Inspired by TheHighwayMan394's post. Searching "annoying" and checking the first five pages reveals nothing for this topic, similar searches yielded similar results, so here I go...
What are some of the most annoying things you've experienced as a roadgeek? Or other parts of roadgeeking, or being a roadgeek, in general that are just annoying, frustrating, et cetera... One thing that particularly bugs me is getting a GSV blocked by a truck and there not being any historical GSVs of that location available. Getting teasted by GSV not being available for a location or find that looks potentially interesting or unavailable GSV for a real-life find is also rather annoying...
Bad signage. I-495 WB at MD 5 / Branch Ave is a good example of bad signage.
Poor MPT for construction. On the recent MassPike work west of the exit for Lee, EB, the merge signage was after the merge and lane markings were indecipherable.
This is barely different than "roadgeek disappointments". Searching a for single word and coming up empty-handed doesn't mean there hasn't been related discussion; the forum's search function doesn't work that way. You need to search multiple combinations of multiple words before you can conclude anything about past discussion.
So, yeah, basically half of the threads on the entire forum are the result of someone being annoyed about something, even if the poster didn't use the word "annoying" (actually "annoyed" would be the more likely tense anyways).
Annoyances is the proper term, but if the discussion was over two months ago, it seems like the powers that be want you to have a very good reason for bumping the topic.
I think there's a distinction between annoyance and a disappointment. I'm not a big road photographer, but I can see someone looking to document a sign BITD and then realizing there was no film in the camera or they left their lenscap. That's a disappointment. Heavy traffic on the way to the sign would be an annoyance.
I wouldn't exactly say this is an "annoying" aspect of roadgeeking but something that I kind of find slightly puzzling given that this is generally a road borne hobby. A observation I've had in the years I've been on this forum and others is that a great percentage of the folks in the hobby are way more into things like signage standards, grid perfect numbering conventions, and modern freeway projects. It just seems someone contrarian that the hobby doesn't have more of a lean towards things like scenic drives, the adventure aspect of road travel, or even the aspect of historical routings/highway history.
For me the best times I've had on the road have been either driving somewhere really scenic or chasing down something like an abandoned US Route alignment. A lot of my other hobbies tend to lean towards things like hiking, finding ghost towns, finding historical infrastructure, or even stuff that is rail related. Personally I tend to find most freeways (especially the overwhelming majority of the Interstate System) to be incredibly boring and generic to what came before it. Generally I'll go out of my way to take a route that is substantially more time consuming in the interest of having a more interesting drive.
Granted, I collect signs and generally at least check major new projects like I-11 or the West Side Parkway in California...I guess it's just a different flavor for everyone.
Also it seems like dirt/gravel roads or off-highway travel hardly ever comes up in the roadgeek hobby. Conservely the crowd that frequents that sort of travel hardly is ever interested in anything road related I've found.
"It just seems someone contrarian that the hobby doesn't have more of a lean towards things like scenic drives, the adventure aspect of road travel, or even the aspect of historical routings/highway history. "
Before I knew there was such a term as roadgeekery, I'd drive all over Conn. and western Mass.; mainly on state highways which weren't limited access. The site that made me realize that I wasn't the only one into roads was kurumi.com and my favorite part of it was the history of Connecticut roads. Why there aren't more here like me and you, I do not know. I know there are some RMCA members here and sparker is into maps. That's another part of the hobby and I'm surprised that there isn't more discussion on roadmaps. Maybe there isn't much to say about them.
WRT to unimproved roads, I'd like to learn more about the New London Turnpike in RI. It is a beeline and I'm not sure why RI-3 wasn't routed on it.
