oil change center's employees by first name--and they know yours
-You know where all the rock chips are in your windshield and how to position your camera to avoid them
-A peeling letter or number on a brand new sign intrigues you more than it possibly should.
-You have to have XM, Sirius, or a serious MP3 player available since you know you'll be out of radio range hunting for abandoned alignments
-There is no direct route home--even within your home city
-You think YouTube sucks because of its copyright issues when you put music over a video
-You're willing to pay for a website to showcase your roadgeekery
-You were able to figure out how a construction project was going to look when completed and draw it out to explain to your parents -- at 5 (true story)
-On a roadtrip to an out-of-state destination, you're pissed when you aren't able to get that picture of that one good sign and you know you won't be back that way
-You learn very quickly that flash photography through a windshield is a losing battle.
-You spend more time doctoring your road pictures than you do on your roadtrip. (mostly reliving the trip, but fixing that bug splatter is of utmost concern)
-Your family vacation roadtrip picture galleries have more picts of the roads than of the actual family and tourist traps you visit
-You've crashed a GPS. (also true story. Laughed my rear off when I saw a windows error message pop up on the damn thing. Tried to take a picture, didn't come out)
-You lament those pictures that don't come out
-You get really annoyed at that perfectly placed pothole that interferes with that one great shot.
-You know your local oil change center's employees by first name--and they know yours
-You know where all the rock chips are in your windshield and how to position your camera to avoid them
-A peeling letter or number on a brand new sign intrigues you more than it possibly should.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 24, 2009, 12:23:48 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 24, 2009, 12:23:48 AM
Quote-You think spending money on an DC->AC converter, suction cup mount for your camcorder, video capture card for your laptop, battery chargers, and extra batteries is perfectly normal. (Not to mention the camera and camcorder)
in related news, you can be completely self-sufficient in a car for 6 days.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SSOWorld on June 24, 2009, 10:54:55 AM
Post by: SSOWorld on June 24, 2009, 10:54:55 AM
you're pissed off because you're either:
- on a business trip - and thus can't clinch roads due to the car not being supplied by you
- are forced to fly since you don't have enough time to drive to the location
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: florida on June 25, 2009, 04:16:43 AM
Post by: florida on June 25, 2009, 04:16:43 AM
-You've been drawing traffic light assemblies on paper since a young age.
-You would make 'faces' for every phase of a traffic signal, as a young, young child in the car seat.
-You'd ask your dad to take you the "long way home" (going west on US 92 from A1A to I-95, to FL 400 to home) after spending the day with him, and beg him to drive you places so you could see them.
-You could name every single intersection (on main roads) which had a traffic light in your city.
-You would draw maps in school to pass the time....and then make exit lists for the fictional places.
-You would trace all the roads in a road atlas with different colored pens.
-Your friends ask you for directions and call you a "human GPS".
-At work, you'd be the "go-to" guy for directions.
-You spend hours and days going through county, state and folding maps (spanning several years) to document additions and deletions, realignments, etc.
-Your quest in life is to figure out the history of your state's road system.
-You constantly check certain sites for updates in galleries and such.
-You constantly check your DOT's site for updates of the route log.
-You've gone to your DOT's headquarters, rifled through old files, and persuaded them into giving you copies of maps with planned/proposed routes.
-You cut out route shields you've taken pictures of, and make a collage out of them on posterboard.
-You have 'taken' an ancient route sign (or two) just because nobody else would appreciate the importance of it, thus saving it from the scrap pile.
-You would make 'faces' for every phase of a traffic signal, as a young, young child in the car seat.
-You'd ask your dad to take you the "long way home" (going west on US 92 from A1A to I-95, to FL 400 to home) after spending the day with him, and beg him to drive you places so you could see them.
-You could name every single intersection (on main roads) which had a traffic light in your city.
-You would draw maps in school to pass the time....and then make exit lists for the fictional places.
-You would trace all the roads in a road atlas with different colored pens.
-Your friends ask you for directions and call you a "human GPS".
-At work, you'd be the "go-to" guy for directions.
-You spend hours and days going through county, state and folding maps (spanning several years) to document additions and deletions, realignments, etc.
-Your quest in life is to figure out the history of your state's road system.
-You constantly check certain sites for updates in galleries and such.
-You constantly check your DOT's site for updates of the route log.
-You've gone to your DOT's headquarters, rifled through old files, and persuaded them into giving you copies of maps with planned/proposed routes.
-You cut out route shields you've taken pictures of, and make a collage out of them on posterboard.
-You have 'taken' an ancient route sign (or two) just because nobody else would appreciate the importance of it, thus saving it from the scrap pile.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 25, 2009, 07:18:36 AM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 25, 2009, 07:18:36 AM
Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you were giving directions to your parents when you were 10
Try 7. :sombrero:
Quote from: florida on June 25, 2009, 04:16:43 AM
-You would draw maps in school to pass the time
Try doing that @ restaurants, around 5. :)
Quote from: florida on June 25, 2009, 04:16:43 AM
-Your friends ask you for directions and call you a "human GPS".
My mom does that all the time. hahaha.
===
- Curse @ the local TV news reporters when they say a US Highway is a State Route.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tmthyvs on June 25, 2009, 07:40:42 PM
Post by: tmthyvs on June 25, 2009, 07:40:42 PM
...at age 5 (or so) and after a trip of 2100 miles, the first thing you tell your grandparents is "We took highway 16 to highway 93, and highway 93 to highway 1, and highway 1 to highway 39, and highway 39 turned into highway 52, and highway 52 to highway 94 and highway 94 to highway 494, and highway 494 to highway 35, and highway 35 to highway 3, and highway 3 to county road S41, and county road S41 to highway 20, and highway 20 here"
...you look at the preceding description and figure out where I lived and where my grandparents lived.
...you think you have a better route
...you look at the preceding description and figure out where I lived and where my grandparents lived.
...you think you have a better route
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tmthyvs on June 25, 2009, 07:43:33 PM
Post by: tmthyvs on June 25, 2009, 07:43:33 PM
...when you study maps in third grade and have a test problem of drawing a map showing certain things, you draw a to-scale complete street map of your hometown and lose points for not drawing houses on the map because real maps don't have houses on them
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Mr. Matté on June 25, 2009, 08:42:30 PM
Post by: Mr. Matté on June 25, 2009, 08:42:30 PM
...at a restaurant, you point out that the I-65 shield on the wall is not made to MUTCD specifications.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 25, 2009, 08:43:25 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 25, 2009, 08:43:25 PM
Your grandparents live around Cannon Falls, MN.
don't know where you live, because I'm guessing you approached the Minn/St. Paul area from the west, but ND highway 1 hits the 52 *after* it runs into I-94... and I don't see a highway 39 anywhere in the area!
... or how that all becomes 2100 miles.
don't know where you live, because I'm guessing you approached the Minn/St. Paul area from the west, but ND highway 1 hits the 52 *after* it runs into I-94... and I don't see a highway 39 anywhere in the area!
... or how that all becomes 2100 miles.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: florida on June 26, 2009, 04:32:36 PM
Post by: florida on June 26, 2009, 04:32:36 PM
-You see someone's bank card state, "Fremont National Bank" and ask them if they're from Nebraska. ;-)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 74/171FAN on June 26, 2009, 04:54:28 PM
Post by: 74/171FAN on June 26, 2009, 04:54:28 PM
-you draw roads on maps from school that have nothing to do with roads
-you notice errors on maps in textbooks about the original interstate system
-you notice errors on maps in textbooks about the original interstate system
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Chris on June 26, 2009, 05:28:14 PM
Post by: Chris on June 26, 2009, 05:28:14 PM
- You know all 100,000 + cities in the U.S. though you don't even live there :-P
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: njroadhorse on June 26, 2009, 06:51:53 PM
Post by: njroadhorse on June 26, 2009, 06:51:53 PM
- When you are riding your bike, you're a strict road rider.
- You have mastered taking pictures from your bike
- Your favorite books are your atlases
- You immediately go to the travel section of a book store upon entering
- On vacation, you make a point to find a book store to see what atlases they have
- You have mastered taking pictures from your bike
- Your favorite books are your atlases
- You immediately go to the travel section of a book store upon entering
- On vacation, you make a point to find a book store to see what atlases they have
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tmthyvs on June 27, 2009, 03:36:23 PM
Post by: tmthyvs on June 27, 2009, 03:36:23 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 25, 2009, 08:43:25 PMYou're within about 200 miles. Oh, and to get the full 2100 miles, you need to go a lot further on some of those highways than you've taken me so far. I think you have the right 52, 94, 494, and 35.
Your grandparents live around Cannon Falls, MN.
don't know where you live, because I'm guessing you approached the Minn/St. Paul area from the west, but ND highway 1 hits the 52 *after* it runs into I-94... and I don't see a highway 39 anywhere in the area!
... or how that all becomes 2100 miles.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on February 28, 2012, 10:08:41 AM
Post by: Michael on February 28, 2012, 10:08:41 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just made a purchase that fits here.
...you buy a hard copy of the MUTCD.
(It was 50 bucks on eBay!)
...you buy a hard copy of the MUTCD.
(It was 50 bucks on eBay!)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on February 28, 2012, 10:44:17 AM
Post by: US71 on February 28, 2012, 10:44:17 AM
Quote from: Michael on February 28, 2012, 10:08:41 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just made a purchase that fits here.
...you buy a hard copy of the MUTCD.
(It was 50 bucks on eBay!)
Shoot! I missed it :(
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 11:11:34 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 11:11:34 AM
Quote from: Michael on February 28, 2012, 10:08:41 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just made a purchase that fits here.
...you buy a hard copy of the MUTCD.
(It was 50 bucks on eBay!)
what year?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on February 28, 2012, 12:51:26 PM
Post by: formulanone on February 28, 2012, 12:51:26 PM
- If you have notebook with the road/route/interstate numbers you've driven on and clinched.
- If you do the same thing with a highlighter and a map, noting the month and date of its conquest.
- If you go 2 hours out of your way to snap oddly-named street blades that might impress family and friends.
- If you tell your wife to be on the lookout for colored US shields when she goes somewhere (I suppose this is mostly a Florida-thing).
- If you do the same thing with a highlighter and a map, noting the month and date of its conquest.
- If you go 2 hours out of your way to snap oddly-named street blades that might impress family and friends.
- If you tell your wife to be on the lookout for colored US shields when she goes somewhere (I suppose this is mostly a Florida-thing).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 01:02:59 PM
Post by: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 01:02:59 PM
If youve ever taken a map and redrawn the roads the way you think they should be
If youve ever made your own imaginary map of an imaginary country/state/etc that only consisted of roads (incl drawing the exit ramps)
If you not only have a road map on your wall but youve drawn in a few roads that you think should be there
If, every time you travel somewhere with your girlfriend, you point out the old highway...even if only an educated guess
If youve ever made your own imaginary map of an imaginary country/state/etc that only consisted of roads (incl drawing the exit ramps)
If you not only have a road map on your wall but youve drawn in a few roads that you think should be there
If, every time you travel somewhere with your girlfriend, you point out the old highway...even if only an educated guess
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bassoon1986 on February 28, 2012, 01:37:30 PM
Post by: bassoon1986 on February 28, 2012, 01:37:30 PM
you argue with your GPS about the route it suggests or the wrong highway numbers it says
friends call you from other cities they are lost in and you are not there
get aggravated when Google street view doesn't move as fast as you'd like, or when it doesn't have street view for a particular street or angle you want to see
you're constantly trying to read signs on the opposite direction on an interstate as you drive by to see what is changed from the other way
you made roads with exits out of crayons as a kid for your toy cars to drive on
friends call you from other cities they are lost in and you are not there
get aggravated when Google street view doesn't move as fast as you'd like, or when it doesn't have street view for a particular street or angle you want to see
you're constantly trying to read signs on the opposite direction on an interstate as you drive by to see what is changed from the other way
you made roads with exits out of crayons as a kid for your toy cars to drive on
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on February 28, 2012, 02:58:42 PM
Post by: US71 on February 28, 2012, 02:58:42 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on February 28, 2012, 01:37:30 PM
friends call you from other cities they are lost in and you are not there
When I worked for Road Runner, I always got called upon to give directions to lost motorists. The running joke was I enjoyed telling people where to go and exactly how to get there ;)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 03:33:58 PM
Post by: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 03:33:58 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on February 28, 2012, 01:37:30 PM
you argue with your GPS about the route it suggests or the wrong highway numbers it says
true roadgeeks dont even own a GPS
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 03:40:49 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 03:40:49 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 03:33:58 PM
true roadgeeks dont even own a GPS
true roadgeeks don't use a map. they just ... know.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Takumi on February 28, 2012, 04:10:34 PM
Post by: Takumi on February 28, 2012, 04:10:34 PM
You get irked when maps on TV and on flyers in the mail use the wrong shield for a route
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on February 28, 2012, 04:14:34 PM
Post by: formulanone on February 28, 2012, 04:14:34 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 03:40:49 PMQuote from: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 03:33:58 PM
true roadgeeks dont even own a GPS
true roadgeeks don't use a map. they just ... know.
Admittedly, it's fun driving around not knowing, and then using the GPS to dig myself out...although usually if there's a deadline situation (be there by 1pm sharp!) for places I've never been before.
I also confess to not caring about what the basic layout of the interstate system of a state or city until I need to go there. Otherwise, my brain just files it away rather poorly.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 06:07:43 PM
Post by: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 06:07:43 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 03:40:49 PMQuote from: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 03:33:58 PM
true roadgeeks dont even own a GPS
true roadgeeks don't use a map. they just ... know.
I've taken roadtrips and strange sideroads and years later can find those very roads...not that it impresses any of YOU :) Like driving south from Keystone, SD, the "Center Lake shortcut" which cuts 2/3 of the time off driving to Wind Cave NP. I used my GPS in my rental car just to see if it picked stupid routes.
Post Merge: April 04, 2012, 07:49:38 PM
You get irked when US 81 is still on your Austin map...in one that wasnt printed in the last few years....not to mention still listed on Google Maps.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on February 28, 2012, 08:37:38 PM
Post by: kphoger on February 28, 2012, 08:37:38 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on February 28, 2012, 03:33:58 PMQuote from: bassoon1986 on February 28, 2012, 01:37:30 PM
you argue with your GPS about the route it suggests or the wrong highway numbers it says
true roadgeeks dont even own a GPS
AAAAAAAMEN!
Post Merge: April 04, 2012, 07:49:50 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if....
you're on here to begin with.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on February 28, 2012, 08:43:10 PM
Post by: vtk on February 28, 2012, 08:43:10 PM
...If you cringe when overhearing someone give bad directions.
By the way, a distinction needs to be made between GPS and automated navigation. The first is useful for making good maps of new roads, particularly when coupled with track logging. The second may or may not be coupled with first, and is useful to a point, but not a good substitute for a human with good maps and ability to use them – and it's shocking how so many people have become so dependent on this technology, especially the GPS-based turn-by-turn variety.
By the way, a distinction needs to be made between GPS and automated navigation. The first is useful for making good maps of new roads, particularly when coupled with track logging. The second may or may not be coupled with first, and is useful to a point, but not a good substitute for a human with good maps and ability to use them – and it's shocking how so many people have become so dependent on this technology, especially the GPS-based turn-by-turn variety.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: broadhurst04 on February 28, 2012, 08:59:42 PM
Post by: broadhurst04 on February 28, 2012, 08:59:42 PM
...you get really steamed when an interstate loop is assigned an odd number instead of even.
...you spent hours as a child taking virtual road trips by studying an interstate highway in an atlas and then making hundreds of drawings depicting what you think the green signs at each interchange says (in sequential order).
...you wish your DOT had elected to tunnel through a mountain instead of blasting through it
...you were invited to tour a TV station as a kid and you actually asked someone at the station for directions to get to the studios
...you were suggesting shortcuts to your dad on vacations as a kid because you arrived at the terminus of a particular route and you knew that it would get him where he wanted to go faster because you had seen it intersect with the route you took earlier in the day after you left home
...you spent hours as a child taking virtual road trips by studying an interstate highway in an atlas and then making hundreds of drawings depicting what you think the green signs at each interchange says (in sequential order).
...you wish your DOT had elected to tunnel through a mountain instead of blasting through it
...you were invited to tour a TV station as a kid and you actually asked someone at the station for directions to get to the studios
...you were suggesting shortcuts to your dad on vacations as a kid because you arrived at the terminus of a particular route and you knew that it would get him where he wanted to go faster because you had seen it intersect with the route you took earlier in the day after you left home
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on February 28, 2012, 09:20:14 PM
Post by: Alps on February 28, 2012, 09:20:14 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 11:11:34 AMQuote from: Michael on February 28, 2012, 10:08:41 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just made a purchase that fits here.
...you buy a hard copy of the MUTCD.
(It was 50 bucks on eBay!)
what year?
I'm holding onto a 1967?9? from my job that was going to be junked.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on February 28, 2012, 09:24:20 PM
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on February 28, 2012, 09:24:20 PM
You leave your driveway in the morning for a day of driving without having a set destination in mind.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on February 28, 2012, 09:50:12 PM
Post by: kphoger on February 28, 2012, 09:50:12 PM
You're floored, utterly amazed, when someone doesn't know that mileposts reset to zero at the state line.
You just thought of a counterexample to mileposts resetting to zero at the state line.
You can identify an out-of-state license plate from the other side of the median while driving 70 mph.
You know fine points about traffic laws in states you've never been to.
You've ever gone from one pavement surface to another and said, 'Oh, yeah, now THIS is what I'm talking about!'
You just thought of a counterexample to mileposts resetting to zero at the state line.
You can identify an out-of-state license plate from the other side of the median while driving 70 mph.
You know fine points about traffic laws in states you've never been to.
You've ever gone from one pavement surface to another and said, 'Oh, yeah, now THIS is what I'm talking about!'
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on February 28, 2012, 11:45:02 PM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on February 28, 2012, 11:45:02 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on February 28, 2012, 09:24:20 PMOr you choose the day's destination from the geohashing (http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/) algorithm. Extra points if you cover more than one graticule in the same day.
You leave your driveway in the morning for a day of driving without having a set destination in mind.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: elsmere241 on February 29, 2012, 09:29:44 AM
Post by: elsmere241 on February 29, 2012, 09:29:44 AM
Quote from: broadhurst04 on February 28, 2012, 08:59:42 PM
...you were suggesting shortcuts to your dad on vacations as a kid because you arrived at the terminus of a particular route and you knew that it would get him where he wanted to go faster because you had seen it intersect with the route you took earlier in the day after you left home
. . . your father designated you as navigator on vacations, in helping select the route, following it in the Rand McNally, and looking for BGSes up ahead
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on February 29, 2012, 09:49:05 AM
Post by: 1995hoo on February 29, 2012, 09:49:05 AM
Quote from: elsmere241 on February 29, 2012, 09:29:44 AMQuote from: broadhurst04 on February 28, 2012, 08:59:42 PM
...you were suggesting shortcuts to your dad on vacations as a kid because you arrived at the terminus of a particular route and you knew that it would get him where he wanted to go faster because you had seen it intersect with the route you took earlier in the day after you left home
. . . your father designated you as navigator on vacations, in helping select the route, following it in the Rand McNally, and looking for BGSes up ahead
Or (in my case) your father designated you as navigator and didn't bat an eye when you didn't bother with the maps (though we had AAA maps, not Rand McNally).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on February 29, 2012, 10:21:19 AM
Post by: texaskdog on February 29, 2012, 10:21:19 AM
When you're riding with someone and you cringe as they miss the exit you would have taken but don't say anything because you don't want to be disrespectful. Two minutes later they lament that they think they missed the exit.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Takumi on February 29, 2012, 10:35:30 AM
Post by: Takumi on February 29, 2012, 10:35:30 AM
When you have states' unused route numbers memorized.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: akotchi on February 29, 2012, 11:37:24 AM
Post by: akotchi on February 29, 2012, 11:37:24 AM
Quote from: Steve on February 28, 2012, 09:20:14 PMI have a 1971 edition that I obtained the same way.Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 11:11:34 AMQuote from: Michael on February 28, 2012, 10:08:41 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just made a purchase that fits here.
...you buy a hard copy of the MUTCD.
(It was 50 bucks on eBay!)
what year?
I'm holding onto a 1967?9? from my job that was going to be junked.
Let me add this one:
. . . when used, out-of-service traffic signs are the centerpieces of your office. (I have yellow stop, yellow yield, and red bilingual stop, among others.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 11:44:06 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 11:44:06 AM
Quote from: Steve on February 28, 2012, 09:20:14 PM
I'm holding onto a 1967?9? from my job that was going to be junked.
I did not know that year existed. I have a 1961, and I had thought the one after that was 1971. If you could double-check the year on yours, that would be great, because a mid-60s one would be a very interesting reference.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 12:13:51 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 12:13:51 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 28, 2012, 09:50:12 PM
You just thought of a counterexample to mileposts resetting to zero at the state line.
only one I can think of offhand is I-24 looping into Georgia briefly but continuing Tennessee's mileage. any others?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 12:22:10 PM
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 12:22:10 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 12:13:51 PMI-86 and I-684, but those don't change maintenance, as well as some beltways. There are probably more on non-Interstates.
only one I can think of offhand is I-24 looping into Georgia briefly but continuing Tennessee's mileage. any others?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on February 29, 2012, 12:26:01 PM
Post by: Grzrd on February 29, 2012, 12:26:01 PM
A 6th grade substitute teacher decides to kill time by having the class "learn" through research; the assignment she gives to you is figure out how to get from Point A in your hometown to Point B in a city sixty miles away; you tell her you already know the answer; she calls what she thinks is your bluff, and you tell her how to get there, with all the appropriate route numbers and local street names.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 12:58:18 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 12:58:18 PM
Quote from: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 12:22:10 PM
I-86 and I-684, but those don't change maintenance, as well as some beltways. There are probably more on non-Interstates.
which 86 is this? the former one going into Massachusetts?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 01:04:07 PM
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 01:04:07 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 12:58:18 PMThe one in NY-PA. It might still be only NY 17 where it dips into PA.
which 86 is this? the former one going into Massachusetts?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 01:38:48 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 01:38:48 PM
gotcha. I had thought it was a bit plausible that the first I-86 was given Conn exit numbers and maintenance, since it is so short in Massachusetts.
are there any roads which do not reset miles and/or maintenance which are a spur terminating in another state, as opposed to a loop like the I-24 TN/GA and I-86 NY/PA examples? I'd imagine that it would be a termination at a very minor road, as opposed to another interstate like I-86 (now I-84) CT/MA.
are there any roads which do not reset miles and/or maintenance which are a spur terminating in another state, as opposed to a loop like the I-24 TN/GA and I-86 NY/PA examples? I'd imagine that it would be a termination at a very minor road, as opposed to another interstate like I-86 (now I-84) CT/MA.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 01:56:26 PM
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 01:56:26 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 01:38:48 PMNot counting three-digit routes, I doubt it. I'm pretty sure there are some three-digit non-beltways that don't reset, but I'm having trouble coming up with any.
are there any roads which do not reset miles and/or maintenance which are a spur terminating in another state, as opposed to a loop like the I-24 TN/GA and I-86 NY/PA examples? I'd imagine that it would be a termination at a very minor road, as opposed to another interstate like I-86 (now I-84) CT/MA.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 02:20:05 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 02:20:05 PM
Quote from: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 01:56:26 PM
Not counting three-digit routes, I doubt it. I'm pretty sure there are some three-digit non-beltways that don't reset, but I'm having trouble coming up with any.
I meant in general, not just on interstates. maybe some two-laner ends up petering out one state over, but the state in which it spent most of its time is responsible for its maintenance.
though, generally, such roads tend to end right at the state line.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 04:26:08 PM
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 04:26:08 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 02:20:05 PMNot exactly the same, but several Kentucky routes (and US 25) end at the end of a bridge, beyond the state line.
I meant in general, not just on interstates. maybe some two-laner ends up petering out one state over, but the state in which it spent most of its time is responsible for its maintenance.
though, generally, such roads tend to end right at the state line.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 05:04:00 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 05:04:00 PM
Quote from: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 04:26:08 PM
Not exactly the same, but several Kentucky routes (and US 25) end at the end of a bridge, beyond the state line.
that's actually a really good example. I presume the state line is in the middle of the bridge?
are any of those routes signed out to the ends of the bridges, and are any maintained entirely by the state of Kentucky?
alternately, are any maintained by Ohio, WV, IN, IL etc? would be interesting to have the last part of a route be signed as part of one state, be physically half in one state and half in the other, and be maintained by the other state.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 05:27:49 PM
Post by: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 05:27:49 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 05:04:00 PMIt's actually at the far shore (mean high water or somesuch). But the bridge stretches onto the land.Quote from: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 04:26:08 PM
Not exactly the same, but several Kentucky routes (and US 25) end at the end of a bridge, beyond the state line.
that's actually a really good example. I presume the state line is in the middle of the bridge?
They are maintained by Kentucky, but I don't know about signage. Ohio signs US 25 onto the bridge.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: english si on February 29, 2012, 05:33:38 PM
Post by: english si on February 29, 2012, 05:33:38 PM
Quote from: Grzrd on February 29, 2012, 12:26:01 PMA 6th grade substitute teacher decides to kill time by having the class "learn" through research; the assignment she gives to you is figure out how to get from Point A in your hometown to Point B in a city sixty miles away; you tell her you already know the answer; she calls what she thinks is your bluff, and you tell her how to get there, with all the appropriate route numbers and local street names.I remember in 9th-grade equivalent geography we looked This area's (http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.php?view=53.33590,-1.76343&map=OSMap&zoom=7&layer=0) economy from a very similar map. Apparently, according to teacher (who, I think was pulling some stuff out of the teacher's guide of the textbook) said that the quarry is important as it has an A road to it - I said something along the lines of "The A road used to cross the mountains (http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.php?&view=53.33590,-1.76343&map=NPEMap&zoom=7&layer=1), and doesn't go to the quarry anyway." Cue "well, we don't have an old map, so that's speculation" from both sides...
Similarly, but not really roadgeek related, on a different day we did six-figure grid references (accurate to 100m). Except the Scouts in class had been doing that for years, and recently had all done a night hike, as patrol leaders, using eight-figure GRs (accurate to 10m). The geography teacher (who knew his stuff, but his stuff wasn't old maps or night hiking) had never seen 8-figure and told us off for not doing the easy activity he set us that we did in about 5 minutes, rather than the 30 he had allocated. Even with 8-figure and the extra difficulty, we still all finished well before the others.
However I didn't do that well in the final exams, as I couldn't remember stuff like the order they planted trees in some quarry in Tanzania to make a safari park to try and divert people away from the big safari areas in the middle of the country in an ecotourism drive. Damn politically-correct right-on teachers getting us to look at useless stuff - 8 figure GRs are always going to be more useful in the UK than what plants to plant in a dry quarry to make savannah for a safari park.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on February 29, 2012, 07:09:42 PM
Post by: Alps on February 29, 2012, 07:09:42 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 01:38:48 PM
gotcha. I had thought it was a bit plausible that the first I-86 was given Conn exit numbers and maintenance, since it is so short in Massachusetts.
are there any roads which do not reset miles and/or maintenance which are a spur terminating in another state, as opposed to a loop like the I-24 TN/GA and I-86 NY/PA examples? I'd imagine that it would be a termination at a very minor road, as opposed to another interstate like I-86 (now I-84) CT/MA.
Exit numbers don't reset on I-76 entering NJ. Not sure how mileage is kept, though, since maintenance is a bi-state agency that doesn't post mileposts.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: akotchi on February 29, 2012, 10:45:32 PM
Post by: akotchi on February 29, 2012, 10:45:32 PM
Quote from: Steve on February 29, 2012, 07:09:42 PMThe exit numbers on the NJDOT section are set assuming I-76 is north-south. Exit 1(A-B) is at I-295; the U.S. 130 exit is 1C; and I-676 is Exit 2. Mile 0 is at I-295.Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 01:38:48 PM
gotcha. I had thought it was a bit plausible that the first I-86 was given Conn exit numbers and maintenance, since it is so short in Massachusetts.
are there any roads which do not reset miles and/or maintenance which are a spur terminating in another state, as opposed to a loop like the I-24 TN/GA and I-86 NY/PA examples? I'd imagine that it would be a termination at a very minor road, as opposed to another interstate like I-86 (now I-84) CT/MA.
Exit numbers don't reset on I-76 entering NJ. Not sure how mileage is kept, though, since maintenance is a bi-state agency that doesn't post mileposts.
Only the EB (SB?) exit for I-676 and the connector to U.S. 130/NJ 168 does the exit number (352?) continue what was in Pa. DRPA probably assigned this number.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on March 01, 2012, 05:25:57 PM
Post by: Alps on March 01, 2012, 05:25:57 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 11:44:06 AMTurns out I had a 1965 Highway Capacity Manual. Most of the photos are of period NJ/NYC roads.Quote from: Steve on February 28, 2012, 09:20:14 PM
I'm holding onto a 1967?9? from my job that was going to be junked.
I did not know that year existed. I have a 1961, and I had thought the one after that was 1971. If you could double-check the year on yours, that would be great, because a mid-60s one would be a very interesting reference.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on March 01, 2012, 05:26:46 PM
Post by: Alps on March 01, 2012, 05:26:46 PM
Quote from: akotchi on February 29, 2012, 10:45:32 PMRight - my concern is whether DRPA continues the PA mileage or the NJ mileage on the NJ side of the bridge.Quote from: Steve on February 29, 2012, 07:09:42 PMThe exit numbers on the NJDOT section are set assuming I-76 is north-south. Exit 1(A-B) is at I-295; the U.S. 130 exit is 1C; and I-676 is Exit 2. Mile 0 is at I-295.Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 01:38:48 PM
gotcha. I had thought it was a bit plausible that the first I-86 was given Conn exit numbers and maintenance, since it is so short in Massachusetts.
are there any roads which do not reset miles and/or maintenance which are a spur terminating in another state, as opposed to a loop like the I-24 TN/GA and I-86 NY/PA examples? I'd imagine that it would be a termination at a very minor road, as opposed to another interstate like I-86 (now I-84) CT/MA.
Exit numbers don't reset on I-76 entering NJ. Not sure how mileage is kept, though, since maintenance is a bi-state agency that doesn't post mileposts.
Only the EB (SB?) exit for I-676 and the connector to U.S. 130/NJ 168 does the exit number (352?) continue what was in Pa. DRPA probably assigned this number.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on March 01, 2012, 05:37:52 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on March 01, 2012, 05:37:52 PM
Quote from: NE2 on February 29, 2012, 01:56:26 PMQuote from: agentsteel53 on February 29, 2012, 01:38:48 PMNot counting three-digit routes, I doubt it. I'm pretty sure there are some three-digit non-beltways that don't reset, but I'm having trouble coming up with any.
are there any roads which do not reset miles and/or maintenance which are a spur terminating in another state, as opposed to a loop like the I-24 TN/GA and I-86 NY/PA examples? I'd imagine that it would be a termination at a very minor road, as opposed to another interstate like I-86 (now I-84) CT/MA.
I-635 (KS-MO) doesn't reset. Exit 8 for K-5 is followed by Exit 9 for Argosy Pkwy in MO.
I-670 (KS-MO) doesn't either, but then there's no reason really that it would, considering it has one exit other than the terminus in KS (1A, followed by 1B in MO).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on March 01, 2012, 08:38:16 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 01, 2012, 08:38:16 PM
Wow. I just assumed everyone would think of I-540 in Arkansas, as its zero point is not the state line.
Any more 'You know you're a roadgeek if...' jokes??
Any more 'You know you're a roadgeek if...' jokes??
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: pianocello on March 02, 2012, 05:10:22 PM
Post by: pianocello on March 02, 2012, 05:10:22 PM
...If the word "clinch" has nothing to do with sports
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on March 05, 2012, 07:00:00 PM
Post by: Michael on March 05, 2012, 07:00:00 PM
Wow, this thread really blew up again!
It's the 2009 edition. I just took a look on eBay, and found a used 2003 edition for $17.09 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Manual-Uniform-Traffic-Control-Devices-2003-2003-Paperback-/270827989662?pt=US_Texbook_Education&hash=item3f0e9b2a9e). There's also various used copies of the 2003 edition on Amazon starting at $8.50. The 2009 edition on Amazon starts at just under $80. I went the eBay route (even though I could have gotten a new copy for 30 bucks more) because Amazon doesn't accept PayPal.
This drives me nuts all the time. It's kind of sad when I get excited to see the proper shield on a map like this. I've seen maps use Interstate shields for any route type. I'd be happy if they at least used circles for state routes.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 28, 2012, 11:11:34 AMQuote from: Michael on February 28, 2012, 10:08:41 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just made a purchase that fits here.
...you buy a hard copy of the MUTCD.
(It was 50 bucks on eBay!)
what year?
It's the 2009 edition. I just took a look on eBay, and found a used 2003 edition for $17.09 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Manual-Uniform-Traffic-Control-Devices-2003-2003-Paperback-/270827989662?pt=US_Texbook_Education&hash=item3f0e9b2a9e). There's also various used copies of the 2003 edition on Amazon starting at $8.50. The 2009 edition on Amazon starts at just under $80. I went the eBay route (even though I could have gotten a new copy for 30 bucks more) because Amazon doesn't accept PayPal.
Quote from: Takumi on February 28, 2012, 04:10:34 PM
You get irked when maps on TV and on flyers in the mail use the wrong shield for a route
This drives me nuts all the time. It's kind of sad when I get excited to see the proper shield on a map like this. I've seen maps use Interstate shields for any route type. I'd be happy if they at least used circles for state routes.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: route56 on March 08, 2012, 02:40:54 PM
Post by: route56 on March 08, 2012, 02:40:54 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if you noticed that Baylor's "neon" uniforms are Florecent yellow-green, then tweet about it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Mr. Matté on March 08, 2012, 07:51:23 PM
Post by: Mr. Matté on March 08, 2012, 07:51:23 PM
...when you're taking a multiple choice/Scantron test in school, and your answer to some number's question is A, you immediately associate it with an exit number (ex.: If #7 is A, that's I-195).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on March 08, 2012, 09:52:19 PM
Post by: Brandon on March 08, 2012, 09:52:19 PM
...you watch the lotto drawing on WGN and immediately play route number bingo with the numbers picked.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on March 08, 2012, 11:14:50 PM
Post by: Alps on March 08, 2012, 11:14:50 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 08, 2012, 07:51:23 PMWhat if #23 is C? Good luck!
...when you're taking a multiple choice/Scantron test in school, and your answer to some number's question is A, you immediately associate it with an exit number (ex.: If #7 is A, that's I-195).
answer hidden in the hovertext (http://i-495_in_ma-or-ca_110)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 12, 2012, 03:47:32 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 12, 2012, 03:47:32 PM
you read this slow-news-day article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/buford-wyoming-population-1-auction_n_1339592.html
and your first thought is "damn, they replaced the white sign that used to be there in 2007".
(don't ask me why the green sign has a 2006 date. I have photos from Oct '07 of a white one.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/buford-wyoming-population-1-auction_n_1339592.html
and your first thought is "damn, they replaced the white sign that used to be there in 2007".
(don't ask me why the green sign has a 2006 date. I have photos from Oct '07 of a white one.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: J N Winkler on March 12, 2012, 05:07:14 PM
Post by: J N Winkler on March 12, 2012, 05:07:14 PM
You know you are a roadgeek squared if it is Monday and you think, "Ah, a new Attachment A":
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/weekly_ads/attach_a.php
(The big one this week is the Oakland touchdown contract, but that is a re-run.)
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/weekly_ads/attach_a.php
(The big one this week is the Oakland touchdown contract, but that is a re-run.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on March 14, 2012, 05:35:40 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on March 14, 2012, 05:35:40 PM
You know you're a roadgeek when you can get there from here better than your bus driver.
(This has happened to me on several occasions).
(This has happened to me on several occasions).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on March 14, 2012, 09:09:12 PM
Post by: Brandon on March 14, 2012, 09:09:12 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on March 14, 2012, 05:35:40 PM
You know you're a roadgeek when you can get there from here better than your bus driver.
(This has happened to me on several occasions).
LOL! Both my father and I directed a bus driver out of Wrigleyville once after a game. Poor guy had little knowledge of the streets to get out of town.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on March 14, 2012, 09:56:17 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 14, 2012, 09:56:17 PM
I was on Greyhound once, coming into Chicago, and driver turned around (OK, briefly....he was driving, after all) and asked if anyone would be willing to direct him to the bus station. Kinda weird....
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on March 21, 2012, 12:06:45 PM
Post by: roadman on March 21, 2012, 12:06:45 PM
You know you're a roadgeek when -
You enter your decorated bicycle in the local 4th of July contest and are more excited about the prospect of riding your bike down a through street with a painted center line than the possibility of winning the contest itself (this happened to me at the age of nine).
You enter your decorated bicycle in the local 4th of July contest and are more excited about the prospect of riding your bike down a through street with a painted center line than the possibility of winning the contest itself (this happened to me at the age of nine).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on March 21, 2012, 01:46:02 PM
Post by: texaskdog on March 21, 2012, 01:46:02 PM
you cant take a new person over the "old road" without telling them about it...even if they are only 7
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on March 21, 2012, 11:27:44 PM
Post by: formulanone on March 21, 2012, 11:27:44 PM
You look at a knot in your shoelaces and imagine the stack of overpasses it might represent if possible.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on March 22, 2012, 08:28:21 AM
Post by: texaskdog on March 22, 2012, 08:28:21 AM
Last night: When we were hiking and came up a kind of closed of path and took a left and went to the far end. When we came back to that fork, realized that it was probably the "old path" that had been rerouted.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on March 26, 2012, 06:12:25 AM
Post by: US71 on March 26, 2012, 06:12:25 AM
Quote from: kphoger on March 14, 2012, 09:56:17 PM
I was on Greyhound once, coming into Chicago, and driver turned around (OK, briefly....he was driving, after all) and asked if anyone would be willing to direct him to the bus station. Kinda weird....
Year ago I was with some people who got lost in Wichita. I told the driver he was going the wrong way, but he could only respond with "shut up". After he corrected his mistake, I told him "I told you so" and all he could say was "shut up". It was 11pm, dark and raining. I was in the back of the van half asleep and I still knew where we were going better that the driver... not that he would ever admit it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bulldog1979 on March 27, 2012, 09:55:40 PM
Post by: bulldog1979 on March 27, 2012, 09:55:40 PM
You're riding your bike on a boardwalk path through the woods and see a fork to an unconstructed spur closed off with a a fence and think, "ghost stub".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: KEK Inc. on March 28, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
Post by: KEK Inc. on March 28, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
...you're more excited about the trip than the destination.
...you've drawn road maps on kids' menus as a kid rather than attempting to solve the maze or word scramble.
...you've drawn road maps on kids' menus as a kid rather than attempting to solve the maze or word scramble.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on March 28, 2012, 11:37:36 PM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on March 28, 2012, 11:37:36 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on March 28, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
...you're more excited about the trip than the destination.
Similarly, ...you have more pictures of the way to the destination more than the destination itself.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: corco on March 29, 2012, 12:01:09 AM
Post by: corco on March 29, 2012, 12:01:09 AM
your trip has no destination at all- it's just a big loop
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Ian on March 29, 2012, 10:21:15 PM
Post by: Ian on March 29, 2012, 10:21:15 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on March 28, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
...you're more excited about the trip than the destination.
Guilty of this...
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on March 28, 2012, 11:37:36 PM
Similarly, ...you have more pictures of the way to the destination more than the destination itself.
...and DEFINITELY guilty of that!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cpzilliacus on April 04, 2012, 12:35:45 PM
Post by: cpzilliacus on April 04, 2012, 12:35:45 PM
... when your wife/SO calls you from ANYWHERE for driving directions and you know how to get to the desired place from ANYWHERE.
... and when your wife/SO has her friends and family call for same.
All of the above in spite of GPS units, too.
... and when your wife/SO has her friends and family call for same.
All of the above in spite of GPS units, too.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PM
My wife has a home daycare, and I get two weekdays plus one morning off per week, so I've watched the movie 'Cars' about 4720 times. I keep noticing little things and big things road-related in the movie.....
Mack doesn't keep to the right lane as much as he should. :thumbdown:
There's a button-copy US-66 shield. :thumbsup:
Radiator Springs has a four-way flashing yellow; if the cross street had a STOP sign, it would flash red; if it were an uncontrolled intersection, I doubt there'd be a flashing light. :thumbdown:
The freeway that takes traffic away from US-66 is labeled as I-40 on the map. :thumbsup:
I-40 is six lanes in rural parts of the West; yeah, I wish! :thumbdown:
I guess you're a roadgeek if you watch a cartoon and notice this stuff.
Mack doesn't keep to the right lane as much as he should. :thumbdown:
There's a button-copy US-66 shield. :thumbsup:
Radiator Springs has a four-way flashing yellow; if the cross street had a STOP sign, it would flash red; if it were an uncontrolled intersection, I doubt there'd be a flashing light. :thumbdown:
The freeway that takes traffic away from US-66 is labeled as I-40 on the map. :thumbsup:
I-40 is six lanes in rural parts of the West; yeah, I wish! :thumbdown:
I guess you're a roadgeek if you watch a cartoon and notice this stuff.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: english si on April 04, 2012, 07:32:05 PM
Post by: english si on April 04, 2012, 07:32:05 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PMRadiator Springs has a four-way flashing yellow; if the cross street had a STOP sign, it would flash red; if it were an uncontrolled intersection, I doubt there'd be a flashing light. :thumbdown:it's a 4-way red-yellow-green intersection in the day, so the cross street isn't going to have STOP signs, and nor is the junction uncontrolled.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on April 04, 2012, 07:43:48 PM
Post by: formulanone on April 04, 2012, 07:43:48 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PM
My wife has a home daycare, and I get two weekdays plus one morning off per week, so I've watched the movie 'Cars' about 4720 times. I keep noticing little things and big things road-related in the movie.....
I guess you're a roadgeek if you watch a cartoon and notice this stuff.
My daughter went through a year-long phase of watching Cars probably about 100 times. For a while, she wouldn't go to sleep unless that movie was playing before bedtime. And despite that movie pressing just about every button with me (yes, I saw it in the theaters), it was her grandfather who got her interested in the movie in the first place. I think she's only seen Cars 2 about 75 times, but enough where even I've had my fill for a few lifetimes.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SSOWorld on April 04, 2012, 08:22:30 PM
Post by: SSOWorld on April 04, 2012, 08:22:30 PM
You know you're a roadgeek when you're not happy your work has given you a car to drive ;)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 02:00:14 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 02:00:14 PM
Quote from: english si on April 04, 2012, 07:32:05 PMQuote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PMRadiator Springs has a four-way flashing yellow; if the cross street had a STOP sign, it would flash red; if it were an uncontrolled intersection, I doubt there'd be a flashing light. :thumbdown:it's a 4-way red-yellow-green intersection in the day, so the cross street isn't going to have STOP signs, and nor is the junction uncontrolled.
Hmmm, interesting. I've never known a signal to go to all-way flashing yellow at night. I've only seen them go red/yellow or all-way red.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 05, 2012, 03:39:14 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 05, 2012, 03:39:14 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 02:00:14 PM
Hmmm, interesting. I've never known a signal to go to all-way flashing yellow at night. I've only seen them go red/yellow or all-way red.
they don't, as that is horrifically dangerous. it would be like giving all directions a green light.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 03:44:29 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 03:44:29 PM
It would make sense if it were an uncontrolled intersection, though. Tho' I've never ever seen one of those with a flashing light at the top.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 05, 2012, 03:50:51 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 05, 2012, 03:50:51 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 03:44:29 PM
It would make sense if it were an uncontrolled intersection, though. Tho' I've never ever seen one of those with a flashing light at the top.
I would think a flashing light is in contradiction to the idea of "uncontrolled". the flashing yellow does give the affirmative right of way to the direction of traffic it serves, which is, by definition, a form of traffic control.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 04:25:16 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 05, 2012, 04:25:16 PM
The way I look at things is that actual right of way is not affirmed by any traffic control device or law. Rather, all devices and laws restrict traffic. At an uncontrolled intersection, it is not the case that all vehicles have the right of way; rather, all vehicles are compelled to yield. If I come to an intersection at which only cross-traffic has a STOP sign, I am still compelled to yield to any vehicles that might be unlawfully entering the intersection. Likewise, a four-way flashing yellow light would indicate to me: Slow down, watch out, prepare to yield. Not: no need to yield, everyone else should yield to you.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: english si on April 05, 2012, 05:44:00 PM
Post by: english si on April 05, 2012, 05:44:00 PM
Flashing yellows don't give right-of-way (or say that you have priority), nor are they the same as a green light.
From Michigan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIkanxT72KI)'s (and other states') turn arrows to rule 196 of the UK's Highway Code (about Pelican crossings):
So flashing yellow means that you don't have priority and you are asked to proceed with caution in 3 different jurisdictions (and IIRC everywhere across the world that uses them). Seems like the junction would work well when traffic levels are low - like at night.
From Michigan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIkanxT72KI)'s (and other states') turn arrows to rule 196 of the UK's Highway Code (about Pelican crossings):
QuoteWhen the amber light is flashing, you MUST give way to any pedestrians on the crossing. If the amber light is flashing and there are no pedestrians on the crossing, you may proceed with caution.to Malta's use (they do something similar to the traffic signal in Cars with many of their signalised junctions - 4-way flashing amber at night) it is clear that it means that you can go, but you don't have priority: "proceed with caution" (to take the words directly out of rule 48 of Malta's Highway Code (http://www.doi.gov.mt/en/archive/HighwaycodeEng/part2E.asp).
So flashing yellow means that you don't have priority and you are asked to proceed with caution in 3 different jurisdictions (and IIRC everywhere across the world that uses them). Seems like the junction would work well when traffic levels are low - like at night.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 05, 2012, 05:49:49 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 05, 2012, 05:49:49 PM
here in the US I'm used to flashing yellow being paired solely with flashing red, at intersections ranging from medium (20-25mph) to moderately high speed (as much as 65). They are the sort of intersection where I anticipate visibility of the side streets proportional to the speed of travel, mainly so I can judge if a car on the side street is about to make a mistake and run the flashing red.
I would never think that the side street also had flashing yellow in the US. I think to do so here would be inviting disaster. I don't believe in the US we use traffic signals where it is imperative that one observes the lights that are intended for other directions of travel.
Sometimes it is helpful to do so (to figure out when your light is about to turn green, or whether it is safe to make a turn on red) but I cannot think of a situation where unawareness of the side-street light could lead to disaster like the misinterpretation of flashing yellow/hidden red vs flashing yellow/hidden yellow.
I would never think that the side street also had flashing yellow in the US. I think to do so here would be inviting disaster. I don't believe in the US we use traffic signals where it is imperative that one observes the lights that are intended for other directions of travel.
