Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 13, 2025, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on February 13, 2025, 10:41:35 AMI don't pay attention to mountains.Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 12, 2025, 10:33:59 PMQuote from: Molandfreak on February 12, 2025, 10:11:56 PMConsidering that you have never visited the state or mountain, how much did you actually use the name Mount McKinley growing up?I never heard of Denali before this, so never for either name.
Interesting. Maybe just because I like mountains a lot, but I would think that most people know the name of the highest point on their continent, but maybe not.
Have you heard of Mt. Logan?
Quote from: freebrickproductions on Today at 12:24:53 AMWeren't the larger bills above $100 (such as $500, $1,000, etc.) also used primarily to help transfer cash between banks, and not necessarily mean for public use despite technically being legal tender?That's for really high value bills. 100k was the biggest one for that, I believe.
Quote from: kalvado on February 06, 2025, 12:39:07 PMQuote from: ran4sh on February 06, 2025, 12:02:58 PMAs far as I understand, some (many?) states adopted some paranoid procedure after a train crashed in a full school bus in 1930s. It is something like - full stop, engine off, open door and window, listen for the train before proceeding. Way beyond stop sign requirements.Quote from: thenetwork on February 06, 2025, 01:11:42 AMThis idea came to mind after getting stuck behind 3 school buses who came up to a fully modern railroad crossing with flashing lights and crossing gates. Each of the 3 buses pulled up to the stop line, engaged air brakes and flashers, opened up their side door to check for trains.
I can understand this law being a good one back in the day when there were a lot more railroad crossings were lucky to have flashing red lights -- even rarer to have crossing gates.
But now in modern times when most crossings are fully equipped and more reliable, I think the law should be rewritten to say that for at least school buses, the full ordeal of full stop, flashers an open doors should only apply to crossings with only crossbucks and nothing else. Otherwise, buses should treat it as a yield as most other vehicles do.
Other laws that could use a little tweaking?
Isn't it already in the MUTCD or similar, that passive railroad crossings (the ones with no lights or gates) are required to have stop signs now? Which means all traffic will be stopping anyway not just certain classes of motor vehicles (I doubt that school buses specifically would be given an exemption if regular buses are not)
QuoteFebruary 14: Post a junction of a route ending in 5 and a route ending in 9, in your state.
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on February 13, 2025, 09:36:12 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on February 13, 2025, 06:05:26 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on February 13, 2025, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on February 13, 2025, 10:41:35 AMI don't pay attention to mountains.Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 12, 2025, 10:33:59 PMQuote from: Molandfreak on February 12, 2025, 10:11:56 PMConsidering that you have never visited the state or mountain, how much did you actually use the name Mount McKinley growing up?I never heard of Denali before this, so never for either name.
Interesting. Maybe just because I like mountains a lot, but I would think that most people know the name of the highest point on their continent, but maybe not.
Have you heard of Mt. Logan?
Highest point in your own country just seems like something you'd learn in school.
I imagine that depends on your country. I can't see schools in, say, the Benelux countries bothering with that.