Quote from: jon daly on September 07, 2018, 08:27:08 PM
"It just seems someone contrarian that the hobby doesn't have more of a lean towards things like scenic drives, the adventure aspect of road travel, or even the aspect of historical routings/highway history. "
Before I knew there was such a term as roadgeekery, I'd drive all over Conn. and western Mass.; mainly on state highways which weren't limited access. The site that made me realize that I wasn't the only one into roads was kurumi.com and my favorite part of it was the history of Connecticut roads. Why there aren't more here like me and you, I do not know. I know there are some RMCA members here and sparker is into maps. That's another part of the hobby and I'm surprised that there isn't more discussion on roadmaps. Maybe there isn't much to say about them.
Ironically enough Sparker is one of the more common members I interact here in regards to map discussions given we're both out in California. We had a lot of discussion going back on Pacific Southwest about a year ago but a lot of members joined and just fell off the grid. Really it was too bad, it was a lot of fun tossing stuff out there to see who had a different source or just information that I didn't have and/or was looking for. Fortunately as far as California stuff goes there is a lot of map discussion on the California Historic Highways and California History Facebook pages. To that end I haven't found too many outlets on the Facebook groups for map and history discussion regarding other states.
Granted I'm well aware that Adam, Doug, in addition to myself discuss highway history all the time for all sorts of states on the Gribblenation Facebook page.
Coming across documents, maps, and newspaper articles pertaining to certain highways but are totally unavailable online or at a nearby library. Or worse, ones that are digitized but behind a paywall.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 07, 2018, 06:14:53 PM
I wouldn't exactly say this is an "annoying" aspect of roadgeeking but something that I kind of find slightly puzzling given that this is generally a road borne hobby. A observation I've had in the years I've been on this forum and others is that a great percentage of the folks in the hobby are way more into things like signage standards, grid perfect numbering conventions, and modern freeway projects. It just seems someone contrarian that the hobby doesn't have more of a lean towards things like scenic drives, the adventure aspect of road travel, or even the aspect of historical routings/highway history.
For me the best times I've had on the road have been either driving somewhere really scenic or chasing down something like an abandoned US Route alignment. A lot of my other hobbies tend to lean towards things like hiking, finding ghost towns, finding historical infrastructure, or even stuff that is rail related. Personally I tend to find most freeways (especially the overwhelming majority of the Interstate System) to be incredibly boring and generic to what came before it. Generally I'll go out of my way to take a route that is substantially more time consuming in the interest of having a more interesting drive.
That's because that's the easiest thing to talk about. Scenic drives and alignment hunting is really, really fun, but it's something you really have to
do and not write about on a road forum. If you go on a successful, really fun trip, what is there to say about it other than "I had a good time?" Unless something unusual happens or you find a really cool sign or bridge that nobody knew about, but then you're posting about that instead of your trip.
Signs are interesting to roadgeeks because they're the "voice" of a road. Any two paved roads will look more or less the same unless they have a shield or a distance sign next to them. Signs are what give a road context.
You'll find more of the adventuring kind of stuff in the Travel board than General Highway Talk.
The roadgeek community is not so big, but there are different niches in it. Hang out in #wikipedia-en-roads sometime, and you'll find the roadgeeks that are most excited about digging up where and when highways were realigned. Many of them don't travel at all, they just get their road kicks from poring over PDF scans of 1962 state DOT maps.
QuoteAlso it seems like dirt/gravel roads or off-highway travel hardly ever comes up in the roadgeek hobby. Conservely the crowd that frequents that sort of travel hardly is ever interested in anything road related I've found.
Probably because most interesting things that are road-related are going to show up on the state highways (apart from the more creative interpretations of road standards by county road departments). States just have bigger budgets to do interesting infrastructure with. Anyone who chooses a gravel road over a highway is probably doing it for the scenery, which is a valid reason to make that choice, but it's not really 'road-related'; after all, looking at scenery means you're looking
away from the road!
Perfectly good bridges replaced simply because they are "old".