Sometimes it is helpful to do so (to figure out when your light is about to turn green, or whether it is safe to make a turn on red) but I cannot think of a situation where unawareness of the side-street light could lead to disaster like the misinterpretation of flashing yellow/hidden red vs flashing yellow/hidden yellow.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Duke87 on April 05, 2012, 06:26:37 PM
Post by: Duke87 on April 05, 2012, 06:26:37 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if mention of Tulane University makes you think of roads (say the name aloud).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on April 05, 2012, 09:49:02 PM
Post by: Alps on April 05, 2012, 09:49:02 PM
Vermont has a flasher where three directions are yellow...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 06, 2012, 04:54:26 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 06, 2012, 04:54:26 PM
Quote from: Steve on April 05, 2012, 09:49:02 PM
Vermont has a flasher where three directions are yellow...
North Carolina has a flasher who was arrested for showing people his doghouse assembly.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on April 06, 2012, 05:40:20 PM
Post by: Alps on April 06, 2012, 05:40:20 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 06, 2012, 04:54:26 PMMy signal's turned from green to red...Quote from: Steve on April 05, 2012, 09:49:02 PM
Vermont has a flasher where three directions are yellow...
North Carolina has a flasher who was arrested for showing people his doghouse assembly.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Duke87 on April 06, 2012, 05:59:54 PM
Post by: Duke87 on April 06, 2012, 05:59:54 PM
If you're looking for flashers, they're in the red light district.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on April 06, 2012, 08:20:15 PM
Post by: formulanone on April 06, 2012, 08:20:15 PM
Quote from: Steve on April 06, 2012, 05:40:20 PM
My signal's turned from green to red...
You're just like Crosstown Traffic.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on April 07, 2012, 01:14:37 AM
Post by: Alps on April 07, 2012, 01:14:37 AM
Quote from: formulanone on April 06, 2012, 08:20:15 PMAnd I've got to get on the other side of town. You know you're a roadgeek when you only know the lyrics to one Jimi Hendrix song and it's this one.Quote from: Steve on April 06, 2012, 05:40:20 PM
My signal's turned from green to red...
You're just like Crosstown Traffic.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on April 10, 2012, 11:47:17 AM
Post by: Henry on April 10, 2012, 11:47:17 AM
When you were a kid, you liked to simulate road trips with your Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars by driving them all over the family road atlas!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: elsmere241 on April 10, 2012, 01:59:44 PM
Post by: elsmere241 on April 10, 2012, 01:59:44 PM
You came up with an internal street system for the house and yard - and used tomato stakes to put up a few signs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Sanctimoniously on April 10, 2012, 05:56:24 PM
Post by: Sanctimoniously on April 10, 2012, 05:56:24 PM
When you spend years and years making up a fictional state and its road system for your stories, including exit lists and what fonts they've used on their signs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Darkchylde on April 10, 2012, 06:30:02 PM
Post by: Darkchylde on April 10, 2012, 06:30:02 PM
When the first thing you do when making a map of a fictional area is to make a route shield for it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Sanctimoniously on April 10, 2012, 07:06:08 PM
Post by: Sanctimoniously on April 10, 2012, 07:06:08 PM
Quote from: Darkchylde on April 10, 2012, 06:30:02 PM
When the first thing you do when making a map of a fictional area is to make a route shield for it.
Also when you order a state-named Interstate shield from said fictional state from the shield gallery.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 10, 2012, 07:15:17 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 10, 2012, 07:15:17 PM
Quote from: Sanctimoniously on April 10, 2012, 07:06:08 PM
Also when you order a state-named Interstate shield from said fictional state from the shield gallery.
I think you need a US and state route to go with it :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on April 10, 2012, 07:22:34 PM
Post by: hm insulators on April 10, 2012, 07:22:34 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 06, 2012, 04:54:26 PM:cheers: :clap:Quote from: Steve on April 05, 2012, 09:49:02 PM
Vermont has a flasher where three directions are yellow...
North Carolina has a flasher who was arrested for showing people his doghouse assembly.
Did he have a big dog or a little one? :D
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Takumi on April 10, 2012, 07:50:54 PM
Post by: Takumi on April 10, 2012, 07:50:54 PM
Quote from: Sanctimoniously on April 10, 2012, 07:06:08 PMQuote from: Darkchylde on April 10, 2012, 06:30:02 PM
When the first thing you do when making a map of a fictional area is to make a route shield for it.
Also when you order a state-named Interstate shield from said fictional state from the shield gallery.
Or when you order a state-name interstate shield for an interstate that only exists as an internet inside joke.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 10, 2012, 07:58:56 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 10, 2012, 07:58:56 PM
Quote from: Takumi on April 10, 2012, 07:50:54 PM
Or when you order a state-name interstate shield for an interstate that only exists as an internet inside joke.
here I thought I-366 was a formal proposal in the 50s or 60s or so
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on April 10, 2012, 08:04:58 PM
Post by: NE2 on April 10, 2012, 08:04:58 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Future_interstate_366 :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on April 10, 2012, 10:04:43 PM
Post by: formulanone on April 10, 2012, 10:04:43 PM
Quote from: Takumi on April 10, 2012, 07:50:54 PM
Or when you order a state-name interstate shield for an interstate that only exists as an internet inside joke.
I think my wife would leave me over that; however, she'd probably forgive me if there was a Springfield/North Tacoma I-401 shield.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on April 10, 2012, 10:20:50 PM
Post by: texaskdog on April 10, 2012, 10:20:50 PM
You know you're not a true roadgeek if your avatar is either I-99 or I-238 :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on April 10, 2012, 10:44:56 PM
Post by: NE2 on April 10, 2012, 10:44:56 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on April 10, 2012, 10:20:50 PMFuck you.
You know you're not a true roadgeek if your avatar is either I-99 or I-238 :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on April 10, 2012, 10:50:48 PM
Post by: DaBigE on April 10, 2012, 10:50:48 PM
You see roadsigns included in a playset and are disappointed they aren't properly designed to MUTCD standards.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: elsmere241 on April 11, 2012, 08:19:50 AM
Post by: elsmere241 on April 11, 2012, 08:19:50 AM
Quote from: DaBigE on April 10, 2012, 10:50:48 PM
You see roadsigns included in a playset and are disappointed they aren't properly designed to MUTCD standards.
You drew road signs, road names, lane markings, etc. on your building blocks.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 11, 2012, 01:05:52 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 11, 2012, 01:05:52 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on April 11, 2012, 08:19:50 AMQuote from: DaBigE on April 10, 2012, 10:50:48 PM
You see roadsigns included in a playset and are disappointed they aren't properly designed to MUTCD standards.
You drew road signs, road names, lane markings, etc. on your building blocks.
Ooh, I totally drew sign legend on my wooden Brio train tracks. Now my son uses the old ones with the Thomas ones (interchangeable), and we all get a kick out of my drawings.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on April 11, 2012, 07:08:14 PM
Post by: Alps on April 11, 2012, 07:08:14 PM
Quote from: NE2 on April 10, 2012, 10:44:56 PMHalf the people in this forum would take you up on that offer.Quote from: texaskdog on April 10, 2012, 10:20:50 PMFuck you.
You know you're not a true roadgeek if your avatar is either I-99 or I-238 :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on April 11, 2012, 09:48:44 PM
Post by: Brandon on April 11, 2012, 09:48:44 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on April 11, 2012, 08:19:50 AMQuote from: DaBigE on April 10, 2012, 10:50:48 PM
You see roadsigns included in a playset and are disappointed they aren't properly designed to MUTCD standards.
You drew road signs, road names, lane markings, etc. on your building blocks.
Ever make a sign gantry with LEGOs? I have.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on April 11, 2012, 10:38:32 PM
Post by: US71 on April 11, 2012, 10:38:32 PM
Quote from: Brandon on April 11, 2012, 09:48:44 PM
Ever make a sign gantry with LEGOs? I have.
I made my own hand-drawn signs and used Lincoln Logs for sign posts.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on April 13, 2012, 11:52:53 AM
Post by: Henry on April 13, 2012, 11:52:53 AM
Quote from: Brandon on April 11, 2012, 09:48:44 PMI'm sure a lot of us have.Quote from: elsmere241 on April 11, 2012, 08:19:50 AMQuote from: DaBigE on April 10, 2012, 10:50:48 PM
You see roadsigns included in a playset and are disappointed they aren't properly designed to MUTCD standards.
You drew road signs, road names, lane markings, etc. on your building blocks.
Ever make a sign gantry with LEGOs? I have.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on April 13, 2012, 11:02:15 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on April 13, 2012, 11:02:15 PM
I used to make cities out of masking tape on cardboard. The gantries were glued-together toothpicks. The signs were initially cardboard with Sharpie; I later upgraded them to printouts made in Word with Blue Highway font (since that's all that was around at the time).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on April 18, 2012, 11:10:30 PM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on April 18, 2012, 11:10:30 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PMMack doesn't keep to the right lane as much as he should. :thumbdown:I tend to keep left too much when I'm tired too. ;)
Quote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PMThere's a button-copy US-66 shield. :thumbsup:Cutout, too!
Quote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PMRadiator Springs has a four-way flashing yellow; if the cross street had a STOP sign, it would flash red; if it were an uncontrolled intersection, I doubt there'd be a flashing light. :thumbdown:Nobody cares; Radiator Springs is Hillbilly Hell. (My IQ's dropping by the second! I'm becoming one of theeemmmm!!)
Quote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PMI guess you're a roadgeek if you watch a cartoon and notice this stuff.Have a look at the overhead signage as Mack leaves the track with Lightning at the beginning. Those have to be the most MUTCD-accurate signs I've ever seen in a cartoon. Not necessarily realistic though (they mix NJ and CA shields on the same overhead assembly), but I think it was intentional.
Also, I dig the wigwags at the crossing on US 66 between I-40 and Radiator Springs! (When Lightning beats the train à la Fast n' Furious)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on April 19, 2012, 10:22:14 AM
Post by: texaskdog on April 19, 2012, 10:22:14 AM
If your favorite part of American Pickers is the signs (including when they are driving down all the roads)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on April 29, 2012, 10:44:33 AM
Post by: D-Dey65 on April 29, 2012, 10:44:33 AM
You're always ready to tell people about the details and history of the roads they're driving on, whether they can handle them or not.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on April 29, 2012, 11:51:51 AM
Post by: texaskdog on April 29, 2012, 11:51:51 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on April 29, 2012, 10:44:33 AM
You're always ready to tell people about the details and history of the roads they're driving on, whether they can handle them or not.
Amen, brother
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on April 30, 2012, 10:23:09 PM
Post by: Grzrd on April 30, 2012, 10:23:09 PM
You're looking for information about proposed routes for the Pan American Highway through the Darien Gap, you Google "proposed route darien gap highway", and the top link of the results from the search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=webhp&source=hp&q=proposed+route+darien+gap+highway&btnK=Google+Search&rlz=1W1ADFA_en&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=) is to an AARoads Forum thread you started a little over a year ago (and doesn't answer the question).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on May 01, 2012, 03:21:44 PM
Post by: texaskdog on May 01, 2012, 03:21:44 PM
If you get excited that your 500th post moves you from County Route to State Highway :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 08, 2012, 06:54:26 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 08, 2012, 06:54:26 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on May 01, 2012, 03:21:44 PMSo that's why I'm still rated at County Road.
If you get excited that your 500th post moves you from County Route to State Highway :)
At some point, I'm going to add those stories of how I tried to tell random people about road histories and other road info.
:)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on May 10, 2012, 07:25:32 PM
Post by: Grzrd on May 10, 2012, 07:25:32 PM
Quote from: NE2 on May 08, 2012, 01:36:51 PM(above quote from AASHTO meeting May 18, 2012 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=6658.msg148097;topicseen#msg148097) thread)
Texas: I-69 (extension)
*RE_ I-69 Designations.pdf (http://ballot.transportation.org/FileDownload.aspx?attachmentType=Item&ID=673)
When you are looking at AASHTO materials regarding a Texas application for an I-69 designation and notice that one of your emails is included in the materials. :cool:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sr641 on May 10, 2012, 08:32:47 PM
Post by: sr641 on May 10, 2012, 08:32:47 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 10, 2009, 02:57:41 PM
Your screensaver is highway shields :sombrero:
Indiana 641 is my desktop screen.
Post Merge: May 11, 2012, 07:07:26 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on February 28, 2012, 01:37:30 PM
you argue with your GPS about the route it suggests or the wrong highway numbers it says
friends call you from other cities they are lost in and you are not there
get aggravated when Google street view doesn't move as fast as you'd like, or when it doesn't have street view for a particular street or angle you want to see
you're constantly trying to read signs on the opposite direction on an interstate as you drive by to see what is changed from the other way
you made roads with exits out of crayons as a kid for your toy cars to drive on
I just built a city out of wood so I can drive my cars on it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: adt1982 on May 10, 2012, 08:52:45 PM
Post by: adt1982 on May 10, 2012, 08:52:45 PM
Quote from: sr641 on May 10, 2012, 08:32:47 PMQuote from: US71 on June 10, 2009, 02:57:41 PM
Your screensaver is highway shields :sombrero:
Indiana 641 is my desktop screen.
Your name is SR641 (SR being state road), so why is your avatar a US shield???
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sr641 on May 10, 2012, 09:27:40 PM
Post by: sr641 on May 10, 2012, 09:27:40 PM
Quote from: adt1982 on May 10, 2012, 08:52:45 PMQuote from: sr641 on May 10, 2012, 08:32:47 PMQuote from: US71 on June 10, 2009, 02:57:41 PM
Your screensaver is highway shields :sombrero:
Indiana 641 is my desktop screen.
Your name is SR641 (SR being state road), so why is your avatar a US shield???
It was the only 641 I could find on this site.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 10, 2012, 09:34:43 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 10, 2012, 09:34:43 PM
Quote from: sr641 on May 10, 2012, 09:27:40 PM
It was the only 641 I could find on this site.
well, you're still ahead of Morriswa in terms of general motivation.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Mr. Matté on May 11, 2012, 11:05:10 AM
Post by: Mr. Matté on May 11, 2012, 11:05:10 AM
...when a radio announcer reads the temperatures for various cities, you call the announcer right or wrong based on whether or not that route exists in that town.
i.e. "Toms River, 59 [WRONG] Hightstown, 65 [WRONG] Vineland, 55 [RIGHT!]"
i.e. "Toms River, 59 [WRONG] Hightstown, 65 [WRONG] Vineland, 55 [RIGHT!]"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 22, 2012, 11:15:16 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 22, 2012, 11:15:16 PM
You offer highway departments so many fantastic and detailed ideas, they think you're an engineer, even if you aren't.
:D
(Yes, I've done that too).
:D
(Yes, I've done that too).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on May 22, 2012, 11:47:56 PM
Post by: mgk920 on May 22, 2012, 11:47:56 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on May 22, 2012, 11:15:16 PM
You offer highway departments so many fantastic and detailed ideas, they think you're an engineer, even if you aren't.
:D
(Yes, I've done that too).
And especially when aspects of projects that are built look amazingly like the drawings that you gave then several years earlier and/or set the final design concept decisions back by weeks or even months.
(GUILTY! on both counts! :D )
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: texaskdog on May 23, 2012, 08:24:36 AM
Post by: texaskdog on May 23, 2012, 08:24:36 AM
When you set up your model trains, the roads were just as important
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on May 23, 2012, 09:47:25 AM
Post by: kphoger on May 23, 2012, 09:47:25 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on May 22, 2012, 11:15:16 PM
You offer highway departments so many fantastic and detailed ideas, they think you're an engineer, even if you aren't.
:D
(Yes, I've done that too).
I recently offered a bridge engineer friend of mine an off-the-cuff idea for alleviating some traffic congestion along a major corridor here in Wichita. Not a lot of serious thought, just an idea. He replied that he thought there might be a project under study that nearly matches what I suggested.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: J N Winkler on May 23, 2012, 10:31:21 AM
Post by: J N Winkler on May 23, 2012, 10:31:21 AM
Kphoger--out of curiosity, what was your idea?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on May 23, 2012, 12:21:31 PM
Post by: kphoger on May 23, 2012, 12:21:31 PM
Quote from: J N Winkler on May 23, 2012, 10:31:21 AM
Kphoger--out of curiosity, what was your idea?
Sorry, I am not at liberty to say, as it would be a project that's not yet on the table. He specifically told me not to mention it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CenVlyDave on May 23, 2012, 01:30:23 PM
Post by: CenVlyDave on May 23, 2012, 01:30:23 PM
Ok, just found this thread and all these have happened to me...
- You help plan a family trip from LA to the Grand Canyon and Utah and you are 5.
- You have friends refer to you as "Dave-Dave", including people in your military unit
- When deployed in Iraq, you are more worried about having your camera for roadsigns than ammo when you go out on patrol.
- You have a permanent "Shotgun Assignment" by your church youth minister on any church youth outing
- You are giving directions to your Dad while driving on a trip and your Mom looks back and sees NO MAP in your hands/lap.
- When you encounter an innacuracy in a Thomas Brothers Guide map, you call the company HQ and are personally referd to the VP of the company by the retail store manager as an extremely reliable source on roads, and your only 13.
-You have friends calling you asking for help with directions and you live 200 miles away from them.
-You give cleverly renamed Thomas Guide Map pages that you framed to friends as Christmas Gifts.
- You help plan a family trip from LA to the Grand Canyon and Utah and you are 5.
- You have friends refer to you as "Dave-Dave", including people in your military unit
- When deployed in Iraq, you are more worried about having your camera for roadsigns than ammo when you go out on patrol.
- You have a permanent "Shotgun Assignment" by your church youth minister on any church youth outing
- You are giving directions to your Dad while driving on a trip and your Mom looks back and sees NO MAP in your hands/lap.
- When you encounter an innacuracy in a Thomas Brothers Guide map, you call the company HQ and are personally referd to the VP of the company by the retail store manager as an extremely reliable source on roads, and your only 13.
-You have friends calling you asking for help with directions and you live 200 miles away from them.
-You give cleverly renamed Thomas Guide Map pages that you framed to friends as Christmas Gifts.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 23, 2012, 02:03:04 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 23, 2012, 02:03:04 PM
Quote from: CenVlyDave on May 23, 2012, 01:30:23 PM
- You have friends refer to you as "Dave-Dave", including people in your military unit
what is the roadgeek significance of this one?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CenVlyDave on May 23, 2012, 03:36:59 PM
Post by: CenVlyDave on May 23, 2012, 03:36:59 PM
A play off the Tom-Tom navigational system, and my name is Dave.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 23, 2012, 04:08:33 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 23, 2012, 04:08:33 PM
Quote from: CenVlyDave on May 23, 2012, 03:36:59 PM
A play off the Tom-Tom navigational system, and my name is Dave.
:-D gotcha
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zmapper on May 25, 2012, 05:16:52 PM
Post by: Zmapper on May 25, 2012, 05:16:52 PM
When you noticed that at an intersection you commonly pass through the Southbound left-turn signal goes first, then N-S through traffic, then Northbound lefts go...
in PRESCHOOL! :wow:
in PRESCHOOL! :wow:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on May 25, 2012, 06:32:11 PM
Post by: Alps on May 25, 2012, 06:32:11 PM
Quote from: Zmapper on May 25, 2012, 05:16:52 PM
When you noticed that at an intersection you commonly pass through the Southbound left-turn signal goes first, then N-S through traffic, then Northbound lefts go...
in PRESCHOOL! :wow:
I had a preschool friend who moved to Convent Station, NJ, about 20 minutes west of Montclair. I didn't travel most of those roads between age 5 and 17 (license), and in that time the NJ 24 freeway was built. I still recognized many of the features along the way, including the curve in Eisenhower Parkway and the overhead sign support on Columbia Turnpike (CR 510) at Park Ave. I also remember the three railroad crossings on Lindsley Ave./Francisco Ave. in Cedar Grove, two of which were removed by the time I was old enough to drive.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kurumi on May 29, 2012, 07:57:14 PM
Post by: kurumi on May 29, 2012, 07:57:14 PM
I didn't want to create yet another thread, so here's an overpass over a 6-lane freeway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40485587@N04/5284955732/in/photostream) done in "Micropolis" Lego style: one lane is 8 mm wide (i.e. one "row of bumpies").
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on May 29, 2012, 09:13:51 PM
Post by: Alps on May 29, 2012, 09:13:51 PM
Quote from: kurumi on May 29, 2012, 07:57:14 PM
I didn't want to create yet another thread, so here's an overpass over a 6-lane freeway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40485587@N04/5284955732/in/photostream) done in "Micropolis" Lego style: one lane is 8 mm wide (i.e. one "row of bumpies").
i. want. 50,000 lego bricks. of each style. now.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on June 04, 2012, 01:50:40 PM
Post by: roadman on June 04, 2012, 01:50:40 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 11, 2012, 10:38:32 PM
I made my own hand-drawn signs and used Lincoln Logs for sign posts.
I did the same, although I used Ideal Super City pieces for the gantries.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: broadhurst04 on July 14, 2012, 07:39:06 PM
Post by: broadhurst04 on July 14, 2012, 07:39:06 PM
....you see a new sign assembly at an intersection and you're disappointed that the font on the new interstate shield is narrower than the font on the sign it replaced.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on July 16, 2012, 12:01:26 AM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on July 16, 2012, 12:01:26 AM
... you see a Button Copy Interstate Shield and go crazy and others look at you like you're nuts.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 16, 2012, 12:05:58 AM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 16, 2012, 12:05:58 AM
...you sit in front of a bus while everyone else is in the middle or the back.
...your mom questions you as to why you're taking pictures of signs in your hometown.
...your mom questions you as to why you're taking pictures of signs in your hometown.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zmapper on July 16, 2012, 12:34:11 AM
Post by: Zmapper on July 16, 2012, 12:34:11 AM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on July 16, 2012, 12:05:58 AM
...you sit in front of a bus while everyone else is in the middle or the back.
I do the same, though I won't hesitate to stand up or move back if someone else is standing.
Whenever I ride the Denver light rail, I always try to get the seat closest to the driver that is forward facing and on the right. I like to look out the skinny window at the track ahead.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: national highway 1 on July 16, 2012, 01:14:02 AM
Post by: national highway 1 on July 16, 2012, 01:14:02 AM
...when you see signs covered with greenout and you know what lies beneath it.
...knowing which roads/railways, etc. intersect/ cross over/under each other along the road you're traveling on.
...knowing which roads/railways, etc. intersect/ cross over/under each other along the road you're traveling on.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on July 16, 2012, 03:22:41 AM
Post by: NE2 on July 16, 2012, 03:22:41 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on July 16, 2012, 12:01:26 AMCan't say I know what you mean - never had anyone look at my nuts.
... you see a Button Copy Interstate Shield and go crazy and others look at you like your nuts.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cpzilliacus on July 16, 2012, 11:10:01 AM
Post by: cpzilliacus on July 16, 2012, 11:10:01 AM
Quote from: Zmapper on July 16, 2012, 12:34:11 AM
Whenever I ride the Denver light rail, I always try to get the seat closest to the driver that is forward facing and on the right. I like to look out the skinny window at the track ahead.
The Washington Metrorail system allows passengers to look out the front of the railcar through the opaque ("smoked") plastic sheeting between the passenger seats and the operators compartment.
Not that much to look at in the underground sections of the system, but since long segments of the Washington Metro are at-grade or above-grade, there are things to see, especially during daylight hours.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bugo on July 16, 2012, 12:02:06 PM
Post by: bugo on July 16, 2012, 12:02:06 PM
Quote from: NE2 on July 16, 2012, 03:22:41 AMQuote from: rickmastfan67 on July 16, 2012, 12:01:26 AMCan't say I know what you mean - never had anyone look at my nuts.
... you see a Button Copy Interstate Shield and go crazy and others look at you like your nuts.
You're missing out.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on July 17, 2012, 12:37:54 AM
Post by: mgk920 on July 17, 2012, 12:37:54 AM
I've always been able to look 'forward' on CTA trains, too.
Mike
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You\'re A Roadgeek If...
Post by: national highway 1 on July 17, 2012, 04:11:36 AM
Post by: national highway 1 on July 17, 2012, 04:11:36 AM
...you have Google Earth as an icon in your taskbar (this applies to Windows 7 and/or Vista)
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...you have a map of the area you live in that's 20 years old as a Facebook Timeline Cover.
...you walk round a square (plaza with a garden) in the same way as if it were a roundabout/rotary/traffic circle.
Post Merge: July 22, 2012, 07:53:40 AM
...you have a map of the area you live in that's 20 years old as a Facebook Timeline Cover.
...you walk round a square (plaza with a garden) in the same way as if it were a roundabout/rotary/traffic circle.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on August 27, 2012, 12:40:28 AM
Post by: vtk on August 27, 2012, 12:40:28 AM
...your video uploads to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/VidNudistKid/videos) are primarily about roads
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 74/171FAN on August 27, 2012, 07:40:31 AM
Post by: 74/171FAN on August 27, 2012, 07:40:31 AM
you don't need signs on campus to figure out where your classes are the first week.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AM
Post by: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AM
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
- You were, as a kid, one of the first to spot US 309 shields instead of PA 309 shields all over the mile markers on the southern segment from the Turnpike to Easton Road around 2008-ish (I forget). This was confirmed by a PennDOT coworker of my dad's. :nod:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on August 27, 2012, 10:51:24 AM
Post by: mgk920 on August 27, 2012, 10:51:24 AM
Quote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AM
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
And you used chalk, charcoal and/or whatever else was handy to draw lane lines, signs and so forth on said sidewalks, driveways and streets.
:nod:
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 11:28:43 AM
Post by: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 11:28:43 AM
Pretty much, yeah. :-D
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: akotchi on August 27, 2012, 12:05:52 PM
Post by: akotchi on August 27, 2012, 12:05:52 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AMAre they still around???
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
- You were, as a kid, one of the first to spot US 309 shields instead of PA 309 shields all over the mile markers on the southern segment from the Turnpike to Easton Road around 2008-ish (I forget). This was confirmed by a PennDOT coworker of my dad's. :nod:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on August 27, 2012, 01:23:02 PM
Post by: DaBigE on August 27, 2012, 01:23:02 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on August 27, 2012, 10:51:24 AMQuote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AM
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
And you used chalk, charcoal and/or whatever else was handy to draw lane lines, signs and so forth on said sidewalks, driveways and streets.
:nod:
Mike
I used to take it a step further by taking cardboard from old boxes and making them into Type 2 barricades with a little tape and orange and white construction paper. That, combined with some plastic sports cones, I had my own little construction zones.
When I was little, I always wanted the plastic signs and working traffic light (Power Wheels accessories??) that Toys 'r Us used to sell. Alas, Santa never brought them. :-(
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on August 27, 2012, 02:11:49 PM
Post by: Henry on August 27, 2012, 02:11:49 PM
Quote from: kurumi on May 29, 2012, 07:57:14 PMLove how you re-created the features, like the BGS attachments, the grassy abutments and the concrete median and sound barriers. Never learned how to build one that way, though.
I didn't want to create yet another thread, so here's an overpass over a 6-lane freeway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40485587@N04/5284955732/in/photostream) done in "Micropolis" Lego style: one lane is 8 mm wide (i.e. one "row of bumpies").
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadsguy on August 28, 2012, 11:07:42 AM
Post by: Roadsguy on August 28, 2012, 11:07:42 AM
Quote from: akotchi on August 27, 2012, 12:05:52 PMQuote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AMAre they still around???
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
- You were, as a kid, one of the first to spot US 309 shields instead of PA 309 shields all over the mile markers on the southern segment from the Turnpike to Easton Road around 2008-ish (I forget). This was confirmed by a PennDOT coworker of my dad's. :nod:
Nope.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kurumi on August 28, 2012, 08:45:19 PM
Post by: kurumi on August 28, 2012, 08:45:19 PM
Quote from: Henry on August 27, 2012, 02:11:49 PMQuote from: kurumi on May 29, 2012, 07:57:14 PMLove how you re-created the features, like the BGS attachments, the grassy abutments and the concrete median and sound barriers. Never learned how to build one that way, though.
I didn't want to create yet another thread, so here's an overpass over a 6-lane freeway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40485587@N04/5284955732/in/photostream) done in "Micropolis" Lego style: one lane is 8 mm wide (i.e. one "row of bumpies").
Just to clarify: this is Rakanishu1024's work (the Flickr account owner), not mine.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on August 29, 2012, 03:46:40 PM
Post by: mgk920 on August 29, 2012, 03:46:40 PM
I also built my share of urban freeway interchanges in the sandbox.
:nod:
Mike
:nod:
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on August 31, 2012, 01:58:41 AM
Post by: DaBigE on August 31, 2012, 01:58:41 AM
Quote from: mgk920 on August 29, 2012, 03:46:40 PM
I also built my share of urban freeway interchanges in the sandbox.
:nod:
Mike
You know you're a roadgeek if your sandbox contained more roads and bridges than sand castles. I remember making a lot of roads, but never any castles.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Rushmeister on August 31, 2012, 12:39:41 PM
Post by: Rushmeister on August 31, 2012, 12:39:41 PM
Your spouse is in the car with you and you wonder if that road veering off at a fork is an earlier alignment of the road highway you're on. BUT you bite your tongue and don't say anything at all because you're tired of the ridicule you always get when you bring up the subject.
I saw the sandbox comment, and the memories came flooding through my mind...
I was about 5 when my road-building aspirations outgrew the sandbox. One fine morning in 1970, I noticed that my father had just tilled up the garden and I just couldn't help myself. Without permission, I moved some of my fleet of toy cars and trucks into the garden, but soon discovered that the tilled earth wasn't quite smooth enough for suitable "driving". So, I used my Tonka grader, bulldozer, and dump truck to begin constructing a network of "improved" roads at one end of the garden. (Tonka really made some good stuff back then.) After an hour or two I had made a lot progress at extending my highway empire to some of the more far-flung and previously uncivilized portions of the garden.
Suddenly, I realized that my father was standing before me. I looked up -- his hands were firmly planted on his hips and he didn't look very happy. "Uh oh," I thought, "I'm in big trouble." Then, slowly, a smile crept over his face and he chuckled a little. Then he began to laugh when he saw how afraid and embarrassed I was.
Most of my empire ended up being rezoned that day for agricultural uses, but he let me keep a small section of the most "scenic" highway at one end of the garden. Over the course of that growing season I enjoyed "driving" my cars on those roads, always with some sort of road construction project taking place (I think I used marbles for smudge pots around construction zones!). I even fashioned little guard rails where my road went past a "canyon". I wish my folks had taken pictures of the world I created that summer.
Quote from: mgk920 on August 29, 2012, 03:46:40 PM
I also built my share of urban freeway interchanges in the sandbox.
I saw the sandbox comment, and the memories came flooding through my mind...
I was about 5 when my road-building aspirations outgrew the sandbox. One fine morning in 1970, I noticed that my father had just tilled up the garden and I just couldn't help myself. Without permission, I moved some of my fleet of toy cars and trucks into the garden, but soon discovered that the tilled earth wasn't quite smooth enough for suitable "driving". So, I used my Tonka grader, bulldozer, and dump truck to begin constructing a network of "improved" roads at one end of the garden. (Tonka really made some good stuff back then.) After an hour or two I had made a lot progress at extending my highway empire to some of the more far-flung and previously uncivilized portions of the garden.
Suddenly, I realized that my father was standing before me. I looked up -- his hands were firmly planted on his hips and he didn't look very happy. "Uh oh," I thought, "I'm in big trouble." Then, slowly, a smile crept over his face and he chuckled a little. Then he began to laugh when he saw how afraid and embarrassed I was.
Most of my empire ended up being rezoned that day for agricultural uses, but he let me keep a small section of the most "scenic" highway at one end of the garden. Over the course of that growing season I enjoyed "driving" my cars on those roads, always with some sort of road construction project taking place (I think I used marbles for smudge pots around construction zones!). I even fashioned little guard rails where my road went past a "canyon". I wish my folks had taken pictures of the world I created that summer.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 12:45:18 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 12:45:18 PM
Quote from: Rushmeister on August 31, 2012, 12:39:41 PM
Your spouse is in the car with you and you wonder if that road veering off at a fork is an earlier alignment of the road highway you're on. BUT you bite your tongue and don't say anything at all because you're tired of the ridicule you always get when you bring up the subject.
need spouse upgrade...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on August 31, 2012, 02:11:26 PM
Post by: kphoger on August 31, 2012, 02:11:26 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 12:45:18 PMQuote from: Rushmeister on August 31, 2012, 12:39:41 PM
Your spouse is in the car with you and you wonder if that road veering off at a fork is an earlier alignment of the road highway you're on. BUT you bite your tongue and don't say anything at all because you're tired of the ridicule you always get when you bring up the subject.
need spouse upgrade...
??? !
Apparently, the roadgeek itch is more sacred than marriage........
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 03:12:04 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 03:12:04 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 31, 2012, 02:11:26 PM
??? !
Apparently, the roadgeek itch is more sacred than marriage........
more sacred than constant ridicule, for sure.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on August 31, 2012, 06:53:36 PM
Post by: Alps on August 31, 2012, 06:53:36 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 31, 2012, 02:11:26 PM50% of marriages end in divorce. Maybe 5% of roadgeeks give up roads.Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 12:45:18 PMQuote from: Rushmeister on August 31, 2012, 12:39:41 PM
Your spouse is in the car with you and you wonder if that road veering off at a fork is an earlier alignment of the road highway you're on. BUT you bite your tongue and don't say anything at all because you're tired of the ridicule you always get when you bring up the subject.
need spouse upgrade...
??? !
Apparently, the roadgeek itch is more sacred than marriage........
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Darkchylde on August 31, 2012, 09:36:11 PM
Post by: Darkchylde on August 31, 2012, 09:36:11 PM
Quote from: Steve on August 31, 2012, 06:53:36 PMRoadgeeks giving up roads? Heresy!Quote from: kphoger on August 31, 2012, 02:11:26 PM50% of marriages end in divorce. Maybe 5% of roadgeeks give up roads.Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 12:45:18 PMQuote from: Rushmeister on August 31, 2012, 12:39:41 PM
Your spouse is in the car with you and you wonder if that road veering off at a fork is an earlier alignment of the road highway you're on. BUT you bite your tongue and don't say anything at all because you're tired of the ridicule you always get when you bring up the subject.
need spouse upgrade...
??? !
Apparently, the roadgeek itch is more sacred than marriage........
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on September 12, 2012, 06:51:42 PM
Post by: hm insulators on September 12, 2012, 06:51:42 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AM
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
I used to do that. Because we lived on a street with no sidewalks when I was growing up, I always used to enjoy going to family friends in neighborhoods that had sidewalks because I could take long walks and pretend I was driving down the highway. I would even pretend the "car radio" was playing a rock station by singing, making noises like an electric guitar, a bass, drums or whatever (not too loud, though, or people would think I'm even weirder than they already did! :-D) I remember doing that well into my teens, not just when I was little, either.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cpzilliacus on October 10, 2012, 12:32:51 AM
Post by: cpzilliacus on October 10, 2012, 12:32:51 AM
You know you're a roadgeek when you watch shows like "The Amazing Race," "Alaska State Troopers" and "COPS" (in part) to look at the highway infrastructure.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zmapper on November 14, 2012, 11:16:54 PM
Post by: Zmapper on November 14, 2012, 11:16:54 PM
... You ask the theater attendant where the "rest area" is!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Big John on November 14, 2012, 11:27:27 PM
Post by: Big John on November 14, 2012, 11:27:27 PM
When a relative noticed an unusual sign, then i tell hell all about it and what the standard MUTCD sign should be with all the details. Also had to correct her and give details of a VMS when she called it a "neon" sign.
Also when getting called at home to give driving directions for someone on the road, i recited what routes to taken, including what the signs will say along the way.
Also when getting called at home to give driving directions for someone on the road, i recited what routes to taken, including what the signs will say along the way.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brian556 on November 15, 2012, 12:47:46 AM
Post by: Brian556 on November 15, 2012, 12:47:46 AM
The thing that offends you most about "Jersey Shore" is the incorrect NJ Route 35 sign on the kitchen wall.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on November 15, 2012, 01:31:00 PM
Post by: vtk on November 15, 2012, 01:31:00 PM
Quote from: Big John on November 14, 2012, 11:27:27 PM
...her and give details of a VMS when she called it a "neon" sign.
Doesn't MUTCD favor the term "changeable message sign"?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: allniter89 on November 15, 2012, 07:31:30 PM
Post by: allniter89 on November 15, 2012, 07:31:30 PM
....while watching a weather report you know which interstates will be affected by the storm. :nod:
.....when hearing two (or more) cities mentioned, as in sports scores etc, you think of which highways you'd take to get from one city to the other.
.....when you see a car dealer license plate frame from out of town, you think of which highways you'd take to get from your home to where the car was bought. Same thing with 18 wheelers, they usually have their home terminal city on the truck, I think which highways I'd take to get there from my home.
:hmmm: I think my geekness leans more toward an obession with road maps. When I drove a 18 wheeler, sometimes when I was waiitng to load/unload I would open my Rand McNally Motor Carriers Road Atlas and just peruse state maps that I'd seen a 100 times before. Usually I found something I hadnt noticed before on a map. I guess I'm a map geek also, anyone else?
.....when hearing two (or more) cities mentioned, as in sports scores etc, you think of which highways you'd take to get from one city to the other.
.....when you see a car dealer license plate frame from out of town, you think of which highways you'd take to get from your home to where the car was bought. Same thing with 18 wheelers, they usually have their home terminal city on the truck, I think which highways I'd take to get there from my home.
:hmmm: I think my geekness leans more toward an obession with road maps. When I drove a 18 wheeler, sometimes when I was waiitng to load/unload I would open my Rand McNally Motor Carriers Road Atlas and just peruse state maps that I'd seen a 100 times before. Usually I found something I hadnt noticed before on a map. I guess I'm a map geek also, anyone else?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on November 19, 2012, 06:43:41 PM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on November 19, 2012, 06:43:41 PM
.. you get upset at the local news when they show or mention the wrong type of route. (Say something is a State Route when it's a US Route)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Rushmeister on November 20, 2012, 11:43:46 AM
Post by: Rushmeister on November 20, 2012, 11:43:46 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on November 19, 2012, 06:43:41 PM
.. you get upset at the local news when they show or mention the wrong type of route. (Say something is a State Route when it's a US Route)
Oh, man. That drives me nuts. It happens all the time during tornado season on at least one Indianapolis TV station. When they break in with a special weather report, the radar imaging program they use just goes haywire with the route symbols. I don't know if the problem is with the software designers or the users at the station, but I think at some time there may have been a discussion sort of like this...
"Shield or square on that state highway?"
"Oh, I don't know. Which do you think is prettier?"
(Duh)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on November 20, 2012, 12:01:19 PM
Post by: formulanone on November 20, 2012, 12:01:19 PM
You listen to the local Highway Advisory Radio station, even if you aren't intending to take that road, that day.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MVHighways on November 23, 2012, 08:31:30 PM
Post by: MVHighways on November 23, 2012, 08:31:30 PM
-When you don't call Interstate 95 by "Route 128" and you are a lifelong Boston area resident
-When you get embarrassed when the driver of the car turns on his/her phone for directions (that happened to me today, we were leaving the Natick Mall to go onto I-90 and we are getting out, my mother turns on directions to our house and when she put it down, I pushed "END" on the map and told her to take a left on Speen Street); and also when said driver keeps on telling you that one other road is the opposite direction of what you are telling them (to get to I-95 from I-90 in Natick/Framingham you have to take 90 East; she kept telling me it is West--later, I told her 95 North will get you to US 3 North in Burlington which is where we want to be and she thought it was South.)
Oh, and as for I-90: stay tuned for the video :P
-When you get embarrassed when the driver of the car turns on his/her phone for directions (that happened to me today, we were leaving the Natick Mall to go onto I-90 and we are getting out, my mother turns on directions to our house and when she put it down, I pushed "END" on the map and told her to take a left on Speen Street); and also when said driver keeps on telling you that one other road is the opposite direction of what you are telling them (to get to I-95 from I-90 in Natick/Framingham you have to take 90 East; she kept telling me it is West--later, I told her 95 North will get you to US 3 North in Burlington which is where we want to be and she thought it was South.)
Oh, and as for I-90: stay tuned for the video :P
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on November 30, 2012, 10:29:31 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on November 30, 2012, 10:29:31 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AMAnd when there were no sidewalks, you just used trails on the sides of the road, or into the woods.
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on December 01, 2012, 09:44:05 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on December 01, 2012, 09:44:05 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on November 30, 2012, 10:29:31 PMQuote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AMAnd when there were no sidewalks, you just used trails on the sides of the road, or into the woods.
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
As a kid, there was a period where I put signage up along the trails in the woods we played in, with control points of various named locations we had established.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on December 01, 2012, 12:37:51 PM
Post by: kphoger on December 01, 2012, 12:37:51 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 01, 2012, 09:44:05 AMQuote from: D-Dey65 on November 30, 2012, 10:29:31 PMQuote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AMAnd when there were no sidewalks, you just used trails on the sides of the road, or into the woods.
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
As a kid, there was a period where I put signage up along the trails in the woods we played in, with control points of various named locations we had established.
This man deserves some sort of medal, award, or psychotherapy.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cjk374 on December 02, 2012, 11:44:34 AM
Post by: cjk374 on December 02, 2012, 11:44:34 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 01, 2012, 09:44:05 AMGUILTY!! I had a dirt area where I made an interstate loop around a road-filled area. It was an area of red-clay dirt, but I found some gray/white colored soil in another part of my yard that I moved to my road area & used it to simulate concrete pavement for my interstate loop.Quote from: D-Dey65 on November 30, 2012, 10:29:31 PMQuote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AMAnd when there were no sidewalks, you just used trails on the sides of the road, or into the woods.
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
As a kid, there was a period where I put signage up along the trails in the woods we played in, with control points of various named locations we had established.
I made signs from cardboard, hand wrote the text & shields on my "BGSs" (even though it was still cardboard colored), & they were mounted (glued) on popsicle sticks. Nothing MUTCD compliant there!
I also gave as much emphasis to the roads on my train layout as I did the trains & track.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on December 02, 2012, 04:31:40 PM
Post by: DaBigE on December 02, 2012, 04:31:40 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on December 02, 2012, 11:44:34 AM
I also gave as much emphasis to the roads on my train layout as I did the trains & track.
Same here. Roads/lanes had to be x-inches wide, intersection corner radi of y-inches. Signs, traffic lights, and crossing signals of course had to be as close to the real thing as possible. The track? Meh, just make sure it connects, throw in a coulple switches for good measure, and make sure it doesn't fall off the track. :biggrin:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cjk374 on December 02, 2012, 04:46:13 PM
Post by: cjk374 on December 02, 2012, 04:46:13 PM
Quote from: DaBigE on December 02, 2012, 04:31:40 PMThat almost sounds like how my paycheck-source runs things. :rofl:Quote from: cjk374 on December 02, 2012, 11:44:34 AM
I also gave as much emphasis to the roads on my train layout as I did the trains & track.
The track? Meh, just make sure it connects, throw in a coulple switches for good measure, and make sure it doesn't fall off the track. :biggrin:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on December 03, 2012, 11:58:51 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on December 03, 2012, 11:58:51 PM
I also had a Hot Wheels city laid out on a large piece of cardboard. Pavement was made of masking tape. The piece de resistance, however, was Interstate 47, cutting through town, complete with a Jersey barrier made of half-toothpicks, cardboard bridges, and toothpick gantries with cardboard signs. Later I went back and redid the signs in Microsoft Word with Blue Highway font (Michael Adams had yet to make his fonts, or else I hadn't found them yet), printed out and taped over the signs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on December 05, 2012, 12:57:20 AM
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on December 05, 2012, 12:57:20 AM
Quote from: CenVlyDave on May 23, 2012, 03:36:59 PM
A play off the Tom-Tom navigational system, and my name is Dave.
Similarly I had a friend of mine start calling me "Pat-Pat" as well during/following a roadtrip to a college conference last year.
-When your friends fight over who you ride with because they want you to navigate for them.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on December 17, 2012, 11:16:59 AM
Post by: kphoger on December 17, 2012, 11:16:59 AM
I immediately had to find out where Missouri state highway 17 was located.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2Fmo17_zps12c0d569.png&hash=6a4865e7e466ee2a60947fd75d72c5563fe2534d)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2Fmo17_zps12c0d569.png&hash=6a4865e7e466ee2a60947fd75d72c5563fe2534d)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on December 17, 2012, 04:25:13 PM
Post by: vtk on December 17, 2012, 04:25:13 PM
When I need to remember a numeric string, I break it into digit groups which are the numbers of highways I can picture on a mental map.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on December 17, 2012, 04:51:59 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on December 17, 2012, 04:51:59 PM
When you get your new phone number (this would be August 1991 when I started college) and you immediately note the pattern of the last four numbers reflects the two major highways serving the town (my number that year was 971-2964–the two major highways serving Charlottesville are US-29 and I-64).
I did not test out that mnemonic for remembering the number when giving it to any females, however.
I did not test out that mnemonic for remembering the number when giving it to any females, however.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on December 17, 2012, 06:36:00 PM
Post by: Alps on December 17, 2012, 06:36:00 PM
Quote from: vtk on December 17, 2012, 04:25:13 PMYes. I try to pick out interchanges, too.
When I need to remember a numeric string, I break it into digit groups which are the numbers of highways I can picture on a mental map.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 17, 2012, 06:38:47 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 17, 2012, 06:38:47 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 17, 2012, 04:51:59 PM
When you get your new phone number (this would be August 1991 when I started college) and you immediately note the pattern of the last four numbers reflects the two major highways serving the town (my number that year was 971-2964–the two major highways serving Charlottesville are US-29 and I-64).
I did not test out that mnemonic for remembering the number when giving it to any females, however.
a friend of mine has a phone number whose first three digits are a route in CA which goes through the town we live in; then the last four are 4194, which are the two numbers used by the east-west section of the Tamiami Trail - US-94 became an extension of US-41 in 1950.
(as he posts here, I'm obscuring his phone number somewhat!)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on December 27, 2012, 02:35:20 AM
Post by: yakra on December 27, 2012, 02:35:20 AM
...at the Laundromat, while waiting for the time on the dryer to count down, you try to silently list the termini for each number within the allotted one second.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on December 27, 2012, 10:51:34 AM
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on December 27, 2012, 10:51:34 AM
If you'd rather read an Atlas over a book, you might be a road geek.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 27, 2012, 12:02:27 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 27, 2012, 12:02:27 PM
You know more about the roads of an area than locals do. And without having been ever there.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: broadhurst04 on December 28, 2012, 11:31:43 PM
Post by: broadhurst04 on December 28, 2012, 11:31:43 PM
....you look at an outdoor Christmas decoration from the back and think, "Hey. That looks like a map of Virginia."
