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Pacific Southwest / Re: California
Last post by emory - Today at 02:28:44 AM
I noticed on the maps Wikipedia uses, the former CA 58 bypassed near Kramer Junction in San Bernardino county is now labeled as CA 58U. Is there an official list of state highway logs that reflects this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_395_in_California&oldid=1243820034#/map/0
#2
Traffic Control / Re: "Outdated" Traffic Laws Th...
Last post by 6a - Today at 02:02:26 AM
Quote from: kalvado on February 06, 2025, 12:39:07 PM
Quote from: ran4sh on February 06, 2025, 12:02:58 PM
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)
As 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.

I drive a city bus, not a school bus. We have to stop, open the door and look both ways. There was indeed a crash in the 1930s. A school bus was in a snowstorm, and at the time they just had to stop and look. The driver couldn't see the train because of the snow and something like 30 kids were killed. In Ohio at least, school buses have a lot more to do, but I think that's more administrative than actual law. They have to stop, pop the brake, shift to neutral, kill the fans (I think they have a switch for that), then open the door AND a window.

We have to stop here, even though there obviously won't be any trains rolling through, but it's still marked. Drivers have gotten tickets for blowing through it.

https://imgur.com/a/AH0ZJN3
#3
General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge
Last post by xonhulu - Today at 01:55:14 AM
QuoteFebruary 14: Post a junction of a route ending in 5 and a route ending in 9, in your state.

I-5 and OR 99 in Central Point:



#4
General Highway Talk / Re: Google Maps just fucking S...
Last post by JayhawkCO - Today at 01:05:45 AM
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Quote 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?
I don't pay attention to mountains.

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.

I have a hunch that in the Benelux countries, you're taught about Mont Blanc and Mt Elbrus though.
#5
Bridges / Re: Why do bridges make strang...
Last post by freebrickproductions - Today at 01:01:31 AM
That California example sounds like what you hear on the newer bridges on Memorial Parkway here in Huntsville. The older ones and the ones along I-565 have a higher-pitched sound to them as you cross them.
#6
Northeast / Re: New York
Last post by Flyer78 - Today at 12:30:42 AM
Fair enough, as I said, perhaps execution is a better term than coordination. It was meant mainly as a joke. But as an outsider, that in no way has the access you (or others here) have, not sure it is such a warped view. (and I get how that can be annoying.) Especially when the "exit" to I-481 reverts to the sequential; "for now" as "part of the project." (I understand it won't be an exit after the conversion)





#7
Off-Topic / Re: My idea for US currency re...
Last post by freebrickproductions - Today at 12:24:53 AM
Weren'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?
#8
Quote from: Revive 755 on February 13, 2025, 10:52:37 PM
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.

The requirement to open the side door ought to be removed for crossings that are in quiet zones.

Even then that might still let them hear a crossing bell more easily should the signals activate while the bus is stopped there. Plus, I could see it allowing for a slightly better view out that side.
#9
Northeast / Re: New York
Last post by Rothman - February 13, 2025, 11:52:35 PM
Quote from: Flyer78 on February 13, 2025, 11:29:12 PMReferring to Region 3 updating I-81 in their territory, without any coordination (or at least, execution) from Region 9 or 7. (Or, for that matter, the junction with current I-481).

Although I can see where this warped perception came from, the renumbering was not a solely Region 3 exercise, but associated with the I-81 Viaduct Project and actually coordinated across Regions with an entire exit list for I-81.

That said, I'm not sure of the exact reasons why Regions 7 and 9 have not progressed their sections as of yet.
#10
Northeast / Re: New York
Last post by Flyer78 - February 13, 2025, 11:29:12 PM
Referring to Region 3 updating I-81 in their territory, without any coordination (or at least, execution) from Region 9 or 7. (Or, for that matter, the junction with current I-481).


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