"Signs are what give a road context. "
I agree, but I'm surprised at how much more emphasis there is on green signs (which, admittedly, are more important,) than other visible signage landmarks such as
(https://designatedsitter.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/0205171518-00.jpg?w=500)
or
(https://designatedsitter.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/0202171818-00.jpg?w=500)
or
(https://designatedsitter.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/0202170727-00.jpg?w=500)
There are some exits that I identify by those or similar landmarks instead of exit numbers; probably because that's how I drive surface streets. I don't find the blades very helpful.
Traffic signals.
Quote from: index on September 07, 2018, 11:56:12 AMOne thing that particularly bugs me is getting a GSV blocked by a truck and there not being any historical GSVs of that location available.
Also bad is only historical GSVs available, especially when it's the low-def stuff that you can barely read signs from.
QuoteGetting teasted by GSV not being available for a location or find that looks potentially interesting or unavailable GSV for a real-life find is also rather annoying...
Worst tease is looking for a sign, seeing the back of it in recentish GMSV, then move to see the front and then the imagery is from 2011 or something, before the sign was put up.
I've moved forward (on a bit without junction at that point) on an upgraded road from 2017 to get closer to a sign I wanted to read what it said, an then jumped back to 2009 when the sign didn't exist. Makes alignment hunting for routes (eg Historic US routes / scenic / tourist routes for travelmapping) sometimes really annoying to do from behind a screen.
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 08, 2018, 02:52:59 AMAny two paved roads will look more or less the same unless they have a shield or a distance sign next to them. Signs are what give a road context.
You haven't seen Truvelo do a "where am I?" quiz (where signs are either blurred, or not in the picture, else it would be too easy)! He's usually explicitly not allowed to answer in public to give others a chance. He got one I posted from Pasadena, CA by the sun position, foilage, and the Whole Foods in the background, within 5 minutes (and it took him about 2 from seeing it)!
The longest I've seen a WAI quiz that wasn't a joke one deliberately designed to be impossible last on SABRE without being solved by someone (other than Truvelo) is about two days - because even generic paved roads still have clues around them as to where they are.
Stuff like horizontal and vertical alignment, the landscape around (climate, hilliness, usage) and amount of traffic, also give roads context.
The way some road enthusiasts have been treated by "leaders" of the hobby. They have had their names run into the ground and crucified for daring to have different opinions.
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 08, 2018, 02:52:59 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 07, 2018, 06:14:53 PM
I wouldn't exactly say this is an "annoying" aspect of roadgeeking but something that I kind of find slightly puzzling given that this is generally a road borne hobby. A observation I've had in the years I've been on this forum and others is that a great percentage of the folks in the hobby are way more into things like signage standards, grid perfect numbering conventions, and modern freeway projects. It just seems someone contrarian that the hobby doesn't have more of a lean towards things like scenic drives, the adventure aspect of road travel, or even the aspect of historical routings/highway history.
For me the best times I've had on the road have been either driving somewhere really scenic or chasing down something like an abandoned US Route alignment. A lot of my other hobbies tend to lean towards things like hiking, finding ghost towns, finding historical infrastructure, or even stuff that is rail related. Personally I tend to find most freeways (especially the overwhelming majority of the Interstate System) to be incredibly boring and generic to what came before it. Generally I'll go out of my way to take a route that is substantially more time consuming in the interest of having a more interesting drive.
That's because that's the easiest thing to talk about. Scenic drives and alignment hunting is really, really fun, but it's something you really have to do and not write about on a road forum. If you go on a successful, really fun trip, what is there to say about it other than "I had a good time?" Unless something unusual happens or you find a really cool sign or bridge that nobody knew about, but then you're posting about that instead of your trip.
Signs are interesting to roadgeeks because they're the "voice" of a road. Any two paved roads will look more or less the same unless they have a shield or a distance sign next to them. Signs are what give a road context.
You'll find more of the adventuring kind of stuff in the Travel board than General Highway Talk.