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on December 29, 2012, 12:02:47 AM
Post by: vtk on December 29, 2012, 12:02:47 AM
When choosing a cheap souvenier for your boss, you choose the one that's a map with interstates on it because that is more likely to remind her of you.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 30, 2012, 11:31:04 AM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 30, 2012, 11:31:04 AM
You have got a couple bridges right each other, and you always cross the one on the same side as traffic flows (The right one for most of us).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: doorknob60 on January 03, 2013, 05:30:24 AM
Post by: doorknob60 on January 03, 2013, 05:30:24 AM
I had large cities built out of hot wheel tracks (and whatever else I could make roads out of) filling my ENTIRE room. After a couple weeks I'd tear it down and start a new one. I would print out road signs and tape them onto the roads. Then I would spend hours driving around it, and once I left my room even though there were no roads, I drove my Hot wheels around imaginary roads around the house, and even outside on the sidewalk :D
I think I stopped doing that when I got SimCity :D But wow, some good times
I think I stopped doing that when I got SimCity :D But wow, some good times
Quote from: vtk on December 17, 2012, 04:25:13 PMThat's how I remember my social security number. Without giving the numbers of course, it consists of my area code, an Oregon state route, and two Interstates (one present in OR and one in WA). It's the first thing I thought of when I saw the number too, and it stuck without even trying :)
When I need to remember a numeric string, I break it into digit groups which are the numbers of highways I can picture on a mental map.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on January 03, 2013, 09:56:30 AM
Post by: 1995hoo on January 03, 2013, 09:56:30 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 27, 2012, 12:02:27 PM
You know more about the roads of an area than locals do. And without having been ever there.
You travel to visit friends in a city in another country, on another continent, and even though you've never been there before you're the one giving directions to everyone from the pub to the museum you're all visiting (2007 trip to Bristol, England, to visit Concorde G-BOAF at Filton).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on January 03, 2013, 10:26:09 AM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on January 03, 2013, 10:26:09 AM
You're getting impatient because the MTQ's GIS (http://transports.atlas.gouv.qc.ca/Infrastructures/InfraClassesRoutes.asp) isn't being updated over the holidays.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on January 03, 2013, 12:47:45 PM
Post by: DaBigE on January 03, 2013, 12:47:45 PM
Quote from: doorknob60 on January 03, 2013, 05:30:24 AM
I had large cities built out of hot wheel tracks (and whatever else I could make roads out of) filling my ENTIRE room. After a couple weeks I'd tear it down and start a new one. I would print out road signs and tape them onto the roads. Then I would spend hours driving around it, and once I left my room even though there were no roads, I drove my Hot wheels around imaginary roads around the house, and even outside on the sidewalk :D
- You measure floor tiles by how many lanes there are for your cars/grout lines turn into lane lines
- Powdered sugar isn't just a garnish for your French toast, rather, it's snow to push around with your snowplows
- You see a large sheet of paper and all you can think about is what kind of roads and highways you can design on there
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 03, 2013, 11:00:19 PM
Post by: Alps on January 03, 2013, 11:00:19 PM
Quote from: DaBigE on January 03, 2013, 12:47:45 PMNot so much powdered sugar. I'm a big fan of food. But #1 and #3, hell yes. I'll hold onto sheets of paper at work instead of throwing them out and go to town during lunch.Quote from: doorknob60 on January 03, 2013, 05:30:24 AM
I had large cities built out of hot wheel tracks (and whatever else I could make roads out of) filling my ENTIRE room. After a couple weeks I'd tear it down and start a new one. I would print out road signs and tape them onto the roads. Then I would spend hours driving around it, and once I left my room even though there were no roads, I drove my Hot wheels around imaginary roads around the house, and even outside on the sidewalk :D
- You measure floor tiles by how many lanes there are for your cars/grout lines turn into lane lines
- Powdered sugar isn't just a garnish for your French toast, rather, it's snow to push around with your snowplows
- You see a large sheet of paper and all you can think about is what kind of roads and highways you can design on there
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on January 04, 2013, 10:03:11 AM
Post by: kphoger on January 04, 2013, 10:03:11 AM
I was preparing a report at work yesterday, and came across these two cells on the spreadsheet:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2F40limit_zpsbfd3eee8.png&hash=6c31e92248df39b00877bb5064839ec0a2e657ab)
I know I'm a roadgeek because I immediately thought of road signs.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2F40limit_zpsbfd3eee8.png&hash=6c31e92248df39b00877bb5064839ec0a2e657ab)
I know I'm a roadgeek because I immediately thought of road signs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 04, 2013, 10:39:47 AM
Post by: vtk on January 04, 2013, 10:39:47 AM
Quote from: kphoger on January 04, 2013, 10:03:11 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2F40limit_zpsbfd3eee8.png&hash=6c31e92248df39b00877bb5064839ec0a2e657ab)
I know I'm a roadgeek because I immediately thought of road signs.
Did it make you think of any specific road signs? Like maybe this one?
Quote from: vtk on June 20, 2012, 05:30:59 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fcvspeedlimit-ua12.jpg&hash=9980aebebc7e8bdb2e9e9a01d52c0b4ea64e42c1)
Riverside Dr NB (US 33 WB) between Club Rd and Cambridge Blvd / Trabue Rd
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on January 04, 2013, 01:38:19 PM
Post by: kphoger on January 04, 2013, 01:38:19 PM
Sorry to say, my mind initially split them into two signs: one for a speed limit, one a BGS with Clearview. Later, I did entertain the idea of a Clearview Speed Limit 40 sign, but wasn't about to hunt one down. I am, after all, at work.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on January 10, 2013, 07:51:30 PM
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on January 10, 2013, 07:51:30 PM
If you'd rather see a Mountain Pass sign on the road than the actual mountains, you KNOW you're a road geek.
If you like Google Maps WAY more than Facebook, you are DEFINITELY a road geek.
If you like Google Maps WAY more than Facebook, you are DEFINITELY a road geek.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadsguy on January 10, 2013, 08:18:40 PM
Post by: Roadsguy on January 10, 2013, 08:18:40 PM
At this point, I almost like Facebook more than Google Maps, and I don't even use Facebook... :spin:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on January 10, 2013, 08:25:22 PM
Post by: kphoger on January 10, 2013, 08:25:22 PM
If you've ever actually noticed an error on Google Maps....or any map....ever.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 10, 2013, 09:24:05 PM
Post by: vtk on January 10, 2013, 09:24:05 PM
If you've ever compiled a list of corrections for a single map to send to a mapmaker
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadsguy on January 11, 2013, 07:48:50 AM
Post by: Roadsguy on January 11, 2013, 07:48:50 AM
Quote from: vtk on January 10, 2013, 09:24:05 PM
If you've ever compiled a list of corrections for a single map to send to a mapmaker
I'd do that to Google if I knew they'd listen, or if I had the time and/or disk space to make the multi-terabyte list. :pan:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on January 11, 2013, 08:06:35 AM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on January 11, 2013, 08:06:35 AM
... you started to clap loudly when you heard Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory started doing Interstate trivia. (this happen on last night's show where he hacked the Lenard's GPS to use Sheldon's voice and give out trivia) The episode is called "The Bakersfield Expedition" if you want to go see it. ;)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on January 11, 2013, 10:43:24 AM
Post by: yakra on January 11, 2013, 10:43:24 AM
/me heads to hulu immediately.
("Scotty was on the original series", he says, verbatim, about a second and a half before Sheldon does...)
("Scotty was on the original series", he says, verbatim, about a second and a half before Sheldon does...)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on January 11, 2013, 03:36:02 PM
Post by: DaBigE on January 11, 2013, 03:36:02 PM
You get annoyed when you're behind a squad car (or other emergency vehicle) with chevron striping that's angled towards the center of the vehicle and not properly to the sides.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: KEK Inc. on January 12, 2013, 10:38:45 AM
Post by: KEK Inc. on January 12, 2013, 10:38:45 AM
When I go mountain biking, I imagine the trail is a signed highway. Of course, in more intense trails, that takes a little bit of creativity in the wrong times...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadsguy on January 13, 2013, 09:00:00 AM
Post by: Roadsguy on January 13, 2013, 09:00:00 AM
I used to pretend everything was a road, from paths in a zoo to supermarket aisles. :spin:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Jim on January 13, 2013, 09:53:02 AM
Post by: Jim on January 13, 2013, 09:53:02 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on January 11, 2013, 08:06:35 AM
... you started to clap loudly when you heard Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory started doing Interstate trivia. (this happen on last night's show where he hacked the Lenard's GPS to use Sheldon's voice and give out trivia) The episode is called "The Bakersfield Expedition" if you want to go see it. ;)
... even more so when your wife just looks over knowing you're going to try to answer the trivia question from memory immediately after the Sheldon/GPS asked it.
I got 3 of 4 pretty quickly (Dover, Pierre, Juneau), wondered out loud whether the BBT writers were aware that CC, NV, is now on a signed interstate, and then remembered the 4th correct answer by saying "Oh yeah, we had lunch in Jeff City just last summer".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 13, 2013, 11:17:39 AM
Post by: vtk on January 13, 2013, 11:17:39 AM
... there's a road trivia question on The Big Bang Theory and your first thought is to start a discussion on AARoads Forum about it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: english si on January 13, 2013, 01:24:47 PM
Post by: english si on January 13, 2013, 01:24:47 PM
I was going to, but didn't know where to put it!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 13, 2013, 10:44:33 PM
Post by: Alps on January 13, 2013, 10:44:33 PM
One I figured out today
You know you're a roadgeek if you go past your turn in order to U-turn and check out the signs in the opposite direction.
You know you're a roadgeek if you go past your turn in order to U-turn and check out the signs in the opposite direction.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on January 14, 2013, 01:55:35 AM
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on January 14, 2013, 01:55:35 AM
Quote from: Steve on January 13, 2013, 10:44:33 PM
One I figured out today
You know you're a roadgeek if you go past your turn in order to U-turn and check out the signs in the opposite direction.
GUILTY!!!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cjk374 on January 14, 2013, 07:04:52 PM
Post by: cjk374 on January 14, 2013, 07:04:52 PM
Quote from: drummer_evans_aki on January 14, 2013, 01:55:35 AMx3!Quote from: Steve on January 13, 2013, 10:44:33 PM
One I figured out today
You know you're a roadgeek if you go past your turn in order to U-turn and check out the signs in the opposite direction.
GUILTY!!!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on January 14, 2013, 07:12:01 PM
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on January 14, 2013, 07:12:01 PM
When I was younger my Dad would make fun of me for always noticing when a road had been either resurfaced or restriped.
He had a distinctive way of saying "new paavement" and "new linnes".
When I was pretty fresh out of school I spent a summer inspecting a roads crew resurface roads in Waterloo Region. I have always, and still do, really like the smell of freshly laid asphalt.
He had a distinctive way of saying "new paavement" and "new linnes".
When I was pretty fresh out of school I spent a summer inspecting a roads crew resurface roads in Waterloo Region. I have always, and still do, really like the smell of freshly laid asphalt.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on January 14, 2013, 07:21:33 PM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on January 14, 2013, 07:21:33 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on January 14, 2013, 07:12:01 PM
I have always, and still do, really like the smell of freshly laid asphalt.
I think that's the fumes talking here. :bigass: LOL!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cjk374 on January 14, 2013, 07:40:16 PM
Post by: cjk374 on January 14, 2013, 07:40:16 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on January 14, 2013, 07:21:33 PMQuote from: AsphaltPlanet on January 14, 2013, 07:12:01 PM
I have always, and still do, really like the smell of freshly laid asphalt.
I think that's the fumes talking here. :bigass: LOL!
Asphalt smell gives me heartburn & indigestion....so does the smell of bleach. X-(
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 14, 2013, 10:23:26 PM
Post by: Alps on January 14, 2013, 10:23:26 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on January 14, 2013, 07:12:01 PMThis, and gasoline. Road projects in general, that earthy or rocky smell like something big is getting done.
When I was pretty fresh out of school I spent a summer inspecting a roads crew resurface roads in Waterloo Region. I have always, and still do, really like the smell of freshly laid asphalt.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 14, 2013, 10:34:42 PM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 14, 2013, 10:34:42 PM
You know you're a roadgeek when your informational document for English is how to draw a map, along with a sidebar about the interstates...
You know you're a roadgeek if you draw fictional sign assemblies in your free time at school...
You know you're a roadgeek if you draw fictional sign assemblies in your free time at school...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 14, 2013, 11:45:03 PM
Post by: vtk on January 14, 2013, 11:45:03 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on January 14, 2013, 10:34:42 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if you draw fictional sign assemblies in your free time at school...
I drafted interchanges all through middle and high school, applying a lot of what i'd learned in geometry class. Often there was a city-area map to go along with it and give context; sometimes I drew up signage plans too.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PM
If you noticed the mistake right away https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.04175,-88.241501&spn=0.160587,0.225563&t=h&z=12
:poke: :sombrero:
:poke: :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 15, 2013, 12:51:50 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 15, 2013, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: Steve on January 14, 2013, 10:23:26 PMQuote from: AsphaltPlanet on January 14, 2013, 07:12:01 PMThis, and gasoline. Road projects in general, that earthy or rocky smell like something big is getting done.
When I was pretty fresh out of school I spent a summer inspecting a roads crew resurface roads in Waterloo Region. I have always, and still do, really like the smell of freshly laid asphalt.
I'm the exact opposite. whenever I see road construction I think "gratuitous speed traps" and "there goes the neat old infrastructure".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on January 15, 2013, 02:50:52 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on January 15, 2013, 02:50:52 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 15, 2013, 12:51:50 PMQuote from: Steve on January 14, 2013, 10:23:26 PMQuote from: AsphaltPlanet on January 14, 2013, 07:12:01 PMThis, and gasoline. Road projects in general, that earthy or rocky smell like something big is getting done.
When I was pretty fresh out of school I spent a summer inspecting a roads crew resurface roads in Waterloo Region. I have always, and still do, really like the smell of freshly laid asphalt.
I'm the exact opposite. whenever I see road construction I think "gratuitous speed traps" and "there goes the neat old infrastructure".
this probably has to do with where you spent your formative years. Boston has "neat old infrastructure", Oklahoma has infrastructure where it's obvious nobody really knew how this freeway thing was supposed to work yet.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 15, 2013, 02:58:36 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 15, 2013, 02:58:36 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 15, 2013, 02:50:52 PM
this probably has to do with where you spent your formative years. Boston has "neat old infrastructure", Oklahoma has infrastructure where it's obvious nobody really knew how this freeway thing was supposed to work yet.
Boston has that too, just 20-30 years older.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cjk374 on January 15, 2013, 03:14:24 PM
Post by: cjk374 on January 15, 2013, 03:14:24 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PM
If you noticed the mistake right away https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.04175,-88.241501&spn=0.160587,0.225563&t=h&z=12
:poke: :sombrero:
Either 1 of 2 things I may have found:
1) They spelled out "State Hwy 282" instead of using a state route symbol.
2) They marked I-69 on the map when it hasn't officially made it through there yet?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 15, 2013, 05:02:40 PM
Post by: vtk on January 15, 2013, 05:02:40 PM
Asphalt, gasoline, and rubber cement: I find all of these smells nice, in moderation. Too strong or too prolonged, and I'll seek fresh air.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 07:26:48 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 07:26:48 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on January 15, 2013, 03:14:24 PMQuote from: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PM
If you noticed the mistake right away https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.04175,-88.241501&spn=0.160587,0.225563&t=h&z=12
:poke: :sombrero:
Either 1 of 2 things I may have found:
1) They spelled out "State Hwy 282" instead of using a state route symbol.
2) They marked I-69 on the map when it hasn't officially made it through there yet?
I was actually referring to I-66 on that map. I wasn't sure if that was a part of I-69 officially or not!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 15, 2013, 11:17:04 PM
Post by: Alps on January 15, 2013, 11:17:04 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PMThe mistake is Kentucky not getting I-66 completed across the
If you noticed the mistake right away https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.04175,-88.241501&spn=0.160587,0.225563&t=h&z=12
:poke: :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 11:51:33 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 11:51:33 PM
Quote from: Steve on January 15, 2013, 11:17:04 PMQuote from: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PMThe mistake is Kentucky not getting I-66 completed across the
If you noticed the mistake right away https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.04175,-88.241501&spn=0.160587,0.225563&t=h&z=12
:poke: :sombrero:statecountry.
Wait, so 66 is official, but incomplete like 73?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 15, 2013, 11:56:50 PM
Post by: Alps on January 15, 2013, 11:56:50 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 11:51:33 PMIn the sense that it exists in Virginia and was proposed elsewhere.Quote from: Steve on January 15, 2013, 11:17:04 PMQuote from: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PMThe mistake is Kentucky not getting I-66 completed across the
If you noticed the mistake right away https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.04175,-88.241501&spn=0.160587,0.225563&t=h&z=12
:poke: :sombrero:statecountry.
Wait, so 66 is official, but incomplete like 73?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 11:59:34 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 11:59:34 PM
Quote from: Steve on January 15, 2013, 11:56:50 PMWell, yeah, but why would google use it in a place where it's not official?Quote from: Molandfreak on January 15, 2013, 11:51:33 PMIn the sense that it exists in Virginia and was proposed elsewhere.Quote from: Steve on January 15, 2013, 11:17:04 PMQuote from: Molandfreak on January 14, 2013, 11:51:40 PMThe mistake is Kentucky not getting I-66 completed across the
If you noticed the mistake right away https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.04175,-88.241501&spn=0.160587,0.225563&t=h&z=12
:poke: :sombrero:statecountry.
Wait, so 66 is official, but incomplete like 73?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 16, 2013, 01:25:32 PM
Post by: vtk on January 16, 2013, 01:25:32 PM
Someone at Google probably saw an official Kentucky map which labels the corridor as "Future I-66" and entered that information accordingly. Then it got rendered on the map as plain I-66, without the "future" part because Google's map renderer drops such modifiers as Future and Business.
The same goes for I-69 and I-369, although at least part of I-69 actually is signed now.
The same goes for I-69 and I-369, although at least part of I-69 actually is signed now.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kurumi on January 17, 2013, 12:10:05 AM
Post by: kurumi on January 17, 2013, 12:10:05 AM
... frozen lake + several inches of new snow + snow shovel = skater highways.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on January 24, 2013, 05:09:55 PM
Post by: hm insulators on January 24, 2013, 05:09:55 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on January 13, 2013, 09:00:00 AM
I used to pretend everything was a road, from paths in a zoo to supermarket aisles. :spin:
I used to do that also. When I was in school, I used to give the hallways and corridors street names, too.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on January 24, 2013, 05:15:48 PM
Post by: Brandon on January 24, 2013, 05:15:48 PM
Quote from: hm insulators on January 24, 2013, 05:09:55 PMQuote from: Roadsguy on January 13, 2013, 09:00:00 AM
I used to pretend everything was a road, from paths in a zoo to supermarket aisles. :spin:
I used to do that also. When I was in school, I used to give the hallways and corridors street names, too.
I wanted to see the hallways striped in junior high and high school. I thought it might bring some order to the crowds of people in the halls between classes. A few "Keep Right" signs might've helped as well.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on January 24, 2013, 05:32:11 PM
Post by: formulanone on January 24, 2013, 05:32:11 PM
Quote from: hm insulators on January 24, 2013, 05:09:55 PM
I used to do that also. When I was in school, I used to give the hallways and corridors street names, too.
One of the elementary schools in my town actually does this; the paths are named after cartoon/comic characters (Snoopy Way, Snow White Blvd, etc.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 24, 2013, 07:48:01 PM
Post by: vtk on January 24, 2013, 07:48:01 PM
The central ring of hallways in my sixth-grade school was one-way. Counter-clockwise, like a roundabout. And it wasn't my idea.
(There's now a vehicular roundabout directly in front of the school, too.)
(There's now a vehicular roundabout directly in front of the school, too.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 24, 2013, 07:51:17 PM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 24, 2013, 07:51:17 PM
You know you are a roadgeek if you sometimes dream about roads.
(My dream last night involved making a left turn going up a steep hill on a four-lane undivided road that had I-25 shields. It was weird.)
(My dream last night involved making a left turn going up a steep hill on a four-lane undivided road that had I-25 shields. It was weird.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Big John on January 24, 2013, 09:32:12 PM
Post by: Big John on January 24, 2013, 09:32:12 PM
I thought of putting traffic lights at crossing hallways at my high school.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Sanctimoniously on January 24, 2013, 09:39:25 PM
Post by: Sanctimoniously on January 24, 2013, 09:39:25 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on January 24, 2013, 07:51:17 PM
(My dream last night involved making a left turn going up a steep hill on a four-lane undivided road that had I-25 shields. It was weird.)
I've had dreams about my hometown before, like a random side street suddenly having a bevy of old button-copy signs and billboards.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on January 28, 2013, 12:05:38 PM
Post by: kphoger on January 28, 2013, 12:05:38 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 24, 2013, 07:48:01 PM
The central ring of hallways in my sixth-grade school was one-way. Counter-clockwise, like a roundabout. And it wasn't my idea.
(There's now a vehicular roundabout directly in front of the school, too.)
I was once in charge of striping an area of a warehouse at work. I came really close to painting mini-roundabouts at some "intersections".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: elsmere241 on January 28, 2013, 03:29:59 PM
Post by: elsmere241 on January 28, 2013, 03:29:59 PM
You liken the numbers on shields (by size, typeface, etc.) to facial expressions.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PM
Post by: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PM
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on January 28, 2013, 08:47:33 PM
Post by: hbelkins on January 28, 2013, 08:47:33 PM
Quote from: Steve on January 13, 2013, 10:44:33 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if you go past your turn in order to U-turn and check out the signs in the opposite direction.
Guilty. And of turning down a road just to check out the signs as well.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on January 28, 2013, 10:35:13 PM
Post by: formulanone on January 28, 2013, 10:35:13 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on January 28, 2013, 03:29:59 PM
You liken the numbers on shields (by size, typeface, etc.) to facial expressions.
Cartoon (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg138248#msg138248)/Story (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg123449#msg123449) characters, in fact...er, imaginary fact.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PM
Post by: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PM
Quote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CrossCountryRoads on January 29, 2013, 01:26:22 PM
Post by: CrossCountryRoads on January 29, 2013, 01:26:22 PM
...you are intrigued by the town/city names that make it onto Interstate exit signs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US81 on January 29, 2013, 04:32:00 PM
Post by: US81 on January 29, 2013, 04:32:00 PM
Quote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
My earliest memory of my nascent roadgeeekiness.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on February 10, 2013, 12:34:49 AM
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on February 10, 2013, 12:34:49 AM
Quote from: CrossCountryRoads on January 29, 2013, 01:26:22 PM
...you are intrigued by the town/city names that make it onto Interstate exit signs.
Like Zzyzx, California? That one intrigued me.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on February 10, 2013, 01:07:13 AM
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on February 10, 2013, 01:07:13 AM
If you can highlight highways that can connect major cities in Alaska, all of Canada, the mainland United States, and Mexico, you are DEFINITELY a road geek.
And yes, I am guilty of it. And I'm stoked too.
And yes, I am guilty of it. And I'm stoked too.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on February 10, 2013, 01:25:38 AM
Post by: drummer_evans_aki on February 10, 2013, 01:25:38 AM
Quote from: Zmapper on November 14, 2012, 11:16:54 PM
... You ask the theater attendant where the "rest area" is!
I AM SO GUILTY OF THAT ONE!!!!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on February 10, 2013, 01:42:06 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on February 10, 2013, 01:42:06 AM
Quote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
I do the same, except I interpret the red as more of a :angry:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on February 10, 2013, 08:12:07 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on February 10, 2013, 08:12:07 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 10, 2013, 01:42:06 AMAnd when the light keeps you stopped for one or two cars to cross, when there are twenty people behind you, this is it: :verymad:Quote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
I do the same, except I interpret the red as more of a :angry:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on February 13, 2013, 03:39:44 PM
Post by: hm insulators on February 13, 2013, 03:39:44 PM
You go to the big PGA Tour event and when you get on the shuttle from the parking lot to the golf course, the driver says, "Okay, you are parked in Lot H and this is Stop 1, so remember: Stop H-1" and you say to yourself, "That's easy to remember--H-1, just like the freeway in Honolulu." That was me earlier this month when I went to the Waste Management Phoenix Open (the one Phil Mickelson ran away and hid with).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on February 24, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on February 24, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if you question the directions given in an SNL "The Californians" skit. The guy says he's going to go to Rancho Cucamonga by taking "the 118 east to the 405 north to the 5 north to the 210 east." A roadgeek questions it by saying, "Why couldn't you have taken the 118 all the way to the 210 instead of having to go all the way north to the Newhall?"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on February 24, 2013, 08:31:22 PM
Post by: kphoger on February 24, 2013, 08:31:22 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on February 24, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if you question the directions given in an SNL "The Californians" skit. The guy says he's going to go to Rancho Cucamonga by taking "the 118 east to the 405 north to the 5 north to the 210 east." A roadgeek questions it by saying, "Why couldn't you have taken the 118 all the way to the 210 instead of having to go all the way north to the Newhall?"
Answer: Because he's a roadgeek, and wanted to drive on more highways than that.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on February 24, 2013, 08:47:23 PM
Post by: thenetwork on February 24, 2013, 08:47:23 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 10, 2013, 01:42:06 AMQuote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
I do the same, except I interpret the red as more of a :angry:
I used to say Green Lights were HAPPY
Yellow Lights had a Bloody Nose
Red Lights were SAD.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on February 24, 2013, 10:25:34 PM
Post by: Brandon on February 24, 2013, 10:25:34 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on February 10, 2013, 08:12:07 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on February 10, 2013, 01:42:06 AMAnd when the light keeps you stopped for one or two cars to cross, when there are twenty people behind you, this is it: :verymad:Quote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
I do the same, except I interpret the red as more of a :angry:
How about zero cars as I've seen here in Illinois? Then it's more of this: :banghead:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on February 25, 2013, 01:03:41 AM
Post by: vtk on February 25, 2013, 01:03:41 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 24, 2013, 08:31:22 PMQuote from: CentralCAroadgeek on February 24, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if you question the directions given in an SNL "The Californians" skit. The guy says he's going to go to Rancho Cucamonga by taking "the 118 east to the 405 north to the 5 north to the 210 east." A roadgeek questions it by saying, "Why couldn't you have taken the 118 all the way to the 210 instead of having to go all the way north to the Newhall?"
Answer: Because he's a roadgeek, and wanted to drive on more highways than that.
More likely answer: the guy's from Newhall, and isn't familiar with many highways that don't radiate to or from there. (There are far too many people who default to driving past their house rather than make an effort to determine the shortest path from point to point...)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on February 25, 2013, 07:27:27 PM
Post by: Alps on February 25, 2013, 07:27:27 PM
Quote from: vtk on February 25, 2013, 01:03:41 AMMaybe he was going to Olive View Medical Center.Quote from: kphoger on February 24, 2013, 08:31:22 PMQuote from: CentralCAroadgeek on February 24, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if you question the directions given in an SNL "The Californians" skit. The guy says he's going to go to Rancho Cucamonga by taking "the 118 east to the 405 north to the 5 north to the 210 east." A roadgeek questions it by saying, "Why couldn't you have taken the 118 all the way to the 210 instead of having to go all the way north to the Newhall?"
Answer: Because he's a roadgeek, and wanted to drive on more highways than that.
More likely answer: the guy's from Newhall, and isn't familiar with many highways that don't radiate to or from there. (There are far too many people who default to driving past their house rather than make an effort to determine the shortest path from point to point...)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: route56 on February 26, 2013, 09:33:16 PM
Post by: route56 on February 26, 2013, 09:33:16 PM
Going back to Johnny Carson days... Directions to any of Art Fern's destinations inevitably involve the Slauson Cutoff (where you get out of the car.... ) or the fork in the road.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: andrewkbrown on February 26, 2013, 09:52:18 PM
Post by: andrewkbrown on February 26, 2013, 09:52:18 PM
Quote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
So I'm not the only one that sees facial expressions in traffic lights. I seems like a lot of you do.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on February 26, 2013, 10:07:33 PM
Post by: kphoger on February 26, 2013, 10:07:33 PM
Quote from: route56 on February 26, 2013, 09:33:16 PM
Going back to Johnny Carson days... Directions to any of Art Fern's destinations inevitably involve the Slauson Cutoff (where you get out of the car.... ) or the fork in the road.
If you read the phrase, Going back to Johnny Carson, and the very first thing that pops into your head is the Slauson Cutoff......you know you're a roadgeek.
Yes, that is what first came to my mind, so I'm glad it's actually what the post was about.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on February 27, 2013, 05:40:15 AM
Post by: vtk on February 27, 2013, 05:40:15 AM
Quote from: route56 on February 26, 2013, 09:33:16 PM
Going back to Johnny Carson days... Directions to any of Art Fern's destinations inevitably involve the Slauson Cutoff (where you get out of the car.... ) or the fork in the road.
You know you're in Generation Y if you've heard of the Slauson Cutoff a few times, but didn't know it was a Johnny Carson joke. (Also, if you think Leno and NBC totally screwed Conan.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on April 26, 2013, 09:24:58 AM
Post by: 1995hoo on April 26, 2013, 09:24:58 AM
You know you're a roadgeek when you wake up in the middle of the night to take a leak, you look at the clock to see what time it is, and you wonder briefly why the clock says "I-55."
(I must have been having a dream about driving somewhere, though I don't recall any specifics.)
(I must have been having a dream about driving somewhere, though I don't recall any specifics.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 26, 2013, 11:14:45 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 26, 2013, 11:14:45 AM
Quote from: vtk on February 27, 2013, 05:40:15 AM
You know you're in Generation Y if you've heard of the Slauson Cutoff a few times, but didn't know it was a Johnny Carson joke. (Also, if you think Leno and NBC totally screwed Conan.)
I've never heard of the Slauson Cutoff outside of Johnny Carson, and I was born in 1981. do people in LA actually refer to the 90 freeway as that?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: A.J. Bertin on April 26, 2013, 11:25:23 AM
Post by: A.J. Bertin on April 26, 2013, 11:25:23 AM
Quote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AM
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
I did that too as a kid! I pulled an empty red wagon around the driveway and back/forth along the sidewalk. LOL
I have a couple other ideas...
-You know you're a roadgeek if you spend your entire lunch hour at work playing on Google Maps and taking "virtual road trips" using Google Street View just to look at the highways, interchanges, signs, and urban areas.
-You know you're a roadgeek if you eat lots of meals alone at sit-down restaurants and bring in your atlas as reading material while you're waiting for your food.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Duke87 on April 28, 2013, 08:51:32 PM
Post by: Duke87 on April 28, 2013, 08:51:32 PM
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on April 26, 2013, 11:25:23 AMQuote from: Roadsguy on August 27, 2012, 08:34:59 AM
- You, as a kid, pretended sidewalks were roads and expressways and did all kinds of reconfigurations in your head and "drove" around.
I did that too as a kid! I pulled an empty red wagon around the driveway and back/forth along the sidewalk. LOL
My grandparents used to have a sandbox in their backyard. My favorite thing to do in that sandbox was take a flat-bottomed shovel and drag it across the sand to make roads.
I remember walking to school pretending the street was a highway, the sidewalks were service roads, and crosswalks were overpasses over the highway.
Later, after we moved and now lived in our own house, the front and backyard were filled with a network of "streets". One winter day after it snowed I grabbed a shovel and started "plowing" the "streets".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on April 29, 2013, 04:56:43 PM
Post by: thenetwork on April 29, 2013, 04:56:43 PM
...you loved to pick up your state's local driving manual every year, just for the photos (or drawings) of the road signs and/or traffic signals in the book.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on April 30, 2013, 02:07:07 AM
Post by: DaBigE on April 30, 2013, 02:07:07 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on April 29, 2013, 04:56:43 PM
...you loved to pick up your state's local driving manual every year, just for the photos (or drawings) of the road signs and/or traffic signals in the book.
Or a slight twist to that one...
You pick up the latest edition only to cringe each year, seeing the cheap "hand-drawn" sign illustrations they use instead of simply copy/pasting them from the MUTCD. :banghead: (Looking at you, WisDMV :rolleyes:)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on May 02, 2013, 10:23:35 AM
Post by: kphoger on May 02, 2013, 10:23:35 AM
There was serious thunder here last night, so I didn't sleep well. What that means is that I remember several of my dreams from last night fairly well. One of them included an abundance of four-digit Interstate shields in a particular area. I soon figured out that they were error shields, and should have been state highway shields (Kentucky, maybe). Another dream involved trying to stop and take a picture of erroneous STOP signs that were posted where they weren't needed (such as on the mainline approaching an on-ramp). I wasn't able to stop at the opportune location for a photo long enough to snap a picture. In my dream, my intent was to post said picture on AARoads. Geez, I need a life...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on May 03, 2013, 09:48:00 AM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on May 03, 2013, 09:48:00 AM
While eating lunch yesterday, people at the table next to mine were arguing about the routings of some numbered highways.
*twitch*
*twitch*
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on May 03, 2013, 12:11:26 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on May 03, 2013, 12:11:26 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on May 03, 2013, 09:48:00 AMHa. Hahahahaha! :-D :-D :-D
While eating lunch yesterday, people at the table next to mine were arguing about the routings of some numbered highways.
*twitch*
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on May 04, 2013, 09:33:58 AM
Post by: yakra on May 04, 2013, 09:33:58 AM
You're watching Spose videos on teh YouTubes, notice this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFE39oMR38&t=4m3s), and are all like DUDE THAT'S AWESOME
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US81 on May 04, 2013, 10:34:40 AM
Post by: US81 on May 04, 2013, 10:34:40 AM
Quote from: yakra on May 04, 2013, 09:33:58 AM
You're watching Spose videos on teh YouTubes, notice this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFE39oMR38&t=4m3s), and are all like DUDE THAT'S AWESOME
...and if you immediately knew where it was by the Interstate numbers, found it on Streetview (300 block Washington Ave) and only afterwards noticed the Gateway Arch. :-)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on May 04, 2013, 09:07:59 PM
Post by: Michael on May 04, 2013, 09:07:59 PM
I've been compiling a lot of ideas for this thread since last summer, so this is a pretty big list.
- You get excited to move cones so cars can get out of a car show
The full story: Late last summer, there was a car show and festival in downtown Auburn, and some streets were blocked off. The DPW hadn't gotten to the cones yet, and cars started to leave, so I moved the cones so they could get out.
- You hate sound walls since you can't see what's on the other side
I can remember being little and getting upset that the sound walls on I-481 just kept going and going (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4289820741/in/set-72157623248217366)
- You count routes instead of sheep when you can't sleep
I start at route 1, and try to think of where in the state it is, then route 2, and so on
- You visit the AARoads forum when you can't sleep
- You know what your state DOT's logo looks like
- You know the mailing address of your state/county/local DOT
I only know NYSDOT's main office is 50 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY 12232 but I had to look up the ZIP code
- You've sent e-mail to your state/county/local DOT
- You report a missing sign or malfunctioning signal to the DOT
Last fall, there was a signal at the end of my street that wouldn't turn green unless the pedestrian pushbutton was pushed, and I was already to report it, but a city engineer showed up, and I told him what was going on. See my post in the Traffic Signal thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5944.msg173744#msg173744) for more details
- You think of the lines along aisles in stores as edge lines
- You notice the SPUI in this (http://imgur.com/1oCukPv) image almost instantly
- When you're playing a game, and you have to think of a US city that begins with the letter Z, you use Zzyzx, CA.
After saying it, my friends didn't believe me, so they looked it up
- You harass your friends when they use a GPS
- While on a road trip (click here (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1487.msg219496#msg219496) for a trip report), your friend that regularly gives you empty death threats (he thinks it's funny) stops because he realizes that you're the only person that can get home.
Google Maps had given us directions that sent us literally zigzagging around Oneida County; I posted the details in the Incorrect Highways Marked On Google Maps thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2001.msg219497#msg219497).
- While on another trip with the same friend (we were visiting a college, which he decided to go to last year), you get asked to verify that you're on the right road
- You can think of over a dozen different ways to get to the college
- Your friend who just got his license likes driving with you in the car because you know the rules of the road
- When your friend moves 600+ miles away, you go look at the area in Street View (she moved from here in NY to Raleigh, NC)
- That same friend ends up calling you to ask for directions
- When you realize that the directions involve driving on the I-40/I-85 Business/US 29/70/220/421 multiplex, you tell her to look for this sign assembly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greensboro_road_signs.jpg)
- When your pastor asks if anyone likes maps during a sermon, you raise your hand, plus your friends point at you. After raising your hand, your pastor singles you out, and he mentions that you're a member of a road forum
- When your friends start to learn what acronyms like MUTCD, TWLTL, etc. mean, and they begin to learn terms like leading and lagging left turns.
- When your friends try to troll you by saying something isn't MUTCD compliant, you can respond by stating the standards for whatever they mentioned
These are the result of a conversation with someone I know who works for a design firm that works with NYSDOT:
- You enjoy the conversation since the design firm works with NYSDOT
- You know about things like MicroStation, GUIDsign, and SignCAD
- You're excited to find out that students can get a free copy of MicroStation
- When discussing sign design, you mention that you wish you had a computer available to open the "Road-Related Illustrations" thread
- You have a discussion about Clearview
- You discuss the the negative contrast restriction, and you mention the Clearview thread
- When you're told that the firm had to buy the Clearview fonts, you can say that you've been to the Clearview website
- When the person you're talking to mentions that there's free road sign fonts you can download, your reply is "Oh, the Roadgeek fonts!"
These next ones are all involving one friend:
- You quiz a friend on how to get between two places without using major roads, and the discussion evolves into talking about visiting our friends at college (the same college mentioned above)
- When your friend tells a story from her summer job working at a camp about trying to drive to a nearby city with co-workers and ending up somewhere else, you have an idea of what went wrong
The camp is near Speculator, NY and they were trying to get to Saratoga Springs, but ended up in Schenectady
- When you get home, you look at a map to find the exact mistake your friend made
I had a general idea of where they messed up, but I had to use Google Maps to find the exact mistake
- When deciding on who to carpool with, you go with the friend who doesn't know how to get to the destination
- You laugh at your friend's excitment when turning out of a RIRO she didn't know was there (The next time we were near the RIRO, she wanted to use it again, so my friend who was driving turned around so we could)
- A minute or two after turning out of the RIRO, your friend says "I'm becoming a roadgeek!"
- Your friend tells you about a new stop sign they saw in town
- Your friend asks you what DOT stands for
- When your friend goes on a trip to a foreign country (Thailand), you go there in Street View
- When looking at a freeway to freeway interchange in Street View (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=13.7289,100.759231&spn=0.006712,0.011362&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=13.728699,100.75929&panoid=grgEN2uuWVmXW-fisR2k8A&cbp=12,345.16,,0,5.69) in the foreign country, you wonder why they used such a low design speed for the ramps
My friend ended up using a different airport, so she didn't go through this interchange
- You get excited to move cones so cars can get out of a car show
The full story: Late last summer, there was a car show and festival in downtown Auburn, and some streets were blocked off. The DPW hadn't gotten to the cones yet, and cars started to leave, so I moved the cones so they could get out.
- You hate sound walls since you can't see what's on the other side
I can remember being little and getting upset that the sound walls on I-481 just kept going and going (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4289820741/in/set-72157623248217366)
- You count routes instead of sheep when you can't sleep
I start at route 1, and try to think of where in the state it is, then route 2, and so on
- You visit the AARoads forum when you can't sleep
- You know what your state DOT's logo looks like
- You know the mailing address of your state/county/local DOT
I only know NYSDOT's main office is 50 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY 12232 but I had to look up the ZIP code
- You've sent e-mail to your state/county/local DOT
- You report a missing sign or malfunctioning signal to the DOT
Last fall, there was a signal at the end of my street that wouldn't turn green unless the pedestrian pushbutton was pushed, and I was already to report it, but a city engineer showed up, and I told him what was going on. See my post in the Traffic Signal thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5944.msg173744#msg173744) for more details
- You think of the lines along aisles in stores as edge lines
- You notice the SPUI in this (http://imgur.com/1oCukPv) image almost instantly
- When you're playing a game, and you have to think of a US city that begins with the letter Z, you use Zzyzx, CA.
After saying it, my friends didn't believe me, so they looked it up
- You harass your friends when they use a GPS
- While on a road trip (click here (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1487.msg219496#msg219496) for a trip report), your friend that regularly gives you empty death threats (he thinks it's funny) stops because he realizes that you're the only person that can get home.
Google Maps had given us directions that sent us literally zigzagging around Oneida County; I posted the details in the Incorrect Highways Marked On Google Maps thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2001.msg219497#msg219497).
- While on another trip with the same friend (we were visiting a college, which he decided to go to last year), you get asked to verify that you're on the right road
- You can think of over a dozen different ways to get to the college
- Your friend who just got his license likes driving with you in the car because you know the rules of the road
- When your friend moves 600+ miles away, you go look at the area in Street View (she moved from here in NY to Raleigh, NC)
- That same friend ends up calling you to ask for directions
- When you realize that the directions involve driving on the I-40/I-85 Business/US 29/70/220/421 multiplex, you tell her to look for this sign assembly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greensboro_road_signs.jpg)
- When your pastor asks if anyone likes maps during a sermon, you raise your hand, plus your friends point at you. After raising your hand, your pastor singles you out, and he mentions that you're a member of a road forum
- When your friends start to learn what acronyms like MUTCD, TWLTL, etc. mean, and they begin to learn terms like leading and lagging left turns.
- When your friends try to troll you by saying something isn't MUTCD compliant, you can respond by stating the standards for whatever they mentioned
These are the result of a conversation with someone I know who works for a design firm that works with NYSDOT:
- You enjoy the conversation since the design firm works with NYSDOT
- You know about things like MicroStation, GUIDsign, and SignCAD
- You're excited to find out that students can get a free copy of MicroStation
- When discussing sign design, you mention that you wish you had a computer available to open the "Road-Related Illustrations" thread
- You have a discussion about Clearview
- You discuss the the negative contrast restriction, and you mention the Clearview thread
- When you're told that the firm had to buy the Clearview fonts, you can say that you've been to the Clearview website
- When the person you're talking to mentions that there's free road sign fonts you can download, your reply is "Oh, the Roadgeek fonts!"
These next ones are all involving one friend:
- You quiz a friend on how to get between two places without using major roads, and the discussion evolves into talking about visiting our friends at college (the same college mentioned above)
- When your friend tells a story from her summer job working at a camp about trying to drive to a nearby city with co-workers and ending up somewhere else, you have an idea of what went wrong
The camp is near Speculator, NY and they were trying to get to Saratoga Springs, but ended up in Schenectady
- When you get home, you look at a map to find the exact mistake your friend made
I had a general idea of where they messed up, but I had to use Google Maps to find the exact mistake
- When deciding on who to carpool with, you go with the friend who doesn't know how to get to the destination
- You laugh at your friend's excitment when turning out of a RIRO she didn't know was there (The next time we were near the RIRO, she wanted to use it again, so my friend who was driving turned around so we could)
- A minute or two after turning out of the RIRO, your friend says "I'm becoming a roadgeek!"
- Your friend tells you about a new stop sign they saw in town
- Your friend asks you what DOT stands for
- When your friend goes on a trip to a foreign country (Thailand), you go there in Street View
- When looking at a freeway to freeway interchange in Street View (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=13.7289,100.759231&spn=0.006712,0.011362&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=13.728699,100.75929&panoid=grgEN2uuWVmXW-fisR2k8A&cbp=12,345.16,,0,5.69) in the foreign country, you wonder why they used such a low design speed for the ramps
My friend ended up using a different airport, so she didn't go through this interchange
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on May 04, 2013, 10:14:26 PM
Post by: vtk on May 04, 2013, 10:14:26 PM
Quote from: Michael on May 04, 2013, 09:07:59 PM
- You notice the SPUI in this (http://imgur.com/1oCukPv) image almost instantly
- You know that that particular SPUI was the first one built in Ohio
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on May 06, 2013, 01:53:26 PM
Post by: kphoger on May 06, 2013, 01:53:26 PM
Quote from: Michael on May 04, 2013, 09:07:59 PM
- You visit the AARoads forum when you can't sleep
- You visit the AARoads forum instead of sleeping.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Desert Man on May 13, 2013, 05:36:11 PM
Post by: Desert Man on May 13, 2013, 05:36:11 PM
I'm watching the Tour de California bicycle race on NBC sports as the tour crosses Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and into Palm Springs, I'm familiar with most of the roads' names (including residential ones) and can tell anyone (if they care) what are they're called. (LOL).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on May 13, 2013, 05:40:58 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on May 13, 2013, 05:40:58 PM
Quote from: kphoger on May 06, 2013, 01:53:26 PM
- You visit the AARoads forum instead of sleeping.
Just what I'm doing now :-D. By the way, it's 11:40 p.m. CEST now.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: A.J. Bertin on May 16, 2013, 09:44:20 AM
Post by: A.J. Bertin on May 16, 2013, 09:44:20 AM
Quote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
HAHA!!! This is hilarious. I think of the lights in the same way. LOL
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on May 16, 2013, 10:15:06 AM
Post by: formulanone on May 16, 2013, 10:15:06 AM
...you were quite disappointed in the lack of infrastructure, vehicles, signage, and maps in the show Highway to Heaven.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on July 01, 2013, 10:40:21 PM
Post by: vtk on July 01, 2013, 10:40:21 PM
Quote from: vtk on December 17, 2012, 04:25:13 PM
When I need to remember a numeric string, I break it into digit groups which are the numbers of highways I can picture on a mental map.
Example: when I refuel my work vehicle, I have to temporarily memorize the odometer reading so I can key it in at the pump as part of the fleet card authorization. Today the mileage was 238238.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on July 02, 2013, 05:29:36 PM
Post by: kphoger on July 02, 2013, 05:29:36 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 01, 2013, 10:40:21 PMQuote from: vtk on December 17, 2012, 04:25:13 PM
When I need to remember a numeric string, I break it into digit groups which are the numbers of highways I can picture on a mental map.
Example: when I refuel my work vehicle, I have to temporarily memorize the odometer reading so I can key it in at the pump as part of the fleet card authorization. Today the mileage was 238238.
I used to do that, except I had to walk into the station and then enter the number. Some people wrote it on their hand, I just carried a small notebook for nothing but odometer readings (I filled up at least once a day).