The roadgeek community is not so big, but there are different niches in it. Hang out in #wikipedia-en-roads sometime, and you'll find the roadgeeks that are most excited about digging up where and when highways were realigned. Many of them don't travel at all, they just get their road kicks from poring over PDF scans of 1962 state DOT maps.
QuoteAlso it seems like dirt/gravel roads or off-highway travel hardly ever comes up in the roadgeek hobby. Conservely the crowd that frequents that sort of travel hardly is ever interested in anything road related I've found.
Probably because most interesting things that are road-related are going to show up on the state highways (apart from the more creative interpretations of road standards by county road departments). States just have bigger budgets to do interesting infrastructure with. Anyone who chooses a gravel road over a highway is probably doing it for the scenery, which is a valid reason to make that choice, but it's not really 'road-related'; after all, looking at scenery means you're looking away from the road!
My travels I've typically found that signage outside of limited access hasn't been really what makes the road. The flip side (at least) for me is that it's hard to find anything to say about a road that conforms to limited access unless it's there is some sort historical context. The trouble then with limited access driving is that it by design is meant to separate you from anything but the grade at hand, hence removal from historical context. The back side to it then is that unless you want do a lot of reading and map research there isn't much to see/do.
That said there are ocassional exceptions like the Alaskan Way Viaduct which have such unique designs that they are an attraction that draws interest just from that alone. What I've found myself talking about mostly over the years is surface highways of all variations. Generally you're still right in the middle of what makes the road purposeful and generally the context of what put it there to begin with. The reason I take road photos as opposed to videos is that it almost impossibly to illustrate things like; communities, important buildings, structures, historic markers, railroads, and all the other things that went into why a roadway exists.
To that end I do find enjoyment in signage and found that it has accentuated the way I take road albums in addition to how I write road blogs. That said, I always felt as those I had plenty to say or capture my interest before I put an emphasis on signage. I guess it comes down to tastes and what is interesting for the individual.
Interestingly regarding your observation about how a great many who do map and alignment research don't travel I always found that kind of odd. For me it's hard to fully understand the context of what I see on a map unless I somehow interact with it first hand. To that end there almost always ends up being something that I find among roadways that can't be spotted on the GSV or even a through search on the net.
Quote from: bugo on September 08, 2018, 10:02:06 AM
The way some road enthusiasts have been treated by "leaders" of the hobby. They have had their names run into the ground and crucified for daring to have different opinions.
Are you speaking of road-related things, or other subjects? Because if it's the latter, you're certainly among the majority of political thought in this hobby.
Rereading Scott5114's post:
"You'll find more of the adventuring kind of stuff in the Travel board than General Highway Talk."
I recently posted a thread about a trip on CT/MA/NH-32 in the Northeast Regional Board. Would it have fit better in Travel? I'm still fuzzy on some AARoads norms.
Also, people still use IRC?
Quote from: hbelkins on September 08, 2018, 05:24:17 PM
Quote from: bugo on September 08, 2018, 10:02:06 AM
The way some road enthusiasts have been treated by "leaders" of the hobby. They have had their names run into the ground and crucified for daring to have different opinions.
Are you speaking of road-related things, or other subjects? Because if it's the latter, you're certainly among the majority of political thought in this hobby.
The majority of those who openly promote it, perhaps...
Quote from: hbelkins on September 08, 2018, 05:24:17 PM
Quote from: bugo on September 08, 2018, 10:02:06 AM
The way some road enthusiasts have been treated by "leaders" of the hobby. They have had their names run into the ground and crucified for daring to have different opinions.
Are you speaking of road-related things, or other subjects? Because if it's the latter, you're certainly among the majority of political thought in this hobby.
Either/or. Or both.
Quote from: bugo on September 09, 2018, 10:11:04 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 08, 2018, 05:24:17 PM
Quote from: bugo on September 08, 2018, 10:02:06 AM
The way some road enthusiasts have been treated by "leaders" of the hobby. They have had their names run into the ground and crucified for daring to have different opinions.
Are you speaking of road-related things, or other subjects? Because if it's the latter, you're certainly among the majority of political thought in this hobby.
Either/or. Or both.
I've always considered you to be one of the seminal individuals and leaders in this hobby. I'd hate to start naming names, because I'd leave someone out unintentionally, but to me, any list of seminal (or any other synonym one might prefer) roadgeeks (or any other synonym you might prefer) would have you high on the list.
When you think you've clinched an entire road, but then realize that a new section is being built. (I-69 and I-74 come to mind)
urban highways being terribly signed.
california in general has the worst freeway signage i've ever seen.
A lot of good historical information is available in hardcopy only, in an archive 3,000 miles away
Playing American Truck Simulator and being annoyed at the wrong Control Cities in California, and bad representation of the freeways of Los Angeles. Wanting to redesign it myself.
Still getting annoyed that the SR 210 isn't just signed as I-210 and that I-210 East doesnt list Palm Springs or Indio as a Control City
Quote from: jon daly on September 08, 2018, 07:42:47 AM
"Signs are what give a road context. "
I agree, but I'm surprised at how much more emphasis there is on green signs (which, admittedly, are more important,) than other visible signage landmarks such as
(https://designatedsitter.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/0205171518-00.jpg?w=500)
or
(https://designatedsitter.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/0202171818-00.jpg?w=500)
or
(https://designatedsitter.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/0202170727-00.jpg?w=500)
There are some exits that I identify by those or similar landmarks instead of exit numbers; probably because that's how I drive surface streets. I don't find the blades very helpful.
If you're on Facebook, it sounds like you might enjoy the "All Retail" group.
Is there a non-FB equivalent? I spend enough time online as it is, so I avoid most social media.
I have a few more of these pics (and some highway pics at my blog (Designated Sitter) and my Instagram page (This Used To Be The Future.) My old phone took better pics, so I haven't been taking as many lately, but I did take a bunch in '17.
I actually took a highway sign pic today because I was stuck in traffic. I texted it to my boss as a way of letting him know that I'd be running late.
Cape Cod NIMBYs
Seriously... it's why the Mid-Cape Highway (US-6) is the cramped (no shoulder lanes over most of it, a Super-2 section known for its head-on collisions, Eastham extension cancelled in 1970) badly-signed (very little overhead signage despite the heavily-wooded surroundings, and even then overhead signage is only around the canal) freeway it is. Locals don't even consider it a freeway because they say "a freeway is a 'city thing'". They need to accept that the Cape hasn't been "rural" for decades... not even Truro is truly rural anymore.
They are the ones whose complaints put the exit renumbering on hold in the ENTIRETY of Massachusetts.
AHTD gets me because they say they are going to preserve an old bridge, then wind up demolishing it, anyway...sometimes before I can get over there to photograph it. Of course. MoDOT is nearly as bad.
When a road sign shows up in a movie or TV show and you can't find it anywhere in real life.
I was watching S7E11 of Shameless (trying to catch myself up for season 9) and I found a stretch of OK-66 that I don't think is even there, and Farm Road 3605 near I-44 in Texas. This stretch of OK-66 looked like it was going through some dry grassland, the kind you'd see if you go further out west, and OK-66 doesn't even go that far. I also tried looking it up, but Texas Farm Road 3605 also doesn't exist.
Doesn't it annoy you when movies and TV shows use fake highways?
I love it when Bob Dylan sang Highway 99 in NJ in one of the Traveling Wilbury's tune. You think he would have used Highway 95 for I-95 that does exist.
I'm not sure what song that is, but perhaps he was trying to make it rhyme.
That reminds me... an animated Doctor Who episode from 2010 supposedly depicted the "alien crash" at Roswell in 1947.... and there was a sign for "I-25"
interstates weren't a thing yet in 1947! :angry:
Quote from: roadman65 on September 15, 2018, 12:57:22 AM
I love it when Bob Dylan sang Highway 99 in NJ in one of the Traveling Wilbury's tune. You think he would have used Highway 95 for I-95 that does exist.