The only time I've remembered a number by using highway numbers was when I first met my wife, and her telephone exchange (or was it her PO box number?) was 294. I was living in the Chicago area, so that was obviously the Tri-state.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 2Co5_14 on July 23, 2013, 01:16:13 PM
Post by: 2Co5_14 on July 23, 2013, 01:16:13 PM
... you set your computer passwords based on highway numbers/exit numbers and cities/streets so they will be easy to remember. I have to change my work password every month, and I am currently about halfway through my 5-year plan for passwords to use.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ET21 on July 23, 2013, 05:38:35 PM
Post by: ET21 on July 23, 2013, 05:38:35 PM
....you memorized every single interstate and exit in the Chicagoland region. Before I was called WeathermanEd since I'm going for a degree in Meteorology, I was known as the walking GPS
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on July 25, 2013, 10:17:48 AM
Post by: Henry on July 25, 2013, 10:17:48 AM
Quote from: ET21 on July 23, 2013, 05:38:35 PM
....you memorized every single interstate and exit in the Chicagoland region...
...and you knew all the expressway names too!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 29, 2013, 12:54:27 AM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 29, 2013, 12:54:27 AM
...you spend hours on end voluntarily reorganizing all your road pics. All of them.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadsguy on August 04, 2013, 02:42:33 PM
Post by: Roadsguy on August 04, 2013, 02:42:33 PM
...if "238" in any form stands out like Bad Wolf. :ded:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cpzilliacus on August 05, 2013, 03:09:23 PM
Post by: cpzilliacus on August 05, 2013, 03:09:23 PM
You have driven or walked on every road or trail that goes over (or under) the Capital Beltway in both states.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on August 07, 2013, 05:49:16 PM
Post by: hm insulators on August 07, 2013, 05:49:16 PM
Quote from: ET21 on July 23, 2013, 05:38:35 PM
....you memorized every single interstate and exit in the Chicagoland region. Before I was called WeathermanEd since I'm going for a degree in Meteorology, I was known as the walking GPS
Good luck with your studies, Ed! :clap: Meteorology's one of my interests.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ET21 on August 07, 2013, 09:34:21 PM
Post by: ET21 on August 07, 2013, 09:34:21 PM
Quote from: hm insulators on August 07, 2013, 05:49:16 PMQuote from: ET21 on July 23, 2013, 05:38:35 PM
....you memorized every single interstate and exit in the Chicagoland region. Before I was called WeathermanEd since I'm going for a degree in Meteorology, I was known as the walking GPS
Good luck with your studies, Ed! :clap: Meteorology's one of my interests.
Thank you! :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM
Post by: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if:
1 - While riding in a car, you turn your head and look at all signage in the opposite direction - regardless of how many times you've seen them.
2 - You figure out a way to close all route discontinuities in your state/province because their existence bothers you.
3A - You use Google Maps to draw every BGS in another state/province in the style of your state/province, because you like your style better.
3B - Alternately, you draw every BGS in YOUR state/province in the style of some OTHER state/province, because you like their style better.
3C - You do both of the above, just because you can.
4 - You see the way I've numbered these, and it reminds you of a freeway you've been on recently.
1 - While riding in a car, you turn your head and look at all signage in the opposite direction - regardless of how many times you've seen them.
2 - You figure out a way to close all route discontinuities in your state/province because their existence bothers you.
3A - You use Google Maps to draw every BGS in another state/province in the style of your state/province, because you like your style better.
3B - Alternately, you draw every BGS in YOUR state/province in the style of some OTHER state/province, because you like their style better.
3C - You do both of the above, just because you can.
4 - You see the way I've numbered these, and it reminds you of a freeway you've been on recently.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on August 14, 2013, 01:11:21 AM
Post by: sammi on August 14, 2013, 01:11:21 AM
Quote from: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM
1 - While riding in a car, you turn your head and look at all signage in the opposite direction - regardless of how many times you've seen them.
Just today, while driving along Steeles Avenue next to ON-407, I just had to look at the signs on both sides. Needless to say, I still don't like the down arrow. :pan:
Quote from: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM
2 - You figure out a way to close all route discontinuities in your state/province because their existence bothers you.
ON-7 comes to mind. The part of it in York Region (where I live) was removed from the official route, so it's a half-and-half situation. D:
Quote from: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM
3A - You use Google Maps to draw every BGS in another state/province in the style of your state/province, because you like your style better.
I can do signs in Ontario style (sometimes) or even in my own style. I still don't like Philippine signs, so I've designed my own style over a couple of years (:wow:). If only they would at least get rid of Arialveticverstesk. :ded:
Quote from: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM
3B - Alternately, you draw every BGS in YOUR state/province in the style of some OTHER state/province, because you like their style better.
I can also sort-of do Caltrans-style signs. They're not as good as myosh_tino's signs, but they'll do. Especially for Caltrans. Besides, I always have some greenout handy. :spin:
Quote from: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM
4 - You see the way I've numbered these, and it reminds you of a freeway you've been on recently.
Nah, spur routes are a lot more... roadgeek-y. :P (Just look what I did to the Philippine Highways thread.)
EDIT: I remembered just now that I forgot to write an article for that thread. :banghead: (EDIT 2: I just had an emoticon fail.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: on_wisconsin on August 14, 2013, 01:19:12 AM
Post by: on_wisconsin on August 14, 2013, 01:19:12 AM
They ask you why a major road or freeway is under construction and/ or what are they doing?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on August 14, 2013, 04:06:46 AM
Post by: NE2 on August 14, 2013, 04:06:46 AM
They may ask you where does that highway go to?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on August 14, 2013, 08:52:28 AM
Post by: thenetwork on August 14, 2013, 08:52:28 AM
When you're bored at work, you take the Liquid Paper correction tape and practice making raised thermal-plastic arrows and other pavement markings on pieces of paper.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 14, 2013, 09:25:26 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 14, 2013, 09:25:26 AM
Quote from: NE2 on August 14, 2013, 04:06:46 AM
They may ask you where does that highway go to?
and they may ask you, what is that beautiful house?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 09:32:16 AM
Post by: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 09:32:16 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 14, 2013, 09:25:26 AMQuote from: NE2 on August 14, 2013, 04:06:46 AMand they may ask you, what is that beautiful house?
They may ask you where does that highway go to?
Those with short attention spans may ask you, well, how did we get here?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AM
Post by: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AM
Same as it ever was.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AM
Post by: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AM
Quote from: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AM
Same as it ever was.
Tunnel going underground.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on August 14, 2013, 11:20:29 AM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on August 14, 2013, 11:20:29 AM
Quote from: Bud8Amp88 on August 13, 2013, 11:10:57 PM3A - You use Google Maps to draw every BGS in another state/province in the style of your state/province, because you like your style better.
3B - Alternately, you draw every BGS in YOUR state/province in the style of some OTHER state/province, because you like their style better.
3C - You do both of the above, just because you can.
You take your favourite parts of the styles you've seen and you put them together to invent your own style. But I've been known for Québecising signs too.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on August 14, 2013, 11:54:49 AM
Post by: vtk on August 14, 2013, 11:54:49 AM
Quote from: on_wisconsin on August 14, 2013, 01:19:12 AM
They ask you why a major road or freeway is under construction and/ or what are they doing?
Yeah, my friends and family treat me like a Public Information Officer for ODOT" and/or FCEO"¡ sometimes. I don't mind.
And now I've got Once In A Lifetime stuck in my head, haha!
" Ohio Department Of Transportation
"¡Franklin County Engineer's Office
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on August 14, 2013, 02:17:16 PM
Post by: yakra on August 14, 2013, 02:17:16 PM
Quote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AMWater flowing underground.Quote from: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AM
Same as it ever was.
Tunnel going underground.
Right into the Big Dig.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on August 14, 2013, 02:59:29 PM
Post by: Brandon on August 14, 2013, 02:59:29 PM
Quote from: yakra on August 14, 2013, 02:17:16 PMQuote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AMWater flowing underground.Quote from: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AM
Same as it ever was.
Tunnel going underground.
Right into the Big Dig.
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on August 14, 2013, 04:14:24 PM
Post by: vtk on August 14, 2013, 04:14:24 PM
Quote from: Brandon on August 14, 2013, 02:59:29 PM
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
I should hope so. Same goes for the top of the ocean, and the middle...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on August 14, 2013, 04:46:34 PM
Post by: Brandon on August 14, 2013, 04:46:34 PM
Quote from: vtk on August 14, 2013, 04:14:24 PMQuote from: Brandon on August 14, 2013, 02:59:29 PM
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
I should hope so. Same goes for the top of the ocean, and the middle...
Ever hear the song "Once In A Lifetime" by the Talking Heads?
It's one of the lyrics.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on August 14, 2013, 04:52:32 PM
Post by: vtk on August 14, 2013, 04:52:32 PM
Quote from: Brandon on August 14, 2013, 04:46:34 PM
Ever hear the song "Once In A Lifetime" by the Talking Heads?
Quote from: vtk on August 14, 2013, 11:54:49 AM
And now I've got Once In A Lifetime stuck in my head, haha!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on August 14, 2013, 05:19:51 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on August 14, 2013, 05:19:51 PM
You make all the important real life roads in a 25 mile by 25 mile area in Minecraft, complete with buildings.
(True for me, with northeast Massachusetts, and it took over a day of playing time to make.)
(True for me, with northeast Massachusetts, and it took over a day of playing time to make.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 05:24:38 PM
Post by: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 05:24:38 PM
Quote from: yakra on August 14, 2013, 02:17:16 PMQuote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AMWater flowing underground.Quote from: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AMTunnel going underground.
Same as it ever was.
Right into the Big Dig.
Water dissolving and water removing
The Big Dig
Remove the water, carry the water
From the Big Dig
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on August 14, 2013, 10:40:15 PM
Post by: Alps on August 14, 2013, 10:40:15 PM
Quote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 05:24:38 PMLetting the days go byQuote from: yakra on August 14, 2013, 02:17:16 PMQuote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AMWater flowing underground.Quote from: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AMTunnel going underground.
Same as it ever was.
Right into the Big Dig.
Water dissolving and water removing
The Big Dig
Remove the water, carry the water
From the Big Dig
Big Dig going under
Once in a lifetime
Mass getting no more money
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on August 15, 2013, 08:19:30 AM
Post by: Grzrd on August 15, 2013, 08:19:30 AM
Quote from: Steve on August 14, 2013, 10:40:15 PMAnd we may all ask ourselves, my god, what have they done?Quote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 05:24:38 PMLetting the days go byQuote from: yakra on August 14, 2013, 02:17:16 PMWater dissolving and water removingQuote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AMWater flowing underground.Quote from: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AMTunnel going underground.
Same as it ever was.
Right into the Big Dig.
The Big Dig
Remove the water, carry the water
From the Big Dig
Big Dig going under
Once in a lifetime
Mass getting no more money
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mUtcd33 on August 16, 2013, 08:13:06 PM
Post by: mUtcd33 on August 16, 2013, 08:13:06 PM
-You can name the number and termini of every highway within (at least) a 60-mile radius of your home
-One of life's goals for you has been driving Route 1 from Key West to the Canadian border at Fort Kent, ME
-You know that there is officially no Route 66 anymore (decommissioned in the 1980s)
-School bus drivers asked you for directions to field trips as a child
-You think of Breezewood as a tourist attraction
-I-99 gets on your nerves, unless you live along the current or planned route of I-99 (except those whose homes were taken in public domain), in which case you love I-99
-You know that there are two I-84's and two I-76's
-You know the name of every county you've been through
-You have EZ-PASS
-You can name all the interchanges on the Penna. Turnpike
-One of life's goals for you has been driving Route 1 from Key West to the Canadian border at Fort Kent, ME
-You know that there is officially no Route 66 anymore (decommissioned in the 1980s)
-School bus drivers asked you for directions to field trips as a child
-You think of Breezewood as a tourist attraction
-I-99 gets on your nerves, unless you live along the current or planned route of I-99 (except those whose homes were taken in public domain), in which case you love I-99
-You know that there are two I-84's and two I-76's
-You know the name of every county you've been through
-You have EZ-PASS
-You can name all the interchanges on the Penna. Turnpike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Pete from Boston on August 16, 2013, 08:46:05 PM
Post by: Pete from Boston on August 16, 2013, 08:46:05 PM
Quote from: Grzrd on August 15, 2013, 08:19:30 AMQuote from: Steve on August 14, 2013, 10:40:15 PMAnd we may all ask ourselves, my god, what have they done?Quote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 05:24:38 PMLetting the days go byQuote from: yakra on August 14, 2013, 02:17:16 PMWater dissolving and water removingQuote from: Grzrd on August 14, 2013, 10:55:05 AMWater flowing underground.Quote from: Takumi on August 14, 2013, 10:53:39 AMTunnel going underground.
Same as it ever was.
Right into the Big Dig.
The Big Dig
Remove the water, carry the water
From the Big Dig
Big Dig going under
Once in a lifetime
Mass getting no more money
I always related more to "The Big Country":
I see the shapes,
I remember from maps.
I see the shoreline.
I see the whitecaps.
A baseball diamond, nice weather down there.
I see the school and the houses where the kids are.
Places to park by the factories and buildings.
Restaunts and bar for later in the evening.
Then we come to the farmlands, and the undeveloped areas.
And I have learned how these things work together.
I see the parkway that passes through them all....
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on August 16, 2013, 08:47:50 PM
Post by: NE2 on August 16, 2013, 08:47:50 PM
Quote from: mUtcd33 on August 16, 2013, 08:13:06 PMYou know that more than half the states that US Route 66 served still have a state Route 66 along part of the alignment...
-You know that there is officially no Route 66 anymore (decommissioned in the 1980s)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on August 17, 2013, 06:40:23 AM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on August 17, 2013, 06:40:23 AM
Quote from: mUtcd33 on August 16, 2013, 08:13:06 PM
-You know that there are two I-84's and two I-76's
And also know of the two I-88's and two I-86's.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: english si on August 17, 2013, 10:31:10 AM
Post by: english si on August 17, 2013, 10:31:10 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on August 17, 2013, 06:40:23 AMAnd also know of the two I-88's and two I-86's.Don't forget the two I-74s (surely the middle bit is totally dead now) and two I-95s (as the bodge isn't finished yet)...
And you know if you are a grammar pedant if you know that you don't put apostrophes in plurals ;)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on August 17, 2013, 10:58:58 AM
Post by: yakra on August 17, 2013, 10:58:58 AM
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 10:59:38 AM
Post by: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 10:59:38 AM
Quote from: english si on August 17, 2013, 10:31:10 AMSometimes one is supposed to: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/when-to-form-a-plural-with-an-apostrophe/
And you know if you are a grammar pedant if you know that you don't put apostrophes in plurals ;)
No, this doesn't seem to cover the case of Interstates, but how about the following: "both I-80Ss became I-76s"?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on August 17, 2013, 11:33:28 AM
Post by: yakra on August 17, 2013, 11:33:28 AM
Quote from: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 10:59:38 AMHeh heh heh... "238s"!
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/when-to-form-a-plural-with-an-apostrophe/
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on August 17, 2013, 12:04:28 PM
Post by: vtk on August 17, 2013, 12:04:28 PM
I was taught that, when referring to a word itself and not the thing that word usually refers to, the plural form gets an apostrophe. How many begat's are in the book of Genesis, anyway? Or when referring to a big decimal-centric group of years, like the 80's, or the 1600's (but I'm told this is only in American English and I'd rather drop it).
And then there's the posessive of a plural, where you just put an apostrophe after the s that the plural already has, unless the plural doesn't already end in s, in which case you add apostrophe-s.
And then there's the posessive of a person's name which ends in s; I was taught that you add apostrophe-s, but most people seem to think you just add apostrophe.
And then there's the posessive of a plural, where you just put an apostrophe after the s that the plural already has, unless the plural doesn't already end in s, in which case you add apostrophe-s.
And then there's the posessive of a person's name which ends in s; I was taught that you add apostrophe-s, but most people seem to think you just add apostrophe.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Big John on August 17, 2013, 12:17:38 PM
Post by: Big John on August 17, 2013, 12:17:38 PM
I was taught that if you want to make a possessive of a word already ending with an "s", such as a plural, name, etc., you add only an apostrophe at the end of the word without adding another "s".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 01:18:54 PM
Post by: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 01:18:54 PM
Quote from: Big John on August 17, 2013, 12:17:38 PMIf it's a plural, yes. If it's a singular such as a name, goat.
I was taught that if you want to make a possessive of a word already ending with an "s", such as a plural, name, etc., you add only an apostrophe at the end of the word without adding another "s".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on August 17, 2013, 01:23:35 PM
Post by: mgk920 on August 17, 2013, 01:23:35 PM
I agree - never, but NEVER put apostrophe's into your plural's!!!
George = one George
Georges = more than one George
George's = something that belongs to George
Georges' = something that belongs to the above group of Georges.
(exception: the pronoun its = something that belongs to it, this to differentiate that instance from the one below)
Also, contractions:
Don't = Do not
Can't = Can not
You're = You are
It's = It is
etc.
There is, of course, more to this, but this is the bare basic of the apostrophe.
:nod:
Mike
George = one George
Georges = more than one George
George's = something that belongs to George
Georges' = something that belongs to the above group of Georges.
(exception: the pronoun its = something that belongs to it, this to differentiate that instance from the one below)
Also, contractions:
Don't = Do not
Can't = Can not
You're = You are
It's = It is
etc.
There is, of course, more to this, but this is the bare basic of the apostrophe.
:nod:
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on August 17, 2013, 02:06:19 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on August 17, 2013, 02:06:19 PM
I would like to direct you all to the newly-updated forum rules, which state that commenting on another user's grammar and spelling is no longer allowed. If it is so poor that the post cannot be understood, we will deal with it for you. Otherwise, let it go.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 02:09:06 PM
Post by: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 02:09:06 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 17, 2013, 02:06:19 PMI think you mean "y'all".
I would like to direct you all
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Pete from Boston on August 17, 2013, 05:35:50 PM
Post by: Pete from Boston on August 17, 2013, 05:35:50 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on August 17, 2013, 01:23:35 PM(exception: the pronoun its = something that belongs to it, this to differentiate that instance from the one below)
Which, of course, follows the rule that possessive forms of pronouns do not get apostrophes:
his
hers
ours
theirs
its
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ET21 on August 17, 2013, 08:57:10 PM
Post by: ET21 on August 17, 2013, 08:57:10 PM
Back on topic... :-/
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on August 18, 2013, 10:58:16 AM
Post by: hotdogPi on August 18, 2013, 10:58:16 AM
You don't allow yourself to sleep when you are a passenger, but you are somewhere you haven't been before, even if you are extremely tired.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: wxfree on August 18, 2013, 03:11:28 PM
Post by: wxfree on August 18, 2013, 03:11:28 PM
Since this is the Off-Topic forum and grammar is being discussed, I'll mention that I am a bit of a grammar nerd (I have many near-obsessive interests, so I guess I'm just a nerd overall).
My view is that the rules are good places to start, and it's good to seek to follow them. What bothers me isn't when rules are broken, but is when they're broken out of ignorance. I have no problem breaking rules when I'm trying to say a certain thing a certain way. I'll split infinitives and start with conjunctions and end with prepositions when I intend for it to mean something. To me, rules are meant to be understood, not to be followed rigidly. It's the breaking of rules due to ignorance that bothers me.
Add-on: It bothers me that my (cheap) cell phone doesn't have a semicolon for text messages (I use a comma instead). It bothers me more that no one ever corrects me for using the wrong punctuation.
My view is that the rules are good places to start, and it's good to seek to follow them. What bothers me isn't when rules are broken, but is when they're broken out of ignorance. I have no problem breaking rules when I'm trying to say a certain thing a certain way. I'll split infinitives and start with conjunctions and end with prepositions when I intend for it to mean something. To me, rules are meant to be understood, not to be followed rigidly. It's the breaking of rules due to ignorance that bothers me.
Add-on: It bothers me that my (cheap) cell phone doesn't have a semicolon for text messages (I use a comma instead). It bothers me more that no one ever corrects me for using the wrong punctuation.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: wxfree on August 18, 2013, 03:19:08 PM
Post by: wxfree on August 18, 2013, 03:19:08 PM
And back on topic
If... You count the weeks till the next Texas Transportation Commission or Regional Transportation Council meeting agenda is put online.
You watch the videos of the meetings with great interest, even the long and (sometimes very) tedious parts.
You check the FTP system three or four times each week for new construction or maintenance project files.
You use a GPS just to see how far it is to the next town in a very rural area, and routinely ignore its directions because you prefer back roads.
You divide your year not by months or seasons, but by your annual road trips.
You wonder if maybe your interest goes too far, in spite of an entire forum devoted to obsessed roadgeeks.
If... You count the weeks till the next Texas Transportation Commission or Regional Transportation Council meeting agenda is put online.
You watch the videos of the meetings with great interest, even the long and (sometimes very) tedious parts.
You check the FTP system three or four times each week for new construction or maintenance project files.
You use a GPS just to see how far it is to the next town in a very rural area, and routinely ignore its directions because you prefer back roads.
You divide your year not by months or seasons, but by your annual road trips.
You wonder if maybe your interest goes too far, in spite of an entire forum devoted to obsessed roadgeeks.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tchafe1978 on August 18, 2013, 05:56:50 PM
Post by: tchafe1978 on August 18, 2013, 05:56:50 PM
...you prefer to navigate and plan your trips with old-fashioned paper maps instead of a GPS, because you don't want to end up like that one lady who got herself lost in the middle of Death Valley by blindly following her GPS.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TEG24601 on August 18, 2013, 06:36:05 PM
Post by: TEG24601 on August 18, 2013, 06:36:05 PM
You know that some states have State Highways, State Roads, State Routes, and Trunk Lines/Routes, and sometimes you will find them all in the same state.
You can plan a cross country trip, from one small town to another small town, without needing to consult a map, including highway numbers and turns... at age 5.
You can plan a cross country trip, from one small town to another small town, without needing to consult a map, including highway numbers and turns... at age 5.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 18, 2013, 06:43:03 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 18, 2013, 06:43:03 PM
Quote from: TEG24601 on August 18, 2013, 06:36:05 PM
You know that some states have State Highways, State Roads, State Routes, and Trunk Lines/Routes, and sometimes you will find them all in the same state.
okay, I'll bite. which state? I know Oregon has both state highways and state routes (shudder), but not all four.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Pete from Boston on August 19, 2013, 03:15:29 AM
Post by: Pete from Boston on August 19, 2013, 03:15:29 AM
...you've held onto that massive volume of Shakespeare unopened all these years, in part because it's edited by Wilbur Cross (yes, that one).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: J N Winkler on August 19, 2013, 10:27:51 AM
Post by: J N Winkler on August 19, 2013, 10:27:51 AM
Quote from: wxfree on August 18, 2013, 03:19:08 PMYou check the FTP system three or four times each week for new construction or maintenance project files.
Or . . . after 10 years of checking the same FTP server at least once a day, you write a script that you run once a day to check for newly uploaded projects and download them using wget; and then, because you are trying to surveil more than 20 other state DOTs at the same time, you write a second script that uses the sheet cross-reference PDFs to extract potential signing sheets so you can sort out the pattern-accurate sign panel detail sheets and sign elevation sheets later.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on August 19, 2013, 02:34:34 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on August 19, 2013, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: J N Winkler on August 19, 2013, 10:27:51 AMQuote from: wxfree on August 18, 2013, 03:19:08 PMYou check the FTP system three or four times each week for new construction or maintenance project files.
Or . . . after 10 years of checking the same FTP server at least once a day, you write a script that you run once a day to check for newly uploaded projects and download them using wget; and then, because you are trying to surveil more than 20 other state DOTs at the same time, you write a second script that uses the sheet cross-reference PDFs to extract potential signing sheets so you can sort out the pattern-accurate sign panel detail sheets and sign elevation sheets later.
I think that belongs in the "You Know You're J.N. Winkler If..." thread. ;)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TEG24601 on August 19, 2013, 05:31:37 PM
Post by: TEG24601 on August 19, 2013, 05:31:37 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 18, 2013, 06:43:03 PMQuote from: TEG24601 on August 18, 2013, 06:36:05 PM
You know that some states have State Highways, State Roads, State Routes, and Trunk Lines/Routes, and sometimes you will find them all in the same state.
okay, I'll bite. which state? I know Oregon has both state highways and state routes (shudder), but not all four.
There isn't one with all 4, unless you count how people talk about the Michigan Highways, which depending on their place of origin could be any of the four. I just couldn't figure out another way to word that sentence to say that without it being overly complex in the wording.
Then again, Nova Scotia has Trunks, Highways, and Routes... so, it is close.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on September 11, 2013, 04:43:13 PM
Post by: PHLBOS on September 11, 2013, 04:43:13 PM
... when you see a photo of an old disaster (weather-related or otherwise) and you fixate your sites on the various road & route signs in the photo.
Highland Ave. over I-95/MA 128 Newton, MA just after Hurricane Gloria 1985 (note also the Howard Johnson's sign after the exit ramp):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthumbs1.ebaystatic.com%2Fd%2Fl225%2Fm%2FmMvwtx6Na_fQE7Nnpx9I_iw.jpg&hash=015457c7d9379254c42acb4c729c6346a9795faa)
Highland Ave. over I-95/MA 128 Newton, MA just after Hurricane Gloria 1985 (note also the Howard Johnson's sign after the exit ramp):
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on September 28, 2013, 10:45:47 PM
Post by: vtk on September 28, 2013, 10:45:47 PM
You see a car commercial and you pay more attention to the roads / traffic control devices than the car.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on October 04, 2013, 11:33:02 PM
Post by: Michael on October 04, 2013, 11:33:02 PM
...you check if the MUTCD website is affected by the government shutdown.
...after checking the MUTCD website, you check the main FHWA and USDOT sites.
Here's the status of the sites I checked as of the time of this post:
mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov (http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov): up, no notice
www.fhwa.dot.gov (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov): up, no notice
www.dot.gov (http://www.dot.gov): up with shutdown notice at the top
...after checking the MUTCD website, you check the main FHWA and USDOT sites.
Here's the status of the sites I checked as of the time of this post:
mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov (http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov): up, no notice
www.fhwa.dot.gov (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov): up, no notice
www.dot.gov (http://www.dot.gov): up with shutdown notice at the top
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on October 04, 2013, 11:46:32 PM
Post by: NE2 on October 04, 2013, 11:46:32 PM
http://research.archives.gov/ down, but deep links still work: http://research.archives.gov/search?sw-arc-id=821491&sw-desc-level=series
http://nationalmap.gov/historical/ down
http://raster.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/services/DRG/TNM_Digital_Raster_Graphics/MapServer/WMSServer down (rather annoying, but USAPhotoMaps (http://jdmcox.com/) is a workable alternative)
http://nationalmap.gov/historical/ down
http://raster.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/services/DRG/TNM_Digital_Raster_Graphics/MapServer/WMSServer down (rather annoying, but USAPhotoMaps (http://jdmcox.com/) is a workable alternative)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on October 05, 2013, 02:08:47 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on October 05, 2013, 02:08:47 AM
FHWA somehow got 100% of its employees classed as essential, so it will not be affected by the shutdown. Other DOT agencies (like FAA) were not so lucky.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: msubulldog on October 09, 2013, 11:27:19 PM
Post by: msubulldog on October 09, 2013, 11:27:19 PM
You use road-related terminology to describe everyday things, like the lyrics of an old Elvis song being "don't you step on my Texaco shoes" instead of "don't you step on my Blue Suede Shoes". Another one deals with children's literature where "The Pied Piper of Hamlin" becomes "The Pied Piper of Amoco".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on October 10, 2013, 12:27:20 AM
Post by: NE2 on October 10, 2013, 12:27:20 AM
the fuck?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on October 10, 2013, 09:43:16 AM
Post by: Molandfreak on October 10, 2013, 09:43:16 AM
Quote from: msubulldog on October 09, 2013, 11:27:19 PM1. You actually sing this "Don't You Step on my Texaco Shoes" to your friends???
You use road-related terminology to describe everyday things, like the lyrics of an old Elvis song being "don't you step on my Texaco shoes" instead of "don't you step on my Blue Suede Shoes". Another one deals with children's literature where "The Pied Piper of Hamlin" becomes "The Pied Piper of Amoco".
2. "Everyday things?" I've never even heard of "The Pied Piper of Hamlin," and the only reason I've heard of "Blue Suede Shoes" is because I am a huge fan of old time rock.
3. Your definition of "describe" must be very different from mine.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on October 10, 2013, 10:29:53 AM
Post by: mgk920 on October 10, 2013, 10:29:53 AM
. . . you can spell funky words with Wisconsin county highway route marker sign assemblies.
Mike
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: msubulldog on October 10, 2013, 10:04:37 PM
Post by: msubulldog on October 10, 2013, 10:04:37 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on October 10, 2013, 10:29:53 AM
. . . you can spell funky words with Wisconsin county highway route marker sign assemblies.
Mike
Or you can spell common words with Missouri's lettered highway signs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on October 10, 2013, 11:28:23 PM
Post by: DaBigE on October 10, 2013, 11:28:23 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on October 10, 2013, 10:29:53 AM
. . . you can spell funky words with Wisconsin county highway route marker sign assemblies.
Mike
Not exactly a word, but...there are a few intersections of CTH X and CTH XX, however the respective counties were smart enough/lazy enough not to post both highways on the same directional assembly.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Big John on October 10, 2013, 11:34:13 PM
Post by: Big John on October 10, 2013, 11:34:13 PM
Quote from: DaBigE on October 10, 2013, 11:28:23 PMBrown County (Allouez) has both on the same assembly: http://goo.gl/maps/GT7DsQuote from: mgk920 on October 10, 2013, 10:29:53 AM
. . . you can spell funky words with Wisconsin county highway route marker sign assemblies.
Mike
Not exactly a word, but...there are a few intersections of CTH X and CTH XX, however the respective counties were smart enough/lazy enough not to post both highways on the same directional assembly.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on October 10, 2013, 11:50:29 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on October 10, 2013, 11:50:29 PM
I wish they would make it easier for us and just designate a CTH XXX.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Big John on October 11, 2013, 12:02:39 AM
Post by: Big John on October 11, 2013, 12:02:39 AM
Quote from: Molandfreak on October 10, 2013, 11:50:29 PMMost counties have only 1-2 if any triple-lettered county highways. But Fond du Lac County uses them more extensively, but they only go up to CTH VVV.
I wish they would make it easier for us and just designate a CTH XXX.
And they have a triple K, but is not signed the regular way for obvious reasons. All it has is a street blade at WI 26 saying "TRIPLE KAY"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on October 11, 2013, 12:23:18 AM
Post by: Molandfreak on October 11, 2013, 12:23:18 AM
Quote from: Big John on October 11, 2013, 12:02:39 AMMind. Blown. :bigass:
And they have a triple K, but is not signed the regular way for obvious reasons. All it has is a street blade at WI 26 saying "TRIPLE KAY"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on October 11, 2013, 12:32:55 AM
Post by: DaBigE on October 11, 2013, 12:32:55 AM
Quote from: Big John on October 10, 2013, 11:34:13 PMQuote from: DaBigE on October 10, 2013, 11:28:23 PMBrown County (Allouez) has both on the same assembly: http://goo.gl/maps/GT7DsQuote from: mgk920 on October 10, 2013, 10:29:53 AM
. . . you can spell funky words with Wisconsin county highway route marker sign assemblies.
Mike
Not exactly a word, but...there are a few intersections of CTH X and CTH XX, however the respective counties were smart enough/lazy enough not to post both highways on the same directional assembly.
I sit corrected. My map search only returned two intersections of X and XX, neither of which was that one.
Quote from: Big John on October 11, 2013, 12:02:39 AMQuote from: Molandfreak on October 10, 2013, 11:50:29 PMMost counties have only 1-2 if any triple-lettered county highways. But Fond du Lac County uses them more extensively, but they only go up to CTH VVV.
I wish they would make it easier for us and just designate a CTH XXX.
And they have a triple K, but is not signed the regular way for obvious reasons. All it has is a street blade at WI 26 saying "TRIPLE KAY"
How the hell did that one slip by? Or even still remain? Obviously the committee(s) didn't use the same filter the DMV uses for personalized license plates. :pan:
I see Google Maps labels it both ways: CTH Triple Kay (https://www.google.com/maps?q=Triple+Kay+Road,+Rosendale,+WI&hl=en&ll=43.79667,-88.668423&spn=0.012855,0.027874&sll=43.634336,-88.711681&sspn=0.02578,0.055747&oq=triple+kay&hnear=Triple+Kay+Rd,+Rosendale,+Fond+du+Lac,+Wisconsin+54974&t=m&z=16)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on October 11, 2013, 12:49:15 AM
Post by: NE2 on October 11, 2013, 12:49:15 AM
It might have been CTH KKK at one time, but it's now a town road: http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/fonddulac.pdf (east off STH 26 just south of Rosendale)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on October 15, 2013, 01:43:28 PM
Post by: Brandon on October 15, 2013, 01:43:28 PM
Quote from: Big John on October 11, 2013, 12:02:39 AMQuote from: Molandfreak on October 10, 2013, 11:50:29 PMMost counties have only 1-2 if any triple-lettered county highways. But Fond du Lac County uses them more extensively, but they only go up to CTH VVV.
I wish they would make it easier for us and just designate a CTH XXX.
And they have a triple K, but is not signed the regular way for obvious reasons. All it has is a street blade at WI 26 saying "TRIPLE KAY"
Well, that's the inning then, isn't it? (3 Ks or strikeouts)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Grzrd on October 17, 2013, 01:30:11 PM
Post by: Grzrd on October 17, 2013, 01:30:11 PM
You read about the tragic death of a Hungarian wingsuit competitor (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450785/Victor-Kovats-Hungarian-wingsuit-flyer-dies-accident.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9Yzjc4B.jpg&hash=cc0672c04605752da229b712376cec865f170681)
and feel compelled to check out the switchbacks on the road below the jumper (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tianmen+mountain+national+park+china&hl=en&ll=29.05756,110.478231&spn=0.001632,0.00327&sll=32.678125,-83.178297&sspn=6.434309,13.392334&hnear=Tianmen+Mountain&t=h&z=19).
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9Yzjc4B.jpg&hash=cc0672c04605752da229b712376cec865f170681)
and feel compelled to check out the switchbacks on the road below the jumper (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tianmen+mountain+national+park+china&hl=en&ll=29.05756,110.478231&spn=0.001632,0.00327&sll=32.678125,-83.178297&sspn=6.434309,13.392334&hnear=Tianmen+Mountain&t=h&z=19).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PColumbus73 on October 17, 2013, 07:04:32 PM
Post by: PColumbus73 on October 17, 2013, 07:04:32 PM
You know you're a roadgeek when-
You make traffic lights out of LEGOs (the rectangular piece for the back and red, yellow, and green squares, with blue for turn signals!)
As a kid you used Mega Bloks (the big ones) as traffic lights
You read the road atlas or the MUTCD when you're in the bathroom
When playing SimCity, you have numbered freeways complete with exit lists
You redesign road signs on video games (like GTA San Andreas)
You buy GTA San Andreas SPECIFICALLY because you want to drive between different cities.
You make traffic lights out of LEGOs (the rectangular piece for the back and red, yellow, and green squares, with blue for turn signals!)
As a kid you used Mega Bloks (the big ones) as traffic lights
You read the road atlas or the MUTCD when you're in the bathroom
When playing SimCity, you have numbered freeways complete with exit lists
You redesign road signs on video games (like GTA San Andreas)
You buy GTA San Andreas SPECIFICALLY because you want to drive between different cities.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Big John on October 17, 2013, 08:17:38 PM
Post by: Big John on October 17, 2013, 08:17:38 PM
^^ I had a simpler set of legos. The back of a 4x2 piece resembled a 3-section traffic signal and the back of a 2x2 piece resembled a 1-section traffic signal, so i made signals using combinations of both. Had to improvise the colors as the blocks were not the right colors.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on October 17, 2013, 09:22:08 PM
Post by: yakra on October 17, 2013, 09:22:08 PM
QuoteYou read the road atlas or the MUTCD when you're in the bathroomI DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE MUTCD IN THE BATHROOM.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on October 17, 2013, 09:52:55 PM
Post by: DaBigE on October 17, 2013, 09:52:55 PM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on October 17, 2013, 07:04:32 PM
You know you're a roadgeek when-
You make traffic lights out of LEGOs (the rectangular piece for the back and red, yellow, and green squares, with blue for turn signals!)
I when I was little, I used to make them that way...now I've upgraded to this:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages53.fotki.com%2Fv1500%2Fphotos%2F0%2F847780%2F10720305%2Fphoto-vi.jpg&hash=4f33a2825704fd8e9f0cb51ae0b9272796d7d60a)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on October 31, 2013, 05:24:03 PM
Post by: Michael on October 31, 2013, 05:24:03 PM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on October 17, 2013, 07:04:32 PMI actually have a map folded to show a section of it sitting on a box so I can look at it handsfree! When I get bored with one section, I refold it to show a different section. I have another map sitting under it so I can switch between them.
You read the road atlas or the MUTCD when you're in the bathroom
One that happened to me earlier was when I was taking a nap, my dream started with my mom driving (with no hands on the steering wheel) westbound on Erie Blvd in Syracuse at about 55 MPH past the Niagara Mohawk building then running a red light. It was around 9:00 PM. In my dream, the western half of Erie Blvd was a full boulevard instead of a four-lane street. Just before running the light, my mom slammed on the brakes, but ended up running a second light. She was able to stop for a third light. I remember that the lights had three yellow signal heads on span wires. After realizing my mom was going to run the second red light, I remember thinking that a strobe in the red lights might help them stand out from car taillights. Then I remembered that the MUTCD now prohibits strobes in red lights. After that, I thought about taking road pictures with my camera, and then I woke up.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on December 03, 2013, 08:20:16 PM
Post by: Michael on December 03, 2013, 08:20:16 PM
Here's yet another sign I'm a roadgeek. While watching Youtube videos, this thumbnail came up in the Related Videos section:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTCL74h5cXHo%2Fdefault.jpg&hash=e52d6c4b4368f94454adc795f0cb04e7a98ed2ff)
As soon as I saw it, I instantly knew where it was. Here's a larger picture (http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/TCL74h5cXHo/hqdefault.jpg) and here's a Street View link (https://maps.google.com/?ll=43.051948,-76.18201&spn=0.001429,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.051936,-76.182153&panoid=AvF4Z-W-QiE5lmobdHji0Q&cbp=12,23.52,,0,-1.04).
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTCL74h5cXHo%2Fdefault.jpg&hash=e52d6c4b4368f94454adc795f0cb04e7a98ed2ff)
As soon as I saw it, I instantly knew where it was. Here's a larger picture (http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/TCL74h5cXHo/hqdefault.jpg) and here's a Street View link (https://maps.google.com/?ll=43.051948,-76.18201&spn=0.001429,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.051936,-76.182153&panoid=AvF4Z-W-QiE5lmobdHji0Q&cbp=12,23.52,,0,-1.04).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Takumi on December 03, 2013, 10:25:28 PM
Post by: Takumi on December 03, 2013, 10:25:28 PM
...when you hear ITR you think "Indiana Toll Road" instead of "Integra Type R".
Then again, I'm a roadgeek and the latter ALWAYS comes to mind first when I see that acronym.
Then again, I'm a roadgeek and the latter ALWAYS comes to mind first when I see that acronym.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on December 03, 2013, 11:38:17 PM
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on December 03, 2013, 11:38:17 PM
As referenced in a recent road trip report... You know you're a roadgeek when you pass up a perfectly good bypass for U.S. 83 in Laredo, Texas and drag your travel trailer through city traffic just so you can say you've been at both ends of I-35.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: pianocello on December 04, 2013, 01:19:39 AM
Post by: pianocello on December 04, 2013, 01:19:39 AM
Quote from: Michael on December 03, 2013, 08:20:16 PM
Here's yet another sign I'm a roadgeek. While watching Youtube videos, this thumbnail came up in the Related Videos section:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTCL74h5cXHo%2Fdefault.jpg&hash=e52d6c4b4368f94454adc795f0cb04e7a98ed2ff)
As soon as I saw it, I instantly knew where it was. Here's a larger picture (http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/TCL74h5cXHo/hqdefault.jpg) and here's a Street View link (https://maps.google.com/?ll=43.051948,-76.18201&spn=0.001429,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.051936,-76.182153&panoid=AvF4Z-W-QiE5lmobdHji0Q&cbp=12,23.52,,0,-1.04).
You know you're a roadgeek if before clicking on the larger image you think of three different places in your hometown that this could happen: here (https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.524901,-90.57498&spn=0.007197,0.016512&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.524899,-90.577032&panoid=dkobqAwrSTtOIapkbQERJg&cbp=12,187.73,,0,6.26), here (https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.524146,-90.574068&spn=0.007229,0.016512&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.524234,-90.574067&panoid=LTn0X31NL8kcKHeKTSn48Q&cbp=12,8.02,,0,3.57), and here (https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.521294,-90.568768&spn=0.00723,0.016512&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.521299,-90.568667&panoid=mDcYgJkclYjyssYzhid00g&cbp=12,112.33,,0,0.53).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on December 04, 2013, 09:55:35 PM
Post by: vtk on December 04, 2013, 09:55:35 PM
Quote from: Takumi on December 03, 2013, 10:25:28 PM
...when you hear ITR you think "Indiana Toll Road" instead of "Integra Type R".
I think both of those are quite jargony. I'm pretty sure the Integra is some model of import car, but beyond that I'm just guessing. I imagine most people don't talk about that specific variation enough to need to abbreviate it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on December 05, 2013, 07:50:37 AM
Post by: formulanone on December 05, 2013, 07:50:37 AM
On specific Honda boards, other Japanese car forums, or racing game forums, you'd see ITR or CTR (C for Civic) a lot. But that's about it...it probably wouldn't translate too well on a discussion of muscle cars or a Corvette discussion board, just as saying LS1 or 427 over there.
Likewise, an M1, M3, or M5 would mean either a Michigan state highway near Detroit (although I think hyphenation is proper) or a motorway in Great Britain on this forum. On an automotive-related board, it almost always defines a BMW Motorsport-tuned vehicle.
So, there's not that much blurring of the two on this board. Naturally, an acronym or code comprised of just a few alphanumeric characters is going to have occasional overlap in different topics of discussions. It's less likely AASHTO or MUTCD are going to, however.
Likewise, an M1, M3, or M5 would mean either a Michigan state highway near Detroit (although I think hyphenation is proper) or a motorway in Great Britain on this forum. On an automotive-related board, it almost always defines a BMW Motorsport-tuned vehicle.
So, there's not that much blurring of the two on this board. Naturally, an acronym or code comprised of just a few alphanumeric characters is going to have occasional overlap in different topics of discussions. It's less likely AASHTO or MUTCD are going to, however.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2013, 09:36:36 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2013, 09:36:36 AM
Quote from: formulanone on December 05, 2013, 07:50:37 AM
Likewise, an M1, M3, or M5 would mean either a Michigan state highway near Detroit (although I think hyphenation is proper) or a motorway in Great Britain on this forum. On an automotive-related board, it almost always defines a BMW Motorsport-tuned vehicle.
I've noticed that a lot of BMW enthusiasts use solely the internal designation. E39, etc.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: elsmere241 on December 05, 2013, 10:10:56 AM
Post by: elsmere241 on December 05, 2013, 10:10:56 AM
Quote from: BigMattFromTexas on June 10, 2009, 07:14:55 PM
Your walls are covered with maps from states youve never been to.
My wife got a laundry tub to throw all my maps in because there wasn't a big enough box.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: elsmere241 on December 05, 2013, 10:34:14 AM
Post by: elsmere241 on December 05, 2013, 10:34:14 AM
The first thing your father-in-law suggests when you come into town is a day-long roadtrip.
While on one of those trips, you stop at a welcome center. Your father-in-law picks up a state map while you're in the bathroom and you pick one up while he's in the bathroom.
You order state and province maps online while bored at work.
You see different atlases' different mapping styles as different languages, and have to see how each one expresses things.
You recognize the generic-looking neighborhood on the cover of Rand McNally's city street maps as belonging in a suburb northwest of Minneapolis (hint: US 52 and 218 cut through it).
You have Blue Highways in more than one language.
You use Google StreetView to explore neighborhoods you used to live in, to see what has/hasn't changed.
You envision street signs having the street's grid position as well as its name, a la Salt Lake City (e.g. "Baltimore Avenue / 200 South"). (And my grandparents' street used to be signed "Fifth East / 500 East" instead of simply "500 E".)
You know why street ROWs in downtown Salt Lake are specifically 132 feet wide (two surveying chains - the blocks are ten chains by ten chains)
You once spent an entire Thanksgiving weekend laying out a dream city on paper.
You pursued civil engineering in college because knowing what was on the maps wasn't good enough for you - you wanted to do something about them. (Eventually I switched to Geography/Planning and later got a GIS certificate. For seven years on this job I did maintain the county's centerline file in ArcGIS and that was fun enough.)
You marked your birthday on the calendar with a road shield.
(More of a geography geek): You spend your lunch hour at work trying to put together a dream HSR network.
While on one of those trips, you stop at a welcome center. Your father-in-law picks up a state map while you're in the bathroom and you pick one up while he's in the bathroom.
You order state and province maps online while bored at work.
You see different atlases' different mapping styles as different languages, and have to see how each one expresses things.
You recognize the generic-looking neighborhood on the cover of Rand McNally's city street maps as belonging in a suburb northwest of Minneapolis (hint: US 52 and 218 cut through it).
You have Blue Highways in more than one language.
You use Google StreetView to explore neighborhoods you used to live in, to see what has/hasn't changed.
You envision street signs having the street's grid position as well as its name, a la Salt Lake City (e.g. "Baltimore Avenue / 200 South"). (And my grandparents' street used to be signed "Fifth East / 500 East" instead of simply "500 E".)
You know why street ROWs in downtown Salt Lake are specifically 132 feet wide (two surveying chains - the blocks are ten chains by ten chains)
You once spent an entire Thanksgiving weekend laying out a dream city on paper.
You pursued civil engineering in college because knowing what was on the maps wasn't good enough for you - you wanted to do something about them. (Eventually I switched to Geography/Planning and later got a GIS certificate. For seven years on this job I did maintain the county's centerline file in ArcGIS and that was fun enough.)
You marked your birthday on the calendar with a road shield.
(More of a geography geek): You spend your lunch hour at work trying to put together a dream HSR network.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2013, 11:16:35 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2013, 11:16:35 AM
sometimes if I am not looking for a specific address when I open up Google Maps, I pan to my destination as opposed to entering it. my default zoom level is "a bit more than San Diego County", so it took me a while but I managed to find Mexico City today, by following MX-15.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on December 05, 2013, 12:21:40 PM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on December 05, 2013, 12:21:40 PM
You spend your breaks at work designing a city-level numbered road system (Ã la Ottawa and Winnipeg) for Montreal.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on December 05, 2013, 12:33:29 PM
Post by: sammi on December 05, 2013, 12:33:29 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on December 05, 2013, 10:34:14 AM
You use Google StreetView to explore neighborhoods you used to live in, to see what has/hasn't changed.
I've been wanting to do this for a while now, but Street View can't come to the Philippines soon enough. :pan:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 05, 2013, 03:54:04 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 05, 2013, 03:54:04 PM
Quote from: formulanone on December 05, 2013, 07:50:37 AMLikewise, an M1, M3, or M5 would mean either a Michigan state highway near Detroit (although I think hyphenation is proper) or a motorway in Great Britain on this forum. On an automotive-related board, it almost always defines a BMW Motorsport-tuned vehicle.
I wouldn't confuse the Michigan routes with the British motorways because I would refer to the former as MI XX, although I know this isn't the official designation.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on December 05, 2013, 07:21:38 PM
Post by: US71 on December 05, 2013, 07:21:38 PM
When I was a kid, I had a roadsign bedspread. :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cpzilliacus on December 06, 2013, 12:18:46 PM
Post by: cpzilliacus on December 06, 2013, 12:18:46 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on December 05, 2013, 12:21:40 PM
You spend your breaks at work designing a city-level numbered road system (Ã la Ottawa and Winnipeg) for Montreal.
You regard ESRI's ARCGIS software as a video game to be played with.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on December 06, 2013, 01:22:45 PM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on December 06, 2013, 01:22:45 PM
A very expensive video game, that I would otherwise probably use.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zeffy on December 06, 2013, 01:31:58 PM
Post by: Zeffy on December 06, 2013, 01:31:58 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on December 06, 2013, 01:22:45 PM
A very expensive video game, that I would otherwise probably use.
I'm not saying anything here, but I already found a secret place where one could get their hands on it for free. (And if you ask me, personal hobby use of a program should really be free anyway...)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on December 06, 2013, 01:34:23 PM
Post by: sammi on December 06, 2013, 01:34:23 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on December 06, 2013, 01:31:58 PM
I already found a secret place where one could get their hands on it for free.
It's not a secret. :bigass:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Jardine on December 06, 2013, 01:47:41 PM
Post by: Jardine on December 06, 2013, 01:47:41 PM
You've all had some influence on me in the roadgeek department.
I noticed yesterday an odd mix of upper and lower case and different sized upper case lettering on some BGS around an interchange.
I did NOT used to be like that.
:wow:
I noticed yesterday an odd mix of upper and lower case and different sized upper case lettering on some BGS around an interchange.
I did NOT used to be like that.
:wow:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on December 06, 2013, 01:56:58 PM
Post by: NE2 on December 06, 2013, 01:56:58 PM
QGIS is actually pretty good these days. Ignore CP's shilling.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on December 08, 2013, 01:12:17 AM
Post by: yakra on December 08, 2013, 01:12:17 AM
...when watching Doctor Who, you see A3200 markings on the pavement, and immediately head to the CHM Highway Browser to see where exactly the Doctor and Clara are.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: english si on December 09, 2013, 07:29:10 AM
Post by: english si on December 09, 2013, 07:29:10 AM
Quote from: yakra on December 08, 2013, 01:12:17 AMGlad to a have provided a service. Where on the South Bank were they?
...when watching Doctor Who, you see A3200 markings on the pavement, and immediately head to the CHM Highway Browser to see where exactly the Doctor and Clara are.
Oh yea, you know if you're a roadgeek if you don't need to look at CHM to know where an A road is.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on December 10, 2013, 10:51:37 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on December 10, 2013, 10:51:37 PM
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/988776_619884088073260_160020619_n.jpg)
You saw this and thought Breezewood (and low gas prices) before you thought about the message picture actually conveys.
You saw this and thought Breezewood (and low gas prices) before you thought about the message picture actually conveys.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on December 10, 2013, 11:22:38 PM
Post by: Alps on December 10, 2013, 11:22:38 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 10, 2013, 10:51:37 PMCorrect - and then I thought, "what, I peed on the side of Route 66 in Arizona, what's the big deal?"
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/988776_619884088073260_160020619_n.jpg)
You saw this and thought Breezewood (and low gas prices) before you thought about the message picture actually conveys.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on December 11, 2013, 02:01:19 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on December 11, 2013, 02:01:19 PM
I definitely saw the low gas prices.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on December 11, 2013, 02:29:15 PM
Post by: PHLBOS on December 11, 2013, 02:29:15 PM
Quote from: Steve on December 10, 2013, 11:22:38 PMwhat's the big deal?"
A more fitting photo for the 2nd situation (When I have to pee) IMHO.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterbostonsuburbs.com%2Fboston%2520traffic%2520jam.jpg&hash=88668b8e124fa05c3a4a51a26fd30da2e2dcc396)
Yes, I'm aware that the road in question is no longer there; but you get the idea.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on December 11, 2013, 02:35:56 PM
Post by: formulanone on December 11, 2013, 02:35:56 PM
^ ...and it's raining.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on December 11, 2013, 03:14:04 PM
Post by: hbelkins on December 11, 2013, 03:14:04 PM
If we have to wait until gas goes back down to $1.329 a gallon before we pee, we are going to be waiting for a long time.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Mr_Northside on December 11, 2013, 07:43:24 PM
Post by: Mr_Northside on December 11, 2013, 07:43:24 PM
I also noticed the old-school Sheetz sign in the Breezewood photo as well.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on December 11, 2013, 10:46:21 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on December 11, 2013, 10:46:21 PM
Quote from: Mr_Northside on December 11, 2013, 07:43:24 PMSheet, How did I miss that? :-D I guess I was too busy looking at the old-school BP sign.
I also noticed the old-school Sheetz sign in the Breezewood photo as well.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: amroad17 on December 11, 2013, 10:56:41 PM
Post by: amroad17 on December 11, 2013, 10:56:41 PM
^And the little Stuckey's sign under the Exxon sign.
We could interchange "POOP" for "PEE" when the feeling hits us.
We could interchange "POOP" for "PEE" when the feeling hits us.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on December 12, 2013, 12:05:24 AM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on December 12, 2013, 12:05:24 AM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 11, 2013, 10:46:21 PMQuote from: Mr_Northside on December 11, 2013, 07:43:24 PMSheet, How did I miss that? :-D I guess I was too busy looking at the old-school BP sign.
I also noticed the old-school Sheetz sign in the Breezewood photo as well.
Don't forget the old-school Taco Bell sign too!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on December 12, 2013, 01:17:54 PM
Post by: roadman on December 12, 2013, 01:17:54 PM
Quote from: Steve on December 10, 2013, 11:22:38 PM[/quote
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God, I'd forgotten how awful those signs looked after they added the exit tabs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on December 12, 2013, 01:45:57 PM
Post by: Brandon on December 12, 2013, 01:45:57 PM
Quote from: roadman on December 12, 2013, 01:17:54 PMQuote from: Steve on December 10, 2013, 11:22:38 PM[/quote
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God, I'd forgotten how awful those signs looked after they added the exit tabs.
How the hell can you even tell what lane you're supposed to be in or how far to the next exit with those signs? The tabs are bad, but the signs are horrible for conveying information.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on December 12, 2013, 02:03:20 PM
Post by: PHLBOS on December 12, 2013, 02:03:20 PM
Quote from: Brandon on December 12, 2013, 01:45:57 PMThose tabs were erected back when most of MA's existing BGS' had exit tabs placed on the top-center of the main panel.Quote from: roadman on December 12, 2013, 01:17:54 PM
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God, I'd forgotten how awful those signs looked after they added the exit tabs.
How the hell can you even tell what lane you're supposed to be in or how far to the next exit with those signs? The tabs are bad, but the signs are horrible for conveying information.
The majority of exit ramps to/from the Central Artery were spaced so close together that placing distances was not practical nor mandated. It was just assumed that the next BGS to the right of the mainline corridor was the next upcoming exit.
It's worth noting that several ramps to/from the Artery were eliminated back in the 70s. One of them, my father used to get on the northbound Artery to the Mystic (Tobin) Bridge but avoid the jam-up for the Callahan Tunnel exit ramp (this was back when the crossings were all 2-way tolls). He and my older brother were ticked when that on-ramp was eliminated.
Roadman, one has to wonder why the old BGS' weren't just outright replaced when it was finally assigned exit numbers. The new BGS' would come out roughly a year or two later.
Tid bit: the original BGS for Exit 25 read CAUSEWAY STREET - NO. STATION. IIRC, that replacement BGS was added when the CANA (Central Artery North Area) project started; hence the listing of CHARLESTOWN.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on December 12, 2013, 02:39:41 PM
Post by: roadman on December 12, 2013, 02:39:41 PM
Those exit tabs were installed in 1985 as part of the I-95 and I-93 re-numbering projects. At the time, it was thought the Big Dig would be completed sooner than it turned out to be, so it was decided to keep the existing signs (most of which dated from 1962). However, delays in the Big Dig schedule and feedback concerning the poor condition of the signs (which was excerbated with the installation of the new tabs) caused MassDPW to let a project in 1988 to replace all the overhead signs on the elevated portion.
And if memory serves me correctly, the replacement sign with Charlestown was installed prior to the CANA project based on an unrelated request from the City of Boston.
And if memory serves me correctly, the replacement sign with Charlestown was installed prior to the CANA project based on an unrelated request from the City of Boston.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on December 12, 2013, 03:53:55 PM
Post by: PHLBOS on December 12, 2013, 03:53:55 PM
Roadman, Interesting history & reasoning for such but I think some of your dates might be a tad off. I only know this because I was driving up and down the Artery & Expressway to/from college and during semester breaks during the mid-to-late 80s and remember those signs plus their history all too well.
The I-95 renumbering didn't take place until 1987-88 when the interchange w/MA 128 in Peabody was constructed.
As far as the Big Dig schedule is concerned; given that Federal funding for the Big Dig (then at $5.5 billion) wasn't secured (via an over-ride of a Presidential veto) until 1987; construction for the whole project didn't start until the early 90s.
Quote from: roadman on December 12, 2013, 02:39:41 PMI believe those were installed circa 1986, following the completion of the Southeast Expressway overhaul project. The latter project was when I first started seeing the current I-93 exit numbers being established.
Those exit tabs were installed in 1985 as part of the I-95 and I-93 re-numbering projects.
The I-95 renumbering didn't take place until 1987-88 when the interchange w/MA 128 in Peabody was constructed.
Quote from: roadman on December 12, 2013, 02:39:41 PMAt the time, it was thought the Big Dig would be completed sooner than it turned out to be, so it was decided to keep the existing signs (most of which dated from 1962).While the signs for the Callahan Tunnel exit are likely dated from 1962; many of the old, similar-styled BGS' date back to when the Artery first opened in the mid-to-late 1950s. The leg north of the Dewey Square/South Station Tunnel opened first (traffic entered/exited from High St./Congress St.), than the rest of the Artery/Expressway opened in 1959.
As far as the Big Dig schedule is concerned; given that Federal funding for the Big Dig (then at $5.5 billion) wasn't secured (via an over-ride of a Presidential veto) until 1987; construction for the whole project didn't start until the early 90s.
Quote from: roadman on December 12, 2013, 02:39:41 PMMakes sense, but ground wasn't even broken for the Big Dig until the early 90s.
However, delays in the Big Dig schedule and feedback concerning the poor condition of the signs (which was excerbated with the installation of the new tabs) caused MassDPW to let a project in 1988 to replace all the overhead signs on the elevated portion.
Quote from: roadman on December 12, 2013, 02:39:41 PMAnd if memory serves me correctly, the replacement sign with Charlestown was installed prior to the CANA project based on an unrelated request from the City of Boston.Fair enough, good to know.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zeffy on December 12, 2013, 05:18:14 PM
Post by: Zeffy on December 12, 2013, 05:18:14 PM
I like the down arrows on those signs - but those exit tabs are nasty.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: msubulldog on December 13, 2013, 01:00:13 PM
Post by: msubulldog on December 13, 2013, 01:00:13 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on December 11, 2013, 10:56:41 PM
^And the little Stuckey's sign under the Exxon sign.
And the old Hardees sign in the background.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 20, 2014, 09:36:07 PM
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 20, 2014, 09:36:07 PM
...you think in your head the good and bad about every sign you pass on any road anywhere.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on January 20, 2014, 09:41:58 PM
Post by: sammi on January 20, 2014, 09:41:58 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on January 20, 2014, 09:36:07 PM
...you think in your head the good and bad about every sign you pass on any road anywhere.
An internal exit tab? We were just in Ontario...
Look at the arrows on that one!
Ugh, Clearview.
Greenout! D:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zeffy on January 20, 2014, 09:49:05 PM
Post by: Zeffy on January 20, 2014, 09:49:05 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on January 20, 2014, 09:36:07 PM
...you think in your head the good and bad about every sign you pass on any road anywhere.
I'm guilty of this. Most recent one: Who the fuck decided it was a good idea to use Arialveticaverstesk on that sign? (Referring to a sign in my township that looks like someone beat it hard with the ugly stick)
Quote from: sammi on January 20, 2014, 09:41:58 PM
Greenout!D::)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US81 on January 21, 2014, 06:26:15 AM
Post by: US81 on January 21, 2014, 06:26:15 AM
At every intersection that meets a highway at any angle other than 90 degrees, you wonder if it could have been an old alignment....
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2014, 07:32:38 AM
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2014, 07:32:38 AM
...you watch car enthusiasm shows such as "Top Gear" for the roads rather than the cars they drive.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 21, 2014, 08:51:46 AM
Post by: vtk on January 21, 2014, 08:51:46 AM
Quote from: US81 on January 21, 2014, 06:26:15 AM
At every intersection that meets a highway at any angle other than 90 degrees, you wonder if it could have been an old alignment....
No, that just means you're spoiled by PLSS.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 21, 2014, 07:21:13 PM
Post by: Alps on January 21, 2014, 07:21:13 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 21, 2014, 08:51:46 AMHey now, this brings me back to the good old days in 01-04, when SPUI, Shawn and I traced anything that looked remotely like an old alignment on a map, even if it turned into a dirt motherfucking road.Quote from: US81 on January 21, 2014, 06:26:15 AM
At every intersection that meets a highway at any angle other than 90 degrees, you wonder if it could have been an old alignment....
No, that just means you're spoiled by PLSS.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on January 21, 2014, 08:16:04 PM
Post by: roadman on January 21, 2014, 08:16:04 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on January 20, 2014, 09:36:07 PMTotally guilty of that one! Examples from my recent travels:
...you think in your head the good and bad about every sign you pass on any road anywhere.
These signs on the Northway are in worse shape than the ones MassDOT's currently replacing on I-95 between Wellesley and Lexington.
Why does the Thruway use "Toll Booths" instead of "Toll Plaza"?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on January 21, 2014, 08:22:29 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on January 21, 2014, 08:22:29 PM
You hear two or three random numbers (maybe 8, 15, 17) and try to find an intersection of routes with those numbers.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2014, 08:39:36 PM
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2014, 08:39:36 PM
...you post on this thread.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2014, 08:41:03 PM
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2014, 08:41:03 PM
Quote from: US81 on January 29, 2013, 04:32:00 PMQuote from: Takumi on January 28, 2013, 11:22:15 PMQuote from: akotchi on January 28, 2013, 04:55:02 PMI still see green lights as :D, yellow lights as :o, and red lights as :wow:.
Or, better yet, you liken traffic signal indications to different facial expressions, depending on which face is illuminated . . . :crazy:
My earliest memory of my nascent roadgeeekiness.
GREEN LIGHTS: :colorful: "Keep going people you can do it!"
YELLOW LIGHTS: :-o "Wait wait stop please!"
RED LIGHTS: :angry: "Stop this instant! We must talk!"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US 41 on January 21, 2014, 08:46:14 PM
Post by: US 41 on January 21, 2014, 08:46:14 PM
... if your 2014 Road Atlas looks like it was eatin' by the dogs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on January 21, 2014, 08:57:21 PM
Post by: sammi on January 21, 2014, 08:57:21 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2014, 08:39:36 PM
...you post on thisthreadforum.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 21, 2014, 09:55:43 PM
Post by: Alps on January 21, 2014, 09:55:43 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 21, 2014, 08:22:29 PMWell NY 8 and 17 meet well east of US 15 and NY 17.
You hear two or three random numbers (maybe 8, 15, 17) and try to find an intersection of routes with those numbers.
CT 8 and 15 meet well west of 17.
MA 15 no longer exists.
I'll have to keep thinking. Good one. (:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on January 21, 2014, 10:02:45 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on January 21, 2014, 10:02:45 PM
Quote from: Steve on January 21, 2014, 09:55:43 PMQuote from: 1 on January 21, 2014, 08:22:29 PMWell NY 8 and 17 meet well east of US 15 and NY 17.
You hear two or three random numbers (maybe 8, 15, 17) and try to find an intersection of routes with those numbers.
CT 8 and 15 meet well west of 17.
MA 15 no longer exists.
I'll have to keep thinking. Good one. (:
I actually don't know of three routes that intersect with those numbers. I chose it because it was a Pythagorean triple.
You can still keep searching.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Alps on January 22, 2014, 01:23:41 AM
Post by: Alps on January 22, 2014, 01:23:41 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 21, 2014, 10:02:45 PMOkay, found it (:Quote from: Steve on January 21, 2014, 09:55:43 PMQuote from: 1 on January 21, 2014, 08:22:29 PMWell NY 8 and 17 meet well east of US 15 and NY 17.
You hear two or three random numbers (maybe 8, 15, 17) and try to find an intersection of routes with those numbers.
CT 8 and 15 meet well west of 17.
MA 15 no longer exists.
I'll have to keep thinking. Good one. (:
I actually don't know of three routes that intersect with those numbers. I chose it because it was a Pythagorean triple.
You can still keep searching.
I-10 is secret FL 8. JUST before it ends at I-95, it interchanges with US 17, which hops on. US 17, by the way, is also carrying FL 15. So for the last half-mile or so, you have a triplex of the three routes you mentioned (plus I-10 and FL 228).
BAM!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 08:51:02 AM
Post by: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 08:51:02 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on June 26, 2009, 04:54:28 PM
-you draw roads on maps from school that have nothing to do with roads
-you notice errors on maps in textbooks about the original interstate system
You Don't complain "Are We there Yet!"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 22, 2014, 09:27:02 AM
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 22, 2014, 09:27:02 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 21, 2014, 10:02:45 PM
I actually don't know of three routes that intersect with those numbers. I chose it because it was a Pythagorean triple.
You can still keep searching.
can we find any set of three routes, whose numbers form a pythagorean triple, and whose topology is three intersections (one for each pair of roads) which define the vertices of a right triangle?
bonus if the lengths of the segments come anywhere near proportional to the route numbers.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 22, 2014, 09:49:20 AM
Post by: vtk on January 22, 2014, 09:49:20 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 22, 2014, 09:27:02 AMQuote from: 1 on January 21, 2014, 10:02:45 PM
I actually don't know of three routes that intersect with those numbers. I chose it because it was a Pythagorean triple.
You can still keep searching.
can we find any set of three routes, whose numbers form a pythagorean triple, and whose topology is three intersections (one for each pair of roads) which define the vertices of a right triangle?
bonus if the lengths of the segments come anywhere near proportional to the route numbers.
The mileages between I-71's interchanges with OH 97 and OH 13, and the town of Bellville where those state routes intersect, are a Pythagorian triple suggesting OH 13 is the hypotenuse. Obviously the route numbers don't figure into this at all.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on January 22, 2014, 10:00:25 AM
Post by: sammi on January 22, 2014, 10:00:25 AM
Quote from: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 08:51:02 AM
You Don't complain "Are We there Yet!"
When I fall asleep during a car ride (which is why I don't like sitting in the back), the moment I wake up, I ask one of:
Which town are we in?
Which exit did we just pass? (on freeways only)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on January 22, 2014, 10:50:46 AM
Post by: 1995hoo on January 22, 2014, 10:50:46 AM
You know you're a roadgeek when....
....you need to go attend a funeral about 60 miles from home in an area you haven't visited and you decide to take one route out and another one back in part because of motivation to use it as an excuse to clinch one of the highways you'll use.
(this is true, I did this last Friday on a trip to a wake in St. Mary's County, Maryland....the clinch was not the sole motivation, as I had asked cpzilliacus for some advice as to traffic in that area of Maryland, but it certainly factored into my taking his advice on which route to use!)
....you need to go attend a funeral about 60 miles from home in an area you haven't visited and you decide to take one route out and another one back in part because of motivation to use it as an excuse to clinch one of the highways you'll use.
(this is true, I did this last Friday on a trip to a wake in St. Mary's County, Maryland....the clinch was not the sole motivation, as I had asked cpzilliacus for some advice as to traffic in that area of Maryland, but it certainly factored into my taking his advice on which route to use!)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 01:16:41 PM
Post by: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 01:16:41 PM
Quote from: sammi on January 22, 2014, 10:00:25 AMQuote from: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 08:51:02 AM
You Don't complain "Are We there Yet!"
When I fall asleep during a car ride (which is why I don't like sitting in the back), the moment I wake up, I ask one of:
Which town are we in?
Which exit did we just pass? (on freeways only)
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 04:57:14 PM
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 04:57:14 PM
I've been watching videos of people driving through cities recently. Freewayjim has pretty good videos. I like the time lapse thing he does. It's boring watching a video of someone driving through a city without time lapse.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 22, 2014, 05:24:24 PM
Post by: vtk on January 22, 2014, 05:24:24 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 04:57:14 PM
I've been watching videos of people driving through cities recently. Freewayjim has pretty good videos. I like the time lapse thing he does. It's boring watching a video of someone driving through a city without time lapse.
How about if it's a relatively short video (just the CBD) with narration?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 07:10:48 PM
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 07:10:48 PM
I mute the video most of the time then, I usually open up another window on Youtube and play music while watching the videos.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on January 22, 2014, 09:12:18 PM
Post by: vtk on January 22, 2014, 09:12:18 PM
Well the smartphone I use to shoot road videos has gone deaf, so I won't be doing any more with live narration.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 09:44:39 PM
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 09:44:39 PM
I'm considering making some road videos eventually. I'll have to get better technology and a better car. My car is reliable, but it's very old. I might be able to make some Terre Haute videos eventually. I also need to get better working with computers.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 22, 2014, 10:23:45 PM
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 22, 2014, 10:23:45 PM
...you can't stand signs from IDOT.
...you might potentially knock over a sign with you car because it looked like crap.
...you become excited on any TV show if they pass a road sign.
...you might potentially knock over a sign with you car because it looked like crap.
...you become excited on any TV show if they pass a road sign.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on January 22, 2014, 10:24:57 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on January 22, 2014, 10:24:57 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on January 22, 2014, 10:23:45 PM
...you can't stand signs from IDOT.
That's why some people call it IDiOT.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bing101 on January 23, 2014, 08:47:16 PM
Post by: bing101 on January 23, 2014, 08:47:16 PM
When You have to get over your fears of Driving but that was true to me.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on February 18, 2014, 09:11:50 PM
Post by: JoePCool14 on February 18, 2014, 09:11:50 PM
...you criticize signs with Clearview by saying I hate when it is Clearview! and others are like What's Clearview?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on February 18, 2014, 09:12:44 PM
Post by: NE2 on February 18, 2014, 09:12:44 PM
and others are like yawn
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on February 18, 2014, 09:38:19 PM
Post by: hbelkins on February 18, 2014, 09:38:19 PM
...you see a television show about a murder in Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and you look to see if you can spot the "Tenn-US 25E" sign.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on February 19, 2014, 07:56:19 AM
Post by: JoePCool14 on February 19, 2014, 07:56:19 AM
...when you are watching a TV show and they pass a group of BGSs, and you pause the show to look at them. :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on February 19, 2014, 01:29:16 PM
Post by: Brandon on February 19, 2014, 01:29:16 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on February 19, 2014, 07:56:19 AM
...when you are watching a TV show and they pass a group of BGSs, and you pause the show to look at them. :sombrero:
How else are you supposed to figure out where they filmed it?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on February 19, 2014, 03:24:04 PM
Post by: formulanone on February 19, 2014, 03:24:04 PM
Quote from: Brandon on February 19, 2014, 01:29:16 PMQuote from: JoePCool14 on February 19, 2014, 07:56:19 AM
...when you are watching a TV show and they pass a group of BGSs, and you pause the show to look at them. :sombrero:
How else are you supposed to figure out where they filmed it?
Hollywood prefers that you don't realize that "Maryland" or "Vermont" is actually California...
...also, that you forgo free thought and ride the tropes until the credits.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on February 19, 2014, 07:02:06 PM
Post by: roadman on February 19, 2014, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 19, 2014, 03:24:04 PM
Hollywood prefers that you don't realize that "Maryland" or "Vermont" is actually California...
I am so glad that England looks nothing like Southern California - Austin Powers
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on February 19, 2014, 07:27:38 PM
Post by: hbelkins on February 19, 2014, 07:27:38 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 18, 2014, 09:38:19 PM
...you see a television show about a murder in Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and you look to see if you can spot the "Tenn-US 25E" sign.
P.S.: It didn't, although the front of the post office was shown more than once. (The sign is located adjacent to the post office).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: KEVIN_224 on February 19, 2014, 08:28:57 PM
Post by: KEVIN_224 on February 19, 2014, 08:28:57 PM
You go to other sites for pictures and humor...and see some of NE2's road sign avatar instead! :)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F6b1wpFX.jpg&hash=c8cbb1f9b7dd769a2c8d2af7a09310ef4ad976d7)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F6b1wpFX.jpg&hash=c8cbb1f9b7dd769a2c8d2af7a09310ef4ad976d7)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 19, 2014, 09:08:38 PM
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 19, 2014, 09:08:38 PM
that's all good but which way is the truck going?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on February 19, 2014, 11:38:50 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on February 19, 2014, 11:38:50 PM
He's stopping to POO.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on February 20, 2014, 08:03:12 PM
Post by: yakra on February 20, 2014, 08:03:12 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on February 19, 2014, 07:56:19 AMOh. Dexter's on I-395. Again.
...when you are watching a TV show and they pass a group of BGSs, and you pause the show to look at them. :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on February 20, 2014, 09:08:28 PM
Post by: sammi on February 20, 2014, 09:08:28 PM
...you're writing a program that can let you make road signs in five minutes or less, as if you don't already make road signs in five minutes or less. :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on February 22, 2014, 10:09:09 AM
Post by: mgk920 on February 22, 2014, 10:09:09 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on February 19, 2014, 08:28:57 PM
You go to other sites for pictures and humor...and see some of NE2's road sign avatar instead! :)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F6b1wpFX.jpg&hash=c8cbb1f9b7dd769a2c8d2af7a09310ef4ad976d7)
And I start going over my maps to determine which Wisconsin county that was shot in.
:nod:
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zeffy on February 22, 2014, 02:51:54 PM
Post by: Zeffy on February 22, 2014, 02:51:54 PM
Quote from: Brandon on February 19, 2014, 01:29:16 PMQuote from: JoePCool14 on February 19, 2014, 07:56:19 AM
...when you are watching a TV show and they pass a group of BGSs, and you pause the show to look at them. :sombrero:
How else are you supposed to figure out where they filmed it?
CSI: Miami has a lot of Miami area BGS when they show shots pertinent to the characters traveling to crime scenes (usually via I-195, US 1, etc.), but apparently it was actually filmed in California.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: JoePCool14 on March 02, 2014, 05:24:14 PM
Post by: JoePCool14 on March 02, 2014, 05:24:14 PM
... you become upset if ... happens near your house.
> a sign is bent
> a sign is vandilized (if you live in a major city, that will obviously happen at some point, but for other areas)
> a sign is hit and knocked over.
> a sign is removed.
> a sign is bent
> a sign is vandilized (if you live in a major city, that will obviously happen at some point, but for other areas)
> a sign is hit and knocked over.
> a sign is removed.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on March 02, 2014, 05:31:36 PM
Post by: sammi on March 02, 2014, 05:31:36 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on March 02, 2014, 05:24:14 PM
... you become upset if
> a sign is removed.
... near your house.
On the other hand, you should be happy if that sign was orange. :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Molandfreak on March 02, 2014, 06:02:04 PM
Post by: Molandfreak on March 02, 2014, 06:02:04 PM
Quote from: sammi on March 02, 2014, 05:31:36 PM(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gribblenation.com%2Fflpics%2Fcolor%2Ff52.jpg&hash=4c55c83bb2adae41a0316360e96647328e3cd4fe) :bigass:Quote from: JoePCool14 on March 02, 2014, 05:24:14 PM
... you become upset if
> a sign is removed.
... near your house.
On the other hand, you should be happy if that sign was orange. :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on March 02, 2014, 06:09:33 PM
Post by: sammi on March 02, 2014, 06:09:33 PM
Oh man I totally forgot about Flahrida. Let me try again.
* black and orange.
* black and orange.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 74/171FAN on March 02, 2014, 09:46:13 PM
Post by: 74/171FAN on March 02, 2014, 09:46:13 PM
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on March 03, 2014, 02:52:54 PM
Post by: formulanone on March 03, 2014, 02:52:54 PM
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.)
(Yup, finally happened.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bulldog1979 on March 17, 2014, 06:16:24 PM
Post by: bulldog1979 on March 17, 2014, 06:16:24 PM
... 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.
iPad
iPad
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on March 17, 2014, 06:39:22 PM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on March 17, 2014, 06:39:22 PM
...when you end up digging roads in the sand every time you go to the beach.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on March 17, 2014, 11:16:15 PM
Post by: vtk on March 17, 2014, 11:16:15 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on March 17, 2014, 06:39:22 PM
...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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: J N Winkler on March 17, 2014, 11:30:08 PM
Post by: J N Winkler on March 17, 2014, 11:30:08 PM
Quote from: formulanone on March 03, 2014, 02:52:54 PMIf 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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on March 18, 2014, 02:21:30 AM
Post by: yakra on March 18, 2014, 02:21:30 AM
Driftwood comes in handy for overpasses, and the right kind of seaweed can stand in for a BGS.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 19, 2014, 10:01:41 AM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 19, 2014, 10:01:41 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 03, 2014, 02:52:54 PM
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 :-P
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sammi on March 19, 2014, 10:04:30 AM
Post by: sammi on March 19, 2014, 10:04:30 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 19, 2014, 10:01:41 AMSame! :sombrero: Especially a fan of subways. (But not as much as Ford.)
I'm both a roadgeek and a transit geek :-P
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on March 19, 2014, 11:10:10 AM
Post by: vtk on March 19, 2014, 11:10:10 AM
I'm a geek of pretty much all forms of transportation infrastructure, but there are just a lot more roads than anything else.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: pianocello on March 22, 2014, 04:14:20 PM
Post by: pianocello on March 22, 2014, 04:14:20 PM
...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)
(which is weird, because I have no ties to New York, and AFAIK this particular poster doesn't either)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Tom958 on March 28, 2014, 10:04:19 AM
Post by: Tom958 on March 28, 2014, 10:04:19 AM
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.
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SD Mapman on March 29, 2014, 12:32:43 AM
Post by: SD Mapman on March 29, 2014, 12:32:43 AM
Quote from: Tom958 on March 28, 2014, 10:04:19 AMThis could also work for 4-lane divided highways too.
If you habitually get in the correct lane way too soon because you've memorized the lane configuration of every freeway within 300 miles.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: pianocello on April 13, 2014, 04:07:01 PM
Post by: pianocello on April 13, 2014, 04:07:01 PM
...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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on April 18, 2014, 04:25:45 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on April 18, 2014, 04:25:45 PM
Quote from: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 01:16:41 PMI 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.
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on April 18, 2014, 04:29:28 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on April 18, 2014, 04:29:28 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on April 18, 2014, 04:25:45 PMFreewayjim speeds up the videos.Quote from: bing101 on January 22, 2014, 01:16:41 PMI 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.
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: signalman on April 20, 2014, 12:47:01 PM
Post by: signalman on April 20, 2014, 12:47:01 PM
If you use exit/entrance ramps that you wouldn't normally use; just so you can clinch the interchange in question.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on April 21, 2014, 12:08:10 AM
Post by: D-Dey65 on April 21, 2014, 12:08:10 AM
Quote from: 1 on April 18, 2014, 04:29:28 PMYeah, but that's still a pretty short song for a long bridge:
Freewayjim speeds up the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqbKq2pUkA8
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on June 23, 2014, 12:16:48 PM
Post by: US71 on June 23, 2014, 12:16:48 PM
It takes you ten hours to drive what most people drive in 3.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ElPanaChevere on June 30, 2014, 07:29:33 PM
Post by: ElPanaChevere on June 30, 2014, 07:29:33 PM
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 :D lol)
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 :D lol)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on June 30, 2014, 11:56:24 PM
Post by: yakra on June 30, 2014, 11:56:24 PM
QuoteYou 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 (http://cmap.m-plex.com) :colorful:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on July 03, 2014, 09:58:20 PM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on July 03, 2014, 09:58:20 PM
Quote from: yakra on June 30, 2014, 11:56:24 PM
Or you're actually a data contributor for Clinched Highway Mapping (http://cmap.m-plex.com) :colorful:
Guilty on that charge. hahaha. :bigass:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: billtm on July 04, 2014, 10:40:53 AM
Post by: billtm on July 04, 2014, 10:40:53 AM
You tell your friend not to go to Penn State because I-99 is the most bs piece of highway you have seen bearing an Interstate highway shield. :bigass:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: route56 on July 04, 2014, 11:50:35 AM
Post by: route56 on July 04, 2014, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: billtm on July 04, 2014, 10:40:53 AM
You tell your friend not to go to Penn State because I-99 is the most bs piece of highway you have seen bearing an Interstate highway shield. :bigass:
In light of the scandals that have plagued Penn State, I-99 is barely a blip on the radar....
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on July 24, 2014, 09:59:00 PM
Post by: hbelkins on July 24, 2014, 09:59:00 PM
... you see a news story on television with a state-named interstate shield, and you can't wait for it to be posted on the station's website so you can do a screen grab and post the pic on AA Roads.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: english si on July 25, 2014, 03:37:30 AM
Post by: english si on July 25, 2014, 03:37:30 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on July 03, 2014, 09:58:20 PMYou make .wpt files for systems you know will never be added to the browser just for the craicQuote from: yakra on June 30, 2014, 11:56:24 PM
Or you're actually a data contributor for Clinched Highway Mapping (http://cmap.m-plex.com) :colorful:
Guilty on that charge. hahaha. :bigass:
You make fantasy .wpt files based on fantasy renumbering
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on July 25, 2014, 08:45:36 AM
Post by: PHLBOS on July 25, 2014, 08:45:36 AM
The only reason you watch the movie Saturday Night Fever is to see the old button-copy BGS' throughout NYC.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on July 25, 2014, 08:52:42 AM
Post by: thenetwork on July 25, 2014, 08:52:42 AM
...you only wanted to go to your city's Safety Town because they used real traffic light(s) and signs.
/I never got to go :(
/I never got to go :(
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on July 25, 2014, 09:43:28 PM
Post by: vtk on July 25, 2014, 09:43:28 PM
You take pictures of road signs and maps seen on tv with your phone and tweet them
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on July 26, 2014, 04:32:02 PM
Post by: DaBigE on July 26, 2014, 04:32:02 PM
You see the BGS in the backdrop of The Fluffy Story and can't wait to see how many people critique it on the forum, or discuss Gabriel's Indian traffic experiences he uses in one of his sketches in the movie.
note that is not a typo, I mean the country not the state
note that is not a typo, I mean the country not the state
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SSOWorld on July 27, 2014, 05:11:19 PM
Post by: SSOWorld on July 27, 2014, 05:11:19 PM
you get in the car, go somewhere but end up nowhere (as in just driving around)
You can recognize patterns and sayings in route numbering (or lettering in the case of WI and MO)
You can recognize patterns and sayings in route numbering (or lettering in the case of WI and MO)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: on_wisconsin on August 22, 2014, 07:18:39 PM
Post by: on_wisconsin on August 22, 2014, 07:18:39 PM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on February 19, 2014, 08:28:57 PMYou know your a roadgeek when: http://goo.gl/maps/Yfvku :)
You go to other sites for pictures and humor...and see some of NE2's road sign avatar instead! :)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F6b1wpFX.jpg&hash=c8cbb1f9b7dd769a2c8d2af7a09310ef4ad976d7)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: adventurernumber1 on August 22, 2014, 10:42:46 PM
Post by: adventurernumber1 on August 22, 2014, 10:42:46 PM
You know you're a Roadgeek when...
Your Social Studies teacher gets mad at your for drawing all the interstates on a map of Georgia when you're only supposed to label large landmarks you were not supposed to know years before he "taught" you :bigass:
When you plead your dad to let you sit in the front of a shuttle van on a vacation taken by plane. (But does anyone really want to sit in the front more than a Roadgeek? I think not :banghead: )
When over 75% of your iPhone storage is taken up by road videos in the camera roll.
When the front page in your Spanish binder at school says "NEXT EXIT: Spanish Class: 1/2 MILLA (that's Mile in Spanish).
When everyone is staring at you awkwardly on a long bus trip because you're wide awake the whole time staring at the road and taking pictures.
When you know the entire interstate system before your mom knows the numbering of the roads she does her daily commute on.
When you're wallpapers on the lock screens on your phone & laptop are BGS.
When your great aunt looks confused and is gasping after you list all the roads you went on on a long roadtrip.
When your room is full of old notebooks you drew roads in and has highway shields on the wall.
Your Social Studies teacher gets mad at your for drawing all the interstates on a map of Georgia when you're only supposed to label large landmarks you were not supposed to know years before he "taught" you :bigass:
When you plead your dad to let you sit in the front of a shuttle van on a vacation taken by plane. (But does anyone really want to sit in the front more than a Roadgeek? I think not :banghead: )
When over 75% of your iPhone storage is taken up by road videos in the camera roll.
When the front page in your Spanish binder at school says "NEXT EXIT: Spanish Class: 1/2 MILLA (that's Mile in Spanish).
When everyone is staring at you awkwardly on a long bus trip because you're wide awake the whole time staring at the road and taking pictures.
When you know the entire interstate system before your mom knows the numbering of the roads she does her daily commute on.
When you're wallpapers on the lock screens on your phone & laptop are BGS.
When your great aunt looks confused and is gasping after you list all the roads you went on on a long roadtrip.
When your room is full of old notebooks you drew roads in and has highway shields on the wall.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bing101 on August 23, 2014, 09:05:00 AM
Post by: bing101 on August 23, 2014, 09:05:00 AM
You are a roadgeek when you are anal in term of how the control cities sign look and route shields look.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: signalman on August 23, 2014, 09:10:14 AM
Post by: signalman on August 23, 2014, 09:10:14 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on July 27, 2014, 05:11:19 PMI've been doing this a lot lately to both break in my new car and to photograph the road and signs on roads that I don't regularly use.
you get in the car, go somewhere but end up nowhere (as in just driving around)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadrunner75 on August 24, 2014, 12:26:44 AM
Post by: Roadrunner75 on August 24, 2014, 12:26:44 AM
.....if when talking about an upcoming vacation your friends say "Your 'vacation' doesn't count because all you're gonna do is drive around the whole time. I feel sorry for your wife and kid..."
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on August 26, 2014, 05:05:50 PM
Post by: roadman on August 26, 2014, 05:05:50 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on August 22, 2014, 10:42:46 PMI worked for a temp service for about a year after getting out of college. As I didn't have a car at the time, my first two assignments involved taking the temp service's shuttle van. Because getting to and from these assignments involved traveling on Interstate 93 to Boston (first assignment) and on Interstate 95 (nee MA 128) to Burlington (second assignment), I made it a point of getting to the temp agency early enough so I got dibs on the front passenger seat (the other advantage of this was that I didn't have to ride in the back of the van with the smokers).
You know you're a Roadgeek when...
When you plead your dad to let you sit in the front of a shuttle van on a vacation taken by plane. (But does anyone really want to sit in the front more than a Roadgeek? I think not :banghead: )
After my second assignment ended, I was fortunate enough to land a long term assignment at the GE Lynn (MA) River Works aircraft engine plant, which was on the MBTA bus route that I could board near my parent's house. So I no longer needed to use their shuttle van.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: briantroutman on August 26, 2014, 05:42:16 PM
Post by: briantroutman on August 26, 2014, 05:42:16 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on August 22, 2014, 10:42:46 PM
You know you're a Roadgeek when...
When you plead your dad to let you sit in the front of a shuttle van on a vacation taken by plane. (But does anyone really want to sit in the front more than a Roadgeek? I think not :banghead: )
Can anyone offer an explanation as to why everyone wants to sit up front in the car–sitting in the back seat is like being relegated to the kids table at Thanksgiving–but for some reason, it's "uncool" to sit up front on a bus? Didn't we have a major civil rights incident in this country about people who wanted to sit in the front of the bus?
Riding on a bus is miserable enough, but sitting in the back and having no view of where you are or where you're going–is maddening, in my opinion.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on October 01, 2014, 11:00:13 AM
Post by: 1995hoo on October 01, 2014, 11:00:13 AM
You know you're a roadgeek when you're reading a newspaper article about the mayors of DC and Baltimore talking about the possibility of the Nationals and Orioles meeting in the World Series and, when you see the following statement from DC's Mayor Gray, you immediately note his error (boldface in original, italics added, comments from Baltimore's Mayor Blake omitted):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-madness-the-dc-and-baltimore-mayors-on-a-nationals-orioles-world-series/2014/09/26/ddb0fd30-43fb-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html
Quote1. If the Nationals and Orioles meet in the World Series, should it be called the Beltway Series, the Parkway Series or something else?
....
Gray: It should definitely be the Parkway Series. For starters, Beltway Series isn't exactly the most poetic name – and the beltways don't actually connect our two cities (or, in the District's case, even pass through our city). ....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-madness-the-dc-and-baltimore-mayors-on-a-nationals-orioles-world-series/2014/09/26/ddb0fd30-43fb-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Zeffy on October 01, 2014, 11:18:51 AM
Post by: Zeffy on October 01, 2014, 11:18:51 AM
You know you're a roadgeek when you are playing a game and anytime you see I-XX you immediately visualize either the road or the Interstate shield with the correct numerals:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaGVD5KU.png&hash=eee314446b61d7330e27936a11406095a6e4767c)
In this case, it is not an Interstate, but the player's level in the game, and how many times they have gone back to 0 and started again - you can do this up to five times.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaGVD5KU.png&hash=eee314446b61d7330e27936a11406095a6e4767c)
In this case, it is not an Interstate, but the player's level in the game, and how many times they have gone back to 0 and started again - you can do this up to five times.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on October 02, 2014, 11:12:31 AM
Post by: Henry on October 02, 2014, 11:12:31 AM
Quote from: bulldog1979 on March 17, 2014, 06:16:24 PMThat's surprising, considering that he was the face of the St. Louis franchise from the day he first stepped onto the field. Even as a Cubs fan, he, Ozzie Smith and Tony LaRussa were the only Cardinals I could never hate.
... 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.
iPad
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on October 03, 2014, 05:24:49 AM
Post by: hotdogPi on October 03, 2014, 05:24:49 AM
You see something like "Route 117" for a bus, and you think of State Route 117.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: bing101 on October 03, 2014, 10:05:54 PM
Post by: bing101 on October 03, 2014, 10:05:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ocOvAXOXvM
When a Solano County Roadgeek wonders why is CA-37 is in the Desert and not in San Pablo Bay.
When a Solano County Roadgeek wonders why is CA-37 is in the Desert and not in San Pablo Bay.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: adventurernumber1 on October 08, 2014, 11:05:02 AM
Post by: adventurernumber1 on October 08, 2014, 11:05:02 AM
When you're bored in class you do stuff like this https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15291564900/
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Laura on October 08, 2014, 12:29:03 PM
Post by: Laura on October 08, 2014, 12:29:03 PM
Quote from: Darkchylde on August 31, 2012, 09:36:11 PMQuote from: Steve on August 31, 2012, 06:53:36 PMRoadgeeks giving up roads? Heresy!Quote from: kphoger on August 31, 2012, 02:11:26 PM50% of marriages end in divorce. Maybe 5% of roadgeeks give up roads.Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 12:45:18 PMQuote from: Rushmeister on August 31, 2012, 12:39:41 PM
Your spouse is in the car with you and you wonder if that road veering off at a fork is an earlier alignment of the road highway you're on. BUT you bite your tongue and don't say anything at all because you're tired of the ridicule you always get when you bring up the subject.
need spouse upgrade...
??? !
Apparently, the roadgeek itch is more sacred than marriage........
You know you're a roadgeek when this was a legitimate consideration in finding a suitable marriage partner ;)
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Post by: amroad17 on October 09, 2014, 03:28:02 AM
Post by: amroad17 on October 09, 2014, 03:28:02 AM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on October 08, 2014, 11:05:02 AMThat, young man, is classic!!! :nod: And, very good. Wait, you forgot I-575.
When you're bored in class you do stuff like this https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15291564900/
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Post by: adventurernumber1 on October 09, 2014, 09:22:41 AM
Post by: adventurernumber1 on October 09, 2014, 09:22:41 AM
Quote from: amroad17 on October 09, 2014, 03:28:02 AMQuote from: adventurernumber1 on October 08, 2014, 11:05:02 AMThat, young man, is classic!!! :nod: And, very good. Wait, you forgot I-575.
When you're bored in class you do stuff like this https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15291564900/
Lol, I didn't get to putting I-575, I-675, & I-516 (though that one is extremely short). It wasn't the complete system, just something I quickly doodled up. I was bored out of my mind working on a packet that was like 5 pages long due the next day! So I got a piece of paper, and out of randomness started folding it making random shapes, then, all of a sudden, it was the shape of GA, so I'm like "what the heck", and I taped the sides, and started drawing the roads. I have done maps much better than this one, but none so on a paper that was actually shaped like GA :-D
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Post by: pianocello on October 09, 2014, 03:31:36 PM
Post by: pianocello on October 09, 2014, 03:31:36 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on October 09, 2014, 03:28:02 AMQuote from: adventurernumber1 on October 08, 2014, 11:05:02 AMThat, young man, is classic!!! :nod: And, very good.
When you're bored in class you do stuff like this https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15291564900/
Agreed. That's pretty cool.
QuoteWait, you forgot I-575.
You know you're a roadgeek when you notice that. :)
(On that note, you forgot I-24 as well)
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Post by: adventurernumber1 on October 09, 2014, 05:36:16 PM
Post by: adventurernumber1 on October 09, 2014, 05:36:16 PM
Here's my best GA map Ive ever made.
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15467443766/
Most of my maps are like this. Like I said, the one I did in class was just a quick doodle, lol.
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15467443766/
Most of my maps are like this. Like I said, the one I did in class was just a quick doodle, lol.
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Post by: signalman on November 27, 2014, 03:19:07 AM
Post by: signalman on November 27, 2014, 03:19:07 AM
I thought of this thread while looking at my Facebook news feed. While looking at pictures of the rallying in the streets of Ferguson, MO, I enlarged the pictures to see what the downtown streets and signals looked like.
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Post by: Zeffy on November 27, 2014, 01:06:59 PM
Post by: Zeffy on November 27, 2014, 01:06:59 PM
Quote from: signalman on November 27, 2014, 03:19:07 AM
I thought of this thread while looking at my Facebook news feed. While looking at pictures of the rallying in the streets of Ferguson, MO, I enlarged the pictures to see what the downtown streets and signals looked like.
I found myself going on Google Street View in Ferguson while watching a streamer in Ferguson (On West Florissant Ave mostly), and seeing what I could find there.
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Post by: hotdogPi on November 27, 2014, 01:09:23 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on November 27, 2014, 01:09:23 PM
You think NH3 (ammonia) should be US3.
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Post by: Dr Frankenstein on November 27, 2014, 01:37:40 PM
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on November 27, 2014, 01:37:40 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on October 08, 2014, 11:05:02 AMI've done something like that in a meeting at work yesterday.
When you're bored in class you do stuff like this https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15291564900/
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Post by: thenetwork on November 27, 2014, 10:55:45 PM
Post by: thenetwork on November 27, 2014, 10:55:45 PM
You love watching "The Rockford Files" because of the L.A. Freeway signs seen during the show's opening.
http://youtu.be/tO0Vq4fj3ho
http://youtu.be/tO0Vq4fj3ho
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Post by: hm insulators on December 03, 2014, 03:50:21 PM
Post by: hm insulators on December 03, 2014, 03:50:21 PM
You get a seasonal job packing boxes at an amazon.com warehouse. The boxes are in many sizes; each size is numbered A3 or A7 or S5. One box size is numbered N3, and each time you use that size box, you automatically think of Angeles Forest Highway--Los Angeles County Route N3.
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Post by: 1995hoo on December 03, 2014, 07:31:08 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on December 03, 2014, 07:31:08 PM
The TV weatherman sends a tweet about the forecast using hashtag #HOT, denoting hot weather, and you see "HOT" and think of the high occupancy/toll lanes.
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Post by: roadman on December 03, 2014, 08:15:06 PM
Post by: roadman on December 03, 2014, 08:15:06 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on November 27, 2014, 01:37:40 PMThe first public meeting on the now-stalled I-93/I-95 interchange reconstruction in Reading/Woburn was a couple of nights before our model railroad club monthly business meeting (and was a subject of discussion at the dinner before the meeting). When discussions on certain items bogged down with details that didn't need to be recorded in the minutes, I started sketching possible sign legends in my notebook. At one point, the club vice-president looked over at me, saw what I was doing, and just rolled his eyes and said "Figures."Quote from: adventurernumber1 on October 08, 2014, 11:05:02 AMI've done something like that in a meeting at work yesterday.
When you're bored in class you do stuff like this https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15291564900/
Still have those sketches somewhere.
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Post by: PHLBOS on December 04, 2014, 09:38:06 AM
Post by: PHLBOS on December 04, 2014, 09:38:06 AM
Quote from: roadman on December 03, 2014, 08:15:06 PMWhen discussions on certain items bogged down with details that didn't need to be recorded in the minutes, I started sketching possible sign legends in my notebook.I did similar during my 8 AM Expository Writing class during my freshman year in college. I needed to do something in order to stay awake. :sombrero:
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Post by: adventurernumber1 on December 04, 2014, 03:17:06 PM
Post by: adventurernumber1 on December 04, 2014, 03:17:06 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 04, 2014, 09:38:06 AMQuote from: roadman on December 03, 2014, 08:15:06 PMWhen discussions on certain items bogged down with details that didn't need to be recorded in the minutes, I started sketching possible sign legends in my notebook.I did similar during my 8 AM Expository Writing class during my freshman year in college. I needed to do something in order to stay awake. :sombrero:
Haha, and largely due to the fact I get little sleep each night (thanks to school, and its truck load of homework & projects), many times I'll have to do interesting things in class to stay awake. Especially Biology (not so much of a religious thing, simply because I am not interested in the subject at all).
And I know I'm a roadgeek because.. :sombrero:
Today in Biology (just an hour ago), I was bored out of my mind with a huge packet of cell transport stuff. I saw the word "transport," and I immediately started drawing interstates in a diagram of the cell. I made an I-275 beltway encircling the nucleus, and several other interstates serving the cell. I also made an outer cell beltway (I-475), that closely followed the cell membrane :D
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: pumpkineater2 on December 04, 2014, 07:30:57 PM
Post by: pumpkineater2 on December 04, 2014, 07:30:57 PM
If you sit in class drawing interstate shields around every number on the paper that you know is an actual interstate.
And if you always spend several minutes of class drawing perfectly to scale freeways all over your papers. :hyper:
And if you always spend several minutes of class drawing perfectly to scale freeways all over your papers. :hyper:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: OracleUsr on December 05, 2014, 12:16:48 AM
Post by: OracleUsr on December 05, 2014, 12:16:48 AM
If you sit at a breakfast restaurant in Charlottesville and look at a VA map and wonder if they could make a "name the highways challenge" for the unmarked but obviously highway lines on the map. Like "number the highways correctly in ten minutes and get a free omelette" or something like that.
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Post by: SignGeek101 on December 05, 2014, 12:26:18 AM
Post by: SignGeek101 on December 05, 2014, 12:26:18 AM
Don't know if anyone's said this, but when you look at homework pages, and think of highways that have the same number. For example, if page 95 has exercises related to that day's lecture, you start think of I-95, US 95 etc etc
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Post by: yakra on December 05, 2014, 10:38:27 AM
Post by: yakra on December 05, 2014, 10:38:27 AM
My credit card number contains several two-digit state highway numbers. The CVC code is a 3DI, US Route, FM road, State Spur or State Loop or something.
No, I'm not gonna say which ones.
No, I'm not gonna say which ones.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on December 19, 2014, 05:31:19 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on December 19, 2014, 05:31:19 PM
You have a roadtrip planned for months leaving at a specific time. The day before the trip, you learn the express lanes on the Interstate will be closed at your departure time. So you delay your departure until later in the morning when they are to reopen.
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Post by: Henry on December 23, 2014, 12:25:34 PM
Post by: Henry on December 23, 2014, 12:25:34 PM
You see the scores of a sports event, and the numbers remind you of numbered highways. Like an NBA game with a 101-99 final score, CA immediately comes to mind because of the two highways with those numbers that exist there. Same with the standings, as an 85-77 (or 77-85) MLB team calls to mind the Interstate highways that run through Charlotte, NC (which, ironically, does not have an MLB team of its own!).
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Post by: jrouse on December 29, 2014, 11:20:29 AM
Post by: jrouse on December 29, 2014, 11:20:29 AM
You use route numbers and control cities for your passwords (apologies if this was previously mentioned in the thread)
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Post by: akotchi on December 29, 2014, 12:01:17 PM
Post by: akotchi on December 29, 2014, 12:01:17 PM
Quote from: yakra on December 05, 2014, 10:38:27 AMOr better yet . . . you look at serial numbers on dollar bills for various 2di and 3di combinations out of consecutive digits.
My credit card number contains several two-digit state highway numbers. The CVC code is a 3DI, US Route, FM road, State Spur or State Loop or something.
No, I'm not gonna say which ones.
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Post by: PHLBOS on December 29, 2014, 05:19:46 PM
Post by: PHLBOS on December 29, 2014, 05:19:46 PM
... while doing sit-ups or push-ups, one counts in route numbers or exit numbers*.
*sequential exit numbers.
*sequential exit numbers.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: The Nature Boy on December 29, 2014, 06:44:30 PM
Post by: The Nature Boy on December 29, 2014, 06:44:30 PM
You're taking a road trip with a friend of the opposite sex and you are REALLY excited to take them through Breezewood. You hype it and hype it and afterwards, she's like "that was it?"
(this may or may not have happened to me recently)
(this may or may not have happened to me recently)
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Post by: yakra on December 30, 2014, 12:39:28 AM
Post by: yakra on December 30, 2014, 12:39:28 AM
Quote from: akotchi on December 29, 2014, 12:01:17 PMGreat. Upon reading that I had to pull my wad of cash outta my pocket and inspect it. Hm. The first $10 I found is JA 02928787 A. Hey. The 287/87 multiplex in New York, across the Tappan Zee. OK, that's pretty neat! :D
Or better yet . . . you look at serial numbers on dollar bills for various 2di and 3di combinations out of consecutive digits.
Quote from: The Nature Boy on December 29, 2014, 06:44:30 PMDude. You have friends of the opposite sex? Wot's it loike? (Ah, I kid, I kid...)
You're taking a road trip with a friend of the opposite sex and you are REALLY excited to take them through Breezewood. You hype it and hype it and afterwards, she's like "that was it?"
(this may or may not have happened to me recently)
One time back in February or June or whenever, this young lady n I were bipping up I-95, somewhere around mile 40, when during the course of our conversation she asked me what a SPUI was. She seemed genuinely interested. Aw man. Yeah. Good times.
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Post by: ajlynch91 on December 30, 2014, 11:25:17 AM
Post by: ajlynch91 on December 30, 2014, 11:25:17 AM
Quote from: pumpkineater2 on December 04, 2014, 07:30:57 PM
If you sit in class drawing interstate shields around every number on the paper that you know is an actual interstate.
And if you always spend several minutes of class drawing perfectly to scale freeways all over your papers. :hyper:
Totally did this. And I also numbered all the major halls by Interstate rules ascending from west to east, north to south, and giving 3di numbers to branch halls.
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Post by: Zeffy on December 30, 2014, 11:34:48 AM
Post by: Zeffy on December 30, 2014, 11:34:48 AM
Upon getting a new game with highways in it, you hold up traffic to stare at the signs. While everyone around you is going full speed on a freeway, you are casually going the speed limit following the AI cars.
Okay it's not a new game, but its a new game in the sense that I got the upgraded version for the next generation consoles. The game is GTA V, and the roads in that game are so beautiful. I just wish there was more traffic on the freeways in downtown.
Okay it's not a new game, but its a new game in the sense that I got the upgraded version for the next generation consoles. The game is GTA V, and the roads in that game are so beautiful. I just wish there was more traffic on the freeways in downtown.
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Post by: Henry on December 30, 2014, 11:35:14 AM
Post by: Henry on December 30, 2014, 11:35:14 AM
Quote from: ajlynch91 on December 30, 2014, 11:25:17 AMGuilty on both counts, especially in high school, where I named each hall after all the expressways of Chicagoland.Quote from: pumpkineater2 on December 04, 2014, 07:30:57 PM
If you sit in class drawing interstate shields around every number on the paper that you know is an actual interstate.
And if you always spend several minutes of class drawing perfectly to scale freeways all over your papers. :hyper:
Totally did this. And I also numbered all the major halls by Interstate rules ascending from west to east, north to south, and giving 3di numbers to branch halls.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: The Nature Boy on December 30, 2014, 12:45:29 PM
Post by: The Nature Boy on December 30, 2014, 12:45:29 PM
My high school had two "wings." One had just one hall and the other had two parallel halls with two connectors. It would've had the most boring highway system known to mankind.
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Post by: KG909 on December 30, 2014, 12:47:54 PM
Post by: KG909 on December 30, 2014, 12:47:54 PM
Your Call of Duty Emblems are ALL highway or Interstate shields.
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Post by: 1995hoo on December 30, 2014, 12:51:54 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on December 30, 2014, 12:51:54 PM
Quote from: ajlynch91 on December 30, 2014, 11:25:17 AMQuote from: pumpkineater2 on December 04, 2014, 07:30:57 PM
If you sit in class drawing interstate shields around every number on the paper that you know is an actual interstate.
And if you always spend several minutes of class drawing perfectly to scale freeways all over your papers. :hyper:
Totally did this. And I also numbered all the major halls by Interstate rules ascending from west to east, north to south, and giving 3di numbers to branch halls.
Heh. The elementary school I attended from fourth through sixth grades published a student phone directory that had a hand-drawn neighborhood map in it. I used tracing paper to trace the map, link up many of the streets that ended in cul-de-sacs so they'd become thru routes, assigned "highway" numbers (using Interstate or US shields) to all of them, and made some close-up maps of "interchanges" that, had they actually been built, would have obliterated most of the roads I'd just drawn.
(I do not have any of said maps to scan and upload. When I cleaned my room before heading off to college, I took all those old maps and other stuff to the landfill myself so my parents wouldn't discover them and ridicule me.)
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Post by: renegade on December 31, 2014, 03:29:19 PM
Post by: renegade on December 31, 2014, 03:29:19 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 30, 2014, 12:51:54 PM
(I do not have any of said maps to scan and upload. When I cleaned my room before heading off to college, I took all those old maps and other stuff to the landfill myself so my parents wouldn't discover them and ridicule me.)
I did this, too ... had five full Hefty bags that weighed 50-75 lbs each, and countless boxes of stuff ...
Sure do wish I still had all of that, though.
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Post by: hm insulators on December 31, 2014, 04:56:28 PM
Post by: hm insulators on December 31, 2014, 04:56:28 PM
Quote from: Henry on December 30, 2014, 11:35:14 AMQuote from: ajlynch91 on December 30, 2014, 11:25:17 AMGuilty on both counts, especially in high school, where I named each hall after all the expressways of ChicagolQuote from: pumpkineater2 on December 04, 2014, 07:30:57 PM
If you sit in class drawing interstate shields around every number on the paper that you know is an actual interstate.
And if you always spend several minutes of class drawing perfectly to scale freeways all over your papers. :hyper:
I used to name the school hallways!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 09:26:56 AM
Post by: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 09:26:56 AM
... when one finds out that it will be a Patriots/Seahawks match-up for Super Bowl XLIX and they think "I-90 Super Bowl". :sombrero:
Yeah Foxboro's a tad south of I-90 & Boston but still.
Yeah Foxboro's a tad south of I-90 & Boston but still.
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Post by: Zeffy on January 19, 2015, 10:51:49 AM
Post by: Zeffy on January 19, 2015, 10:51:49 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 09:26:56 AM
... when one finds out that it will be a Patriots/Seahawks match-up for Super Bowl XLIX and they think "I-90 Super Bowl". :sombrero:
Yeah Foxboro's a tad south of I-90 & Boston but still.
Eh, I-90 is the Mass Pike and since Foxborough is in Massachusetts, it counts for enough. However the actual site for the Super Bowl will be held closer to I-10. :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 11:36:45 AM
Post by: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 11:36:45 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 19, 2015, 10:51:49 AMHowever the actual site for the Super Bowl will be held closer to I-10. :sombrero:True, but most people (excluding die-hard football fans or those that have actually attended a Super Bowl) usually only remember the teams that played; not necessarily the location of the game.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 19, 2015, 08:44:44 PM
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 19, 2015, 08:44:44 PM
...when you get bugged by a Bay Area radio ad that calls US-101, "the 101".
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Post by: OracleUsr on January 19, 2015, 10:50:25 PM
Post by: OracleUsr on January 19, 2015, 10:50:25 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 09:26:56 AM
... when one finds out that it will be a Patriots/Seahawks match-up for Super Bowl XLIX and they think "I-90 Super Bowl". :sombrero:
Yeah Foxboro's a tad south of I-90 & Boston but still.
I do that, too. I usually call it "the battle of xx"...but I can't bring myself to call the superbowl this with New England actually closer to Providence than Boston.
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Post by: bing101 on January 19, 2015, 11:50:19 PM
Post by: bing101 on January 19, 2015, 11:50:19 PM
http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2015/01/19/154266/why_ants_handle_traffic_better_than_you_do?source=npr&category=science
When you think ants have a traffic solution.
When you think ants have a traffic solution.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 21, 2015, 11:47:35 AM
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 21, 2015, 11:47:35 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 09:26:56 AM
... when one finds out that it will be a Patriots/Seahawks match-up for Super Bowl XLIX and they think "I-90 Super Bowl". :sombrero:
Yeah Foxboro's a tad south of I-90 & Boston but still.
I feel like Century Link Field being literally right at I-90's western terminus makes up for Foxboro's location more off the beaten path.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: KEK Inc. on January 22, 2015, 06:11:57 AM
Post by: KEK Inc. on January 22, 2015, 06:11:57 AM
Are there any other Superbowls that happened recently at the polar ends of a major Interstate?
Have there been a Superbowl with the Jets (NYC) vs the 49ers (SF)? (The I-80 bowl).
Have there been a Superbowl with the Jets (NYC) vs the 49ers (SF)? (The I-80 bowl).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on January 22, 2015, 06:12:57 AM
Post by: NE2 on January 22, 2015, 06:12:57 AM
...your reaction to FritzOwl is hatred rather than confusion.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ajlynch91 on January 22, 2015, 08:06:22 AM
Post by: ajlynch91 on January 22, 2015, 08:06:22 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 11:36:45 AMQuote from: Zeffy on January 19, 2015, 10:51:49 AMHowever the actual site for the Super Bowl will be held closer to I-10. :sombrero:True, but most people (excluding die-hard football fans or those that have actually attended a Super Bowl) usually only remember the teams that played; not necessarily the location of the game.
I used to have a T-shirt referring to the Bears-Colts Super Bowl (XLI?) as the I-65 Bowl.
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Post by: spooky on January 22, 2015, 08:29:25 AM
Post by: spooky on January 22, 2015, 08:29:25 AM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on January 22, 2015, 06:11:57 AM
Are there any other Superbowls that happened recently at the polar ends of a major Interstate?
Have there been a Superbowl with the Jets (NYC) vs the 49ers (SF)? (The I-80 bowl).
The Jets only Super Bowl appearance was a win over the Baltimore Colts.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on January 22, 2015, 05:07:16 PM
Post by: PHLBOS on January 22, 2015, 05:07:16 PM
Quote from: ajlynch91 on January 22, 2015, 08:06:22 AMThe one that could've been played at Fort Wayne; at least according to then-Colts Coach Tony Dungy.Quote from: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 11:36:45 AMQuote from: Zeffy on January 19, 2015, 10:51:49 AMHowever the actual site for the Super Bowl will be held closer to I-10. :sombrero:True, but most people (excluding die-hard football fans or those that have actually attended a Super Bowl) usually only remember the teams that played; not necessarily the location of the game.
I used to have a T-shirt referring to the Bears-Colts Super Bowl (XLI?) as the I-65 Bowl.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 23, 2015, 12:08:55 PM
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 23, 2015, 12:08:55 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on January 22, 2015, 06:11:57 AM
Are there any other Superbowls that happened recently at the polar ends of a major Interstate?
Have there been a Superbowl with the Jets (NYC) vs the 49ers (SF)? (The I-80 bowl).
There aren't a whole lot of pairings that would work for this, and other than this year, none have occurred. The game that comes closest might be Super Bowl XXIi between Washington (not all that far from the terminus of I-70, and previously the terminus of one of its suffixed branches) and Denver (kind of far from the actual end of I-70, but the last major city it serves).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on January 23, 2015, 12:22:19 PM
Post by: NE2 on January 23, 2015, 12:22:19 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on January 23, 2015, 12:08:55 PMAnd the end in the original 1955-56 plan.
Denver (kind of far from the actual end of I-70, but the last major city it serves).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thephantomcheese on February 26, 2015, 10:20:50 AM
Post by: thephantomcheese on February 26, 2015, 10:20:50 AM
You not only draw imaginary maps of imaginary states, but draw them for every year back to 1921.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: amroad17 on February 27, 2015, 08:09:57 PM
Post by: amroad17 on February 27, 2015, 08:09:57 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 22, 2015, 05:07:16 PMNaw, they could have played at Purdue Stadium in West Lafayette, IN.Quote from: ajlynch91 on January 22, 2015, 08:06:22 AMThe one that could've been played at Fort Wayne; at least according to then-Colts Coach Tony Dungy.Quote from: PHLBOS on January 19, 2015, 11:36:45 AMQuote from: Zeffy on January 19, 2015, 10:51:49 AMHowever the actual site for the Super Bowl will be held closer to I-10. :sombrero:True, but most people (excluding die-hard football fans or those that have actually attended a Super Bowl) usually only remember the teams that played; not necessarily the location of the game.
I used to have a T-shirt referring to the Bears-Colts Super Bowl (XLI?) as the I-65 Bowl.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on May 08, 2015, 10:42:21 PM
Post by: Michael on May 08, 2015, 10:42:21 PM
...you instantly recognize a NYSDOT-maintained road while playing GeoGuessr.
This just happened to me. First, I noticed the general look of the pavement itself, then I noticed a culvert delineator. After moving a few steps, I noticed a reference marker on a post with another delineator. I had to move quite a bit to find a route shield since the imagery was SD and I couldn't read the reference marker.
This just happened to me. First, I noticed the general look of the pavement itself, then I noticed a culvert delineator. After moving a few steps, I noticed a reference marker on a post with another delineator. I had to move quite a bit to find a route shield since the imagery was SD and I couldn't read the reference marker.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on May 08, 2015, 11:13:24 PM
Post by: NE2 on May 08, 2015, 11:13:24 PM
Not quite the same thing, but perhaps in the spirit of this thread. I went walking with a couple folks today. After I told them what I do for fun, one of them asked if I knew how roads got their numbers. I immediately thought 'holy crap, an intelligent question!'.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on May 09, 2015, 01:58:18 AM
Post by: thenetwork on May 09, 2015, 01:58:18 AM
...One of the reasons you watched "The Partridge Family" as a kid was because you liked to see all of the road signs hanging up on the walls when they practiced in their garage....
...only to realize when you got a bit older and wiser that the signs weren't even close to being the real things!!!
...only to realize when you got a bit older and wiser that the signs weren't even close to being the real things!!!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on May 11, 2015, 09:36:26 AM
Post by: roadman on May 11, 2015, 09:36:26 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on May 09, 2015, 01:58:18 AMFor part of the one of the seasons (not sure if it was first or second), the garage wall actually sported a correctly shaped and colored state named (IIRC, it was Ohio) Interstate 70 shield.
...One of the reasons you watched "The Partridge Family" as a kid was because you liked to see all of the road signs hanging up on the walls when they practiced in their garage....
...only to realize when you got a bit older and wiser that the signs weren't even close to being the real things!!!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on May 11, 2015, 12:31:55 PM
Post by: PHLBOS on May 11, 2015, 12:31:55 PM
Quote from: roadman on May 11, 2015, 09:36:26 AMIn one scene, there was actually a state-named (PA) I-76 shield (in correct colors and proportions) hanging on the garage wall as well.Quote from: thenetwork on May 09, 2015, 01:58:18 AMFor part of the one of the seasons (not sure if it was first or second), the garage wall actually sported a correctly shaped and colored state named (IIRC, it was Ohio) Interstate 70 shield.
...One of the reasons you watched "The Partridge Family" as a kid was because you liked to see all of the road signs hanging up on the walls when they practiced in their garage....
...only to realize when you got a bit older and wiser that the signs weren't even close to being the real things!!!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on December 19, 2015, 04:00:46 PM
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on December 19, 2015, 04:00:46 PM
When your non-roadgeek friends post road pictures and you want to critique them and show them how to do it better next time.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: OracleUsr on December 20, 2015, 05:35:44 PM
Post by: OracleUsr on December 20, 2015, 05:35:44 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 29, 2014, 05:19:46 PM
... while doing sit-ups or push-ups, one counts in route numbers or exit numbers*.
*sequential exit numbers.
I saw this earlier and didn't want to Necro the thread.
I do this, except I count non-sequential exit number like this:
1...2...3...4...5...6...Harmon Den...8...9...10...11...12...13...14...Fines Creek...16...17...18...19...US 276...etc.
(that's I-40 in NC for those unfamiliar with the exits).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on December 22, 2015, 04:38:29 PM
Post by: US71 on December 22, 2015, 04:38:29 PM
I add 10 to the mileposts on I-40 in Arkansas and know how far I am from home ;)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on December 22, 2015, 05:00:55 PM
Post by: thenetwork on December 22, 2015, 05:00:55 PM
When you travel out of state, you take more notice on the signs, assemblies, lights and bridge designs than you do the actual scenery!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: noelbotevera on December 22, 2015, 05:57:22 PM
Post by: noelbotevera on December 22, 2015, 05:57:22 PM
You know you're a young roadgeek if...
you keep screwing up on trying to explain yourself
accidentally derail the NJ Turnpike thread
you keep screwing up in general
you have a feeling you're like ethanman or sr641
you exaggerate too much (that's my style of writing - so sorry to all of you)
you feel kicked out in a thread and stop posting
you keep screwing up on trying to explain yourself
accidentally derail the NJ Turnpike thread
you keep screwing up in general
you have a feeling you're like ethanman or sr641
you exaggerate too much (that's my style of writing - so sorry to all of you)
you feel kicked out in a thread and stop posting
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on December 22, 2015, 06:31:40 PM
Post by: US71 on December 22, 2015, 06:31:40 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on December 22, 2015, 05:57:22 PM
You know you're a young roadgeek if...
you keep screwing up on trying to explain yourself
accidentally derail the NJ Turnpike thread
you keep screwing up in general
you have a feeling you're like ethanman or sr641
you exaggerate too much (that's my style of writing - so sorry to all of you)
you feel kicked out in a thread and stop posting
Could be worse: you could be Calrog :-o
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cappicard on December 22, 2015, 06:45:52 PM
Post by: cappicard on December 22, 2015, 06:45:52 PM
Lol!
I have actually drawn maps of North America and of the US freehand on the chalkboard during recess in the 3rd grade.
I can still do it. A somewhat useless skill? Nope, especially for those times when either Apple and Google are dead wrong!
iPhone
I have actually drawn maps of North America and of the US freehand on the chalkboard during recess in the 3rd grade.
I can still do it. A somewhat useless skill? Nope, especially for those times when either Apple and Google are dead wrong!
iPhone
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 22, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 22, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
You doodle golf course ideas with holes that involve a fairway with an interstate highway overpass that you either have to hit over or under, or a hole built on an international border where you have to go through customs between the tee and green.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on December 23, 2015, 12:25:05 AM
Post by: yakra on December 23, 2015, 12:25:05 AM
...if your sand sculptures at the beach involve grading for dual carriageways, a diamond interchange and driftwood overpass, and seaweed BGSes.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 23, 2015, 05:05:16 AM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 23, 2015, 05:05:16 AM
Quote from: US71 on December 22, 2015, 04:38:29 PM
I add 10 to the mileposts on I-40 in Arkansas and know how far I am from home ;)
I do the same, except for the next interchange or exit to some town. I have to fudge that on a 119 kilometer (74 mile)-long strecht of freeway that is actually 113 km (70 miles) long, due to kmposts being placed as close as 0.37 miles and as far as 0.93 miles apart (an actual kilometer is 0.62 miles). I'd name that the "Space distortion freeway" if I had not named it the "Pearson S. Trail" before.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Katavia on December 23, 2015, 07:20:19 AM
Post by: Katavia on December 23, 2015, 07:20:19 AM
i make up routes that don't exist :pan: :pan: :pan: :pan: :pan: :pan:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: GCrites on December 25, 2015, 08:22:32 PM
Post by: GCrites on December 25, 2015, 08:22:32 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on December 22, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
You doodle golf course ideas with holes that involve a fairway with an interstate highway overpass that you either have to hit over or under, or a hole built on an international border where you have to go through customs between the tee and green.
Play some Outlaw Golf on Original Xbox if you want to see a course with the New Jersey Turnpike running through it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mgk920 on December 27, 2015, 06:57:52 PM
Post by: mgk920 on December 27, 2015, 06:57:52 PM
Quote from: GCrites80s on December 25, 2015, 08:22:32 PMQuote from: jp the roadgeek on December 22, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
You doodle golf course ideas with holes that involve a fairway with an interstate highway overpass that you either have to hit over or under, or a hole built on an international border where you have to go through customs between the tee and green.
Play some Outlaw Golf on Original Xbox if you want to see a course with the New Jersey Turnpike running through it.
The Oakmont C.C. near Pittsburgh (a common major tournament stop) straddles the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) and a major railroad.
Mike
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: brycecordry on December 27, 2015, 08:08:48 PM
Post by: brycecordry on December 27, 2015, 08:08:48 PM
Back to the original question:
--If you spend your time looking on Google Maps trying to scout out new routes for interstates using as many four-lane divided expressways as possible.
--If you drive around looking if an interstate would work in that particular corridor.
--If you spend your time looking on Google Maps trying to scout out new routes for interstates using as many four-lane divided expressways as possible.
--If you drive around looking if an interstate would work in that particular corridor.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SD Mapman on December 28, 2015, 11:23:10 AM
Post by: SD Mapman on December 28, 2015, 11:23:10 AM
...for Halloween one year you went as an interchange (SD I-90 Exit 107 in my case).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on December 29, 2015, 11:26:25 AM
Post by: yakra on December 29, 2015, 11:26:25 AM
* if you considered going as Sine Salad one year, but just never bothered actually making the costume.
* if you know what Sine Salad is.
* if you know what Sine Salad is.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on December 30, 2015, 11:30:22 AM
Post by: Henry on December 30, 2015, 11:30:22 AM
Quote from: Katavia on December 23, 2015, 07:20:19 AMSee, that's the beauty of Fictional Highways! By any chance, do you draw your own highways on road atlases, like I do?
i make up routes that don't exist :pan: :pan: :pan: :pan: :pan: :pan:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: brycecordry on December 30, 2015, 09:42:20 PM
Post by: brycecordry on December 30, 2015, 09:42:20 PM
Quote from: Henry on December 30, 2015, 11:30:22 AM
See, that's the beauty of Fictional Highways! By any chance, do you draw your own highways on road atlases, like I do?
I actually use the "path" tool on Google Earth and draw out my locations for new freeways. It takes a long time, so I only do it on plans which could actually be considered.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on December 30, 2015, 10:06:11 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on December 30, 2015, 10:06:11 PM
Anytime you hear about the R&B Group 112, you still think of this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NY-112.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NY-112.svg
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: renegade on December 30, 2015, 11:16:42 PM
Post by: renegade on December 30, 2015, 11:16:42 PM
Quote from: SD Mapman on December 28, 2015, 11:23:10 AMI would like to see that! :awesomeface:
...for Halloween one year you went as an interchange (SD I-90 Exit 107 in my case).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on December 31, 2015, 01:19:39 AM
Post by: yakra on December 31, 2015, 01:19:39 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on December 30, 2015, 10:06:11 PMPfft! Kancamagus!
Anytime you hear about the R&B Group 112, you still think of this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NY-112.svg
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US71 on January 01, 2016, 10:39:52 PM
Post by: US71 on January 01, 2016, 10:39:52 PM
Not sure if this counts, but I was investigating a road washout near Witter, Arkansas and found myself directing traffic around the barricades.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on January 06, 2016, 11:56:14 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on January 06, 2016, 11:56:14 PM
Quote from: yakra on December 31, 2015, 01:19:39 AMOkay, that's true too.
Pfft! Kancamagus!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on March 31, 2016, 07:57:37 PM
Post by: Michael on March 31, 2016, 07:57:37 PM
...your non-roadgeek friends call you to tell you about a sign they saw with the wrong font. I posted about it in the "Signs With Design Errors" thread:
Quote from: Michael on March 31, 2016, 07:55:09 PM
A couple of my friends were on their way to Ohio earlier today, and they called me to say they saw a road sign with the wrong font. After looking at it in Street View, I saw that the letter spacing is too tight. Look on the left sign on this assembly (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0347672,-80.1165502,3a,28y,223.98h,97.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSiMQQH3s1H0QetAzDYN5Jg!2e0!5s20140901T000000!7i13312!8i6656).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: authenticroadgeek on April 20, 2016, 10:47:40 PM
Post by: authenticroadgeek on April 20, 2016, 10:47:40 PM
...you beg your parents to let you tag along on their errands just so you can explore down new roads.
...you draw fictional road maps to kill time in school.
...you bought Cities Skylines just for the fun of the roads.
...you draw fictional road maps to kill time in school.
...you bought Cities Skylines just for the fun of the roads.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 20, 2016, 11:03:52 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 20, 2016, 11:03:52 PM
You actively seek out every abandoned U.S. Route alignment you can find on any given road trip and take a billion photos for friends/family when in reality you are the only one who cares.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: GCrites on April 21, 2016, 02:20:57 PM
Post by: GCrites on April 21, 2016, 02:20:57 PM
Sheesh, that stuff has to be terrible to a non-roadgeek. Imagine back in the slide projector days if you are a normal person and someone came over to your house and showed you a bunch of old alignments for hours.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TravelingBethelite on April 21, 2016, 02:59:34 PM
Post by: TravelingBethelite on April 21, 2016, 02:59:34 PM
...you try to take a photo of absolutely every sign on any and every road trip you go on (no matter how long or short)
...you worry about falling asleep because you might miss an interesting sign (related to above)
...you get in trouble with your teacher because you drew road signs, BGS's, and diagrams all over your homework
...you got confused in math class when learning about square "sines"
I'm guilty of all of these. No regrets. :bigass:
...you worry about falling asleep because you might miss an interesting sign (related to above)
...you get in trouble with your teacher because you drew road signs, BGS's, and diagrams all over your homework
...you got confused in math class when learning about square "sines"
I'm guilty of all of these. No regrets. :bigass:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 21, 2016, 09:55:16 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 21, 2016, 09:55:16 PM
Quote from: GCrites80s on April 21, 2016, 02:20:57 PM
Sheesh, that stuff has to be terrible to a non-roadgeek. Imagine back in the slide projector days if you are a normal person and someone came over to your house and showed you a bunch of old alignments for hours.
Oh I'm sure looking at my social media account probably draws just as much ire. For me it's not just old road alignments but ghost towns, historic structures, bridges, rail roads and even off-roading on top of highways. My brother specifically gets all bent of shape why I like to go do those things and post them. My usual retort is to point out that now he knows how I feel when I see nothing but political rants, selfies, theme park photos and pictures of kids repeatedly with nothing unique or captivating in between. I've always been big into cars and motorcycles as well, even those communities don't necessarily have a big following for anything road related.
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on April 21, 2016, 02:59:34 PM
...you try to take a photo of absolutely every sign on any and every road trip you go on (no matter how long or short)
I do enjoy a good signage quest myself but if I'm taking some big road trip I tend to limit it to only when I change routes or lose a multiplex. When I was transferring back west about five years back I had a ton of quality pictures of the rural as all hell route I took. There were some gems to be had on the US Highways in Texas to be specific...good times.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 21, 2016, 10:02:32 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 21, 2016, 10:02:32 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 20, 2016, 11:03:52 PM
You ... take a billion photos for friends/family.
It's time to give up hope.
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on April 21, 2016, 02:59:34 PM
...you try to take a photo of absolutely every sign on any and every road trip you go on (no matter how long or short)
Some of these people become our heroes. (Eric Stuve, are you out there?) And then you see a picture or meet them, realize just how much of a geek they are, and start to question yourself. (Eric Stuve, are you out there?) And then you finally just give up and accept your own geeky nature.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 21, 2016, 10:36:32 PM
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 21, 2016, 10:36:32 PM
Quote from: njroadhorse on June 09, 2009, 05:26:14 PM
your carry-on is filled with maps of where you're going
you carry at least two memory cards in your car
you refuse to go to Breezewood
you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
That third one is me. I REFUSE to go I-76 in PA.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: noelbotevera on April 22, 2016, 06:48:06 AM
Post by: noelbotevera on April 22, 2016, 06:48:06 AM
Quote from: CobaltYoshi27 on April 21, 2016, 10:36:32 PMSame, but my family always takes the fast route, taking the Turnpike and going through the hell named Breezewood. I'd rather take US 30.Quote from: njroadhorse on June 09, 2009, 05:26:14 PM
your carry-on is filled with maps of where you're going
you carry at least two memory cards in your car
you refuse to go to Breezewood
you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
That third one is me. I REFUSE to go I-76 in PA.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TravelingBethelite on April 22, 2016, 09:00:34 AM
Post by: TravelingBethelite on April 22, 2016, 09:00:34 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on April 22, 2016, 06:48:06 AMQuote from: CobaltYoshi27 on April 21, 2016, 10:36:32 PMSame, but my family always takes the fast route, taking the Turnpike and going through the hell named Breezewood. I'd rather take US 30.Quote from: njroadhorse on June 09, 2009, 05:26:14 PM
your carry-on is filled with maps of where you're going
you carry at least two memory cards in your car
you refuse to go to Breezewood
you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
That third one is me. I REFUSE to go I-76 in PA.
One weird thing about my roadgeek-iness is that I enjoy seeing the business(es) and "supply culture" that surrounds the Interstates, i.e. the commercialism. And so, Breezewood is one of my favorite places on the system. It's also why a great deal of my roadtrip photos are the blue signs like these:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/726/22279771795_b84fb25472_k.jpg)
And billboards like this:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/595/22858976129_37cc64ef28_k.jpg)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jeffandnicole on April 22, 2016, 09:31:36 AM
Post by: jeffandnicole on April 22, 2016, 09:31:36 AM
Quote from: CobaltYoshi27 on April 21, 2016, 10:36:32 PMQuote from: njroadhorse on June 09, 2009, 05:26:14 PM
your carry-on is filled with maps of where you're going
you carry at least two memory cards in your car
you refuse to go to Breezewood
you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
That third one is me. I REFUSE to go I-76 in PA.
What's wrong with I-76?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 10:22:18 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 10:22:18 AM
I might be the only one given the recent trashing of Breezewood and I-76 but I find both fascinating. Even when I kid all the way back in the 1980s the bizarre nature of how I-70 basically was routed through town and abrupt sea of road side diners in addition to gas stations seemed off. It almost seemed like a time capsule to me simply due to the fact that the US Route has everything you would ever need on it, just like it would have before the Interstate era.
The PA Turnpike itself is a strange place since the design is so old. There are some old double lane tunnels from the early Turnpike east of Breezewood which are a nice relic of how things were. I haven't been on the Turnpike a good ten years at least so I don't know if the timed toll tickets are still a thing. I remember my Dad and many others would pull over on the shoulder for 5 before hitting a toll booth because they would get a speeding ticket otherwise. :-D
The PA Turnpike itself is a strange place since the design is so old. There are some old double lane tunnels from the early Turnpike east of Breezewood which are a nice relic of how things were. I haven't been on the Turnpike a good ten years at least so I don't know if the timed toll tickets are still a thing. I remember my Dad and many others would pull over on the shoulder for 5 before hitting a toll booth because they would get a speeding ticket otherwise. :-D
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on April 22, 2016, 01:05:39 PM
Post by: hbelkins on April 22, 2016, 01:05:39 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 10:22:18 AM...I don't know if the timed toll tickets are still a thing. I remember my Dad and many others would pull over on the shoulder for 5 before hitting a toll booth because they would get a speeding ticket otherwise. :-D
So they were really real? I heard that said about closed, ticketed systems (the Kansas Turnpike in particular) but later heard that those were just rumors and it wasn't true.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 01:33:28 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 01:33:28 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 22, 2016, 01:05:39 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 10:22:18 AM...I don't know if the timed toll tickets are still a thing. I remember my Dad and many others would pull over on the shoulder for 5 before hitting a toll booth because they would get a speeding ticket otherwise. :-D
So they were really real? I heard that said about closed, ticketed systems (the Kansas Turnpike in particular) but later heard that those were just rumors and it wasn't true.
Come to think of it I never did find out if that was really true and I can't find anything online that says it ever was. My Dad and a whole hell of a lot of other people sure believed it though, so at minimum there has to be a story. It was either pull over before the booth to wait for 5 minutes or stop at a plaza just to chill out so we could speed the rest of the way.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 22, 2016, 01:45:37 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 22, 2016, 01:45:37 PM
I've only ever heard the story in relation to the Ohio Turnpike.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 01:53:18 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 01:53:18 PM
The irony there is that he was insistent that the Ohio Turnpike was on the up and up. I seem to remember some similar talk about the Chicago Skyway also back in those days. I would speculate that somewhere someone was blistering down a toll road at a high rate of speed and their ticket ended up being used in a court hearing. At least that's how I imagine the origin story of all those rumors about timed tickets started.
But then again I'm talking about a person who would literally go to the bank a week in advance of having to go on the New Jersey Turnpike to buy $100 dollars in quarters. I would get the inevitable talk on the way through NYC about my responsibility as quarter jocket and I couldn't afford to screw it up. I don't recall the man ever getting a speeding ticket and he did probably drive 35,000 to 50,000 miles most years. He wasn't like that on regular freeways or US Routes but for whatever reason he sure was paranoid about anything tolled.
But then again I'm talking about a person who would literally go to the bank a week in advance of having to go on the New Jersey Turnpike to buy $100 dollars in quarters. I would get the inevitable talk on the way through NYC about my responsibility as quarter jocket and I couldn't afford to screw it up. I don't recall the man ever getting a speeding ticket and he did probably drive 35,000 to 50,000 miles most years. He wasn't like that on regular freeways or US Routes but for whatever reason he sure was paranoid about anything tolled.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on April 22, 2016, 02:20:41 PM
Post by: thenetwork on April 22, 2016, 02:20:41 PM
I can say that I was once "reprimanded" by a toll taker on the Ohio Turnpike after he noticed that I made the trip between two exits a bit "quicker" than what it should take if you drove 55 MPH (which was the speed limit at the time in the 80s).
Whether he looked at the time stamp when I got on and knew it took xx minutes to get to his toll booth, or if there was a machine in the booth that displayed both the toll amount and the "elapsed time" on the Turnpike, I don't know. But what was this guy going to do anyway? Tell me to wait until the police come over??? He is a toll taker -- not a law enforcement officer.
Whether he looked at the time stamp when I got on and knew it took xx minutes to get to his toll booth, or if there was a machine in the booth that displayed both the toll amount and the "elapsed time" on the Turnpike, I don't know. But what was this guy going to do anyway? Tell me to wait until the police come over??? He is a toll taker -- not a law enforcement officer.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 22, 2016, 02:32:43 PM
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 22, 2016, 02:32:43 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on April 22, 2016, 06:48:06 AMQuote from: CobaltYoshi27 on April 21, 2016, 10:36:32 PMSame, but my family always takes the fast route, taking the Turnpike and going through the hell named Breezewood. I'd rather take US 30.Quote from: njroadhorse on June 09, 2009, 05:26:14 PM
your carry-on is filled with maps of where you're going
you carry at least two memory cards in your car
you refuse to go to Breezewood
you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
That third one is me. I REFUSE to go I-76 in PA.
I-80 through PA is like the same amount of time. lol
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tckma on April 22, 2016, 03:03:53 PM
Post by: tckma on April 22, 2016, 03:03:53 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 01:33:28 PMQuote from: hbelkins on April 22, 2016, 01:05:39 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 10:22:18 AM...I don't know if the timed toll tickets are still a thing. I remember my Dad and many others would pull over on the shoulder for 5 before hitting a toll booth because they would get a speeding ticket otherwise. :-D
So they were really real? I heard that said about closed, ticketed systems (the Kansas Turnpike in particular) but later heard that those were just rumors and it wasn't true.
Come to think of it I never did find out if that was really true and I can't find anything online that says it ever was. My Dad and a whole hell of a lot of other people sure believed it though, so at minimum there has to be a story. It was either pull over before the booth to wait for 5 minutes or stop at a plaza just to chill out so we could speed the rest of the way.
I wrote to the NJ Turnpike in late 80s as a kid for information on the ticket system. Official press-release type material I received in the response stated that the timestamps were not used to issue speeding tickets but rather for people working at the control center to get an idea about how many cars were traveling on what parts of the Turnpike at different times of the day and week so that they could plan enhancements to the road.
E-ZPass similarly has timestamps, and authorities could conceivably use those timestamps on a closed system to issue speeding tickets (or even on an open system, say to time someone's travel on I-95/I-295 from the Susquehanna River bridge to the Delaware Turnpike toll booth). But they don't, or at least, I've never heard of a case where it was done.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 03:19:14 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 03:19:14 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on April 22, 2016, 02:20:41 PM
I can say that I was once "reprimanded" by a toll taker on the Ohio Turnpike after he noticed that I made the trip between two exits a bit "quicker" than what it should take if you drove 55 MPH (which was the speed limit at the time in the 80s).
Whether he looked at the time stamp when I got on and knew it took xx minutes to get to his toll booth, or if there was a machine in the booth that displayed both the toll amount and the "elapsed time" on the Turnpike, I don't know. But what was this guy going to do anyway? Tell me to wait until the police come over??? He is a toll taker -- not a law enforcement officer.
I think the rumors were in the same vein as red light camera and photo radar tickets. Basically neither of those really have an officer giving you an infraction, in some instances it's a third party company reviewing the data and sending you the ticket on behalf of an agency.
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I wrote to the NJ Turnpike in late 80s as a kid for information on the ticket system. Official press-release type material I received in the response stated that the timestamps were not used to issue speeding tickets but rather for people working at the control center to get an idea about how many cars were traveling on what parts of the Turnpike at different times of the day and week so that they could plan enhancements to the road.
E-ZPass similarly has timestamps, and authorities could conceivably use those timestamps on a closed system to issue speeding tickets (or even on an open system, say to time someone's travel on I-95/I-295 from the Susquehanna River bridge to the Delaware Turnpike toll booth). But they don't, or at least, I've never heard of a case where it was done.
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You know where I've never heard a story similar to all this from?....Florida.. You'd think with all the SunPass transponders down there stamping the times there would have at least been a murmur of it somewhere.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 22, 2016, 03:25:05 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 22, 2016, 03:25:05 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 03:19:14 PM
I think the rumors were in the same vein as red light camera and photo radar tickets. Basically neither of those really have an officer giving you an infraction, in some instances it's a third party company reviewing the data and sending you the ticket on behalf of an agency.
But red light camera tickets aren't even legal everywhere, and certainly not decades ago.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 03:38:09 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 03:38:09 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 22, 2016, 03:25:05 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 03:19:14 PM
I think the rumors were in the same vein as red light camera and photo radar tickets. Basically neither of those really have an officer giving you an infraction, in some instances it's a third party company reviewing the data and sending you the ticket on behalf of an agency.
But red light camera tickets aren't even legal everywhere, and certainly not decades ago.
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.
Oh, and one roadgeek trope I neglected to mentioned; collecting signage. That can be street signs, highway signs, guide signs, gas, oil or anything of the like tends to suggest someone is a roadgeek.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jeffandnicole on April 22, 2016, 03:47:26 PM
Post by: jeffandnicole on April 22, 2016, 03:47:26 PM
If you're on I-76, Breezewood doesn't impact you.
If you're on a toll road, the time stamps don't impact you.
If you're on a toll road, the time stamps don't impact you.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kkt on April 22, 2016, 03:57:33 PM
Post by: kkt on April 22, 2016, 03:57:33 PM
Quote from: GCrites80s on April 21, 2016, 02:20:57 PM
Sheesh, that stuff has to be terrible to a non-roadgeek. Imagine back in the slide projector days if you are a normal person and someone came over to your house and showed you a bunch of old alignments for hours.
Hey, if I can suck it up and pretend to care about a bunch of guys I don't know running into each other on a lawn, they can look at my damn pics.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on April 22, 2016, 04:01:47 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on April 22, 2016, 04:01:47 PM
There are a lot of people who swear E-ZPass is used to issue tickets. Seems to me if a state did that they'd be shooting themselves in the foot because so many people would cancel their accounts, thus causing more traffic delays and necessitating more manned toll lanes.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tckma on April 22, 2016, 04:39:31 PM
Post by: tckma on April 22, 2016, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 22, 2016, 03:38:09 PM
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 22, 2016, 06:53:27 PM
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 22, 2016, 06:53:27 PM
You drive on I-86 in Idaho just to take exit 49 which is Rainbow Road.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 12:07:06 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 12:07:06 PM
Quote from: CobaltYoshi27 on April 22, 2016, 06:53:27 PM
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 23, 2016, 12:08:31 PM
Post by: CobaltYoshi27 on April 23, 2016, 12:08:31 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 12:07:06 PMQuote from: CobaltYoshi27 on April 22, 2016, 06:53:27 PM
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. :-P
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 01:12:41 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 01:12:41 PM
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."
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: broadhurst04 on April 24, 2016, 10:06:57 PM
Post by: broadhurst04 on April 24, 2016, 10:06:57 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 01:12:41 PM
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).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on April 25, 2016, 12:59:11 PM
Post by: roadman on April 25, 2016, 12:59:11 PM
Quote from: broadhurst04 on April 24, 2016, 10:06:57 PMAnd I'll have one in September (55).Quote from: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 01:12:41 PM
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).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SignGeek101 on April 25, 2016, 01:03:47 PM
Post by: SignGeek101 on April 25, 2016, 01:03:47 PM
Quote from: roadman on April 25, 2016, 12:59:11 PMQuote from: broadhurst04 on April 24, 2016, 10:06:57 PMAnd I'll have one in September (55).Quote from: 1995hoo on April 23, 2016, 01:12:41 PM
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).
20 this year for me (October).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on April 25, 2016, 01:51:47 PM
Post by: hbelkins on April 25, 2016, 01:51:47 PM
I get NMSL this year... :ded:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on April 28, 2016, 04:50:07 PM
Post by: hm insulators on April 28, 2016, 04:50:07 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 25, 2016, 01:51:47 PM
I get NMSL this year... :ded:
Same here in December.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: noelbotevera on April 28, 2016, 05:20:58 PM
Post by: noelbotevera on April 28, 2016, 05:20:58 PM
736 days ago, I turned 10. So I've had two speed limit birthdays compared to...eleven.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Ian on April 28, 2016, 06:36:16 PM
Post by: Ian on April 28, 2016, 06:36:16 PM
I get to have a speed limit birthday this year too! :cheers:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fd0QiQz7l.jpg&hash=8dbdd411a403eb530b3584928e3192e7ec82f754)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fd0QiQz7l.jpg&hash=8dbdd411a403eb530b3584928e3192e7ec82f754)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jp the roadgeek on April 28, 2016, 07:58:08 PM
Post by: jp the roadgeek on April 28, 2016, 07:58:08 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on April 28, 2016, 05:20:58 PM
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
http://themetricmaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Samsung-A7070093.jpg
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Takumi on April 28, 2016, 08:32:22 PM
Post by: Takumi on April 28, 2016, 08:32:22 PM
I had one (30) in February.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jfs1988 on April 30, 2016, 04:07:11 AM
Post by: jfs1988 on April 30, 2016, 04:07:11 AM
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?" :confused:
People next to me: "Its just a state highway system map?" "You never seen that before?" :confused:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tckma on May 02, 2016, 11:42:11 AM
Post by: tckma on May 02, 2016, 11:42:11 AM
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.
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: GCrites on May 05, 2016, 10:31:53 PM
Post by: GCrites on May 05, 2016, 10:31:53 PM
You can be the change America needs
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 05, 2016, 10:40:13 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 05, 2016, 10:40:13 PM
If you spend time down at the local railroad tracks examining for evidence of an old highway crossing that went through town....
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on May 06, 2016, 12:08:51 PM
Post by: roadman on May 06, 2016, 12:08:51 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 05, 2016, 10:40:13 PMDepending 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.
If you spend time down at the local railroad tracks examining for evidence of an old highway crossing that went through town....
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 06, 2016, 07:11:02 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 06, 2016, 07:11:02 PM
Quote from: roadman on May 06, 2016, 12:08:51 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 05, 2016, 10:40:13 PMDepending 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.
If you spend time down at the local railroad tracks examining for evidence of an old highway crossing that went through town....
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 24, 2016, 01:11:11 AM
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 24, 2016, 01:11:11 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 06, 2016, 07:11:02 PMI'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.
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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kurumi on May 24, 2016, 02:02:46 AM
Post by: kurumi on May 24, 2016, 02:02:46 AM
...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.
... 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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on May 24, 2016, 09:11:53 AM
Post by: formulanone on May 24, 2016, 09:11:53 AM
Quote from: kurumi on May 24, 2016, 02:02:46 AM
...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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 24, 2016, 09:19:43 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 24, 2016, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: formulanone on May 24, 2016, 09:11:53 AMQuote from: kurumi on May 24, 2016, 02:02:46 AM
...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.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: nyratk1 on July 06, 2016, 09:57:11 PM
Post by: nyratk1 on July 06, 2016, 09:57:11 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on May 24, 2016, 01:11:11 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 06, 2016, 07:11:02 PMI'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.
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.
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?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on July 16, 2016, 12:35:31 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on July 16, 2016, 12:35:31 PM
Quote from: nyratk1 on July 06, 2016, 09:57:11 PMHonestly, I don't remember when it was taken down, and for all I know it could've been torn down by somebody who just wanted to steal a bunch of signs. I'm looking at a Google Street View image of the area, and not only is there no Manor Road sign on Long Island Avenue, there's no Munsells Road sign across from that either.
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?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on July 16, 2016, 06:42:40 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on July 16, 2016, 06:42:40 PM
If you decide to take a detour coming out of a National Park to see the progress of a highway rock shed that won't even open until 2020.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 7/8 on July 16, 2016, 11:33:36 PM
Post by: 7/8 on July 16, 2016, 11:33:36 PM
Going back on topic...
- A trip to CAA/AAA for new road maps is like Christmas morning :)
- Your friends and family call you the human GPS; this includes giving your mother directions at the age of 5 :-D
- You can draw a map of all the 2di's, and many of the 3di's too!
- AAroads forum and Google Maps are two of your most visited websites
- Wanting to go on trips for the main purpose of visiting new counties and new roads
- Believing that new highway projects or highway fonts make good conversation topics
- Bringing a camera with you on all your trips so you can take sign photos
- A trip to CAA/AAA for new road maps is like Christmas morning :)
- Your friends and family call you the human GPS; this includes giving your mother directions at the age of 5 :-D
- You can draw a map of all the 2di's, and many of the 3di's too!
- AAroads forum and Google Maps are two of your most visited websites
- Wanting to go on trips for the main purpose of visiting new counties and new roads
- Believing that new highway projects or highway fonts make good conversation topics
- Bringing a camera with you on all your trips so you can take sign photos
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on July 17, 2016, 12:51:47 PM
Post by: thenetwork on July 17, 2016, 12:51:47 PM
When watching reruns of The Partridge Family. you can quickly tell which of the 3 road signs in their garage is real and which 2 are fake...
...and how did they know an I-73 would later be proposed for Ohio?
...and how did they know an I-73 would later be proposed for Ohio?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on July 18, 2016, 02:22:21 PM
Post by: roadman on July 18, 2016, 02:22:21 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on July 17, 2016, 12:51:47 PMWhile watching reruns of The Partridge Family, you immediately notice, and can identity the legends on, LGS directional signs out the windows of the bus during scenes of conservations between family members.
When watching reruns of The Partridge Family. you can quickly tell which of the 3 road signs in their garage is real and which 2 are fake...
...and how did they know an I-73 would later be proposed for Ohio?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: LM117 on July 18, 2016, 03:38:48 PM
Post by: LM117 on July 18, 2016, 03:38:48 PM
You post a response to a thread on AARoads forum about how you know you're a roadgeek while occupying the can.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on July 19, 2016, 09:13:31 AM
Post by: roadman on July 19, 2016, 09:13:31 AM
Quote from: LM117 on July 18, 2016, 03:38:48 PMIt's not just roadgeeks who do this. I've seen or heard many men talking on their cellphones while on the toilet or at the urinal.
You post a response to a thread on AARoads forum about how you know you're a roadgeek while occupying the can.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: catch22 on July 19, 2016, 05:18:02 PM
Post by: catch22 on July 19, 2016, 05:18:02 PM
Quote from: 7/8 on July 16, 2016, 11:33:36 PM
- Your friends and family call you the human GPS; this includes giving your mother directions at the age of 5 :-D
That was me, growing up. It started when I was 7 and my family was traveling from Michigan to South Carolina to visit my grandfather. This was 1959, so it was mostly two-lane roads all the way. My dad did all the driving and my mom was the navigator. He pulls up to a T-intersection somewhere in North Carolina, and asks my mom, "Right or left?" My mom peruses the map, says. "I'm not sure," and (I am not making this up) rotates the map 90 degrees so that east was at the top, stared at it for a bit, shook her head and said, "I'm not sure where we are." My dad gives her "the look" then takes the map and hands it to me in the back seat. I look at if for about 15 seconds and said, "Turn right, and then in about 7 miles you'll need to turn left." I was the duly appointed family navigator from that point on until I went off to college.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on July 19, 2016, 10:54:53 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on July 19, 2016, 10:54:53 PM
You collect road signs based off where you travel and have a story that can be recited right off the top of your head for each one.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on July 21, 2016, 07:02:19 PM
Post by: hm insulators on July 21, 2016, 07:02:19 PM
You go to physical therapy to exercise your shoulder, and you set a timer for a certain length of time you use one of the machines. You catch a glimpse of the timer as it hit 2:10 and you think of I-210 in California.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on July 24, 2016, 08:35:40 AM
Post by: formulanone on July 24, 2016, 08:35:40 AM
Quote from: hm insulators on July 21, 2016, 07:02:19 PM
You go to physical therapy to exercise your shoulder, and...
...the first thing you think of is "that's only permitted during posted hours in the Boston area." :biggrin:
But yeah, I look at times and think of which route that might be.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sparker on July 28, 2016, 02:38:00 AM
Post by: sparker on July 28, 2016, 02:38:00 AM
You're driving with your GF from Atlanta to Disney World, and you're hoping she goes to sleep (she's prone to do this) before Lake City so you can detour east on I-10 to clinch the only part of that highway remaining for you (I-75 to I-95). And when she does actually do so, you're hoping she doesn't wake up before you're well down I-95 so you can tell her "surprise -- we're having seafood in St. Augustine". knowing that a plate full of shrimp in front of her will compensate for many sins!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: noelbotevera on July 29, 2016, 02:20:26 AM
Post by: noelbotevera on July 29, 2016, 02:20:26 AM
At the age of 12, you hate the GPS and only use it whenever you go to sleep.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on September 19, 2016, 03:07:38 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on September 19, 2016, 03:07:38 PM
You see this tweet of a pretty girl with a horse, but you can't ignore the old-fashioned concrete road in the background, which is probably a private driveway today.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGCvceToTd1/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGCvceToTd1/
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jbnati27 on September 19, 2016, 03:20:49 PM
Post by: jbnati27 on September 19, 2016, 03:20:49 PM
As a young teenager on the way back from Florida, your Dad is looking to you for directions. When asked for the best way back to I-75 after a stop in Tennessee, you tell him to turn right and go North on US 25W instead of the more direct left and South on US 25W. You do this just so you can see what US 25W looks like in North Tennessee.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Jmiles32 on September 20, 2016, 04:04:43 PM
Post by: Jmiles32 on September 20, 2016, 04:04:43 PM
Have an obsession looking at roads on Google earth
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: paulthemapguy on September 28, 2016, 09:24:09 AM
Post by: paulthemapguy on September 28, 2016, 09:24:09 AM
Quote from: jbnati27 on September 19, 2016, 03:20:49 PM
As a young teenager on the way back from Florida, your Dad is looking to you for directions. When asked for the best way back to I-75 after a stop in Tennessee, you tell him to turn right and go North on US 25W instead of the more direct left and South on US 25W. You do this just so you can see what US 25W looks like in North Tennessee.
I kinda did this with my dad. We took a road trip from the Chicago area to near Green Bay, Wisconsin. On the way there, we took I-43, so I insisted we take I-41 on the way back. Roughly the same travel time, but I refuse to backtrack over the same route whenever possible!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: GCrites on September 28, 2016, 08:31:30 PM
Post by: GCrites on September 28, 2016, 08:31:30 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on July 29, 2016, 02:20:26 AM
At the age of 12, you hate the GPS and only use it whenever you go to sleep.
Most people wait until 18-21 to have trouble finding the bed
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: noelbotevera on September 28, 2016, 09:13:32 PM
Post by: noelbotevera on September 28, 2016, 09:13:32 PM
Quote from: GCrites80s on September 28, 2016, 08:31:30 PMOk, I was kind of vague. I meant as in sleeping in the car when you're tired.Quote from: noelbotevera on July 29, 2016, 02:20:26 AM
At the age of 12, you hate the GPS and only use it whenever you go to sleep.
Most people wait until 18-21 to have trouble finding the bed
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on September 28, 2016, 10:42:33 PM
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on September 28, 2016, 10:42:33 PM
People ask you to confirm the GPS directions as being the correct route.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on September 28, 2016, 10:44:38 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on September 28, 2016, 10:44:38 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on September 28, 2016, 10:42:33 PM
People ask you to confirm the GPS directions as being the correct route.
You frequently correct the GPS with BETTER routes by use of via points you know to be much better in real world driving. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kkt on September 28, 2016, 10:59:26 PM
Post by: kkt on September 28, 2016, 10:59:26 PM
Quote from: GCrites80s on September 28, 2016, 08:31:30 PMQuote from: noelbotevera on July 29, 2016, 02:20:26 AMMost people wait until 18-21 to have trouble finding the bed
At the age of 12, you hate the GPS and only use it whenever you go to sleep.
:-D
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jwolfer on September 29, 2016, 01:30:27 PM
Post by: jwolfer on September 29, 2016, 01:30:27 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 28, 2016, 10:44:38 PMI have been burned by this.. GPS took me the wrong way to avoid traffic back up from accident. I didn't have time to look at traffic conditions while drivingQuote from: TheHighwayMan394 on September 28, 2016, 10:42:33 PM
People ask you to confirm the GPS directions as being the correct route.
You frequently correct the GPS with BETTER routes by use of via points you know to be much better in real world driving. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: BigManFromAFRICA88 on January 03, 2017, 12:47:09 PM
Post by: BigManFromAFRICA88 on January 03, 2017, 12:47:09 PM
- You know off the top of your head that Exit 50 on I-15 in Nevada is Lamb Boulevard in Las Vegas, just because.
- You see the control cities and road signs of the highways you've created in your imaginary country.
- You knew how to get to the airport when you were three and all your cousins would, at every Thanksgiving dinner, have me recite how to get from my uncle's house to SLC Int'l.
- You plan to get a dashcam with your Christmas money this year before you go off for college.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 03, 2017, 03:19:10 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 03, 2017, 03:19:10 PM
You spend a significant time pondering over what rural roads should be signed county routes.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: frankenroad on January 04, 2017, 12:01:07 PM
Post by: frankenroad on January 04, 2017, 12:01:07 PM
I just read through all the answers here, and I had to smile at how many I could relate to. Some highlights for me...
..when you are 6 years old and you draw a map of the US from memory and it's good enough that your Mom has it put on an ashtray (OK, it was the 60s).
..when at age 9, you take over as the navigator for family trips (although, apparently I was a late bloomer on that subject, based on others' responses).
..you drew fictional freeways during study hall.
..when you convince your Dad to take a longer way just so you can see how a new highway construction project is coming along.
..you read road atlases in bed as a kid when you were supposed to be sleeping
..you won a contest which was basically a treasure hunt through the Rand McNally atlas
..even in 2017, your friends still call you instead of using their GPS
..at age 14ish, you made a mobile of highway signs out of cardboard
..you love looking at Google Earth and other satellite images, primarily to see where roads are being built, and also to follow the routes of long-abandoned railways (I'm sort of a railfan, too).
And, the best -- my daughter, who is now 29, and has maps on her living room wall, tells me that some of her best memories of childhood are the two of us on the floor looking at maps.
..when you are 6 years old and you draw a map of the US from memory and it's good enough that your Mom has it put on an ashtray (OK, it was the 60s).
..when at age 9, you take over as the navigator for family trips (although, apparently I was a late bloomer on that subject, based on others' responses).
..you drew fictional freeways during study hall.
..when you convince your Dad to take a longer way just so you can see how a new highway construction project is coming along.
..you read road atlases in bed as a kid when you were supposed to be sleeping
..you won a contest which was basically a treasure hunt through the Rand McNally atlas
..even in 2017, your friends still call you instead of using their GPS
..at age 14ish, you made a mobile of highway signs out of cardboard
..you love looking at Google Earth and other satellite images, primarily to see where roads are being built, and also to follow the routes of long-abandoned railways (I'm sort of a railfan, too).
And, the best -- my daughter, who is now 29, and has maps on her living room wall, tells me that some of her best memories of childhood are the two of us on the floor looking at maps.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jwolfer on January 08, 2017, 11:33:32 PM
Post by: jwolfer on January 08, 2017, 11:33:32 PM
Quote from: frankenroad on January 04, 2017, 12:01:07 PMThats the best! Seeing roadgeekery in your kids... My 6 year old knows her way around ... Asks to take "short-cuts" because she likes the road better
I just read through all the answers here, and I had to smile at how many I could relate to. Some highlights for me...
..when you are 6 years old and you draw a map of the US from memory and it's good enough that your Mom has it put on an ashtray (OK, it was the 60s).
..when at age 9, you take over as the navigator for family trips (although, apparently I was a late bloomer on that subject, based on others' responses).
..you drew fictional freeways during study hall.
..when you convince your Dad to take a longer way just so you can see how a new highway construction project is coming along.
..you read road atlases in bed as a kid when you were supposed to be sleeping
..you won a contest which was basically a treasure hunt through the Rand McNally atlas
..even in 2017, your friends still call you instead of using their GPS
..at age 14ish, you made a mobile of highway signs out of cardboard
..you love looking at Google Earth and other satellite images, primarily to see where roads are being built, and also to follow the routes of long-abandoned railways (I'm sort of a railfan, too).
And, the best -- my daughter, who is now 29, and has maps on her living room wall, tells me that some of her best memories of childhood are the two of us on the floor looking at maps.
LGMS428
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hm insulators on January 20, 2017, 03:25:47 PM
Post by: hm insulators on January 20, 2017, 03:25:47 PM
You're using a friend's restroom and while sitting on the "throne," you see a gently wavering line of little holes in the plaster and mentally connect them with a "road" as if the holes were towns on a road map.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sparker on January 21, 2017, 04:32:41 AM
Post by: sparker on January 21, 2017, 04:32:41 AM
When commute traffic clogs up the freeway you were going to take, you get off and follow the original signed surface route (if it's still there and usable) -- and you know all the decent fast-food Thai or Indian restaurants along that route. (Particularly applicable to either San Jose-Oakland/Berkeley or San Jose-Concord).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on January 21, 2017, 03:21:57 PM
Post by: kphoger on January 21, 2017, 03:21:57 PM
These last couple seem awfully specific and not at all joke-like.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sparker on January 23, 2017, 01:09:42 AM
Post by: sparker on January 23, 2017, 01:09:42 AM
Quote from: kphoger on January 21, 2017, 03:21:57 PM
These last couple seem awfully specific and not at all joke-like.
And?.......................................................................
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: D-Dey65 on January 23, 2017, 08:23:42 PM
Post by: D-Dey65 on January 23, 2017, 08:23:42 PM
Quote from: BigManFromAFRICA88 on January 03, 2017, 12:47:09 PMI considered using my Christmas money for a dashcam, but it has nothing to do with going to college.
- You plan to get a dashcam with your Christmas money this year before you go off for college.
When playing in the back yard as a child, you imagine the dirt paths to be highways that only exist in your head and border your state.
Didn't we have something like this before?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2017, 05:14:48 PM
Post by: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2017, 05:14:48 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on January 23, 2017, 08:23:42 PM
When playing in the back yard as a child, you imagine the dirt paths to be highways that only exist in your head and border your state.
Along the lines of this, when I was young I turned my yard, my driveway, my street, and basically my entire neighborhood into one big road system with my imagination. Where my driveway intersects my street was an interchange, and my driveway was a busy arterial with big box chains and such. The grass in my backyard was a divided highway, and looked more similar to such when freshly cut. My street was an interstate that went down a pretend mountain (I actually live on a slightly sloped hill). At the house right down from us, its driveway went on an old overpass over the "interstate." The house after that was another exit, and it had a frontage road after that. When a real street would intersect another real street in my neighborhood, that was in my imagination an interstate-to-interstate interchange (since all streets were "interstates" in this imaginary road system of mine). Sidewalks were typically two-lane roads, and driveways multi-lane arterials, as if each house was its own little town.
In addition to that, in the retail stores my family has always frequented, I also made up imaginary road systems. The most extensive one was in Kroger, the place we have always frequented the most. Ah, the grand, nostalgic Kroger highway system. Basically the whole store was a massive city and metropolitan area. Most of the suburbs were in the produce section. The two-way pathway for cars right in front of the entrance was the busiest interstate in the "metropolitan area." There was a collection of other "interstates" within the store as well, which were the widest and most-traveled aisles and such. Regular aisles made up a grid-like road system of downtown city streets, with shelves being tall buildings and skyscrapers and making up the skyline. In the meat and dairy section there was an arterial on an elevated viaduct, and it had the bumpiest concrete in the road system. I would always make very loud concrete-sounding screeching or "ka-thunk-ka-thunk-ka-thunk" sounds on that "road." I also had a less extensive but fairly large imaginary road system in the Kmart we frequented. Since we went there less, I have a less descriptive memory of that one.
I might say I definitely know I'm a roadgeek for doing all of that. :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: freebrickproductions on January 26, 2017, 12:35:45 AM
Post by: freebrickproductions on January 26, 2017, 12:35:45 AM
^^^I once assigned the various streets in my neighborhood highway numbers, and sometimes I like to imagine the bike routes around the city of Huntsville as actual "highways".
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tckma on February 01, 2017, 04:04:47 PM
Post by: tckma on February 01, 2017, 04:04:47 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on January 26, 2017, 12:35:45 AM
^^^I once assigned the various streets in my neighborhood highway numbers, and sometimes I like to imagine the bike routes around the city of Huntsville as actual "highways".
I did this (though in my mind only) in my high school, and later, for sidewalks and bike paths at my undergrad college.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jwolfer on February 01, 2017, 11:30:14 PM
Post by: jwolfer on February 01, 2017, 11:30:14 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on January 26, 2017, 12:35:45 AMI still remember the numbering system i had for the sidewalks and streets in my neigborhood
^^^I once assigned the various streets in my neighborhood highway numbers, and sometimes I like to imagine the bike routes around the city of Huntsville as actual "highways".
LGMS428
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 01, 2017, 11:37:07 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 01, 2017, 11:37:07 PM
If you have a list of supposedly "haunted highways" book marked just for the occasion where the topic comes up in a burial ground road thread.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on February 02, 2017, 01:21:31 PM
Post by: kphoger on February 02, 2017, 01:21:31 PM
Quote from: tckma on February 01, 2017, 04:04:47 PM
sidewalks
Sidewalks don't need their own number: they're frontage roads! Now let's design them with braided ramps.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on February 02, 2017, 09:55:50 PM
Post by: yakra on February 02, 2017, 09:55:50 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 02, 2017, 01:21:31 PMCurb cuts = slip ramps?
Sidewalks don't need their own number: they're frontage roads! Now let's design them with braided ramps.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on February 03, 2017, 06:50:18 AM
Post by: formulanone on February 03, 2017, 06:50:18 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on January 26, 2017, 12:35:45 AM
^^^I once assigned the various streets in my neighborhood highway numbers, and sometimes I like to imagine the bike routes around the city of Huntsville as actual "highways".
Makes sense: That's because there are far more signed bike routes (http://www.bikehuntsville.com/bike-huntsville/bike-maps/) than posted state, US, and Interstate routes than in all of the greater Huntsville area.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on February 11, 2017, 06:24:28 PM
Post by: Michael on February 11, 2017, 06:24:28 PM
...you look for your friend's car on DOT cameras as they drive while on the phone with them. I was doing this a few minutes ago.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AM
Post by: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AM
You know you're a roadgeek if:
- You have toll transponders in your car even if your state has no toll booths.
- You have a dashcam on the front and back of your window.
- You call shotgun seat all the time.
- You stay up for the entire trip even though it may take over a couple days.
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
- You have shields/signs hung on your wall.
- You collect license plates.
- You accidentally add to many dashes to your lists.
- You have toll transponders in your car even if your state has no toll booths.
- You have a dashcam on the front and back of your window.
- You call shotgun seat all the time.
- You stay up for the entire trip even though it may take over a couple days.
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
- You have shields/signs hung on your wall.
- You collect license plates.
- You accidentally add to many dashes to your lists.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2017, 01:26:14 PM
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2017, 01:26:14 PM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AMYou don't finish your lists? :P
You know you're a roadgeek if:
- You have toll transponders in your car even if your state has no toll booths.
- You have a dashcam on the front and back of your window.
- You call shotgun seat all the time.
- You stay up for the entire trip even though it may take over a couple days.
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
- You have shields/signs hung on your wall.
- You collect license plates.
-
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 09:55:43 PM
Post by: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 09:55:43 PM
Quote from: Grzrd on February 29, 2012, 12:26:01 PM
A 6th grade substitute teacher decides to kill time by having the class "learn" through research; the assignment she gives to you is figure out how to get from Point A in your hometown to Point B in a city sixty miles away; you tell her you already know the answer; she calls what she thinks is your bluff, and you tell her how to get there, with all the appropriate route numbers and local street names.
We did this in class at one point. Teacher was trying to get us to figure out how to get from the town we were in (Carbondale, IL) to Joliet, IL. I gave all the appropriate directions. Teacher's jaw was sagging more than a burnt girder bridge.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: vtk on April 12, 2017, 01:20:23 AM
Post by: vtk on April 12, 2017, 01:20:23 AM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AM
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
I've seen enough M-22 decals to conclude this isn't necessarily a roadgeek thing
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: sparker on April 12, 2017, 03:20:34 AM
Post by: sparker on April 12, 2017, 03:20:34 AM
.....you regularly go to your local AAA office and procure several U.S. maps so you can draw endless iterations of your version of the ideal Interstate system -- and you do this at least once every couple of months! Also, you keep your local Staples in business with your highlighter purchases alone!
And, for the record, your nickname is not Fritz!
And, for the record, your nickname is not Fritz!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MNHighwayMan on April 12, 2017, 08:13:39 AM
Post by: MNHighwayMan on April 12, 2017, 08:13:39 AM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 09:55:43 PMQuote from: Grzrd on February 29, 2012, 12:26:01 PM
A 6th grade substitute teacher decides to kill time by having the class "learn" through research; the assignment she gives to you is figure out how to get from Point A in your hometown to Point B in a city sixty miles away; you tell her you already know the answer; she calls what she thinks is your bluff, and you tell her how to get there, with all the appropriate route numbers and local street names.
We did this in class at one point. Teacher was trying to get us to figure out how to get from the town we were in (Carbondale, IL) to Joliet, IL. I gave all the appropriate directions. Teacher's jaw was sagging more than a burnt girder bridge.
In my sixth grade geography class we were split up into groups and given a copy of the then-current Official Minnesota State Highway map (random side note: I actually got one of those maps a couple years later when the teacher replaced them with newer editions–it's in surprisingly great condition for having been manhandled by middle schoolers), and after a basic lesson on how to read the maps (yawn) the groups were pitted against each other to see who could most quickly determine the shortest/most logical routes between a few pairs of cities.
My group finished first by a large margin, although no one cared.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 09:45:41 AM
Post by: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 09:45:41 AM
Quote from: vtk on April 12, 2017, 01:20:23 AM
I've seen enough M-22 decals to conclude this isn't necessarily a roadgeek thing
What is up with the M-22 decals that I see everywhere?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 10:27:38 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 10:27:38 AM
Quote from: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 09:45:41 AMQuote from: vtk on April 12, 2017, 01:20:23 AM
I've seen enough M-22 decals to conclude this isn't necessarily a roadgeek thing
What is up with the M-22 decals that I see everywhere?
A lot of people in Michigan and the midwest in general spend their summer vacations on the Leelanau Peninsula which M22 loops around. The big attraction most people would know it for is the Sleeping Bear Dunes, the locals have made a little cottage industry off of M22 trinkets which include said decals. My sister and brother-in-law actually have a cabin up there and did them one better since I bought them a real M22 highway sign last year for Christmas.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 11:27:30 AM
Post by: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 11:27:30 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 10:27:38 AMQuote from: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 09:45:41 AMQuote from: vtk on April 12, 2017, 01:20:23 AM
I've seen enough M-22 decals to conclude this isn't necessarily a roadgeek thing
What is up with the M-22 decals that I see everywhere?
A lot of people in Michigan and the midwest in general spend their summer vacations on the Leelanau Peninsula which M22 loops around. The big attraction most people would know it for is the Sleeping Bear Dunes, the locals have made a little cottage industry off of M22 trinkets which include said decals. My sister and brother-in-law actually have a cabin up there and did them one better since I bought them a real M22 highway sign last year for Christmas.
I should have known, having been to that beautiful area a few times.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 01:14:24 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 01:14:24 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 11:27:30 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 10:27:38 AMQuote from: inkyatari on April 12, 2017, 09:45:41 AMQuote from: vtk on April 12, 2017, 01:20:23 AM
I've seen enough M-22 decals to conclude this isn't necessarily a roadgeek thing
What is up with the M-22 decals that I see everywhere?
A lot of people in Michigan and the midwest in general spend their summer vacations on the Leelanau Peninsula which M22 loops around. The big attraction most people would know it for is the Sleeping Bear Dunes, the locals have made a little cottage industry off of M22 trinkets which include said decals. My sister and brother-in-law actually have a cabin up there and did them one better since I bought them a real M22 highway sign last year for Christmas.
I should have known, having been to that beautiful area a few times.
It's pretty nice, I'll be visiting again myself in August. The drive on M22 is actually one of the few in the state that can actually be kind of challenging and require good handling skills. It certainly doesn't hurt that I'll have access to said cabin myself.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kkt on April 12, 2017, 03:42:54 PM
Post by: kkt on April 12, 2017, 03:42:54 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2017, 01:26:14 PMQuote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AMYou don't finish your lists? :P
You know you're a roadgeek if:
- You have toll transponders in your car even if your state has no toll booths.
- You have a dashcam on the front and back of your window.
- You call shotgun seat all the time.
- You stay up for the entire trip even though it may take over a couple days.
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
- You have shields/signs hung on your wall.
- You collect license plates.
-
:rofl:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 03:56:50 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 03:56:50 PM
Quote from: kkt on April 12, 2017, 03:42:54 PMQuote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2017, 01:26:14 PMQuote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AMYou don't finish your lists? :P
You know you're a roadgeek if:
- You have toll transponders in your car even if your state has no toll booths.
- You have a dashcam on the front and back of your window.
- You call shotgun seat all the time.
- You stay up for the entire trip even though it may take over a couple days.
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
- You have shields/signs hung on your wall.
- You collect license plates.
-
:rofl:
At least it doesn't say "input coming, please wait."
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: The Nature Boy on April 13, 2017, 03:26:20 PM
Post by: The Nature Boy on April 13, 2017, 03:26:20 PM
Quote from: kkt on April 12, 2017, 03:42:54 PMQuote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2017, 01:26:14 PMQuote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AMYou don't finish your lists? :P
You know you're a roadgeek if:
- You have toll transponders in your car even if your state has no toll booths.
- You have a dashcam on the front and back of your window.
- You call shotgun seat all the time.
- You stay up for the entire trip even though it may take over a couple days.
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
- You have shields/signs hung on your wall.
- You collect license plates.
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:rofl:
With the number of unfinished highway plans out there, not finishing things would be the ultimate sign of road geekery.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MNHighwayMan on April 13, 2017, 03:30:32 PM
Post by: MNHighwayMan on April 13, 2017, 03:30:32 PM
Even with those projects that are "completed," roads are still a never-ending task of maintenance and up-keep. Unless you can figure out how to reverse the Second Law of Thermodynamics. :bigass:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on April 13, 2017, 03:41:03 PM
Post by: kphoger on April 13, 2017, 03:41:03 PM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 09:55:43 PM
how to get from the town we were in (Carbondale, IL) to Joliet, IL.
City of New Orleans from Carbondale to Union Station
Walk from Union Station to LaSalle Street Station
Rock Island Line Metra from LaSalle Street to Joliet
I've actually gone from DuQuoin to Saint Louis by way of Joliet once, but I stayed the night in Wheaton in between and was dropped off at the Joliet station the next morning.
By car, my preferred route was always I-57–I-74–IL-47–I-55.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: inkyatari on April 14, 2017, 08:57:55 AM
Post by: inkyatari on April 14, 2017, 08:57:55 AM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 09:55:43 PM
We did this in class at one point. Teacher was trying to get us to figure out how to get from the town we were in (Carbondale, IL) to Joliet, IL. I gave all the appropriate directions. Teacher's jaw was sagging more than a burnt girder bridge.
My son loves maps almost more than I do, and he can tell you how to get almost anywhere in the Chicago area with amazing accuracy.
Growing up, my dad gave me the nickname Rand McNally.
Been thinking about calling my son "Checkchart."
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 14, 2017, 09:57:11 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 14, 2017, 09:57:11 AM
Friends and family almost only call you to find out what is the scenic way way to get home.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tckma on April 14, 2017, 11:56:31 AM
Post by: tckma on April 14, 2017, 11:56:31 AM
In high school, when your school's band is going to march in DisneyWorld's Main Street Parade, and they decide to take charter buses on a 24-hour bus ride to get there... and every 5-10 minutes, even while you are asleep, someone comes and bothers you to ask "What state are we in?"
Same f&*#ing state we were in when you JUST asked me ten minutes ago. Now let me return to a state of repose.
This was over 20 years ago, before everyone had cell phones with Google Maps. I think I wouldn't have had this problem today.
After a while I found myself explaining what mileposts were and how they counted down to zero when going south towards a state line, at which point you'd see "Welcome to New State." Now stop bothering me. Unfortunately, that didn't work. Neither did explaining how interstate shields had the state you were in printed in white above the number (I don't know if that's true anymore), or how each state had a different shape for their state route shields and the diamond shape means we're in North Carolina, the straight line with curved bottom means Virginia, or whatever was appropriate. That one seemed to confuse people the most, whereas it was something I first noticed at age 9 when my family drove out of state to visit family in Ohio. Oh hey, that's a circle now that we're in New Jersey. Oh hey, that's a keystone shape now that we're in Pennsylvania. OH COOL SHAPE OF THE STATE FOR OHIO!
Same f&*#ing state we were in when you JUST asked me ten minutes ago. Now let me return to a state of repose.
This was over 20 years ago, before everyone had cell phones with Google Maps. I think I wouldn't have had this problem today.
After a while I found myself explaining what mileposts were and how they counted down to zero when going south towards a state line, at which point you'd see "Welcome to New State." Now stop bothering me. Unfortunately, that didn't work. Neither did explaining how interstate shields had the state you were in printed in white above the number (I don't know if that's true anymore), or how each state had a different shape for their state route shields and the diamond shape means we're in North Carolina, the straight line with curved bottom means Virginia, or whatever was appropriate. That one seemed to confuse people the most, whereas it was something I first noticed at age 9 when my family drove out of state to visit family in Ohio. Oh hey, that's a circle now that we're in New Jersey. Oh hey, that's a keystone shape now that we're in Pennsylvania. OH COOL SHAPE OF THE STATE FOR OHIO!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on April 14, 2017, 11:58:00 AM
Post by: hotdogPi on April 14, 2017, 11:58:00 AM
Quote from: tckma on April 14, 2017, 11:56:31 AM
After a while I found myself explaining what mileposts were and how they counted down to zero when going south towards a state line, at which point you'd see "Welcome to New State."
That doesn't work going the other direction, where they start at 0 instead of ending at 0.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: tckma on April 18, 2017, 04:15:26 PM
Post by: tckma on April 18, 2017, 04:15:26 PM
Quote from: 1 on April 14, 2017, 11:58:00 AMQuote from: tckma on April 14, 2017, 11:56:31 AM
After a while I found myself explaining what mileposts were and how they counted down to zero when going south towards a state line, at which point you'd see "Welcome to New State."
That doesn't work going the other direction, where they start at 0 instead of ending at 0.
Yes, but it was an easier explanation when we were traveling southbound from New York to Florida. Going home, people didn't bother me as much, but that could be because people weren't excited to get home.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: pianocello on April 18, 2017, 11:51:29 PM
Post by: pianocello on April 18, 2017, 11:51:29 PM
Quote from: tckma on April 14, 2017, 11:56:31 AM
In high school, when your school's band is going to march in DisneyWorld's Main Street Parade, and they decide to take charter buses on a 24-hour bus ride to get there... and every 5-10 minutes, even while you are asleep, someone comes and bothers you to ask "What state are we in?"
Same f&*#ing state we were in when you JUST asked me ten minutes ago. Now let me return to a state of repose.
This was over 20 years ago, before everyone had cell phones with Google Maps. I think I wouldn't have had this problem today.
You'd be surprised. I had the same thing happen in my high school trip 5 years ago.
I'd still rather have people bother me by asking me about geography than by voicing their (often incorrect) thoughts. My favorite was on a trip from Davenport to Fort Atkinson, WI: "Why are we going through Illinois? Iowa and Wisconsin border each other!"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 19, 2017, 12:16:36 AM
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 19, 2017, 12:16:36 AM
...you register for the AARoads Forum. :bigass:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SD Mapman on April 19, 2017, 01:34:23 AM
Post by: SD Mapman on April 19, 2017, 01:34:23 AM
You stop next to some trumpeter swans in Alaska and take a picture of the highway sign instead.
You correctly navigate a van full of people in a state you've never been in before 152 miles at night.
You correctly navigate a van full of people in a state you've never been in before 152 miles at night.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on April 19, 2017, 04:02:56 AM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on April 19, 2017, 04:02:56 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 19, 2017, 12:16:36 AM
...you register for the AARoads Forum. :bigass:
... even if you never have been to the USA! :sombrero:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on April 19, 2017, 09:49:05 AM
Post by: Henry on April 19, 2017, 09:49:05 AM
Quote from: The Nature Boy on April 13, 2017, 03:26:20 PMThat is, until you die.Quote from: kkt on April 12, 2017, 03:42:54 PMQuote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2017, 01:26:14 PMQuote from: ColossalBlocks on April 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AMYou don't finish your lists? :P
You know you're a roadgeek if:
- You have toll transponders in your car even if your state has no toll booths.
- You have a dashcam on the front and back of your window.
- You call shotgun seat all the time.
- You stay up for the entire trip even though it may take over a couple days.
- You have highway shield stickers on your back windows (or it may just be me).
- You have shields/signs hung on your wall.
- You collect license plates.
-
:rofl:
With the number of unfinished highway plans out there, not finishing things would be the ultimate sign of road geekery.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadgeek01 on May 04, 2017, 07:15:53 PM
Post by: roadgeek01 on May 04, 2017, 07:15:53 PM
So, yesterday, I woke up at 7:43 am and I thought, "Hey, PA 743!" :awesomeface:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on May 04, 2017, 10:35:23 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on May 04, 2017, 10:35:23 PM
Quote from: roadgeek01 on May 04, 2017, 07:15:53 PMThat is some hardcore roadgeekyness. I have never thought that.
So, yesterday, I woke up at 7:43 am and I thought, "Hey, PA 743!" :awesomeface:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: noelbotevera on May 05, 2017, 10:54:50 PM
Post by: noelbotevera on May 05, 2017, 10:54:50 PM
-You take pieces of pavement from the road (includes reflectors and Botts dots)
-You own copious amounts of Hot Wheels as a kid (or whatever popular car toys existed in your time)
-You bang on signs, HOPING that the bolts shear off (have tried this, no luck) for your collection
-Your favorite video game is American Truck Simulator
-crAIg COuNtY
-You own copious amounts of Hot Wheels as a kid (or whatever popular car toys existed in your time)
-You bang on signs, HOPING that the bolts shear off (have tried this, no luck) for your collection
-Your favorite video game is American Truck Simulator
-crAIg COuNtY
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on May 12, 2017, 11:13:28 AM
Post by: yakra on May 12, 2017, 11:13:28 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on May 05, 2017, 10:54:50 PMI do believe you win the thread, good sir!
-crAIg COuNtY
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on May 13, 2017, 10:18:26 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on May 13, 2017, 10:18:26 PM
You want the new rand McNally every year.
You throw a fit as a little kid when you fall asleep and miss the road sign.
You are more excited to go someplace to see the roads than to do the thing you went there to do.
You pay attention to speed limit signs.
You throw a fit as a little kid when you fall asleep and miss the road sign.
You are more excited to go someplace to see the roads than to do the thing you went there to do.
You pay attention to speed limit signs.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Sctvhound on August 02, 2017, 04:22:33 PM
Post by: Sctvhound on August 02, 2017, 04:22:33 PM
You drive 15 miles out of your way to clinch a new bridge.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Desert Man on August 02, 2017, 05:58:11 PM
Post by: Desert Man on August 02, 2017, 05:58:11 PM
An interest in useless, but historic maps of what your town or city looked like in the past.
US route 99 in Indio-Coachella and Palm Springs in 1930 - when Indio was incorporated to a city.
http://www.lamag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/04/coachella21.jpg
Another historic map of Indio CA (and surroundings) around 1900.
http://www.muststayawake.com/SDAG/JPG/Indio1904.JPG
US route 99 in Indio-Coachella and Palm Springs in 1930 - when Indio was incorporated to a city.
http://www.lamag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/04/coachella21.jpg
Another historic map of Indio CA (and surroundings) around 1900.
http://www.muststayawake.com/SDAG/JPG/Indio1904.JPG
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US 89 on August 02, 2017, 06:11:50 PM
Post by: US 89 on August 02, 2017, 06:11:50 PM
-You take random exits off the interstate just to say you've been on a certain route.
-You walk a long way just to say you've been on a numbered route (I did this in Atlanta--walked all the way around the Georgia Dome and put my foot onto Northside Dr, so I have been on US 19, 29, and 41)
-You drive all over town so that you can clinch a (short) state route.
-You hate falling asleep in the car.
-You actually care about US Highway concurrencies. (I can't count the number of times I've heard "who cares if we're on US 30, we're on I-80!" or something similar.)
-You develop fantasies of an ideal world where US highways are extended, created, etc.
-You draw highway shields around page numbers in books.
Often that still doesn't work in the middle of the western deserts, where there is no cell phone service.
-You walk a long way just to say you've been on a numbered route (I did this in Atlanta--walked all the way around the Georgia Dome and put my foot onto Northside Dr, so I have been on US 19, 29, and 41)
-You drive all over town so that you can clinch a (short) state route.
-You hate falling asleep in the car.
-You actually care about US Highway concurrencies. (I can't count the number of times I've heard "who cares if we're on US 30, we're on I-80!" or something similar.)
-You develop fantasies of an ideal world where US highways are extended, created, etc.
-You draw highway shields around page numbers in books.
Quote from: tckma on April 14, 2017, 11:56:31 AM
In high school, when your school's band is going to march in DisneyWorld's Main Street Parade, and they decide to take charter buses on a 24-hour bus ride to get there... and every 5-10 minutes, even while you are asleep, someone comes and bothers you to ask "What state are we in?"
Same f&*#ing state we were in when you JUST asked me ten minutes ago. Now let me return to a state of repose.
This was over 20 years ago, before everyone had cell phones with Google Maps. I think I wouldn't have had this problem today.
Often that still doesn't work in the middle of the western deserts, where there is no cell phone service.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on August 03, 2017, 08:52:45 AM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on August 03, 2017, 08:52:45 AM
Quote from: roadguy2 on August 02, 2017, 06:11:50 PMI fall asleep in the car on roads I had already been on.
-You take random exits off the interstate just to say you've been on a certain route.
-You walk a long way just to say you've been on a numbered route (I did this in Atlanta--walked all the way around the Georgia Dome and put my foot onto Northside Dr, so I have been on US 19, 29, and 41)
-You drive all over town so that you can clinch a (short) state route.
-You hate falling asleep in the car.
-You actually care about US Highway concurrencies. (I can't count the number of times I've heard "who cares if we're on US 30, we're on I-80!" or something similar.)
-You develop fantasies of an ideal world where US highways are extended, created, etc.
-You draw highway shields around page numbers in books.Quote from: tckma on April 14, 2017, 11:56:31 AM
In high school, when your school's band is going to march in DisneyWorld's Main Street Parade, and they decide to take charter buses on a 24-hour bus ride to get there... and every 5-10 minutes, even while you are asleep, someone comes and bothers you to ask "What state are we in?"
Same f&*#ing state we were in when you JUST asked me ten minutes ago. Now let me return to a state of repose.
This was over 20 years ago, before everyone had cell phones with Google Maps. I think I wouldn't have had this problem today.
Often that still doesn't work in the middle of the western deserts, where there is no cell phone service.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Otto Yamamoto on August 04, 2017, 09:44:56 AM
Post by: Otto Yamamoto on August 04, 2017, 09:44:56 AM
In the aughts, I worked for medical delivery company, in Upstate NY and I was asked constantly for directions. In 2008, I was riding with Doug Kerr to Billy Riddle's wedding in TN; we were on Interstate 80 heading to Akron, and I got a call on my mobile, our respiratory therapist was asking for directions. I honestly don't miss that...
STV100-2
STV100-2
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on August 07, 2017, 02:39:53 AM
Post by: yakra on August 07, 2017, 02:39:53 AM
...if you pull an old Thai restaurant menu out of a copy of the Illuminatus! Trilogy, and are about to toss it in the bin when you notice the map on the front page, a Google screenshot, uses an OLD visual style they haven't used since like 2010 or something, and then when pausing to dig on it a bit, you see that at some point you colored in the US1 shields on the old surface route through town, and scribbled in a tiny US1A shield next to the Fore River Parkway.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on October 10, 2017, 03:38:22 PM
Post by: yakra on October 10, 2017, 03:38:22 PM
...you discover that route 915 is and is not in the ROAD_INVENTORY_AHTD shapefiles.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on October 10, 2017, 04:15:38 PM
Post by: kphoger on October 10, 2017, 04:15:38 PM
Quote from: yakra on August 07, 2017, 02:39:53 AM
...if you pull an old Thai restaurant menu out of a copy of the Illuminatus! Trilogy, and are about to toss it in the bin when you notice the map on the front page, a Google screenshot, uses an OLD visual style they haven't used since like 2010 or something, and then when pausing to dig on it a bit, you see that at some point you colored in the US1 shields on the old surface route through town, and scribbled in a tiny US1A shield next to the Fore River Parkway.
Hmmm, that's never happened to me.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: index on October 13, 2017, 10:22:54 AM
Post by: index on October 13, 2017, 10:22:54 AM
1. You have a dream about eating the US 301 Harry W. Nice bridge.
I have no idea how my brain came up with that dream. It was an incredibly odd one, to state the obvious.
2. You have bored your friends to death on multiple occasions talking about bridges, types of them, and how they work, because you, yourself are bored, and need somebody to talk to. You have also bored your already bored friends to death on field trips pointing out MUTCD violations.
I have no idea how my brain came up with that dream. It was an incredibly odd one, to state the obvious.
2. You have bored your friends to death on multiple occasions talking about bridges, types of them, and how they work, because you, yourself are bored, and need somebody to talk to. You have also bored your already bored friends to death on field trips pointing out MUTCD violations.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 01:30:29 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 01:30:29 PM
Quote from: index on October 13, 2017, 10:22:54 AMHow do you eat a bridge?
1. You have a dream about eating the US 301 Harry W. Nice bridge.
I have no idea how my brain came up with that dream. It was an incredibly odd one, to state the obvious.
2. You have bored your friends to death on multiple occasions talking about bridges, types of them, and how they work, because you, yourself are bored, and need somebody to talk to. You have also bored your already bored friends to death on field trips pointing out MUTCD violations.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on October 13, 2017, 02:05:30 PM
Post by: roadman on October 13, 2017, 02:05:30 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 01:30:29 PMIn very small sections, obviously.
How do you eat a bridge?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Brandon on October 13, 2017, 02:06:42 PM
Post by: Brandon on October 13, 2017, 02:06:42 PM
Quote from: roadman on October 13, 2017, 02:05:30 PMQuote from: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 01:30:29 PMIn very small sections, obviously.
How do you eat a bridge?
He ate it one piece at a time.
/while humming "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 02:22:09 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 02:22:09 PM
Quote from: roadman on October 13, 2017, 02:05:30 PMHis mouth would have to be really hard.Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 01:30:29 PMIn very small sections, obviously.
How do you eat a bridge?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on October 13, 2017, 02:47:37 PM
Post by: kphoger on October 13, 2017, 02:47:37 PM
If only Michel Lotito (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito) were still alive, he might take you up on the challenge.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kkt on October 13, 2017, 05:05:51 PM
Post by: kkt on October 13, 2017, 05:05:51 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 01:30:29 PMQuote from: index on October 13, 2017, 10:22:54 AMHow do you eat a bridge?
1. You have a dream about eating the US 301 Harry W. Nice bridge.
I have no idea how my brain came up with that dream. It was an incredibly odd one, to state the obvious.
2. You have bored your friends to death on multiple occasions talking about bridges, types of them, and how they work, because you, yourself are bored, and need somebody to talk to. You have also bored your already bored friends to death on field trips pointing out MUTCD violations.
With a fork and a very sharp knife.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kphoger on October 13, 2017, 05:25:58 PM
Post by: kphoger on October 13, 2017, 05:25:58 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if remembering a series of numbers is easier when you picture them as route shields.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on October 13, 2017, 08:59:28 PM
Post by: thenetwork on October 13, 2017, 08:59:28 PM
Quote from: ParrDa on October 13, 2017, 05:36:25 PMQuote from: kphoger on October 13, 2017, 05:25:58 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if remembering a series of numbers is easier when you picture them as route shields.
I've never done that. I'll have to start though, I can tell it will work :D
I do it with phone numbers all the time.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 10:42:08 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 10:42:08 PM
Quote from: kkt on October 13, 2017, 05:05:51 PMYou a giant?Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 13, 2017, 01:30:29 PMQuote from: index on October 13, 2017, 10:22:54 AMHow do you eat a bridge?
1. You have a dream about eating the US 301 Harry W. Nice bridge.
I have no idea how my brain came up with that dream. It was an incredibly odd one, to state the obvious.
2. You have bored your friends to death on multiple occasions talking about bridges, types of them, and how they work, because you, yourself are bored, and need somebody to talk to. You have also bored your already bored friends to death on field trips pointing out MUTCD violations.
With a fork and a very sharp knife.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: pumpkineater2 on October 14, 2017, 06:47:53 PM
Post by: pumpkineater2 on October 14, 2017, 06:47:53 PM
Your phone passcode is the series of routes you would take to get to a particular destination,
Your Instagram account is mostly filled with pictures of highways,
You are grateful to live right next to a freeway, rather than considering it an annoyance.
Your Instagram account is mostly filled with pictures of highways,
You are grateful to live right next to a freeway, rather than considering it an annoyance.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 14, 2017, 07:20:52 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on October 14, 2017, 07:20:52 PM
Quote from: pumpkineater2 on October 14, 2017, 06:47:53 PMWhat is that destination? :bigass:
Your phone passcode is the series of routes you would take to get to a particular destination,
Your Instagram account is mostly filled with pictures of highways,
You are grateful to live right next to a freeway, rather than considering it an annoyance.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: 21stCenturyRoad on October 14, 2017, 07:39:56 PM
Post by: 21stCenturyRoad on October 14, 2017, 07:39:56 PM
You memorize your student ID with an I-x76, a natural number, and an exit number along I-95
:)
:)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on December 04, 2017, 12:06:01 PM
Post by: yakra on December 04, 2017, 12:06:01 PM
Quote from: yakra on October 10, 2017, 03:38:22 PMCuriosity got the better of me, and I checked things out in a hex editor.
...you discover that route 915 is and is not in the ROAD_INVENTORY_AHTD shapefiles.
There are two records in the .DBF file where ROUTE = 00915.
Looking up these records in the main .SHP file, they both contain zero points. :pan:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 04, 2017, 12:26:20 PM
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 04, 2017, 12:26:20 PM
Sorry if this is repeated, I'm still new to posting.
You know you're a roadgeek if your free time is spent "driving" in google earth street view on roads you haven't (or can't) driven on yet.
You know you're a roadgeek if your free time is spent "driving" in google earth street view on roads you haven't (or can't) driven on yet.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Roadgeekteen on December 04, 2017, 05:08:52 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on December 04, 2017, 05:08:52 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on December 04, 2017, 12:26:20 PMI do that but I wish there was an option to go at driving speed.
Sorry if this is repeated, I'm still new to posting.
You know you're a roadgeek if your free time is spent "driving" in google earth street view on roads you haven't (or can't) driven on yet.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 04, 2017, 07:51:33 PM
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 04, 2017, 07:51:33 PM
Don't know if I used this one, but....
You know you're a roadgeek if you're out of town, and if someone stops to ask you for directions, you give them out better and more accurately than a local.
You know you're a roadgeek if you're out of town, and if someone stops to ask you for directions, you give them out better and more accurately than a local.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: formulanone on December 04, 2017, 08:05:36 PM
Post by: formulanone on December 04, 2017, 08:05:36 PM
When you hear There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays, you assume that man from Tennessee is taking I-81 (or maybe US 11) to Pennsylvania for some homemade pumpkin pie.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2017, 09:46:09 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2017, 09:46:09 PM
You send your significant other vintage pictures of US 99 in Grapevine Canyon just to prove that it is the "Ridge Route" and not "The Grapevine" as so many people tend to say these days.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Henry on December 05, 2017, 09:36:19 AM
Post by: Henry on December 05, 2017, 09:36:19 AM
Quote from: formulanone on December 04, 2017, 08:05:36 PMYes, and you imagine that everyone from PA is taking I-95/US 1 to Dixie's sunny shores (presumably somewhere in FL), and the traffic is terrific on all the transcontinental highways (I-10, I-40, I-80, I-90, US 6, US 20, US 30, US 50, etc.).
When you hear There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays, you assume that man from Tennessee is taking I-81 (or maybe US 11) to Pennsylvania for some homemade pumpkin pie.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Desert Man on December 11, 2017, 08:57:44 AM
Post by: Desert Man on December 11, 2017, 08:57:44 AM
I'm a "geek" for anime, esp. this Kimagure Orange Road reminds me of the half-mile long West Orange Road in Santa Ana, CA. Btw, the raven-haired beauty looks much like my wife (and also my mother, sorta resembles Motoko from Ghost in the Shell) and I know other anime girls like her: Rei from Sailor Moon, Kagome from Inuyasha, and another one from Maison Ikkoku.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTOZhZSr6RY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTOZhZSr6RY
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Desert Man on December 11, 2017, 08:59:04 AM
Post by: Desert Man on December 11, 2017, 08:59:04 AM
Palm Drive...which should be renamed Palm Road (the song's title), going from I-10 (Palm Springs city limits to Desert Hot Springs). The anime here is Urusei Yatsura ("Those annoying aliens").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QnENVF6Bv0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QnENVF6Bv0
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on December 11, 2017, 11:43:31 AM
Post by: yakra on December 11, 2017, 11:43:31 AM
Looks very Rumiko Takahashi, though apparently she's got nothing to do with it.
*Wikipedia* O HAY there's a character called Kurumi!
*Wikipedia* O HAY there's a character called Kurumi!
Title: You know you’re a road geek when...
Post by: MCRoads on December 23, 2017, 10:01:06 PM
Post by: MCRoads on December 23, 2017, 10:01:06 PM
Just put the point at which you realized you were a road geek, then when your family realized...
I knew when:
When I memorized all the major roads in the OKC metro.
I started to want a traffic drum (still don't have one :-( ).
My family knew when:
When I knew how to drive better than my parents.
A candlestick cone mysteriously appeared in my room :-D .
I knew when:
When I memorized all the major roads in the OKC metro.
I started to want a traffic drum (still don't have one :-( ).
My family knew when:
When I knew how to drive better than my parents.
A candlestick cone mysteriously appeared in my room :-D .
Title: Re: You know you’re a road geek when...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 23, 2017, 11:09:23 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 23, 2017, 11:09:23 PM
When I saw some of the interchanges on the Lodge Freeway when I was three and I tried to replicate them in my sand box.
Title: Re: You know you’re a road geek when...
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 24, 2017, 12:11:40 AM
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 24, 2017, 12:11:40 AM
My parents: When they used to take me for a ride to essentially the middle of nowhere when I was about 5, and I knew every route to get home.
Me: When I would read atlases when I was about 5 or 6 and would draw maps of Greater Hartford for my relatives, including the I-291 beltway.
Another relative: When I was 5 and my great aunt took my cousin and I to the CT shore. She always told me the story of how she took a certain way to get back to my house. Apparently when we got there, I told her, "Well, if we had gone such and such a way, we would've got here 5 minutes sooner."
Me: When I would read atlases when I was about 5 or 6 and would draw maps of Greater Hartford for my relatives, including the I-291 beltway.
Another relative: When I was 5 and my great aunt took my cousin and I to the CT shore. She always told me the story of how she took a certain way to get back to my house. Apparently when we got there, I told her, "Well, if we had gone such and such a way, we would've got here 5 minutes sooner."
Title: Re: You know you’re a road geek when...
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 24, 2017, 12:30:11 AM
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 24, 2017, 12:30:11 AM
I had my own term for construction barriers (cones, barrels, etc) back when I was ~five years old: "orangies."
In the second grade, I wrote an "essay" on how to get to my grandparents' house (in St. Cloud) from where I lived at the time in St. Paul. I remember that I mentioned I-94 at least once.
In the second grade, I wrote an "essay" on how to get to my grandparents' house (in St. Cloud) from where I lived at the time in St. Paul. I remember that I mentioned I-94 at least once.
Title: Re: You know you’re a road geek when...
Post by: MCRoads on December 24, 2017, 12:42:24 AM
Post by: MCRoads on December 24, 2017, 12:42:24 AM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on December 24, 2017, 12:30:11 AM
I had my own term for construction barriers (cones, barrels, etc) back when I was ~five years old: "orangies."
Lol, that's funny.
I used to call construction sites "obstacle courses" . I also used to build contraflow construction sites with blocks, but we never had enough blocks to satisfy me. It always ended up half finished.
Title: Re: You know you’re a road geek when...
Post by: hotdogPi on December 24, 2017, 07:36:54 AM
Post by: hotdogPi on December 24, 2017, 07:36:54 AM
Existing thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1113.0
Title: Re: You know you’re a road geek when...
Post by: rickmastfan67 on December 24, 2017, 07:50:07 AM
Post by: rickmastfan67 on December 24, 2017, 07:50:07 AM
Quote from: 1 on December 24, 2017, 07:36:54 AM
Existing thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1113.0
Will merge in a sec. ;)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SSOWorld on December 24, 2017, 08:36:17 PM
Post by: SSOWorld on December 24, 2017, 08:36:17 PM
Second's up (long ago) ;)
You know you're a roadgeek when you jump in the car and go cause of the 'damn' freeways!
You know you're a roadgeek when you jump in the car and go cause of the 'damn' freeways!
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 25, 2017, 01:26:54 AM
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 25, 2017, 01:26:54 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on December 24, 2017, 08:36:17 PM
Second's up (long ago) ;)
You know you're a roadgeek when you jump in the car and go cause of the 'damn' freeways!
That is why I got hooked into roadways.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 01:54:10 AM
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 01:54:10 AM
(https://i.groupme.com/577x433.jpeg.c2ab8f8d0d194973896587a0ad7fb54e)
When you are making running memes off of roadgeek stuff. Or taking selfies when running off road geeky stuff. Only do it on distance day though (10-22.5 miles).
I don't have photoshop so if complete it should say: Speed Limit 65, Joggers 60.
When you are making running memes off of roadgeek stuff. Or taking selfies when running off road geeky stuff. Only do it on distance day though (10-22.5 miles).
I don't have photoshop so if complete it should say: Speed Limit 65, Joggers 60.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 08:47:10 AM
Post by: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 08:47:10 AM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 01:54:10 AMI don't have photoshop so if complete it should say: Speed Limit 65, Joggers 60.1-minute miles for joggers? :confused:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 09:42:15 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 09:42:15 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 08:47:10 AMQuote from: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 01:54:10 AMI don't have photoshop so if complete it should say: Speed Limit 65, Joggers 60.1-minute miles for joggers? :confused:
The fastest a trained human is really capable of running would but 12-15 MPH anyways. Looks like that guy is going by theory of its better run facing towards traffic than blindsided by it coming from your back. Besides, the speed limit sign ought to on the right side of the road.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 10:00:20 AM
Post by: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 10:00:20 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 09:42:15 AMBesides, the speed limit sign ought to on the right side of the road.Look a little closer at the photo. The signs are for the highway to the left of it, not the two-laner on the right (which would have a lower speed limit); also note the small fence located to the right of the signs separating the two roadways.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 10:02:26 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 10:02:26 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 10:00:20 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 09:42:15 AMBesides, the speed limit sign ought to on the right side of the road.Look a little closer at the photo. The signs are for the highway to the left of it, not the two-laner on the right (which would have a lower speed limit); also note the small fence located to the right of the signs separating the two roadways.
I know, but the guy making the meme isn't aware of that. Presumably because he isn't a "road geek" and thought to would just make for an amusing photo meme.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 11:57:35 AM
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 11:57:35 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 08:47:10 AM1. A few members of my team wish they could go 65 mph in a race.Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 01:54:10 AMI don't have photoshop so if complete it should say: Speed Limit 65, Joggers 60.1-minute miles for joggers? :confused:
2. My pace limits are modeled off of speed limits:
Speed 50: 10:00 mile
Speed 55: 9:00 mile
Speed 60: 8:00 mile
Speed 65: 7:00 mile (most days/Marathon pace)
Speed 70: 6:15 mile (half marathon pace)
Speed 75: 5:30 mile (10k pace)
Speed 80: 5:00 mile (5k pace)
Speed 85: 4:30 mile (mile pace)
Speed 90: 4:00 mile
Speed 99 (I skip 95): As fast as you can go
15-second tolerance.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 10:02:26 AMI actually was aware of that because I rerouted my distance day to get to that sign because it was one of two speed limit 65 signs I could find that didn't require running on the freeway (route picture below). I would be a dead man with my parents or coach if I ran on the freeway. I would prefer the fence not being there but I have to make do with what I got.Quote from: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 10:00:20 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 09:42:15 AMBesides, the speed limit sign ought to on the right side of the road.Look a little closer at the photo. The signs are for the highway to the left of it, not the two-laner on the right (which would have a lower speed limit (45)); also note the small fence located to the right of the signs separating the two roadways.
I know, but the guy making the meme isn't aware of that. Presumably because he isn't a "road geek" and thought to would just make for an amusing photo meme.
If you can't tell yet, that's me in the picture and the meme was requested by one of my teammates.
Route for the day: (https://i.groupme.com/720x1280.png.8056e43b114e4b4b8b274e91d5d5d5bd) (Errors if I resize it.) Originally supposed to be an out and back on the return route (goes counterclockwise in the loop).
And yes, I ran on the left side of the road for the blind side reason but switched back over in a quarter mile when bike lane/sidewalk resumed.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 12:33:35 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 12:33:35 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 11:57:35 AMQuote from: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 08:47:10 AM1. A few members of my team wish they could go 65 mph in a race.Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 01:54:10 AMI don't have photoshop so if complete it should say: Speed Limit 65, Joggers 60.1-minute miles for joggers? :confused:
2. My pace limits are modeled off of speed limits:
Speed 50: 10:00 mile
Speed 55: 9:00 mile
Speed 60: 8:00 mile
Speed 65: 7:00 mile (most days/Marathon pace)
Speed 70: 6:15 mile (half marathon pace)
Speed 75: 5:30 mile (10k pace)
Speed 80: 5:00 mile (5k pace)
Speed 85: 4:30 mile (mile pace)
Speed 90: 4:00 mile
Speed 99 (I skip 95): As fast as you can go
15-second tolerance.Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 10:02:26 AMI actually was aware of that because I rerouted my distance day to get to that sign because it was one of two speed limit 65 signs I could find that didn't require running on the freeway (route picture below). I would be a dead man with my parents or coach if I ran on the freeway. I would prefer the fence not being there but I have to make do with what I got.Quote from: PHLBOS on January 04, 2018, 10:00:20 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on January 04, 2018, 09:42:15 AMBesides, the speed limit sign ought to on the right side of the road.Look a little closer at the photo. The signs are for the highway to the left of it, not the two-laner on the right (which would have a lower speed limit (45)); also note the small fence located to the right of the signs separating the two roadways.
I know, but the guy making the meme isn't aware of that. Presumably because he isn't a "road geek" and thought to would just make for an amusing photo meme.
If you can't tell yet, that's me in the picture and the meme was requested by one of my teammates.
Route for the day: (https://i.groupme.com/720x1280.png.8056e43b114e4b4b8b274e91d5d5d5bd) (Errors if I resize it.) Originally supposed to be an out and back on the return route (goes counterclockwise in the loop).
And yes, I ran on the left side of the road for the blind side reason but switched back over in a quarter mile when bike lane/sidewalk resumed.
Heh, that's amusing I didn't know that was you out there. I've been a distance runner for about 20 years myself, we're around the same speed for the half marathon/full marathon distance. A lot of my local sign finds have actually been out while I've been running in Fresno. I found some old CA 180 mileage paddles on Kings Canyon Road that shouldn't be there recently:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4446/37513009826_b9faa72aa6_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z9TYTu)180CAa (https://flic.kr/p/Z9TYTu) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4463/36932593874_fa18f6d600_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YgBcrU)IMG_8028 (https://flic.kr/p/YgBcrU) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Incidentally running here in Fresno for the most part sucks. There are a ton of county islands where this is no sidewalk, a narrow bike path, and no street lights. I had to learn all the way safe routes around weird streets like Clovis Avenue, I'm finding the canals are flat enough to be safe in the dark without being a trip hazard. The city I used to love running in was Orlando, FL 15 through downtown was a blast on the old brick alignment.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on January 04, 2018, 02:02:50 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on January 04, 2018, 02:02:50 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 04, 2018, 11:57:35 AM
2. My pace limits are modeled off of speed limits:
Speed 50: 10:00 mile
Speed 55: 9:00 mile
Speed 60: 8:00 mile
Speed 65: 7:00 mile (most days/Marathon pace)
Speed 70: 6:15 mile (half marathon pace)
Speed 75: 5:30 mile (10k pace)
Speed 80: 5:00 mile (5k pace)
Speed 85: 4:30 mile (mile pace)
Speed 90: 4:00 mile
Speed 99 (I skip 95): As fast as you can go
15-second tolerance.
I just wish I could keep those paces. Right now, my best 10K was done at 5:31 km, i.e. 8:52 mile. And I'm now training for my first half...
That 32.2 km run at 4:39 km is really impressive.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on January 06, 2018, 04:05:47 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on January 06, 2018, 04:05:47 PM
... you are excited Big Rig Travels is going to cross craIG county (He has done so about half-a-hour ago).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: NE2 on January 21, 2018, 11:22:07 PM
Post by: NE2 on January 21, 2018, 11:22:07 PM
...your solution for global warming is to pray for cold.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 22, 2018, 12:30:58 AM
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 22, 2018, 12:30:58 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 06, 2018, 04:05:47 PMWhen you cant stop laughing at this post and said sign.
... you are excited Big Rig Travels is going to cross craIG county (He has done so about half-a-hour ago).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: qguy on January 22, 2018, 06:53:10 AM
Post by: qguy on January 22, 2018, 06:53:10 AM
I knew my son (roadsguy, who posts on this forum and is now 18) was a roadgeek at age 7. My wife's sister got lost with her kids somewhere in the distant suburbs north of Philadelphia and called me to see if I could help. While I was speaking on the phone, my son, who was listening, tugged on my pant leg and said, "Daddy, I can tell her where she is and how to get home." I suspected he could, and my sister-in-law was game, so I put him on the phone. He asked her a few questions and gave her correct directions on the most direct route home, which she happily followed. We all still laugh about that.
Of course, another clue was that every time we went out to eat, before the food came he would flip over his paper place mat and draw maps, roads, interchanges, and route shields.
Of course, another clue was that every time we went out to eat, before the food came he would flip over his paper place mat and draw maps, roads, interchanges, and route shields.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 29, 2018, 03:53:37 AM
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 29, 2018, 03:53:37 AM
Your English paper is on a roadgeek subject and your the only one in class happy about it or you choose that to be the subject if no subject is given.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on February 02, 2018, 10:08:43 PM
Post by: Michael on February 02, 2018, 10:08:43 PM
...you're jealous of your friend who lives near a new DDI and has driven through it several times.
...you're even more jealous that that same friend is driving through it while on the phone with you.
...you notice you share a birthday with another roadgeek. (I just noticed that Scott5114 and I have the same birthday, and even the same birth year)
...you're even more jealous that that same friend is driving through it while on the phone with you.
...you notice you share a birthday with another roadgeek. (I just noticed that Scott5114 and I have the same birthday, and even the same birth year)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on February 11, 2018, 06:00:37 PM
Post by: roadman on February 11, 2018, 06:00:37 PM
When you're watching The Grand Tour having a car versus public transportation/airplane race between Central Park and Niagara Falls and, upon seeing Clarkson take the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey, immediately say out loud "Why in the world is he going THAT way?"
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jp the roadgeek on February 17, 2018, 09:04:21 PM
Post by: jp the roadgeek on February 17, 2018, 09:04:21 PM
When you're in a shopping center and see the license plate "Exit 68" for something off of Exit 68, but you think that they're going to need to change that plate to "Exit 81" in a few years when the highway the exit is on is converted to mileage based exit numbers.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MNHighwayMan on February 17, 2018, 10:22:47 PM
Post by: MNHighwayMan on February 17, 2018, 10:22:47 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on February 17, 2018, 09:04:21 PM
When you're in a shopping center and see the license plate "Exit 68" for something off of Exit 68, but you think that they're going to need to change that plate to "Exit 81" in a few years when the highway the exit is on is converted to mileage based exit numbers.
I somehow don't believe that happens to you as often as you project.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: cjk374 on February 18, 2018, 05:41:39 AM
Post by: cjk374 on February 18, 2018, 05:41:39 AM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on February 17, 2018, 10:22:47 PMQuote from: jp the roadgeek on February 17, 2018, 09:04:21 PM
When you're in a shopping center and see the license plate "Exit 68" for something off of Exit 68, but you think that they're going to need to change that plate to "Exit 81" in a few years when the highway the exit is on is converted to mileage based exit numbers.
I somehow don't believe that happens to you as often as you project.
Perhaps he is talking about the license plate frame that contains the dealership name on top, and the location on the bottom?
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jp the roadgeek on February 18, 2018, 11:35:33 AM
Post by: jp the roadgeek on February 18, 2018, 11:35:33 AM
Quote from: cjk374 on February 18, 2018, 05:41:39 AMQuote from: MNHighwayMan on February 17, 2018, 10:22:47 PMQuote from: jp the roadgeek on February 17, 2018, 09:04:21 PM
When you're in a shopping center and see the license plate "Exit 68" for something off of Exit 68, but you think that they're going to need to change that plate to "Exit 81" in a few years when the highway the exit is on is converted to mileage based exit numbers.
I somehow don't believe that happens to you as often as you project.
Perhaps he is talking about the license plate frame that contains the dealership name on top, and the location on the bottom?
It was actually a special issue University of CT plate, which is off Exit 68 of I-84. When CT converts I-84 to mileage based exits, it will become Exit 81, which would make the plate inaccurate.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: mrpablue on February 20, 2018, 03:34:54 AM
Post by: mrpablue on February 20, 2018, 03:34:54 AM
you draw counties in your SimCity 4 region
you make a table of a route system for your SimCity 4 region complete with numbered exits and 3-digit auxiliaries
you live at safeway
you are cool
you make a table of a route system for your SimCity 4 region complete with numbered exits and 3-digit auxiliaries
you live at safeway
you are cool
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: yakra on February 21, 2018, 04:52:49 PM
Post by: yakra on February 21, 2018, 04:52:49 PM
My power bill last month was 75.29.
Which obviously means that http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.000435&lon=-97.237633
Edit:You know you're a roadgeek when you get upgraded to an expressway. On AARoads. Upon posting in this thread. It wasn't intentional, I swear.
Which obviously means that http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.000435&lon=-97.237633
Edit:You know you're a roadgeek when you get upgraded to an expressway. On AARoads. Upon posting in this thread. It wasn't intentional, I swear.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 02, 2018, 05:04:38 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 02, 2018, 05:04:38 PM
... you watch Big Rig Steve's livestream on TV.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 02:17:43 AM
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 02:17:43 AM
You print out regulatory-sign-style notes, set in Roadgeek 2014 Series E(M), to post around the house after your housemates fail to listen to your reasonable demands. (If you take the last roll from under the sink, refill the cabinet from the supply in the hallway closet! Not that difficult, really! :pan:)
(https://i.imgur.com/Za86pcO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Za86pcO.jpg)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PM
Post by: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 02:17:43 AM
You print out regulatory-sign-style notes, set in Roadgeek 2014 Series E(M), to post around the house after your housemates fail to listen to your reasonable demands. (If you take the last roll from under the sink, refill the cabinet from the supply in the hallway closet! Not that difficult, really! :pan:)
(https://i.imgur.com/Za86pcO.jpg)
Also, if you (like me), on school assignments, were just absolutely dying to use those very Roadgeek Fonts on your Word Documents, but unfortunately you can't because of the typical mandatory font requirements (like Times New Roman 12 or something). :-D :-(
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: kurumi on March 07, 2018, 08:24:05 PM
Post by: kurumi on March 07, 2018, 08:24:05 PM
From my childhood: when shoveling show on your driveway, each new strip of snow removed is another lane on an imaginary freeway.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 09:36:13 PM
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 09:36:13 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PM
Also, if you (like me), on school assignments, were just absolutely dying to use those very Roadgeek Fonts on your Word Documents, but unfortunately you can't because of the typical mandatory font requirements (like Times New Roman 12 or something). :-D :-(
I've just realized that having those fonts installed on your computer, at all, is a pretty good sign. :-D
Also, back when I was in high school (and Roadgeek 2005 was what was available) the fonts looked surprisingly terrible when applied to entire essays/documents (like you, I experimented with it but never submitted anything set in it). They'd look like an Oklahoma abomination. Not sure if the 2014 version fixes that or not. Or maybe MS Word 2003 just rendered it badly. Who knows.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jp the roadgeek on March 07, 2018, 09:38:33 PM
Post by: jp the roadgeek on March 07, 2018, 09:38:33 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 09:36:13 PMQuote from: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PM
Also, if you (like me), on school assignments, were just absolutely dying to use those very Roadgeek Fonts on your Word Documents, but unfortunately you can't because of the typical mandatory font requirements (like Times New Roman 12 or something). :-D :-(
I've just realized that having those fonts installed on your computer, at all, is a pretty good sign. :-D
Also, back when I was in high school (and Roadgeek 2005 was what was available) the fonts looked surprisingly terrible when applied to entire essays/documents. They'd look like an Oklahoma abomination. Not sure if the 2014 version fixes that or not.
If I were a teacher, you could write the perfect term paper, but you'll get an F if you type it in Clearview 12
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 09:46:32 PM
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 09:46:32 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on March 07, 2018, 09:38:33 PMQuote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 09:36:13 PMIf I were a teacher, you could write the perfect term paper, but you'll get an F if you type it in Clearview 12Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PMI've just realized that having those fonts installed on your computer, at all, is a pretty good sign. :-D
Also, if you (like me), on school assignments, were just absolutely dying to use those very Roadgeek Fonts on your Word Documents, but unfortunately you can't because of the typical mandatory font requirements (like Times New Roman 12 or something). :-D :-(
Also, back when I was in high school (and Roadgeek 2005 was what was available) the fonts looked surprisingly terrible when applied to entire essays/documents. They'd look like an Oklahoma abomination. Not sure if the 2014 version fixes that or not.
No argument from me. :)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SignGeek101 on March 07, 2018, 10:23:32 PM
Post by: SignGeek101 on March 07, 2018, 10:23:32 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 09:36:13 PMQuote from: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PM
Also, if you (like me), on school assignments, were just absolutely dying to use those very Roadgeek Fonts on your Word Documents, but unfortunately you can't because of the typical mandatory font requirements (like Times New Roman 12 or something). :-D :-(
I've just realized that having those fonts installed on your computer, at all, is a pretty good sign. :-D
Also, back when I was in high school (and Roadgeek 2005 was what was available) the fonts looked surprisingly terrible when applied to entire essays/documents (like you, I experimented with it but never submitted anything set in it). They'd look like an Oklahoma abomination. Not sure if the 2014 version fixes that or not. Or maybe MS Word 2003 just rendered it badly. Who knows.
I just use Overpass whenever I can. Looks close enough to FHWA but has a cleaner look to it.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: busman_49 on March 08, 2018, 03:24:20 PM
Post by: busman_49 on March 08, 2018, 03:24:20 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 02:17:43 AM
You print out regulatory-sign-style notes, set in Roadgeek 2014 Series E(M)...
A lot of the memos I post at work, if I have to create them, are done in a highway font, usually Roadgeek 2000 Series D
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: webny99 on March 20, 2018, 09:17:37 AM
Post by: webny99 on March 20, 2018, 09:17:37 AM
You know you're a roadgeek if... you have 1000 posts on the aaroads.com forum.
(I saved my 1000th post for this thread, so I guess I qualify now :sombrero:)
(I saved my 1000th post for this thread, so I guess I qualify now :sombrero:)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 21, 2018, 03:03:53 AM
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 21, 2018, 03:03:53 AM
If you posted in "Threads you'll never see on aaroads.com" before it was locked...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on March 21, 2018, 11:36:45 PM
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on March 21, 2018, 11:36:45 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on March 08, 2018, 03:24:20 PMSo, is there any actual difference between Times and the Roadgeek fonts, in terms of readability?Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 02:17:43 AM
You print out regulatory-sign-style notes, set in Roadgeek 2014 Series E(M)...
A lot of the memos I post at work, if I have to create them, are done in a highway font, usually Roadgeek 2000 Series D
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: webny99 on March 22, 2018, 02:13:51 PM
Post by: webny99 on March 22, 2018, 02:13:51 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 21, 2018, 03:03:53 AM
If you posted in "Threads you'll never see on aaroads.com" before it was locked...
If you believe that thread should not have been locked :D :banghead:
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 22, 2018, 06:17:04 PM
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 22, 2018, 06:17:04 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 22, 2018, 02:13:51 PMI agree. I've come up with some great stuff for that thread since it was locked...Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 21, 2018, 03:03:53 AM
If you posted in "Threads you'll never see on aaroads.com" before it was locked...
If you believe that thread should not have been locked :D :banghead:
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hbelkins on March 23, 2018, 01:42:48 PM
Post by: hbelkins on March 23, 2018, 01:42:48 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 22, 2018, 06:17:04 PMQuote from: webny99 on March 22, 2018, 02:13:51 PMI agree. I've come up with some great stuff for that thread since it was locked...Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 21, 2018, 03:03:53 AM
If you posted in "Threads you'll never see on aaroads.com" before it was locked...
If you believe that thread should not have been locked :D :banghead:
Start a new thread. It'll go until things get out of hand and it too gets locked.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: hotdogPi on March 23, 2018, 02:17:34 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on March 23, 2018, 02:17:34 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 23, 2018, 01:42:48 PMQuote from: freebrickproductions on March 22, 2018, 06:17:04 PMQuote from: webny99 on March 22, 2018, 02:13:51 PMI agree. I've come up with some great stuff for that thread since it was locked...Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 21, 2018, 03:03:53 AM
If you posted in "Threads you'll never see on aaroads.com" before it was locked...
If you believe that thread should not have been locked :D :banghead:
Start a new thread. It'll go until things get out of hand and it too gets locked.
Well, immediately after it got locked, I revived the 2064 thread as a replacement. It died naturally instead of getting locked. (Its parodies, on the other hand...)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jflick99 on March 26, 2018, 11:18:28 PM
Post by: jflick99 on March 26, 2018, 11:18:28 PM
- when you were little, you had an old bed sheet that you called a street sheet with the street grid and highways drawn on it, and used you dad's stash of diecast NASCAR cars to "drive" around town
- all of the teachers in your grade school received personalized street blades to hang on the wall, so you went about assigning each hallway a street name and using the room numbers as addresses. In between classes you thought like a GPS (i.e.: *in 100 ft. turn left onto Art Avenue*)
(My high school was mostly a two-floor square with a connecting hall down the middle, so it wasn't as fun to do it there.)
- you are driving home and you want to clinch a route, so you tell your mom you are taking an alternate route for a "change of scenery." The only problem? It's 2am and pitch black.
- you receive the latest Rand McNally atlas and Kansas atlas from your grandma for Christmas, but she doesn't know your crazy obsession so you have to hold yourself together while not completely flipping out.
- all of the teachers in your grade school received personalized street blades to hang on the wall, so you went about assigning each hallway a street name and using the room numbers as addresses. In between classes you thought like a GPS (i.e.: *in 100 ft. turn left onto Art Avenue*)
(My high school was mostly a two-floor square with a connecting hall down the middle, so it wasn't as fun to do it there.)
- you are driving home and you want to clinch a route, so you tell your mom you are taking an alternate route for a "change of scenery." The only problem? It's 2am and pitch black.
- you receive the latest Rand McNally atlas and Kansas atlas from your grandma for Christmas, but she doesn't know your crazy obsession so you have to hold yourself together while not completely flipping out.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: MCRoads on March 28, 2018, 07:40:31 PM
Post by: MCRoads on March 28, 2018, 07:40:31 PM
Quote from: Michael on February 02, 2018, 10:08:43 PM
...you're jealous of your friend who lives near a new DDI and has driven through it several times.
...you're even more jealous that that same friend is driving through it while on the phone with you.
...you notice you share a birthday with another roadgeek. (I just noticed that Scott5114 and I have the same birthday, and even the same birth year)
OMG, I was SOOOOOOO happy when I found out there is a ddi, several spuis, and a CFI in Co Springs, so I get it.
Also, I was the only one exited to wait 90 seconds for a ramp meter in Denver. My dad (who was driving) HATES them... he was pissed.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 06, 2018, 04:05:47 PM
... you are excited Big Rig Travels is going to cross craIG county (He has done so about half-a-hour ago).
BRT went past the craIG CountY sign? Did he comment about it?
I JUST FOUND IT!!! It (is there more than one?) is on the south county line on US 69.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: US 89 on March 28, 2018, 10:23:04 PM
Post by: US 89 on March 28, 2018, 10:23:04 PM
Quote from: MCRoads on March 28, 2018, 07:40:31 PMQuote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 06, 2018, 04:05:47 PM
... you are excited Big Rig Travels is going to cross craIG county (He has done so about half-a-hour ago).
BRT went past the craIG CountY sign? Did he comment about it?
I JUST FOUND IT!!! It (is there more than one?) is on the south county line on US 69.
The southbound direction on US 69 there has a “m a y e s c o u n t Y” sign that is almost as bad.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 29, 2018, 05:29:53 AM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 29, 2018, 05:29:53 AM
Quote from: webny99 on March 22, 2018, 02:13:51 PMQuote from: freebrickproductions on March 21, 2018, 03:03:53 AM
If you posted in "Threads you'll never see on aaroads.com" before it was locked...
If you believe that thread should not have been locked :D :banghead:
IMO it should be reopened. I still believe I went too far when I proposed "How many toddlers' foreskins have you pulled back?" seeing how some reacted. But at least I didn't post something illegal, it wasn't meant to be about child sexual abuse anyway.
Quote from: MCRoads on March 28, 2018, 07:40:31 PMQuote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 06, 2018, 04:05:47 PM
... you are excited Big Rig Travels is going to cross craIG county (He has done so about half-a-hour ago).
BRT went past the craIG CountY sign? Did he comment about it?
I JUST FOUND IT!!! It (is there more than one?) is on the south county line on US 69.
Nope, he went through the county on Will Rogers Turnpike/I-44 (twice: back when I posted that and again last Sunday), so he didn't see the Golden Standard of the Worst Signs Ever.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Scott5114 on March 29, 2018, 06:51:55 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on March 29, 2018, 06:51:55 AM
Quote from: Michael on February 02, 2018, 10:08:43 PM
...you notice you share a birthday with another roadgeek. (I just noticed that Scott5114 and I have the same birthday, and even the same birth year)
:-o
Happy belated birthday!
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PMYou can usually slip those in as headings without causing too much upset. Of course, having no requirements for body text and a page count minimum is the only situation that Series F was made for.
Also, if you (like me), on school assignments, were just absolutely dying to use those very Roadgeek Fonts on your Word Documents, but unfortunately you can't because of the typical mandatory font requirements (like Times New Roman 12 or something). :-D :-(
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on March 29, 2018, 07:11:24 PM
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on March 29, 2018, 07:11:24 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 29, 2018, 06:51:55 AMI just might try to write a paper in the FHWA Series!Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 07, 2018, 03:54:50 PMYou can usually slip those in as headings without causing too much upset. Of course, having no requirements for body text and a page count minimum is the only situation that Series F was made for.
Also, if you (like me), on school assignments, were just absolutely dying to use those very Roadgeek Fonts on your Word Documents, but unfortunately you can't because of the typical mandatory font requirements (like Times New Roman 12 or something). :-D :-(
Now should EM be used for body text or headings? Suggestions or a table of sorts on what series you would use in a certain situation? After all, that is what the Series is a bunch of situationally adaptable fonts!
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: ThatRandomOshawott on April 24, 2018, 10:12:04 PM
Post by: ThatRandomOshawott on April 24, 2018, 10:12:04 PM
You got angry when someone used the wrong type of shield for something when you were in elementary school.
Once, when I was in elementary school, my grade and I did a Dr.Seuss-based "program", where we sang various Dr.Seuss-related songs. One song was about McElligot's Pool, and the lines were lifted straight from the book. When each line was sang, someone came out with the thing referenced by the line. When we got to the line "Right under State Highway 203", the prop that the person carried was a fake sign for that highway, but with a US Route shield instead of a state route shield.
Once, when I was in elementary school, my grade and I did a Dr.Seuss-based "program", where we sang various Dr.Seuss-related songs. One song was about McElligot's Pool, and the lines were lifted straight from the book. When each line was sang, someone came out with the thing referenced by the line. When we got to the line "Right under State Highway 203", the prop that the person carried was a fake sign for that highway, but with a US Route shield instead of a state route shield.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: index on April 25, 2018, 11:31:51 PM
Post by: index on April 25, 2018, 11:31:51 PM
I have began to unintentionally imagine all the answers to my multiple choice tests as suffixed interstates for some reason. I-30C... I-11E... I-40A...
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: DaBigE on April 26, 2018, 01:46:52 AM
Post by: DaBigE on April 26, 2018, 01:46:52 AM
You notice when companies are illegally using the Interstate shield as part of their logo.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on April 26, 2018, 11:51:26 AM
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on April 26, 2018, 11:51:26 AM
Quote from: DaBigE on April 26, 2018, 01:46:52 AMI don't understand.
You notice when companies are illegally using the Interstate shield as part of their logo.
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on April 26, 2018, 01:07:01 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on April 26, 2018, 01:07:01 PM
IIRC the Interstate shield is copyrighted, but now I don't recall who holds the copyright, if the AASHTO or the FHWA. But they don't really enforce it, unlike some asshole companies do.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on April 26, 2018, 02:55:42 PM
Post by: roadman on April 26, 2018, 02:55:42 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 26, 2018, 01:07:01 PM
IIRC the Interstate shield is copyrighted, but now I don't recall who holds the copyright, if the AASHTO or the FHWA. But they don't really enforce it, unlike some asshole companies do.
From the FHWA Interstate 50th Anniversary Page: AASHO secured Trademark Registration 835.635 for the shield in 1967, to prevent private entities from using Interstate-like advertising signs near the highways where they might confuse motorists
Seems to me the operative phrase here is where they might confuse motorists. So a local restaurant whose LOGO is the interstate shield, and uses that LOGO as their trailblazer sign to get drivers from the freeway to the restaurant, will probably run afoul of the AASHTO trademark. But most businesses I've seen that use the Interstate shield on billboards and the like are probably OK.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: abefroman329 on April 26, 2018, 04:48:36 PM
Post by: abefroman329 on April 26, 2018, 04:48:36 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 04, 2012, 05:18:21 PM
My wife has a home daycare, and I get two weekdays plus one morning off per week, so I've watched the movie 'Cars' about 4720 times. I keep noticing little things and big things road-related in the movie.....
Mack doesn't keep to the right lane as much as he should. :thumbdown:
There's a button-copy US-66 shield. :thumbsup:
Radiator Springs has a four-way flashing yellow; if the cross street had a STOP sign, it would flash red; if it were an uncontrolled intersection, I doubt there'd be a flashing light. :thumbdown:
The freeway that takes traffic away from US-66 is labeled as I-40 on the map. :thumbsup:
I-40 is six lanes in rural parts of the West; yeah, I wish! :thumbdown:
I guess you're a roadgeek if you watch a cartoon and notice this stuff.
Also, Fillmore is right, the timing of the blinking really is slightly off.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: thenetwork on May 04, 2018, 07:43:33 PM
Post by: thenetwork on May 04, 2018, 07:43:33 PM
...You feel a feel giddy and refreshed when the local municipality just put down freshly painted stripes on the road.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: Michael on May 04, 2018, 10:10:04 PM
Post by: Michael on May 04, 2018, 10:10:04 PM
...you are excited at the fact that an article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_343) about a NY state route is Wikipedia's featured article of the day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/May_4,_2018).
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on May 05, 2018, 12:53:56 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on May 05, 2018, 12:53:56 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 06, 2018, 04:05:47 PM
... you are excited Big Rig Travels is going to cross craIG county (He has done so about half-a-hour ago).
Now upgrading to...
... you're excited Big Rig Steve is going to roll past the craIG county sign!!! He is on Northbound US 69 across M a y e s C o u n t y right now.
Edit: Very sad news... (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg2324757#msg2324757)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on June 08, 2018, 06:20:39 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on June 08, 2018, 06:20:39 PM
To make up the Craig County OK blowout, I have to say a few days ago Big Rig Steve was to nothing less than Breezewood! I got to see how that thing works.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jwolfer on June 08, 2018, 09:33:41 PM
Post by: jwolfer on June 08, 2018, 09:33:41 PM
You know your way around the city better than your friends who have driven Uber for almost 2 years
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Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: jwolfer on June 08, 2018, 09:34:58 PM
Post by: jwolfer on June 08, 2018, 09:34:58 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 26, 2018, 01:07:01 PMOr the New Jersey Turnpike authority.. they sued a pizza shop in South Florida that used a logo like the Garden State Parkway logo.. and lost
IIRC the Interstate shield is copyrighted, but now I don't recall who holds the copyright, if the AASHTO or the FHWA. But they don't really enforce it, unlike some asshole companies do.
Z981
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: roadman on June 11, 2018, 09:55:22 AM
Post by: roadman on June 11, 2018, 09:55:22 AM
Quote from: jwolfer on June 08, 2018, 09:34:58 PMQuote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 26, 2018, 01:07:01 PMOr the New Jersey Turnpike authority.. they sued a pizza shop in South Florida that used a logo like the Garden State Parkway logo.. and lost
IIRC the Interstate shield is copyrighted, but now I don't recall who holds the copyright, if the AASHTO or the FHWA. But they don't really enforce it, unlike some asshole companies do.
Z981
And why hasn't the lawyer who represented the NJTA lost their license for bringing the lawsuit in the first place? IANAL, but even I knew what the judge's ruling would be in this case before it was issued.
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: webny99 on February 20, 2022, 06:51:56 PM
Post by: webny99 on February 20, 2022, 06:51:56 PM
You know you're a roadgeek if... something you find on the road immediately reminds you of a particular forum thread!
(Example from the thread for redundant signs:
(Example from the thread for redundant signs:
Quote from: webny99 on February 20, 2022, 06:47:36 PM
I found this pair of "No Outlet" signs (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1259233,-77.4222584,3a,15y,138.25h,89.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM7x4ay9Tzd-BPfXj_Wlpvg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) and immediately thought of this thread.)
Title: Re: You Know You're A Roadgeek If...
Post by: SkyPesos on February 20, 2022, 07:17:59 PM
Post by: SkyPesos on February 20, 2022, 07:17:59 PM
Quote from: yakra on February 21, 2018, 04:52:49 PMSomething similar for me, except for 75.25 or 75.41
My power bill last month was 75.29.
Which obviously means that http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.000435&lon=-97.237633