There isn't a "highway" anything in NJ anyway. They are routes or more rarely Interstates. Here "highway" is the generic term never used with a number.
Quote from: DJ Particle on September 12, 2018, 02:13:19 AM
Cape Cod NIMBYs
Seriously... it's why the Mid-Cape Highway (US-6) is the cramped (no shoulder lanes over most of it, a Super-2 section known for its head-on collisions, Eastham extension cancelled in 1970) badly-signed (very little overhead signage despite the heavily-wooded surroundings, and even then overhead signage is only around the canal) freeway it is. Locals don't even consider it a freeway because they say "a freeway is a 'city thing'". They need to accept that the Cape hasn't been "rural" for decades... not even Truro is truly rural anymore.
They are the ones whose complaints put the exit renumbering on hold in the ENTIRETY of Massachusetts.
I totally agree with you. The Cape is getting more urban. I don't think they've replaced the BGS's along the road. Reflective material is all but gone.
Quote from: roadman65 on September 15, 2018, 12:57:22 AM
I love it when Bob Dylan sang Highway 99 in NJ in one of the Traveling Wilbury's tune. You think he would have used Highway 95 for I-95 that does exist.
At least Springsteen was accurate with his Highway 9 (Born to Run; although most call it
Route 9) and Route 88 (Spirit in the Night) lyrics, except Greasy Lake must be a local spot, as I don't see it in GSV.
At least Highway 61 is real, Dylan being from Minnesota and all.
I'd say any sort of NIMBY is an annoyance. Especially when the proponents tell you smugly, "You'd think the same way if they were going to build the road on top of your house."
I understand not wanting to move but I think inconveniencing thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, or maybe even millions of commuters a day along that specific road just because you don't want to leave is an extremely selfish decision, especially when you're getting government compensation for your land and home.
Quote from: jon daly on September 15, 2018, 09:31:44 AM
I'm not sure what song that is, but perhaps he was trying to make it rhyme.
"Tweeter and the Monkey Man."
QuoteTweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash.
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan.
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man.
Tweeter was a Boy Scout 'fore she went to Vietnam
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn.
They knew that they'd find freedom just across the Jersey line,
So they hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99.
And the walls came down
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.
....
It's obviously there for the rhyme. Nobody in Jersey would say "Highway 99" even if there were such a road there. They'd say "Route," though they'd incorrectly pronounce it as "Root."
Quote from: mrcmc888 on September 23, 2018, 09:12:40 PM
I'd say any sort of NIMBY is an annoyance. Especially when the proponents tell you smugly, "You'd think the same way if they were going to build the road on top of your house."
I've seriously hoped some of them would say it to my face, so I can challenge them to make bets on their sentiment. Then I'd show them incidents where I actually advocated road improvements within places I've lived in and have been familiar enough with, some of them roads I actually lived on.
[insert project here] is going to cause too much traffic and noise! -every nimby
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 23, 2018, 09:21:35 PM
It's obviously there for the rhyme. Nobody in Jersey would say "Highway 99" even if there were such a road there. They'd say "Route," though they'd incorrectly pronounce it as "Root."
Or more likely because Bob Dylan hails from Minnesota, where state highways are called "Highway". :-D
Quote from: CapeCodder on September 23, 2018, 05:10:13 PM
I totally agree with you. The Cape is getting more urban. I don't think they've replaced the BGS's along the road. Reflective material is all but gone.
They just replaced the BGSs along US-6 on the Upper/Mid Cape this year. The last time they were replaced were 20-25 years ago. They're still ground-mounted, and as such will still tend to get hidden by growing trees, and even now, the only parts of the freeway to have a shoulder/breakdown lane is eastbound between exits 67-77 (6-9), and westbound just west of Exit 74 (8)...the parts that were built in 1967.
The BGSs in Truro for exits 106 & 109...are even older. The signs for Exit 109 were last replaced in the 1980s, and last I knew, the Exit 106 signs (save for one) date back to when the road was the weird 3 lane setup (pre-1976)
Quote from: DJ Particle on September 25, 2018, 07:31:45 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 23, 2018, 09:21:35 PM
It's obviously there for the rhyme. Nobody in Jersey would say "Highway 99" even if there were such a road there. They'd say "Route," though they'd incorrectly pronounce it as "Root."
Or more likely because Bob Dylan hails from Minnesota, where state highways are called "Highway". :-D
I was referring more to the "99" part being there for the rhyme. "Highway" fits the meter, whereas "Route" (regardless of pronunciation) doesn't. Poetic license is legitimate!
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on September 23, 2018, 07:38:39 PM
Greasy Lake must be a local spot, as I don't see it in GSV.
It appears to have become Lake Shenandoah - about a mile out (from Route 9) on the south side of Route 88.
Bannered US Routes in general:
Truck, Business, Spur, By-Pass, Alternate, Suffixed...it's tricky to figure them out at first glance, there's limited consistency, and they're sometimes tough to keep track of.
[JCT] with an arrow.
Far less common than they used to be, but you still see advance route assemblies with just a shield and a double arrow instead of full directional assemblies. Yes, I know for years this was actually MUTCD compliant, but it still gets me.
Quote from: MantyMadTown on September 14, 2018, 11:26:13 PM
Doesn't it annoy you when movies and TV shows use fake highways?
Last night's (9/25) episode of
Bull, the season opener, had a plot twist whereby a character dropped for this season was dealt with by killing her off -- in a New Jersey bridge collapse on "Interstate 99" (with a viaduct that looked much like the Pulaski but with a section missing via CGI). Doesn't I-99 get enough grief from we roadgeeks without having it collapse with multiple fatalities on network TV --
in the wrong state!? :pan:
Quote from: sparker on September 27, 2018, 02:05:49 AM
Doesn't I-99 get enough grief from we roadgeeks without having it collapse with multiple fatalities on network TV -- in the wrong state!? :pan:
They should have called it I-101 :spin:
Quote from: sparker on September 27, 2018, 02:05:49 AM
Quote from: MantyMadTown on September 14, 2018, 11:26:13 PM
Doesn't it annoy you when movies and TV shows use fake highways?
Last night's (9/25) episode of Bull, the season opener, had a plot twist whereby a character dropped for this season was dealt with by killing her off -- in a New Jersey bridge collapse on "Interstate 99" (with a viaduct that looked much like the Pulaski but with a section missing via CGI). Doesn't I-99 get enough grief from we roadgeeks without having it collapse with multiple fatalities on network TV -- in the wrong state!? :pan:
However, it was a subliminal reference to say where I-99 should be. That in itself deserved a lot of bonus points because at least some writer or designer or whoever recognizes where I-99 should be placed in the interstate system grid!
Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 27, 2018, 08:08:15 AM
Quote from: sparker on September 27, 2018, 02:05:49 AM
Quote from: MantyMadTown on September 14, 2018, 11:26:13 PM
Doesn't it annoy you when movies and TV shows use fake highways?
Last night's (9/25) episode of Bull, the season opener, had a plot twist whereby a character dropped for this season was dealt with by killing her off -- in a New Jersey bridge collapse on "Interstate 99" (with a viaduct that looked much like the Pulaski but with a section missing via CGI). Doesn't I-99 get enough grief from we roadgeeks without having it collapse with multiple fatalities on network TV -- in the wrong state!? :pan:
However, it was a subliminal reference to say where I-99 should be. That in itself deserved a lot of bonus points because at least some writer or designer or whoever recognizes where I-99 should be placed in the interstate system grid!
Agreed on all counts! :clap: