No more than one conversation starter question per day.
Then we come up with the worst, least applicable, most inappropriate answer to the question.
If this were a music forum, then a conversation starter might be something like "Who in the 20th Century had the most beautiful voice?" Replies might include Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, and Yoko Ono—but certainly not Andrea Bocelli.
But of course, this is a roads forum, so the conversation starter should be road-related.
I know it's not quite tomorrow yet, but I'll get July 18 started off early with the first question. Remember, I'm only looking for bad answers!
Q: What stretch of Interstate could be removed from the system, and hardly anyone would miss it?
I-405 and the San Diego Freeway should converted to a surface boulevard with ample multi-use pedestrian features.
The entirety of the Capital Beltway around DC. DC area traffic is bad enough with it. Pure hell without it. :popcorn:
Interstate 95 was only finished a few years ago, so that means that clearly nobody would miss it if it were gone.
Interstate 99, because then everything written into highway law becomes null-and-void and then we reach absolute legislative chaos and we descend into anarchy, the route logs are burned ritually as sacrifices to the horrors of state representation, and the nation suffers from a constitutional crisis and is then swiftly taken over by the Decepticons in their quest for more Energon cubes...uh...or, maybe just more pork-and-beans and the number accidently winds up in California.
The piece of I-70 between where it turns south to Hancock MD and the ramps to the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The Mobile Tunnel and bay bridge on I-10 in Alabama are outdated and too unsafe. They have to go.
here's my attempt at stirring things up:
My great-great-grandfather, a haberdasher in Hartford, would have answered: New England Interstate 2, one of the main roads through that fine city. He really hated NE2 and would talk at length about how unpleasant NE2 is -- how an encounter with NE2 would always be the worst part of one's day. He used quite profane language when speaking of NE2, sometimes of actions that were, anatomically speaking, quite infeasible.
His most fondly remembered day, even outshining his wedding day and the birth of his son (different days, to be clear), was that day in 1927 when the highway department started mounting US 5 markers along the route. Finally, humanity's long nightmare was coming to an end. Finally, NE2 was gone.
Quote from: kurumi on July 18, 2025, 01:30:15 AMMy great-great-grandfather, a haberdasher in Hartford
Is that where hurricanes hardly ever happen?
Quote from: kurumi on July 18, 2025, 01:30:15 AMMy great-great-grandfather ... really hated NE2 and would talk at length about how unpleasant NE2 is -- how an encounter with NE2 would always be the worst part of one's day. He used quite profane language when speaking of NE2 ...
I can only imagine what he might have to say about what we commonly refer to as a SPUI.
Quote from: kurumi on July 18, 2025, 01:30:15 AM... actions that were, anatomically speaking, quite infeasible ... mounting US 5 markers ...
You're right, that is not anatomically feasible.
Quote from: kurumi on July 18, 2025, 01:30:15 AMMy great-great-grandfather, a haberdasher in Hartford
Quote from: pderocco on July 18, 2025, 02:23:32 AMIs that where hurricanes hardly ever happen?
And where's that soggy plain?
Quote from: kphoger on July 17, 2025, 10:50:32 PMJuly 18
Q: What stretch of Interstate could be removed from the system, and hardly anyone would miss it?
My own suggestion: I-90/94 in Chicago, between the Skyway and Mayfair, is basically duplicated by the L, so it can be removed. Take the unused maintenance funds and funnel them into CTA instead.
There is no need for Interstate 90 west of Chicago.
Quote from: Mav94 on July 18, 2025, 11:41:10 AMThere is no need for Interstate 90 west of Chicago.
US-20 will suffice to Rockford. West of Tomah, meh.
I-80 should be removed in Pennsylvania because it doesn't have any large cities that it serves.
Quote from: kphoger on July 17, 2025, 10:50:32 PMI know it's not quite tomorrow yet, but I'll get July 18 started off early with the first question. Remember, I'm only looking for bad answers!
Q: What stretch of Interstate could be removed from the system, and hardly anyone would miss it?
The I-76 Surekill Expressway.
The triple cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Everyone who lives in the area wants the expressway gone, and nobody in their right mind uses it. There's too much traffic.
Decommissioning US routes is sensible and shows good DOT judgment.
The correct answer is any. Removing from the system doesn't mean anything except repairs don't get funded.
Quote from: NE2 on July 18, 2025, 07:50:52 PMThe correct answer
That's great and all, but I'm looking for the worst possible answer.
Quote from: kphoger on July 17, 2025, 10:50:32 PMQ: What stretch of Interstate could be removed from the system, and hardly anyone would miss it?
I-70 between Denver and Silverthorne. Loveland Pass and US-40 can suffice. Both are very easy to drive in bad weather, sometimes they even attempt to plow the snow!
Quote from: kphoger on July 18, 2025, 09:50:34 AMMy own suggestion: I-90/94 in Chicago, between the Skyway and Mayfair, is basically duplicated by the L, so it can be removed. Take the unused maintenance funds and funnel them into CTA instead.
It also has bypass options using I-80 and I-294 or I-355.
My answer: I-80/I-94 between IL 394 and the interchange with the Toll Road. Everyone can just use the Skyway and Toll Road, IN 912, and/or one of the paralleling US routes. No one seems to have any trouble cutting over to I-65 from I-57 either.
Quote from: kphoger on July 18, 2025, 08:54:20 PMQuote from: NE2 on July 18, 2025, 07:50:52 PMThe correct answer
That's great and all, but I'm looking for the worst possible answer.
I would argue the NE2 is accurate though, now that I think about it. There's a difference between removing something from the system and blowing up the road. I think basically everyone here is giving answers for the latter.
Nuking a road from orbit probably would not be ideal for maintenance.
I've inadvertently gotten in trouble for this before (now I'm 100% at fault). The worst possible answer is:
QuoteThe portion of I-70 that goes to Baltimore.
I-695 southeast of Baltimore. (Too soon?)
I dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
A QR code to the town's Wikipedia article
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMI dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
Mayor's names.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on July 19, 2025, 04:30:24 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMI dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
Mayor's names.
The mayors of the towns the roads lead to, or just anyone who has been a mayor somewhere?
Limón
Distance to I-86.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMInstead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
Not existed. Everyone's using their phones or GPS, why bother spending the money to maintain guide signs?
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMI dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
Rhyming cockney slang.
A "you are here" map like the ones often found in rest areas.
Zip codes.
The local High School sport mascots/nicknames
Quote from: formulanone on July 19, 2025, 09:23:34 AMThe local High School sport mascots/nicknames
There are a number of intersections in Oklahoma where you'd end up with
← Bulldogs
Bulldogs →
On the other hand..."US-69/US-75 north, Wampus Cats".
Toss up between the nearest private landing strip or nearest residential subdivision (name).
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 09:35:57 AMQuote from: formulanone on July 19, 2025, 09:23:34 AMThe local High School sport mascots/nicknames
There are a number of intersections in Oklahoma where you'd end up with
← Bulldogs
Bulldogs →
On the other hand..."US-69/US-75 north, Wampus Cats".
Wampus Cats...that's a new one.
One that stuck with me for years was New Braunfels H.S. Unicorns.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMI dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
A 5-second tiktok video (audio at max volume), of some influencer doing a selfie at the destination
Quote from: Dirt Roads on July 18, 2025, 10:27:55 PMI've inadvertently gotten in trouble for this before (now I'm 100% at fault). The worst possible answer is:
QuoteThe portion of I-70 that goes to Baltimore.
Raises an interesting question,
can you remove something that doesn't exist?
I-70 to Baltimore does not exist, but cannot be removed, and therefore exists. Schrodinger's Highway.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMJuly 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
The same, but in braille.
Quote from: jlam on July 19, 2025, 02:46:21 AMA QR code
Ooooooohhhhhhhh....... Can't really beat that one.
A QR code to an image of a guide sign. (The correct guide sign, mind you, not some random one from elsewhere.)
Cardinal directions and only cardinal directions (well, exit numbers would still be there). Just have to memorize the whole highway system.
Ad space for local businesses.
Quote from: kphoger on July 19, 2025, 02:46:54 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMJuly 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
The same, but in braille.
Quote from: jlam on July 19, 2025, 02:46:21 AMA QR code
Ooooooohhhhhhhh....... Can't really beat that one.
A QR code to an image of a guide sign. (The correct guide sign, mind you, not some random one from elsewhere.)
Download the app to read this BGS-QR code!Tolls are cashless, payment only accepted with our
TollKeen app. The only payment accepted is
Qash_it, which has a 5% surcharge if you link it to a credit card. If you choose to park at our
Sir Vice Arias, make sure to download the
ParKingdom app, which accepts
Trypcoin for convenience, though a 4.99% surcharge applies (4.25% if part of our
Big Sur Network of automation-fee collection clubs).
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 18, 2025, 10:20:15 PMNuking a road from orbit probably would not be ideal for maintenance.
But it's the only way to be sure.
Quote from: kkt on July 19, 2025, 08:25:11 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on July 18, 2025, 10:20:15 PMNuking a road from orbit probably would not be ideal for maintenance.
But it's the only way to be sure.
I-405 would probably just stow away onto the Sulaco...
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMJuly 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
... spoken destinations over loudspeaker, kind of like a train station. Instead of "the Wolverine to Detroit will be departing on track 9, with service to Hammond, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Ann Arbor, and intermediate stops"—it would be more like this:
"Interstate 70 eastbound to Topeka exits to the right at Exit 95A, continuing to Kansas City, Columbia, Wentzville, Saint Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Wheeling, Washington (Pennsylvania), New Stanton, Breezewood, Hancock, Hagerstown, Washington (D.C.), and intermediate cities. Interstate 70 westbound to Hays will exit to the right in one quarter-mile at Exit 95B, continuing to Limon, Denver, Grand Junction, and Interstate 15, with connecting service to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Diego."
All you need to do is slow down and roll down your window.
other CrAIg cities
Quote from: kphoger on July 19, 2025, 08:35:31 PMAll you need to do is slow down and roll down your window.
"Please stand clear of the doors".
July 20:
Why do Interstate and US numbered routes use even numbers to denote east-west routes and odd numbers to denote north-south routes and not the other way around?
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 20, 2025, 02:23:40 AMJuly 20:
Why do Interstate and US numbered routes use even numbers to denote east-west routes and odd numbers to denote north-south routes and not the other way around?
At the time the system was invented, there were more known odd numbers than even numbers. Since the country was wider left-right than up-down, they would need more numbers to fill in the numerous roads that would be built.
The average American is positively terrified of prime numbers. Sure, they can handle 15 minutes or so of driving on US 17 or I-89, but hours, or even days? Good heavens, no. Prime numbers are easily avoidable in the urban agglomerations to the east, but when road tripping west, there can often be no other choices. They can be heading down the same road for hours on end. Rather than risk motorists getting stuck on unsettling odd primes such as I-5 or US 67 whilst heading west, they made all E-W routes even. Now they can stick to good ol' I-10 or US 66.
Numbering the freeways heading north through California as I-5 and US 101 rather than nice round numbers like I-1 or I-9 and US 105 was a ruse by Big California to get people to take CA 1.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 20, 2025, 02:23:40 AMJuly 20:
Why do Interstate and US numbered routes use even numbers to denote east-west routes and odd numbers to denote north-south routes and not the other way around?
US history and Manifest Destiny involved westward expansion. So anyone who wanted to go north–south was "odd."
Quote from: jlam on July 20, 2025, 11:26:37 AMThe average American is positively terrified of prime numbers. Sure, they can handle 15 minutes or so of driving on US 17 or I-89, but hours, or even days? Good heavens, no. Prime numbers are easily avoidable in the urban agglomerations to the east, but when road tripping west, there can often be no other choices. They can be heading down the same road for hours on end. Rather than risk motorists getting stuck on unsettling odd primes such as I-5 or US 67 whilst heading west, they made all E-W routes even. Now they can stick to good ol' I-10 or US 66.
Numbering the freeways heading north through California as I-5 and US 101 rather than nice round numbers like I-1 or I-9 and US 105 was a ruse by Big California to get people to take CA 1.
Wouldn't the fact that the US is wider than it is tall incentivize the opposite by making it easier to avoid designating prime numbers period? After all, there is no even 2di between I-44 and I-64.
Originally, AASHO planned to make all east-west routes be Seven, but their secretary made a spelling error.
It was a Congressional mandate from Bud Shuster's grandfather.
The original (1925) plan was to follow the unit circle, where east (0) and west (π) would be real numbers (positive and negative), and north and south would be imaginary. The system could then accommodate diagonal routes easily using complex numbers.
However, a boat crossing Lake Michigan with the related documents was sacked by pirates and sunk.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on July 20, 2025, 09:25:10 AMAt the time the system was invented, there were more known odd numbers than even numbers. Since the country was wider left-right than up-down, they would need more numbers to fill in the numerous roads that would be built.
Were you channeling the dad from
Calvin and Hobbes when you wrote this?
Quote from: kurumi on July 20, 2025, 11:00:56 PMThe original (1925) plan was to follow the unit circle, where east (0) and west (π) would be real numbers (positive and negative), and north and south would be imaginary. The system could then accommodate diagonal routes easily using complex numbers.
However, a boat crossing Lake Michigan with the related documents was sacked by pirates and sunk.
Pastafarians were good to us like that, especially for those of us who forgot calculus rather quickly.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMI dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:
Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
A list of state sports championships won by the local high schools.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 20, 2025, 11:36:41 PMWere you channeling the dad from Calvin and Hobbes when you wrote this?
Did you have his explanation of bridge weight limits in mind when you wrote this?
July 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:21:59 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 20, 2025, 11:36:41 PMWere you channeling the dad from Calvin and Hobbes when you wrote this?
Did you have his explanation of bridge weight limits in mind when you wrote this?
Was that the one where the punchline was the mom yelling "If you don't know the answer, just tell him that!"
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMWith the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
search and rescue crews on Dog Valley Road
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 21, 2025, 09:33:06 AMWas that the one where the punchline was the mom yelling "If you don't know the answer, just tell him that!"
By the way, Watterson modeled the dad in the comic strip after his own dad in real life.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F_ua8ycqfc4ok%2FSQL8MATH8KI%2FAAAAAAAAA94%2F4HbMFHlHidA%2Fs1600%2FCalvin%2Band%2BHobbes.gif&hash=9df091cd2ee35633480be553e7d9587d922a8411)
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMJuly 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
graphing hooks
Quote from: Mav94 on July 21, 2025, 07:37:56 AMA list of state sports championships won by the local high schools.
Ouch! NCDOT has been posting National Championship signs for the various state colleges and universities for the past 6 or 7 years.
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMJuly 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
car insurance (except for theft, vandalism, and other non-road-related damages)
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMJuly 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
People
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMJuly 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
Self-caring drivers.
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMJuly 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
Golf tees.
Why? Because you place your balls on them when you're driving.
:bigass:
Quote from: kphoger on July 18, 2025, 08:54:20 PMQuote from: NE2 on July 18, 2025, 07:50:52 PMThe correct answer
That's great and all, but I'm looking for the worst possible answer.
Roundabouts.
Quote from: kphoger on July 17, 2025, 10:50:32 PMJuly 18
Q: What stretch of Interstate could be removed from the system, and hardly anyone would miss it?
Quote from: kphoger on July 18, 2025, 08:54:20 PMI'm looking for the worst possible answer.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 21, 2025, 02:35:56 PMRoundabouts.
Please explain.
Quote from: Mav94 on July 21, 2025, 11:51:31 AMQuote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMJuly 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
Self-caring drivers.
I feel sucker-punched.
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 09:23:25 AMJuly 21:
With the advent of self-driving cars, __________ will no longer be needed.
Arms.
Rideable guide dogs.
Common sense
Road signs
Quote from: bassoon1986 on July 21, 2025, 09:25:55 PMRoad signs
But that's actually an idea that has gotten traction on the forum in the past. Not totally unthinkable.
July 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
As a status symbol. Lower numbers are higher in the driver hierarchy.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
So blind motorists can feel the raised characters and realize it's a car.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
So my wife can play her game of seeing how many state license plates she sees while on vacation.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
So that if you drive a Mazda, you'll look like you're endorsing Buc-ee's.
(https://preview.redd.it/front-plate-makes-the-mx5-look-like-a-rabbit-lol-v0-d18clk0y2tre1.png?auto=webp&s=ee2471cc94b1464f67409dd7fc2e7ada1e1c5288)
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
because it bips
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
Because it makes people feel like their annual registration fee isn't a complete waste of money.
Because it gives prisoners something to do while serving time.
Bumper protection.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
To go with your license fork and your license knife.
Quote from: vdeane on July 22, 2025, 12:44:32 PMyour license fork and your license knife
Kansas does not issue those.
Quote from: kphoger on July 22, 2025, 12:48:30 PMQuote from: vdeane on July 22, 2025, 12:44:32 PMyour license fork and your license knife
Kansas does not issue those.
License trough and license spork?
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 22, 2025, 03:15:34 AMJuly 22:
Why should you have a license plate on your car?
Because us license plate collectors have to get them from somewhere.
Quote from: formulanone on July 22, 2025, 01:12:23 PMLicense trough and license spork?
No, we don't have to register our sporks with the government around here. One of the perks of living in a red state, I guess.
So I can makes messages like the guy from Virginia who had "EAT THE KIDS FIRST."
July 23:
If you could change one pedestrian-related traffic law, what would it be?
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 11:19:54 AMJuly 23:
If you could change one pedestrian-related traffic law, what would it be?
Like cars, trains must yield to pedestrians
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 11:19:54 AMJuly 23:
If you could change one pedestrian-related traffic law, what would it be?
Any car preceded by a goat has right of way at all zebra crossings, unless the pedestrian has a zebra.
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 11:19:54 AMJuly 23:
If you could change one pedestrian-related traffic law, what would it be?
OK, here's mine.
Pedestrians are only allowed on sidewalks. If a street does not have a sidewalk, then no pedestrians are allowed on that street.
All of the roads, including freeways, are unmarked crosswalks.
Cars yielding to pedestrians is not enough. They must unconditionally surrender.
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 11:19:54 AMJuly 23:
If you could change one pedestrian-related traffic law, what would it be?
Any pedestrian actively engaged in crossing a street must
both display flashing lights
and sound an audible siren.
~ or ~
Wheelchairs now count as vehicular traffic, not pedestrian traffic.
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 11:19:54 AMJuly 23:
If you could change one pedestrian-related traffic law, what would it be?
Pedestrian traffic is banned in all outdoor places, other than inside places like stadiums or parks or public swimming pools, except insofar as walking is necessary to get from one's front door to a car (whether your own, a taxi/Uber/Lyft vehicle, a friend giving you a ride, whatever) at the closest point on a road to one's front door. If that complicates taking public transit like a bus because the nearest bus stop requires one to walk, too bad—call a cab and take a cab to the bus stop.
(I recognize kernals12 is likely to say I breached the rules of the thread because he would consider this the best possible answer.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 23, 2025, 12:52:25 PMPedestrian traffic is banned in all outdoor places, other than inside places
That's already in the Alanland Vehicle Code.
Pedestrians are not allowed.
A crosswalk can be designated anywhere along any road by placing a fluorescent yellow traffic cone within 18 inches of the roadway.
~ or ~
Crossing an intersection diagonally is the only permitted direction to cross. (This one just keeps getting more ridiculous, the more I think about it.)
At every intersection/crosswalk/whatever, right of way is determined by a best of 3 rock-paper-scissors.
Pedestrian bridges are now required to be 42 feet above the roadway and only 2 feet wide. Let them experience vertigo!
Pedestrians may opt to be walked by dogs, if they wish. However, their owners must clean up after them.
Every pedestrian crossing should have a HAWK signal.
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 12:48:15 PMAny pedestrian actively engaged in crossing a street must both display flashing lights and sound an audible siren.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 23, 2025, 03:29:11 PMEvery pedestrian crossing should have a HAWK signal.
These can be combined into one statute.
Any pedestrian actively engaged in crossing a street must
both display a flashing HAWK signal
and sound an audible siren.
Hopefully it's fair game to go back to previous days.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2025, 02:41:36 AMInstead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.
Line-by-line directions to "Other Beach Cities".
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 20, 2025, 02:23:40 AMJuly 20:
Why do Interstate and US numbered routes use even numbers to denote east-west routes and odd numbers to denote north-south routes and not the other way around?
:hmmm:
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 11:19:54 AMJuly 23:
If you could change one pedestrian-related traffic law, what would it be?
This one (https://maps.app.goo.gl/i9GPM5UyKV4cxX8n6) (oh wait...)
Quote from: Big John on July 23, 2025, 12:12:25 PMAll of the roads, including freeways, are unmarked crosswalks.
What would that change, though? :sombrero:
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 03:47:09 PMQuote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 12:48:15 PMAny pedestrian actively engaged in crossing a street must both display flashing lights and sound an audible siren.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 23, 2025, 03:29:11 PMEvery pedestrian crossing should have a HAWK signal.
These can be combined into one statute.
Any pedestrian actively engaged in crossing a street must both display a flashing HAWK signal and sound an audible siren.
The signal from the HAWK would be a loud screech from the hawks that all pedestrians would be required to keep as pets and carry with them when walking. The hawk would wear a flashing beacon on its head.
You mean flashing bacon. Every seen a pig in a trenchcoat?
Quote from: webny99 on July 23, 2025, 05:18:20 PMHopefully it's fair game to go back to previous days.
Absolutely!
Quote from: vdeane on July 23, 2025, 07:42:31 PMThe hawk would wear a flashing beacon on its head.
Does this qualify as animal cruelty?
Quote from: NE2 on July 23, 2025, 08:06:33 PMYou mean flashing bacon. Every seen a pig in a trenchcoat?
Coming from you, I assume it's referring to police officers..?
July 24:
Assuming two advance guide signs for exits before the exit direction sign, what is the appropriate distance spread?
(For clarity, I'm referring to these (https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part2/fig2e_01_longdesc.htm). Assuming two "B" signs posted in advance of every "A" sign, what distances should those two be posted at? Let's also assume that it's not an exit-dense stretch of highway, so just think of normal scenarios.)
My suggestion:
10 miles : advance 1
¼ mile : advance 2
gore : exit
The appropriate distance to post a road sign from a junction has to do with the speed of the roadway it is displayed next to. Higher-speed roads have to have signage posted further in advance so that drivers have more time to prepare for the exit.
Therefore, speed sensors should be used to determine the prevailing speed of the road. During a traffic jam, after all, you might only be going a few miles an hour so the sign can be right next to the exit. Late at night, you might have someone who had a few too many beers at Top Golf going 157 mph down the road, so the same sign would need to be a lot further away for that person to read it (as we all know that obeying warning signs is important to the inebriated, which is why they pass laws requiring it whenever they are elected to high office). The signs should be placed on a track, so a motor can automatically move them to the appropriate distance as needed.
This is an example of an "intelligent transportation system" (ITS).
If the exit is in Oklahoma, the signs should be placed just in advance of the state line before entering Oklahoma. If the exit is not in Oklahoma, the signs should be in Oklahoma but only if the exit is on an interstate that doesn't go through Oklahoma.
One and two Planck lengths respectively.
Signs placed after the exit.: 1 mile back, 2 miles back.
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 09:48:19 AMAssuming two advance guide signs for exits before the exit direction sign, what is the appropriate distance spread?
Quote from: Big John on July 24, 2025, 11:25:01 AMSigns placed after the exit.: 1 mile back, 2 miles back.
Try again.
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 11:31:57 AMQuote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 09:48:19 AMAssuming two advance guide signs for exits before the exit direction sign, what is the appropriate distance spread?
Quote from: Big John on July 24, 2025, 11:25:01 AMSigns placed after the exit.: 1 mile back, 2 miles back.
Try again.
The advance signage is placed after the exit you just passed so you can decide whether or not it's worth backing up for.
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 09:48:19 AMJuly 24:
Assuming two advance guide signs for exits before the exit direction sign, what is the appropriate distance spread?
(For clarity, I'm referring to these (https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part2/fig2e_01_longdesc.htm). Assuming two "B" signs posted in advance of every "A" sign, what distances should those two be posted at? Let's also assume that it's not an exit-dense stretch of highway, so just think of normal scenarios.)
Put them on the 10s. Specifically, 10 inches, 10 feet, and 10 miles.
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 09:40:07 AMQuoteThe hawk would wear a flashing beacon on its head.
Does this qualify as animal cruelty?
I would think it would be similar to making a dog wear antlers on Christmas.
To help with trip planning purposes, the first sign for your exit should be posted on the onramp on which you initially enter the freeway.
Then there shouldn't even be a 2nd sign: we need to stop compensating for inattentive drivers who miss the first sign. Pay attention, bozo!
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 09:48:19 AMJuly 24:
Assuming two advance guide signs for exits before the exit direction sign, what is the appropriate distance spread?
The first one should be mayo. The second should be a squirt of spicy mustard.
July 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
Bill and Ted wanted to make sure Sammy Hagar would succeed. Literally 1984.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
That was the top speed of a Volkswagen van back in the day.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
So "double nickel" could become common parlance.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
In an effort to reduce signs on the road, state troopers would now display the speed limit on their hands.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
Government officials didn't like the idea of a 60-mph speed limit because they felt that using a speed limit based on a mile a minute made it too easy for some people to calculate their arrival times, while also feeling that using 60 mph would be unfair to people who are unable to perform such basic second-grade-level math.
It was a distraction from Watergate.
They only had to design one speed limit sign for highway use. This saved a ton of money on manufacturing costs, and those savings ultimately prevented the US economy from completely falling apart during the oil crisis.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMIn 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
They figured it would be easy to remember because that was where the yellow marker on everyone's speedometer was.
It was a desperate attempt to halt the ongoing disintegration of the traditional nuclear family by forcing them to have more bonding time on family road trips.
Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2025, 09:45:53 AMThey only had to design one speed limit sign for highway use. This saved a ton of money on manufacturing costs, and those savings ultimately prevented the US economy from completely falling apart during the oil crisis.
And they also only had to produce one numeral.
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 25, 2025, 08:33:37 AMQuote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
Government officials didn't like the idea of a 60-mph speed limit because they felt that using a speed limit based on a mile a minute made it too easy for some people to calculate their arrival times, while also feeling that using 60 mph would be unfair to people who are unable to perform such basic second-grade-level math.
And backed heavily by the auto industry, who didn't want people to start realizing that speedometers aren't that accurate to begin with.
Quote from: GaryV on July 25, 2025, 06:36:03 AMQuote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
So "double nickel" could become common parlance.
55 miles an hour led to increased nickel production; after all, if it worked for Alka-Seltzer (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/double-bubble/), it could work for the US Mint. Unfortunately, the internal losses created by ramped-up production of additional five-cent pieces, the economy led to stagflation. To combat this, stag parties were permitted in 49 states and this led to more inflatable animal production, which led to qualitative easing, but like all economic innovations, zoological parks saw a small decrease in attendance until the portable electric player was introduced in 1978.
Since Nixon had previously set it to 50 by executive order, his popularity was boosted by raising it to 55.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
That was the 85th percentile.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
An influential congressmen thought the number was nifty.
Congress thought it was a pay raise to $55,000 aper year in 1973.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2025, 12:37:12 AMJuly 25th
In 1973, why did the US government mandate that speed limits be limited to 55 MPH?
They realized that 88 was sufficient to support time-traveling Delorians, but they got confused about the units.
July 26th: why are tolls more common in the Northeast than in other parts of the country?
The jet stream pushes them that direction.
To help fund the endowments for Ivy League schools.
To pay for ESPN's bias towards the teams there.
More bridge trolls live in the Northeast and thus have to be regularly paid off.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 26, 2025, 11:14:53 AMJuly 26th: why are tolls more common in the Northeast than in other parts of the country?
In order to stay awake during long hours in the booth, toll collectors historically drank a lot of coffee. Northeastern politicians supported more toll booths to increase the amount of coffee sold, because every last one of them was in the pocket of Dunkin'.
July 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 26, 2025, 11:14:53 AMJuly 26th: why are tolls more common in the Northeast than in other parts of the country?
Trump promised the Rio Grande Valley that Mexico would pay for I-69, so Mexico added a bunch of tolls on their side to raise the money.
(You didn't say which country...)
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Years ago they confused bilingual with another bi- word, and said, "Mais, non!"
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Because the Danish sign creator was sacked.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Je ne sais pas putain. C'est la vie, idiot.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Quote from: thspfc on July 27, 2025, 08:22:41 AMJe ne sais pas poutine. C'est la vie, idiot.
FTFY. In West Virginia, we put gravy over most everything. Maybe that why we love this Québécoi favourite?
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Coordinated bombings of all the bilingual signs.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Because all road signs in France are in Québecois.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Because you can't make poutine with English fries.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 27, 2025, 04:12:51 AMJuly 27th: why are all road signs in Québec only in French?
Perpetually hurt feelings.
28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Instructions for Dance Dance Revolution.
Jump up and dive to the left.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension
It replaced the text-based Elevators sign in the 1973 MUTCD, due to the elevator attendant strike during the previous summer. President Nixon fired all of the go-slow employees of Federal Lift Attendants but this event was mostly lost to history after other sandals took place within the FLA.
Sources
Brambilla, Mona. 1974. "Anthology of Sideways Square Signage", Misty Gorilla Publishing 741-742
Fittipaldi, Peter. 1973 "F.L.A. Won't Sway Nor Have Its Buttons Pushed", Weston Bee-Star-Picayune 5-6
Hulme, Gavin. 1978 "Massive Compendium of Indoor Signage 1777-1977", Shadow Printing Press Vol. DN, 3-4
Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Someone is flicking the switch to the overhead lighting up and down.
Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Men perform to the right. Women perform to the left.
Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Bouncy house ahead.
DIP AHEAD
~ or ~
TALL VEHICLES USE RIGHT LANE
SHORT VEHICLES USE LEFT LANE
Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Quote from: I-55 on July 28, 2025, 10:40:47 AMPennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension
This thread is for the worst possible answer, not the actual answer :sombrero:
Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Warning: You are about to experience significant shear forces ahead.
Quote from: cockroachking on July 28, 2025, 07:39:15 PMQuote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Warning: You are about to experience significant shear forces ahead.
Elevator ahead.
MOVING WALKWAY
WARNING: earthquake fault ahead!
Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Magnetic repulsion ahead.
7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
It smoked marijuana on live TV.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Suzanne Somers threatened to sue.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Because I was in the way. :bigass:
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AMWhy was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
The state didn't have enough money to obtain the necessary permits from the mob.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AMWhy was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
The potential of mass civil disorder from New Jerseyans needing to learn a new answer to the question, "what exit?"
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Because some-r-set and some are not. NJ was not.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Wall Street bankers wanted agents from the SEC to get lost on the way to New York from DC.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Carmine (and later Johnny Sack and Phil) leaned on "some friends of ours" at NJDOT to prevent Tony having an easier drive to Philly, and thus force him to continue working with Brooklyn.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Philly doesn't like NYC. NYC doesn't know Philly exists. Best to keep them as separated as possible.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
They had to take steps to pacify the people who angrily insist that "the Jersey Turnpike
is I-95!"
Quote from: jmacswimmer on July 29, 2025, 08:22:58 AMQuote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Carmine (and later Johnny Sack and Phil) leaned on "some friends of ours" at NJDOT to prevent Tony having an easier drive to Philly, and thus force him to continue working with Brooklyn.
Follow the money...General Motors was due to announce the Buick Regal Somerset and didn't want the bad press, after the fiasco between their Inline-4 and Interstate 4 had DOHC'ed their credibility. Insiders call it
The Buick I-Job. The Quad 4 was released a few years afterward, due to an acrimonious fight in Night Court with Quad Cities and Marvel Comics.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
The state of New Jersey had already developed a bad reputation for being nothing but freeways. Therefore, the representatives from New Jersey pushed for its cancelation in order to avoid furthering that undesirable image. The state was then supposed to use the $246 million cancelation money to beautify the rest of its freeway infrastructure but, instead, they used it to build I-87 through the Watchung Reservation. Ironic, isn't it?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
Someone had to stop the evil ways of I-95.
Quote from: kphoger on July 29, 2025, 10:27:48 AMThe state was then supposed to use the $246 million cancelation money to beautify the rest of its freeway infrastructure but, instead, they used it to build I-87 through the Watchung Reservation. Ironic, isn't it?
Adding a third I-87 to the Interstate system is what really makes this beyond the pale.
Quote from: kphoger on July 29, 2025, 10:27:48 AMThe state was then supposed to use the $246 million cancelation money to beautify the rest of its freeway infrastructure but, instead, they used it to build I-87 through the Watchung Reservation. Ironic, isn't it?
Quote from: webny99 on July 29, 2025, 11:22:15 AMAdding a third I-87 to the Interstate system is what really makes this beyond the pale.
I can always count on you to catch my typos! :-D
I-78.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2025, 01:12:34 AM7/29
Why was the Somerset Freeway (I-95) canceled in New Jersey in 1983?
New Jersey was mad that I-95 upstaged the New Jersey Turnpike when the interstates came around, so in an act of protest, cancelled their segment. Eventually, a compromise was reached, with I-95 utilizing more of the New Jersey Turnpike while still serving Philadelphia.
Quote from: kphoger on July 29, 2025, 10:27:48 AMThe state was then supposed to use the $246 million cancelation money to beautify the rest of its freeway infrastructure but, instead, they used it to build I-87 through the Watchung Reservation. Ironic, isn't it?
Quote from: webny99 on July 29, 2025, 11:22:15 AMAdding a third I-87 to the Interstate system is what really makes this beyond the pale.
Quote from: kphoger on July 29, 2025, 12:10:32 PMI can always count on you to catch my typos! :-D
I-78.
The dyslexic part of my brain didn't even notice the typo. (Of course, it helped that I did live a few miles off of I-78 for a short time).
Quote from: kphoger on July 29, 2025, 12:10:32 PMQuotethey used it to build I-87 through the Watchung Reservation. Ironic, isn't it?
QuoteAdding a third I-87 to the Interstate system is what really makes this beyond the pale.
I can always count on you to catch my typos! :-D
I-78.
Yeah, I was about
95% sure that was a typo (having driven I-78 through the Watchung Reservation many times), and couldn't miss an opportunity to be pedantic. :sombrero:
Quote from: webny99 on July 29, 2025, 03:18:34 PMQuote from: kphoger on July 29, 2025, 12:10:32 PMQuotethey used it to build I-87 through the Watchung Reservation. Ironic, isn't it?
QuoteAdding a third I-87 to the Interstate system is what really makes this beyond the pale.
I can always count on you to catch my typos! :-D
I-78.
Yeah, I was about 95% sure that was a typo (having driven I-78 through the Watchung Reservation many times), and couldn't miss an opportunity to be pedantic. :sombrero:
Well, look at it this way: The thread asks for the "worst possible answer." So, in that sense, the typo was a good thing in that it made the answer even worse.
Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 09:28:38 AM28 JUL 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MUTCD_W6-3.svg/250px-MUTCD_W6-3.svg.png)
Lost? You're on your own kid.
July 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
Back in 1956 there was no GPS, and people couldn't remember what state they were in.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
States wanted to take credit for funding their 10% so they put their name in the shields at roughly 10% the size of the numbers.
Heh. Because back then, nobody ever thought that somebody would ever want to remove the state names from U.S. Route shields.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
The Interstate shield contains the state name because
they aren't federal highways.
/me drops the mic and calmly walks off stage.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
The people who planned the system foresaw the founding of Alanland and a world in which the Interstate shield both does and does not contain the state name.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
In the pre-internet days, copyright law gave the states 5 cents every time someone looked at a state name shield.
Quote from: NE2 on July 30, 2025, 10:26:59 AMIn the pre-internet days, copyright law gave the states 5 cents every time someone looked at a state name shield.
One common way to avoid being tracked in that way was to wear a hat made of tinfoil while driving.
Quote from: I-55 on July 30, 2025, 08:26:59 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
States wanted to take credit for funding their 10% so they put their name in the shields at roughly 10% the size of the numbers.
Pssst...that's the actual reason it's there...
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
To satisfy and enrage people online who probably have too much of their brain output dedicated to highway signage.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
...the county name was just a little too specific, and the continent's name was too broad.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
Schoolchildren could practice spelling state names while traveling.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMThe Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
otherwise, neighboring states would steal them for their own use.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMThe Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
the state DOT couldn't find any advertisers interested in a branding deal.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
The Interstate shield contains the state name because
inventory stickers weren't a thing yet.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
...someone graffitied it on? It sure wasn't there when my DOT put the sign up.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
It is owned and operated by the state.
Quote from: Henry on July 30, 2025, 10:29:32 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 30, 2025, 04:48:23 AMJuly 30:
The Interstate shield contains the state name because __________.
It is owned and operated by the state.
Quote from: kphoger on July 17, 2025, 10:50:32 PMThen we come up with the worst, least applicable, most inappropriate answer to the question.
I'm gonna be early tonight, since I'm very sleepy.
7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
So Montreal can call itself the Breezewood of Canada.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Public opinions polls have consistently shown that area residents prefer stop-and-go traffic over free-flowing traffic. The latter is commonly perceived to be too 'American'.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PMI'm gonna be early tonight, since I'm very sleepy.
7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Because roadgeeks take it hard when they drive on that segment. They look at life with such disregard.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PMI'm gonna be early tonight, since I'm very sleepy.
7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Quebec saw the traffic flow (or lack thereof) on the 401 and figured they could flex on Ontario by adding traffic signals and still operate better than the 401.
Quote from: xonhulu on July 31, 2025, 12:06:06 AMQuote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
So Montreal Île Perrot can call itself the Breezewood of Canada.
FTFY, but yes. :)
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Because
boulevard just sounds so... so... so
French!
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PMI'm gonna be early tonight, since I'm very sleepy.
7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
The highway planner was listening to Tiny Dancer and decided a boulevard is not that bad.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Because people who care about access control will take A-30 anyway, so what would be the point?
~ or ~
Because the approach to YUL is directly in line with A-20, and overpasses would get in the way of the planes' flight path.
~ or ~
Because the rotisserie chicken cartel of Vaudreuil-Dorion and Île-Perrot (Capurô VDP) blocked freeway expansion plans through intimidation tactics.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PMI'm gonna be early tonight, since I'm very sleepy.
7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Because I made it one :bigass: I dug a hole and fell in it creating a massive storm of bricks that formed into a massive boulevard. I realized it was there, I wanted it to go to Saint Louis du Ha! Ha! instead, but it ended up on its current route.
I'm sorry I had to get that info out there.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Because it's easier to stop to get poutine after midnight at the Tim Horton's on Blvd. Cardinal Léger if you don't have to exit the
Autoroute freeway.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on July 31, 2025, 09:35:29 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Because it's easier to stop to get poutine after midnight at the Tim Horton's on Blvd. Cardinal Léger if you don't have to exit the Autoroute freeway.
Truly a godawful answer considering Tim Horton's doesn't sell poutine.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
The engineers' folks are home playing
Beat the Clock.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 31, 2025, 10:05:30 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
The engineers' folks are home playing Beat the Clock.
They're slackin'
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 31, 2025, 10:05:30 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
The engineers' folks are home playing Beat the Clock.
I beat you to that song earlier in the thread:
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 31, 2025, 09:24:39 AMQuote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PMI'm gonna be early tonight, since I'm very sleepy.
7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Because roadgeeks take it hard when they drive on that segment. They look at life with such disregard.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 30, 2025, 11:23:49 PM7/31/2025: Why is A-20 a boulevard between A-30 and Montréal?
Quote from: Dirt Roads on July 31, 2025, 09:35:29 PMBecause it's easier to stop to get poutine after midnight at the Tim Horton's on Blvd. Cardinal Léger if you don't have to exit the Autoroute freeway.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 31, 2025, 10:00:26 PMTruly a godawful answer considering Tim Horton's doesn't sell poutine.
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.4L0Feadwvbax6eoWOGJNLAHaEK%3Fpid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=354d121d7eb23b1096da14625a52213fe822bdce837a105a75a22a2c72b1d80f&ipo=images)
Quote from: kphoger on July 31, 2025, 05:56:49 PMBecause the rotisserie chicken cartel of Vaudreuil-Dorion and Île-Perrot (Capurô VDP) blocked freeway expansion plans through intimidation tactics.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on July 31, 2025, 09:35:29 PMBecause it's easier to stop to get poutine after midnight at the Tim Horton's on Blvd. Cardinal Léger if you don't have to exit the Autoroute freeway.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 31, 2025, 10:00:26 PMTim Horton's doesn't sell poutine.
As I said, it was the rotisserie chicken cartel, not Tim Horton's. And besides, Cardinal Léger is the only freeway exit on the whole island, so his answer obviously doesn't even make sense.
01 AUG 2025
The junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:17:37 AM01 AUG 2025
The junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
The junction of I-70 and US 30 in Breezewood, Pennsylvania should be converted to a massive roundabout that destroys the entire city instead of its current position, heck, maybe even an interchange.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:17:37 AM01 AUG 2025
The junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
The junction of
I-90/94 and
I-290 in Chicago should be converted to a
four-way stop with triple left-turn lanes on all approaches instead of its current configuration.
The junction of I-690 and NY 5 should be converted to a vertical ladder instead of its current configuration.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:27:53 AMQuote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:17:37 AM01 AUG 2025
The junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
The junction of I-90/94 and I-290 in Chicago should be converted to a four-way stop with triple left-turn lanes on all approaches instead of its current configuration.
Let's just make the Dan Ryan a stroad at that point :sombrero:
Also, isn't the Hypotenuse a thing that exists? Couldn't we just use that?
Good answer though.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:17:37 AM01 AUG 2025
The junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
The junction of
I-95, I-395, and the Capital Beltway in Virginia should be converted to
a Swindon-style Magic Roundabout (though on a larger scale) instead of its current configuration.
In addition,
webcams and
bleachers should be set up, with the latter exempted from any laws prohibiting public consumption of alcohol, to allow everyone to watch what happens when the new Magic Roundabout opens.
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2025, 10:51:57 AM... when the new Magic Roundabout opens.
If we're going to have a new Magic Roundabout, then shouldn't it be at I-4 and FL-408 instead?
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:59:09 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2025, 10:51:57 AM... when the new Magic Roundabout opens.
If we're going to have a new Magic Roundabout, then shouldn't it be at I-4 and FL-408 instead?
In that case, why stop there? Why not replace the Golden Glades?
The junction of Broadway, 7th Ave and 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan should be converted to a stack interchange with frontage roads instead of its current configuration.
The junction of i-43/94 and I-794 should be converted to a surface parking lot instead of its current configuration.
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2025, 10:51:57 AM... when the new Magic Roundabout opens.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:59:09 AMIf we're going to have a new Magic Roundabout, then shouldn't it be at I-4 and FL-408 instead?
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2025, 11:00:27 AMIn that case, why stop there? Why not replace the Golden Glades?
Because it isn't right next to where the Magic play.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 11:07:45 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2025, 10:51:57 AM... when the new Magic Roundabout opens.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:59:09 AMIf we're going to have a new Magic Roundabout, then shouldn't it be at I-4 and FL-408 instead?
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2025, 11:00:27 AMIn that case, why stop there? Why not replace the Golden Glades?
Because it isn't right next to where the Magic play.
Ahhh. But that's a
good answer. Puns are always good.
Quote from: Big John on August 01, 2025, 11:06:57 AMThe junction of i-43/94 and I-794 should be converted to a surface parking lot instead of its current configuration.
How many crashes would occur though?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 01, 2025, 11:14:26 AMHow many crashes would occur though?
Speeds would be quite low, though, so probably not many.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:17:37 AM01 AUG 2025
The junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
The junction of
I-75/85 and
I-20 should be converted to a
jpeg of a goat instead of its current configuration.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:17:37 AM01 AUG 2025
The junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
The junction of Business US-29 and Business US-250 should be converted to a "Tundy for the rehabilitation of First and Second-Year Lawnies". YKIYK.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 10:17:37 AMThe junction of ______ and _____ should be converted to a _____ instead of its current configuration.
The junction of "con" and "junction" should be converted to a question of its function.
The junction of Main and Cimarron in Boise City (OK) should be converted to a cloverleaf instead of its current configuration.
The junction of US-101 and CA-110 should be converted to a simple overpass with no ramps instead of its current configuration.
The junction of A-73, A-540 and QC 175 should be converted to a five-way stop instead of its current configuration.
The eastern junction of I-70 and I-435 should be converted to a nuclear weapon test site instead of its current configuration.
(No reason)
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 01, 2025, 04:35:12 PMThe junction of A-73, A-540 and QC 175 should be converted to a five-way stop instead of its current configuration.
Will Chemin St-Louis remain grade-separated?
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 01, 2025, 04:35:12 PMA-73, A-540 and QC 175 ... current configuration
By the way, the more I look at this interchange, the lower my jaw drops. It's simply fascinating!
The junction of I-11 and I-15 should be converted to a casino instead of its current configuration.
(It would be like a toll booth, but with blackjack and hookers.)
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 04:42:17 PMWill Chemin St-Louis remain grade-separated?
Chemin Saint-Louis is its own exit on QC 175, so I didn't count it.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 04:44:36 PMBy the way, the more I look at this interchange, the lower my jaw drops. It's simply fascinating!
Yeah, it's a mess that would benefit from a reconfiguration that is not a five-way stop.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 01, 2025, 04:47:28 PMChemin Saint-Louis is its own exit on QC 175, so I didn't count it.
And
also on A-73 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/xugXwvkrZsibQGYc9). And
also kinda sorta A-540 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/wy3eZJZ4ojA56ZPd8). So stop evading the question.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 05:00:14 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on August 01, 2025, 04:47:28 PMChemin Saint-Louis is its own exit on QC 175, so I didn't count it.
And also on A-73 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/xugXwvkrZsibQGYc9). And also kinda sorta A-540 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/wy3eZJZ4ojA56ZPd8). So stop evading the question.
Fine. Both A-73 and QC 175 will get their own four-way stops at Chemin Saint-Louis.
The junction of I-5, CA 60, US 101, and I-10 should be converted into a Grand Alan shaped bell full of whistles and mechanical devices, also, no interchanges for these highways! All intersections!
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 04:51:49 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 01, 2025, 04:47:19 PMhookers
I think you mean graphing hooks.
The beauty of Nevada is that if you want to pay a graphing hook for an evening of companionship, that's your own business.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 01, 2025, 06:00:28 PMThe beauty of Nevada is that if you want to pay a graphing hook for an evening of companionship, that's your own business.
Technically, it's the graphing pimp's business.
Quote from: kphoger on August 01, 2025, 06:32:54 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 01, 2025, 06:00:28 PMThe beauty of Nevada is that if you want to pay a graphing hook for an evening of companionship, that's your own business.
Technically, it's the graphing pimp's business.
Why isn't it our business and why is it theirs though? I'm confused.
At the I-95/395/495 interchange all the flyovers should be replaced with drawbridges to reduce the height of the interchange.
Quote from: Mapmikey on August 01, 2025, 07:18:43 PMAt the I-95/395/495 interchange all the flyovers should be replaced with drawbridges to reduce the height of the interchange.
This is very much logical!
8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
All ships must anchor 3 miles off shore and load or unload the cargo there.
Install a massive pinball flipper underneath the water near the bridge. When a ship gets too close, the flipper can flip the ship over away from the bridge.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Require trained dolphins to drive all vehicles over the bridges.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
On August 29, 2024, the Maryland Transportation Authority awarded a $73 million contract to Jacuzzi Inc., of Irvine, California, to install jets on the banks of the Patapsco River. When Jacuzzi's patented Ship-Tek™ technology detects a ship has left the shipping channel, the jets will activate to push the ship away from the bridge. Additionally, Baltimore residents will receive a notification on their phones that it is a great time to enjoy the Patapsco River, which will have been heated to a therapeutic 100°F.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Seems to me that this problem fixed itself.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Pool noodles
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Arrange for Singaporeans to knock it down and clear the channel.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Have one ship run into the bridge, ""on accident"". Problem solved for the 4.5 years it takes to rebuild. Rinse and repeat.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Rename the bridge.
~ or ~
Move the Port of Baltimore to Riviera Beach.
~ or ~
Have the USAF "accidentally" drop a nuke on it.
~ or ~
Build a tunnel instead.
Magnets.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Built a set of inbound and outbound locks a couple miles long that forces ships to a specific lane under the bridge.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
By doing nothing, it's not a big issue, heck, we don't even care about it right now. What we do care about is building a bunch of tiny replicas and maybe stitching them together throughout the old bridge.
Send to the Suez Canal Authority for a pilot.
Quote from: kkt on August 02, 2025, 02:22:42 PMSend to the Suez Canal Authority for a pilot.
That's not a good idea, why? Because the Suez Canal is nowhere near the bridge!
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
Replace the bridge with a pair of trebuchets that launch vehicles across the river.
8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Hamer, SC, with the intent of building straight through and destroying South of the Border so that we can stop seeing those billboards.
Madison WI, so we can see more protests.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Quote from: Big John on August 03, 2025, 11:45:48 AMMadison WI, so we can see more protests.
Ann Arbor says hello. Can't even add a lane, let alone new freeways.
Quote from: vdeane on August 02, 2025, 12:01:29 AM8/2/2025: How would you fix the issue of ship collisions at the Key Bridge?
If you let two people call out random ship coordinates, one at a time, there should be no bridge collisions.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Chicago, because there are still a few cities in the Midwest that aren't directly connected to the Loop.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Limon, CO, the most important city on the Interstate Highway System.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
The Vatican, for the challenge of numbering exits.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Goldfield, Nevada, because I think this is needed.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Louisville, more freeway, less city.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 06, 2017, 07:44:52 PMMe, I'd like to see a zillion-lane freeway completely obliterate everything inside the Watterson. :bigass:
Quote from: I-55 on August 03, 2025, 04:49:49 PMQuote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Louisville, more freeway, less city.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 06, 2017, 07:44:52 PMMe, I'd like to see a zillion-lane freeway completely obliterate everything inside the Watterson. :bigass:
What does that guy have against Louisville, sheesh, it's even his profile picture!
It's Hibby.
Quote from: NE2 on August 03, 2025, 05:42:20 PMIt's Hibby.
And why do you think we should add more freeways to Hibby?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM8/3/2025: What city should we add more freeways to, and why?
Quindaro, because Alan Dunes-Flamingo's eventual re-election campaign will need more places to create traffic jams.
8/4/2025: Why do you think variable speed limits exist and should we remove them?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 04, 2025, 04:06:51 PM8/4/2025: Why do you think variable speed limits exist and should we remove them?
Normal speed limit signs didn't earn contractors enough money. We should remove them so the contractors can get a contract for removal, just so they can put them back in 3-4 years.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 04, 2025, 04:06:51 PM8/4/2025: Why do you think variable speed limits exist and should we remove them?
They use actuarial data to determine the risk of accidents in given conditions. The more likely an accident, the higher the speed limit.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 04, 2025, 04:06:51 PM8/4/2025: Why do you think variable speed limits exist and should we remove them?
Variable speed limits exist because the freeway system lacks a preprocessor, so
#define macros aren't an option.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 04, 2025, 04:06:51 PM8/4/2025: Why do you think variable speed limits exist and should we remove them?
Variable speed limits serve to provide a real-life example for people to use their algebra skills on out on the road. You want to know the speed limit? Then you'll have to solve 5x-196=104 to figure it out.
To remove a variable speed limit, you divide it by itself (x/x=1, etc.). Therefore, we should not remove variable speed limits because then the limit would be 1 mph.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 04, 2025, 04:06:51 PM8/4/2025: Why do you think variable speed limits exist and should we remove them?
Variable speed limits are highway departments' effort to emulate Rosco P. Coltrane's speedtrap, but they don't work as well because they now use electronic signs instead of a mechanical sign where part of the sign flips over to reduce the digit in the "tens" place to a lower number.
8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Every country. I think this is needed.
(Would E-route vs. Interstate be another VHS vs. Betamax battle? Yes, I'm showing my age.)
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Latveria
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
A motorway straight through the Vatican.
Australia. Think of all the jobs that will be created.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Bermuda.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Alanland or Nimbya, probably Nimbya first because they rival the Alan's.
Quote from: pderocco on August 05, 2025, 12:48:50 PMAustralia. Think of all the jobs that will be created.
If they can participate in Eurovision, then they can have the European route system.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Ecuador. E5 can serve the Galapagos.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
The Principality of Sealand
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 05, 2025, 02:58:58 PMQuoteAustralia. Think of all the jobs that will be created.
If they can participate in Eurovision, then they can have the European route system.
So...Israel too?
(Sorry...really can't resist)
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Québec
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
How About having the European E-route system in all 15 North American countries, the countries will be, the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Terrtiories, Nunavut, Quebec, Greenland, Iceland, Alanland, Hawaii, Bermuda, Belize, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, not central america, caribbean, or south america because i considered them other continents, and i would also like to have to have the European E-route system in Europe and Australia, in Europe will have them in every country, like the UK, France or Spain, and in Australia will have them also in every country, like in Australia (Nation), or New Zealand, and this European E-routes also be in Antarctica, and maybe South Africa, because in Antarctica theres only 1 or 2 countries, and about 5 or 6 Territories, and in South Africa because it looks like Europe, Australia, or North America, and those continents like North America, Europe, and Australia do look alike along with Antarctica and South Africa, theres my plan
What is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
Since 2020, only Interstates with a Buc-ee's are eligible for federal funding to clear out beaver dams from culverts. Any beaver dams built in Culver's are to be reinforced with steel.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
That 1 in every 5 miles must be straight to entice airplanes to land there, thus generating fines for illegal use of the roadway.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
Overpasses and flyovers need to be continuous.
Detroit tried some Hot Wheels ramps on the Ford Expressway (with "Minimum Speed" signs posted) to save money, but there were unsolvable safety issues.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
Non-grid compliant numbers are required so they incite discussion about nominal routes.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
All cuts through mountainsides in Appalachia need to extract a sufficient amount of marketable coal to pay for that section of highway construction. Bonus if you can make candles out of it.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
The rumble strips on the shoulder were added so that tanks can run their treads in the grooves.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
All Interstate-standard highways in areas that receive more than 20 inches of snow annually shall be jointed plain concrete pavement, so that after five full winters, drivers can enjoy the same up-and-down exhilaration experienced by a person operating a Wave Runner.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
On a random day every month, cargo aircraft are required to perform landings on every 5 miles of curved interstate, since runways rarely have curves, and the pilots need the practice.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
No drivers exam should ever take place on an interstate highway, leaving people to endless argue about etiquette pertaining to merging and keeping right.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2025, 03:48:07 AMWhat is a little-known requirement in the Interstate System standards?
While the repeal of the NMSL mostly left interstate speed limits up to the states, four-lane interstates are still required to set the speed limit for trucks in the left lane at just barely above however fast the trucks in the right lane are going.
8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Because pooing is cool.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
It was cheating on them with another province.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Couldn't handle all that extra fiber and had to find a restroom.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
They were worried they'd run out of numbers in the 400's if all those routes were upgraded to freeways.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Mike Harris admired the late Harry Flood Byrd and decided to honor him by imitating the Byrd Road Act.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Because having a coherent route system without a ton of gaps everywhere is for sissies.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AMWhy did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Ontario had too much money and decided to dispose of some of the excess with highway-related bureaucracy and signage changes.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Due to the National requirement of the metric system, when the parliament demanded "kilometerage", they found there was no such definition, and thus the downloading of provincial highways could not be recovered after disposal, until Canadian dictionaries could be amended. Since there are two National languages, neither side is budging and thus, the routes stay hidden from view.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
It realized it had far exceeded the 55% CanCon quota, so it could cut expenses.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Lake Michigan overflowed two years in a row and destroyed most of Ontario's highways...
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
They had to remove highways that would cause Y2K bugs in the route inventory.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Someone from the province's DOT secretly took a trip to Indianapolis and liked the idea of a mileage cap so much that they brought it back across the border.
8/8/2025: What's the nearest hub city to Denver?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 08, 2025, 12:49:26 AM8/8/2025: What's the nearest hub city to Denver?
The what?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 08, 2025, 12:49:26 AM8/8/2025: What's the nearest hub city to Denver?
John Denver was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Rocky Mountains. Therefore, the closest hub city to Denver is Denver, Colorado.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 08, 2025, 12:49:26 AM8/8/2025: What's the nearest hub city to Denver?
Centralia, Washington (https://hubcitymusic.net/)
Today's question seems more related to air travel than to roads.
But, with that said, I was tempted to answer Hub, California (https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7qBQsPB5MjPgoM99). But that seems likely to be a good answer. So instead I'll cite Hub, Austria (https://maps.app.goo.gl/G7zwaye1tyt5Mfxh9).
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 08, 2025, 08:39:12 AMToday's question seems more related to air travel than to roads.
But, with that said, I was tempted to answer Hub, California (https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7qBQsPB5MjPgoM99). But that seems likely to be a good answer. So instead I'll cite Hub, Austria (https://maps.app.goo.gl/G7zwaye1tyt5Mfxh9).
They have a cool "Fix CA 41 The 2 Lane Death Trap" banner at Hub:
https://flic.kr/p/2mfWBsh
Old joke: You can't go to hell without passing through Atlanta first.
8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 09, 2025, 01:11:20 AM8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
BR-230
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 09, 2025, 01:11:20 AM8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
As a 2024 Toyota Corolla driver I'd say Chowchilla Mountain Road.
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/07/chowchilla-mountain-road-to-yosemite.html?m=1
Lake Como Road (https://denvergazette.com/outtherecolorado/adventures/a-trip-up-lake-como-road-the-roughest-road-in-colorado/article_4102f35e-3d91-54e4-851c-29684e1add88.html)
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 09, 2025, 01:11:20 AM8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
That's a Japanese car, so I'd suggest Hunt Road, a short distance northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 09, 2025, 01:11:20 AM8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
The Dalton Highway
Limon is a genuinely horrible answer considering Colorado Springs is 20 miles closer.
M-185
KY-199 (https://forum.travelmapping.net/index.php?topic=4508.msg24897#msg24897)
Quote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 09:52:37 AMKY-199 (https://forum.travelmapping.net/index.php?topic=4508.msg24897#msg24897)
I thought KY 199 was obtainable from the photos HB showed.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 09, 2025, 09:30:54 AMM-185
I would pay to ship to my Corolla to Mackinaw Island just to do this. That would give me the run, bike and drive cycle. I guess that would leave only snowmobile left.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 09, 2025, 10:12:18 AMQuote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 09:52:37 AMKY-199 (https://forum.travelmapping.net/index.php?topic=4508.msg24897#msg24897)
I thought KY 199 was obtainable from the photos HB showed.
Possible in a sedan, yes. A good idea, no.
Quote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 10:53:56 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 09, 2025, 10:12:18 AMQuote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 09:52:37 AMKY-199 (https://forum.travelmapping.net/index.php?topic=4508.msg24897#msg24897)
I thought KY 199 was obtainable from the photos HB showed.
Possible in a sedan, yes. A good idea, no.
All the most memorable ideas tend to lurk in that realm of "should I be doing this?"
Quote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 10:53:56 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 09, 2025, 10:12:18 AMQuote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 09:52:37 AMKY-199 (https://forum.travelmapping.net/index.php?topic=4508.msg24897#msg24897)
I thought KY 199 was obtainable from the photos HB showed.
Possible in a sedan, yes. A good idea, no.
Note the thread's subject line.
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 09, 2025, 05:16:27 PMQuote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 10:53:56 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 09, 2025, 10:12:18 AMQuote from: cockroachking on August 09, 2025, 09:52:37 AMKY-199 (https://forum.travelmapping.net/index.php?topic=4508.msg24897#msg24897)
I thought KY 199 was obtainable from the photos HB showed.
Possible in a sedan, yes. A good idea, no.
Note the thread's subject line.
True, but I'm quite confident my Toyota sedan has been on far worse in just this year alone than what KY 199 can muster.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54476187971_d11e666c1c_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qZSGLc)IMG_7553 (https://flic.kr/p/2qZSGLc) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
And to that end the only road I can think of this year that I've been on that there is no way I could have made it through in a sedan with 5.7 inches of ground clearance is Chowchilla Mountain Road:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54587447856_655bed6855_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2raGWs5)IMG_9419 (https://flic.kr/p/2raGWs5) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 09, 2025, 01:11:20 AM8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
Dog Valley Road in the Sierra Nevada. An excellent alternative to I-80, especially in winter.
Quote from: jlam on August 09, 2025, 09:00:17 PMQuote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 09, 2025, 01:11:20 AM8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
Dog Valley Road in the Sierra Nevada. An excellent alternative to I-80, especially in winter.
Plenty of spare parts laying around in the abandoned vehicles.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 09, 2025, 01:11:20 AM8/9/2025: Whats the best road to drive your small Toyota sedan on in the entirety of the States?
Anvil Canyon Road (https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/introduction/)
8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Teleportation.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Chemical lobotomy
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
To reduce wear and tear, have a weight limit of 200 lb per person and anyone over that has to get in shape before they're allowed on the highway again. Then, utilizing the smaller bodies, more people can be packed into cars.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
To prevent improper highway demand, one must make sacrifices to a gigantic monster which lies in the shallow, brackish waters just south-eastwest by north of Autopia. It must be fed a monthly diet of busses, trains, and other light rail to be pacified, lest this
kaiju angers to the point of destruction and begins to immolate cities, both #strong and weak. Area leaders contemplate how to pacify this beast...can it also be satisfied with moving walkways, penny farthing bicycles, and scooters? While rumors persist that the terrifying leviathan was once defeated by the local roller derby team in tandem with the Safety Patrol, there are always fears that
Gotchazilla will poison our water supply with a mere tincture of chemtrail droppings to render our own legs useless due to spontaneous human combustion.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Dig more tunnels to make, as I call them, low-ways.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Higher-numbered highways always need to be south of lower-numbered ones. That way, with the little number on top and the big number on the bottom, there won't be anything "improper."
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 10, 2025, 12:46:26 PMQuote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Higher-numbered highways always need to be south of lower-numbered ones. That way, with the little number on top and the big number on the bottom, there won't be anything "improper."
West Virginia Shrugged
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Setting all speed limits to no higher than 25.
Quote from: kkt on August 10, 2025, 10:55:06 PMQuote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Setting all speed limits to no higher than 25.
You might be on to something: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_congestion_control
8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
Quote from: vdeane on August 11, 2025, 12:40:55 PM8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
Say hello to the road.
Quote from: vdeane on August 11, 2025, 12:40:55 PM8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
Asking my wife to read the printout and directions while I'm driving.
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on August 05, 2025, 04:07:20 PMQuote from: hotdogPi on August 05, 2025, 09:46:38 AM8/5/2025: Which country should the European E-route system expand to next?
Québec
Yes! That was my answer too.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 07, 2025, 01:59:40 AM8/7/2025: Why did Ontario dump most of its highway mileage in 1997 and 1998?
Removal of signed highway numbers was intended to slow the advance of any potential ground invasion from the USA.
Quote from: vdeane on August 11, 2025, 12:40:55 PM8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
Talk about politics and religion, of course.
Quote from: vdeane on August 11, 2025, 12:40:55 PM8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
Eat beaver nuggets, if you know what I mean ♋♋♋
I've now tried five times to type my answer to today's question in a way that would not offend someone, which perhaps reflects my taking the subject line's request for "worst possible answer" to an extreme I would not visit in real life. But I can't figure out a way to phrase it without possibly resulting in what another forum member called "Harassing/abusive personal messages."
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 11, 2025, 04:07:30 PMtaking the subject line's request for "worst possible answer" to an extreme I would not visit in real life
Autonecrophilic ideation?
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 04, 2025, 04:06:51 PM8/4/2025: Why do you think variable speed limits exist and should we remove them?
Variable speed limits eliminate the need for any speed limit-related engineering studies. They should be expanded, not removed, in order to cut down on government waste.
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 11, 2025, 04:07:30 PMI've now tried five times to type my answer to today's question in a way that would not offend someone, which perhaps reflects my taking the subject line's request for "worst possible answer" to an extreme I would not visit in real life. But I can't figure out a way to phrase it without possibly resulting in what another forum member called "Harassing/abusive personal messages."
Yeah I had one for today that follows a common phrase that could easily be misconstrued into an NSFW context, but overexplaining it ruins the effect.
Quote from: I-55 on August 11, 2025, 04:34:59 PMQuote from: 1995hoo on August 11, 2025, 04:07:30 PMI've now tried five times to type my answer to today's question in a way that would not offend someone, which perhaps reflects my taking the subject line's request for "worst possible answer" to an extreme I would not visit in real life. But I can't figure out a way to phrase it without possibly resulting in what another forum member called "Harassing/abusive personal messages."
Yeah I had one for today that follows a common phrase that could easily be misconstrued into an NSFW context, but overexplaining it ruins the effect.
Let's just say that if someone did in real life what I was getting at, certain forum members would be extremely offended, while others might applaud, and it would be overall awkward and unpleasant for everyone.
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 11, 2025, 04:44:06 PMLet's just say that if someone did in real life what I was getting at, certain forum members would be extremely offended, while others might applaud, and it would be overall awkward and unpleasant for everyone.
Go topless if you want. I don't care.
Drive 25 in a 55 MPH zone.
Quote from: vdeane on August 11, 2025, 12:40:55 PM8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
Look at everything not road related.
Quote from: PNWRoadgeek on August 10, 2025, 08:42:22 AM8/10/2025: What do you think is needed to fix the improper demand for more highways?
Improper highways.
Quote from: vdeane on August 11, 2025, 12:40:55 PM8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
Pooing. It's cool.
Quote from: webny99 on July 23, 2025, 05:18:20 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 20, 2025, 02:23:40 AMJuly 20:
Why do Interstate and US numbered routes use even numbers to denote east-west routes and odd numbers to denote north-south routes and not the other way around?
National Highway System Treasure
8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
They build them both and see which way the wave function collapses.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
They ask whether kernals12 will ever pass through the interchange. If the answer is yes, they try to figure out which design is more likely to puzzle him.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
Whichever one requires greater use of the Road Anarchy mod
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
rock paper scissors
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
Whether they have the budget for 4 letters or for 5.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
They don't. It's left up to the construction crew.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
Engineers Roshambo over which gets built.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
The build a balsa wood 3-D mockup of both options. Whichever one the boss thinks looks better, that's the one they go with.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
The modern approach is to carry out detailed, lengthy & costly planning studies to compare & contrast the utility of each, then just build a roundabout instead.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
By consulting Arthur Hale via spirit medium. This is part of the standard EIS (Environmental Impact Séance) process.
Quote from: vdeane on August 11, 2025, 12:40:55 PM8/11/25: What is your favorite thing to do at a roadmeet?
bip
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
They literally roll a pair of dice, and the option with the higher number wins. In case of a tie, they roll again until a winner is chosen.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 12, 2025, 02:28:13 AM8/12/2025:
How do highway engineers choose between over/underpasses for interchanges?
They do a study of how many bicycles and disabled pedestrians use the street. The higher the number, the higher the overpass.
2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
No jewelry stores ahead.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
That diamonds are forever.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
You're on the ACE
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
The next exit leads to a Cuban baseball field.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
rolling stop
~ or ~speed limit 10 mph
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
CAUTION: BOSTON FANS AHEAD
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
extreme caution: red vehicles ahead
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
That the gems are once again under the Great Diamond Authority and have started colonizing planets again, and that site is under the jurisdiction of a new, fifth diamond.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
parking for American Indians
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
WARNING: A theater ahead is showing a 2006 Leonardo DiCaprio movie.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
The slope is not worthy of a black diamond.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
Quote from: GaryV on August 13, 2025, 06:55:29 PMThe slope is not worthy of a black diamond.
What about a black diamond with red reflectors (
OM4-2 (https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2003r1/images/fig-3c-01.gif))?
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
Flammable highway ahead.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
This section of highway patrolled by 5th Infantry Division, Military Police Platoon.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2025, 09:17:07 AM2025-08-13:
What does a red diamond sign mean?
It's a carnival game. Hit the sign with your car and win a prize.
14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
Which State Route in Illinois? I find them so hard to rank with all that majestic mountainous splendor.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 14, 2025, 09:11:09 AMWhich State Route in Illinois? I find them so hard to rank with all that majestic mountainous splendor.
Ooooooohhhhhh, that
is a bad answer.......
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
UT-298 (https://wiki.aaroads.com/wiki/List_of_state_highways_serving_Utah_state_parks_and_institutions#State_Route_298).
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2025, 09:53:17 AMUT-298
I don't know, man. From the looks of it, you should actually be able to see the mountains from at least half of that route.
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 10:03:20 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2025, 09:53:17 AMUT-298
I don't know, man. From the looks of it, you should actually be able to see the mountains from at least half of that route.
Fine, fine. NV-612.
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
NJ 495.
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
I've always been a fan of this nicely-trimmed and perfectly symmetrical tree along MD 200 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0965131,-77.0332597,3a,75y,35.22h,92.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sCTAqXVaTKCUSOMWSUEtUCg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.015138079652928%26panoid%3DCTAqXVaTKCUSOMWSUEtUCg%26yaw%3D35.215937330057194!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) that is taller and immediately stands out from the surrounding trees. It instantly catches my eye every time I drive by!
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
IN-912 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6494779,-87.4627311,3a,75y,47.17h,86.08t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXnZpByY5tqoIu_CX1N9H4g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.9172709866515447%26panoid%3DXnZpByY5tqoIu_CX1N9H4g%26yaw%3D47.16617758124558!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)
Quote from: I-55 on August 14, 2025, 12:51:40 PMIN-912
ooooohhh... That sure fits the spirit of the thread!
NYS reference route 913J (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6207748,-73.7778486,3a,75y,359.81h,75.27t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1strq4FO9nlMBrMEdgLmK-XA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D14.73109122421063%26panoid%3Dtrq4FO9nlMBrMEdgLmK-XA%26yaw%3D359.8064616480199!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) (yep, that's the route!)
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2025, 10:15:08 AMQuote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 10:03:20 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2025, 09:53:17 AMUT-298
I don't know, man. From the looks of it, you should actually be able to see the mountains from at least half of that route.
Fine, fine. NV-612.
There is something nice about a suburban area with mountains in the distance, isn't there? It's one of the things I love about driving in the Hudson Valley.
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
LA-627 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.003888,-90.3927348,3a,63.4y,216.36h,85.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdkont65tm-ewDySDqigRUQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D4.085716718465122%26panoid%3Ddkont65tm-ewDySDqigRUQ%26yaw%3D216.36064392086325!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) is a real beautiful Southern belle.
CA-185 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/vQKBHR6ZMXbid9zQ9), if you appreciate public art.
Quote from: cockroachking on August 14, 2025, 02:19:13 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
LA-627 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.003888,-90.3927348,3a,63.4y,216.36h,85.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdkont65tm-ewDySDqigRUQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D4.085716718465122%26panoid%3Ddkont65tm-ewDySDqigRUQ%26yaw%3D216.36064392086325!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) is a real beautiful Southern belle.
It's a
refinery drive on a rainy day.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51419962144_192c7eb214_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mkNKis)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51419453348_a0f3538730_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mkL947)
Quote from: formulanone on August 14, 2025, 03:46:34 PMQuote from: cockroachking on August 14, 2025, 02:19:13 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
LA-627 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.003888,-90.3927348,3a,63.4y,216.36h,85.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdkont65tm-ewDySDqigRUQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D4.085716718465122%26panoid%3Ddkont65tm-ewDySDqigRUQ%26yaw%3D216.36064392086325!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) is a real beautiful Southern belle.
It's a (re)fine(ry) drive.
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Play the theme of Oil Ocean Zone and becomes sublime.
In a similar vein.
CO265 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7988709,-104.9506443,3a,75y,57.42h,83.52t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdbhUi2_vyYBDgwZqYOQCLQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D6.480473551328501%26panoid%3DdbhUi2_vyYBDgwZqYOQCLQ%26yaw%3D57.41538826629629!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)
Nah, chemical plants are still scenery, just man-made scenery.
I propose instead TX 65, (https://maps.app.goo.gl/rCX4gXJHZb2XW5Pr8) which has the scenery of lost hopes and dreams.
Quote from: CoreySamson on August 14, 2025, 04:52:51 PMNah, chemical plants are still scenery, just man-made scenery.
I propose instead TX 65, (https://maps.app.goo.gl/rCX4gXJHZb2XW5Pr8) which has the scenery of lost hopes and dreams.
That's at least nice and green. More lost hope and dreams on something like CO116 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5571115,-102.4897298,3a,75y,85.71h,86.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ss7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.023746393010782%26panoid%3Ds7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw%26yaw%3D85.71095185803614!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D).
Louisiana 57 is fascinatingly blank...
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Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
TX 165 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/QTWbkRqNSTX6tMNZ6)
Quote from: NE2 on August 14, 2025, 06:30:23 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
TX 165 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/QTWbkRqNSTX6tMNZ6)
I visited this a long time ago when I was in Austin but I wasn't taking road pictures back then. I would love to have this highway on my page as a highlight blog feature. I told my wife that whenever we visit her Cousin that TX 165 is a priority.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on August 14, 2025, 05:19:03 PMThat's at least nice and green. More lost hope and dreams on something like CO116 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5571115,-102.4897298,3a,75y,85.71h,86.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ss7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.023746393010782%26panoid%3Ds7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw%26yaw%3D85.71095185803614!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D).
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxK_1EuDgTce7tp7ZlfC8G9AoGxvfqw-LT9Q&sp)
Quote from: formulanone on August 14, 2025, 06:52:22 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on August 14, 2025, 05:19:03 PMThat's at least nice and green. More lost hope and dreams on something like CO116 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5571115,-102.4897298,3a,75y,85.71h,86.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ss7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.023746393010782%26panoid%3Ds7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw%26yaw%3D85.71095185803614!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D).
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:wave: I get it! I get it!
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 07:35:15 PMQuote from: formulanone on August 14, 2025, 06:52:22 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on August 14, 2025, 05:19:03 PMThat's at least nice and green. More lost hope and dreams on something like CO116 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5571115,-102.4897298,3a,75y,85.71h,86.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ss7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.023746393010782%26panoid%3Ds7R8G4yc2PpXej0R6-sHYw%26yaw%3D85.71095185803614!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D).
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:wave: I get it! I get it!
They just had to add the 'e' to ruin the cool name.
NM-172 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/vPXY5TAjeSNZDVyA8) is pretty far up toward the top of my bucket list, along with TX-128 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/eEcpAsDx7n2FZ5Yu5).
Quote from: vdeane on August 14, 2025, 12:59:04 PMNYS reference route 913J (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6207748,-73.7778486,3a,75y,359.81h,75.27t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1strq4FO9nlMBrMEdgLmK-XA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D14.73109122421063%26panoid%3Dtrq4FO9nlMBrMEdgLmK-XA%26yaw%3D359.8064616480199!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) (yep, that's the route!)
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2025, 10:15:08 AMQuote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 10:03:20 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2025, 09:53:17 AMUT-298
I don't know, man. From the looks of it, you should actually be able to see the mountains from at least half of that route.
Fine, fine. NV-612.
There is something nice about a suburban area with mountains in the distance, isn't there? It's one of the things I love about driving in the Hudson Valley.
The abandoned retail stores, barbed wire at the air force base, and smells from the sewage treatment plant all add to the experience.
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
NC-149. Used to be incredible scenery (somewhere) until they hauled some of it to this pulp mill (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8505366,-76.7730319,3a,49.9y,336.94h,86.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sE2vd3_otPbmT27Wg2G3QAA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.0670941763420103%26panoid%3DE2vd3_otPbmT27Wg2G3QAA%26yaw%3D336.94286124073346!7i3328!8i1664?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D).
Quote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
The AZ and OK sections of the old Route 66.
Quote from: Henry on August 14, 2025, 09:24:24 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
The AZ and OK sections of the old Route 66.
I assume the OK sections are about as lovely as I-40, but AZ?
Quote from: pderocco on August 14, 2025, 10:43:39 PMQuote from: Henry on August 14, 2025, 09:24:24 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 14, 2025, 09:03:23 AM14 AUG 2025
Q: What state route in the USA has the best scenery?
The AZ and OK sections of the old Route 66.
I assume the OK sections are about as lovely as I-40, but AZ?
AZ 66 and Oatman Highway have some pretty top-notch high desert scenery. Even the historic segments of US 66 obliterated or replaced by I-40 on the Colorado Plateau look pretty nice in vintage photos.
8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Iqaluit
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Barrow, Alaska.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Longyearbyen. The features? Polar bears.
Second answer: Pripyat.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on August 15, 2025, 11:33:46 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Longyearbyen. The features? Polar bears.
I see that as a feature and not a bug. Polar bears encourage constant vigilance and promote time efficiency.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:35:28 AMPolar bears encourage constant vigilance and promote time efficiency.
They can also keep you warm in a winter emergency situation.
Quote from: kphoger on August 15, 2025, 11:36:16 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:35:28 AMPolar bears encourage constant vigilance and promote time efficiency.
They can also keep you warm in a winter emergency situation.
Because warm blood is an insulator.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Artesia Wells, TX (https://maps.app.goo.gl/if7yWqSX4SNs7WyW6)
Quote from: kphoger on August 15, 2025, 11:47:58 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Artesia Wells, TX (https://maps.app.goo.gl/if7yWqSX4SNs7WyW6)
Do they actually have room for wells plural?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Washington DC: the National Guard.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Chicago, on the Magnificent Mile.
8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
DOT agencies are staffed by internet trolls who savor the amusement of stringing out agitating commuters for the maximum amount of time possible.
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
Because if it got done sooner, there wouldn't be so much appreciation it when it was done.
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
Or maybe, because they haven't finished the design work on the next 3 miles that will be rebuilt, and they want to make sure that the next project is worked on directly after the previous.
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
There's always lot of dirt to sift through when constructing a highway of any sort. Since dirt frequently naps, compelling it work harder becomes more taxing on supervisors, leading to job burnout. Couple that with the confusion between "naps" and "maps" and you can start to understand why the process seems to take 5-20 years, which is infinitesimal compared to building your own mountain range from scratch.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Oklahoma City. Rather than a hard, ugly concrete sidewalk, you are often provided with a linear meadow of lush foliage.
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
Because of the length of time it takes to get waivers for the "one mile straight in every five" requirement. Every project requires a new waiver and, well, have you
seen Congress?
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
The roadbed has more layers than surface roads.
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
The governor's brother rents cones to the DOT by the hour.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 15, 2025, 11:00:59 AM8/15/25: What city has the best pedestrian features along their roadways?
Houston. Enjoy your narrow overgrown busted up sidewalk 6 inches from the road.
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
The US government.
Quote from: CoreySamson on August 16, 2025, 07:11:38 PMQuote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
The US government.
I thought you were supposed to give bad answers?
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
It takes a while to bring the workers and equipment in because of all the construction traffic.
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on August 16, 2025, 08:39:29 PMQuote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
It takes a while to bring the workers and equipment in because of all the construction traffic.
They politely wait for themselves to finish before starting, which I can respect.
Quote from: I-55 on August 16, 2025, 01:21:15 PM8/16/25: Why does interstate road work take several years to complete?
Quote from: CoreySamson on August 16, 2025, 07:11:38 PMThe US government.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 16, 2025, 07:24:48 PMI thought you were supposed to give bad answers?
What do you mean? He didn't even make a complete thought. Perfectly bad answer.
2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Nothing. That's a
great place to have car trouble, much better than having it
on the road.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Call ICE.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Park aside the car while still on the road.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Stop and give them a hand. After they ask you to stop clapping, leave.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Honk at them, loud and long, for some perceived wrongdoing that annoys you.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Stop and offer to play them "Hearts on Fire" while they attempt to change their tire.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Blast down the shoulder at high speed trying to pass the slower traffic that resulted from the stopped car. Of course, this will result in there being two stopped cars, but what do you care? You passed all those suckers who were too stupid to use the shoulder.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Slash your own tire and pull over so they don't feel so lonely.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Pull over and lecture them on the merits of preventative vehicle maintenance.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Buy them a new car.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Make a tiktok with the Oh No song and robot voice: "P O V. You are hav ing car trou ble on the side of the road. Keep watch ing to the end."
Quote from: GaryV on August 18, 2025, 06:42:21 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Honk at them, loud and long, for some perceived wrongdoing that annoys you.
Adding to this: Then post a video of it online. And complain bitterly when people criticize you for honking at them.
8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
the Lock Bridge, where nobody is allowed through because it's locked
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The two existing approaches should remain in place but should simply be extended a bit further out over the water, and the road to either side should be realigned to provide a longer straightaway on approach so that drivers can build up the necessary speed to jump the gap in the style of Bo and Luke Duke.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
A tunnel. :bigass:
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 19, 2025, 08:09:56 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The two existing approaches should remain in place but should simply be extended a bit further out over the water, and the road to either side should be realigned to provide a longer straightaway on approach so that drivers can build up the necessary speed to jump the gap in the style of Bo and Luke Duke.
Except that never worked for Sheriff Rosco.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
A whirlpool which would function as an open water roundabout.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
A floating bridge for I-695, and then put the shipping channel onto a canal aqueduct crossing over the floating bridge. That way, nothing for ships to hit or cause to catch fire.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
Climate change. All the keys are now under water making the bridge moot.
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 19, 2025, 08:53:11 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on August 19, 2025, 08:09:56 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The two existing approaches should remain in place but should simply be extended a bit further out over the water, and the road to either side should be realigned to provide a longer straightaway on approach so that drivers can build up the necessary speed to jump the gap in the style of Bo and Luke Duke.
Except that never worked for Sheriff Rosco.
Doesn't that just underscore that my answer is not a good one? And isn't the goal of the thread to give a bad answer?
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 19, 2025, 10:24:00 AMQuote from: wanderer2575 on August 19, 2025, 08:53:11 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on August 19, 2025, 08:09:56 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The two existing approaches should remain in place but should simply be extended a bit further out over the water, and the road to either side should be realigned to provide a longer straightaway on approach so that drivers can build up the necessary speed to jump the gap in the style of Bo and Luke Duke.
Except that never worked for Sheriff Rosco.
Doesn't that just underscore that my answer is not a good one? And isn't the goal of the thread to give a bad answer?
That's just a little bit more than the law would allow.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The trampoline mushrooms from Mario Kart
Quote from: formulanone on August 19, 2025, 10:34:42 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on August 19, 2025, 10:24:00 AMQuote from: wanderer2575 on August 19, 2025, 08:53:11 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on August 19, 2025, 08:09:56 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The two existing approaches should remain in place but should simply be extended a bit further out over the water, and the road to either side should be realigned to provide a longer straightaway on approach so that drivers can build up the necessary speed to jump the gap in the style of Bo and Luke Duke.
Except that never worked for Sheriff Rosco.
Doesn't that just underscore that my answer is not a good one? And isn't the goal of the thread to give a bad answer?
That's just a little bit more than the law would allow.
Wouldn't change if I could.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The Key Fob Bridge.
The Key roller coaster
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
All traffic will be required to drive the submarine car from James Bond.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The old Seven Mile Bridge.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
The Password Bridge, which has to be rebuilt every 90 days (although most of the time Maryland just changes out one structural member and calls it good).
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 19, 2025, 07:59:01 AM8/19/2025: What would should the Key Bridge be replaced by?
Absolutely nothing; the loop is permanently severed because of this.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Quote from: Sapphuby on August 18, 2025, 09:16:24 AMSlash your own tire and pull over ...
Preferably not in that order. Or was that part of making it the 'worst' answer?
20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
to change them to show their distance from the mother highway: I-86.
Turn the down flowing direction to read upside down.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
... advertising.
A panel is added above the traditional mile marker with space for a corporate logo. Companies bid each year for ad space on a given highway stretch's mile markers, and the money goes toward highway improvement projects.
(https://i.imgur.com/QUvdRDY_d.png?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high)
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Placing the mile number at a 90 degree angle to the rest of the sign.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Each direction's "mile 0" would be located at the beginning of the route in that direction with markers ascending in the direction of traffic. So northbound would have mile 0 at the south end and increase as you head north, and southbound would have mile 0 at the north end and increase as you head south. Exit numbers would be adjusted accordingly.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:54:33 AM... advertising.
Nevada is already almost there.
(https://i.imgur.com/717InfM.jpeg)
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:12:28 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Quote from: Sapphuby on August 18, 2025, 09:16:24 AMSlash your own tire and pull over ...
Preferably not in that order. Or was that part of making it the 'worst' answer?
If you consider damaging your own rims...
Quote from: vdeane on August 20, 2025, 12:44:19 PMEach direction's "mile 0" would be located at the beginning of the route in that direction with markers ascending in the direction of traffic. So northbound would have mile 0 at the south end and increase as you head north, and southbound would have mile 0 at the north end and increase as you head south. Exit numbers would be adjusted accordingly.
If you reverse that, it's actually not that bad. If every highway counted down to zero, that would be handy.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Converting them to APL signs.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Making the sign about 75% smaller so that you have a harder time reading them but it's more affordable to mass produce.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Metric.
Quote from: GaryV on August 20, 2025, 01:09:47 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Metric.
Specifically, changing all "mile markers" to "meter markers" and placing them on all highways at one meter intervals. Followed immediately by changing all US speed limits from miles per hour to meters per hour, because who doesn't want to drive 100,000?
Quote from: ModernDayWarrior on August 20, 2025, 01:28:08 PMSpecifically, changing all "mile markers" to "meter markers" and placing them on all highways at one meter intervals.
Nah. Convert them to meter markers, but post them every 128 meters. That way, people will have an easier transition by just remembering that there are 25 meter markers per two-mile stretch.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Slow down to 20 mph and stare at them as you go by. If nobody is already assisting, then come to a complete stop within your travel lane and ask them if they need any help. After passing by, immediately accelerate to the speed limit.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 01:51:24 AM2025-08-18: What should you do if you see someone having car trouble on the side of the road?
Come to a stop in the travel lane, roll down the window, and boo them.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Use Roman Numerals.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
To sign them in binary code.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
By limiting their size to 3"x5" max and requiring the state-names to be written-out across them in bold Series F.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Giving each one a descriptive name in the style of the names of
Friends episodes (e.g., "The One with ____," "The One Where ____," etc.) to be used instead of numbers. So, for example, if your car breaks down on southbound I-95 in Virginia and you call for roadside assistance, you tell them, "I'm at the One Just South of Kings Dominion." Or on southbound I-75 near Naples, "I'm at the One with the Toll Plaza."
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 20, 2025, 09:34:28 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
Giving each one a descriptive name in the style of the names of Friends episodes (e.g., "The One with ____," "The One Where ____," etc.) to be used instead of numbers. So, for example, if your car breaks down on southbound I-95 in Virginia and you call for roadside assistance, you tell them, "I'm at the One Just South of Kings Dominion." Or on southbound I-75 near Naples, "I'm at the One with the Toll Plaza."
US 95 in Nevada...
"The One With the Sand"
"The Other One With the Sand"
"The Other One With Yet More Sand"
"The One With the Mountain"
"The One With the Other, More Jaggedy Mountain"
"The One You Can See Area 51 From, Oh No Wait, That's Mercury"
"The One With the Clown Motel"
"The One With Holy Shit This One Has A Lake Somehow"
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2025, 11:13:07 AM20 AUG 2025:
One improvement to US mile markers that could be implemented immediately would be ________.
... to add Braille, for ADA compliance.
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 20, 2025, 09:34:28 PMa descriptive name in the style of the names of Friends episodes (e.g., "The One with ____," "The One Where ____," etc.)
That thread about doing this with 2dis suddenly makes more sense...
21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Labubus and Starbucks tumblers
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Dinner plates. Insurance companies will be required to include the value of replacing fine china, should someone choose to use it, as part of the damages associated with crashes.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
A self-policing AI feature built into every car. In the event a motorist violates any traffic law, even slightly, it will restrain the driver, drive the car to the nearest police officer, surrender the driver, and provide the cop with sufficient evidence to ensure conviction.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Quote from: xonhulu on August 21, 2025, 01:24:11 PMself-policing AI feature built into every car. In the event a motorist violates any traffic law, even slightly, it will restrain the driver, drive the car to the nearest police officer, surrender the driver, and provide the cop with sufficient evidence to ensure conviction.
I think this is needed, as long as we still get paper registration receipts.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Nothing. It's all common law now.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Selfies of the owner.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Whatever the fuck those things "sovereign citizens" like(d) to put on their cars were.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Lotso.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Quote from: NE2 on August 21, 2025, 02:12:14 PMLotso.
No, no, the idea is to come up with the
worst possible answer, not the
best.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Those fake license plates with first names that kids put on their bicycles. Much like that episode of
Seinfeld where Elaine suggests that all New York City residents should wear name tags, this will make our highways friendlier.
Quote from: ModernDayWarrior on August 21, 2025, 02:20:25 PMThose fake license plates with first names that kids put on their bicycles.
I have early childhood memories of making my own license plates for my Big Wheel. Did anyone else do this?
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Goats.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Tapping.
(https://cdn-icons-png.flaticon.com/128/14189/14189325.png)
Quote from: freebrickproductions on August 21, 2025, 01:54:34 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Whatever the fuck those things "sovereign citizens" like(d) to put on their cars were.
People who have confused the novelty section of a Stuckey's with the play Hamilton, in conjunction with their fascination for exploding metal penises.
Quote from: formulanone on August 21, 2025, 02:49:00 PMPeople who have confused the novelty section of a Stuckey's with the play Hamilton, in conjunction with their fascination for exploding metal penises.
How could anyone possibly find an exploding metal penis anything
BUT fascinating?
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PMLicense plates should be done away with, replaced by
A loudspeaker that plays a recording loop of the TikTok text-to-speech voice saying the registration number.
Quote from: pderocco on August 21, 2025, 02:44:48 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Tapping.
(https://cdn-icons-png.flaticon.com/128/14189/14189325.png)
Gives new meaning to "I'd tap that." :hmm:
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Lasagna, or pasta dish of choice
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
... the actual registration receipt, affixed to the bumper, protected from the elements by one of these:
(https://i.imgur.com/c7XaSQM.png)
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Painting your social security number on your bumper.
Quote from: Sapphuby on August 21, 2025, 01:48:48 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Nothing. It's all common law now.
Except classic cars which, due to their relative scarcity, fall under uncommon law.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
"Y'all get license plates?" -Las Vegas, probably
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Toll transponders mounted on the plate holder.
Quote from: kphoger on August 21, 2025, 12:45:21 PM21 AUG 2025:
License plates should be done away with, replaced by ________.
Your name, phone number, and likeness, akin to miniature attorney advertisements. Preferably holding a hammer, giving a stern appearance, or perhaps the look of lips smacking at the thought of a big payout. At the bottom will be the requisite tiny text proclaiming who will really represent you in a court of law or perhaps at a food court.
22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Note: Bear in mind that the eastern endpoint of I-70 is NOT the Security Blvd Park & Ride. Google Maps is wrong. The route was truncated to I-695 back in 2014. I-70 has not come within 1½ miles of Baltimore city limits for eleven years now. Of course, I'm sure everyone already knew that.
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Sacramento, South Lake Tahoe, Ely, Salina, Salina, Midway, Vandalia, Vandalia, Licking View, Washington, JCT PA TURNPIKE, Halfway, Almost Baltimore But Not Quite, Francis Scott Key Tunnel, MILFord, Milton, Cape May
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Note: Bear in mind that the eastern endpoint of I-70 is NOT the Security Blvd Park & Ride. Google Maps is wrong. The route was truncated to I-695 back in 2014. I-70 has not come within 1½ miles of Baltimore city limits for eleven years now. Of course, I'm sure everyone already knew that.
Ely, Tonopah, Mammoth Lakes and Los Banos.
Oh wait, that actually was once seriously considered...
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
The Desert, Long Tunnel, Narrow Tunnel, Breezewood, Canceled Freeways, Collapsed Bridge. Nobody's trying to get anywhere else anyway.
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Quote from: I-55 on August 22, 2025, 09:41:52 AMThe Desert, Long Tunnel, Narrow Tunnel, Breezewood, Canceled Freeways, Collapsed Bridge. Nobody's trying to get anywhere else anyway.
Ouch! Two exits in Baltimore.
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
I think I originally made this back during the HighwayStar days and still had it saved:
(https://i.imgur.com/uMBJVFg.jpeg)
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AMNote: Bear in mind that the eastern endpoint of I-70 is NOT the Security Blvd Park & Ride. Google Maps is wrong. The route was truncated to I-695 back in 2014. I-70 has not come within 1½ miles of Baltimore city limits for eleven years now. Of course, I'm sure everyone already knew that.
Weirdly enough, Google Maps is halfway there - if you zoom in on the piece between I-695 and the Park & Ride, it'll then show MD 570 (the official unsigned designation) alongside I-70.
(https://i.imgur.com/je0qT1L.jpeg)
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
WestboundWashington County
Pennsylvania and Other Great Lakes States
Washington County
West Virginia, Ohio, and Points West
Ohio and Other East North Central States
Preble County
Indiana and Other Plains States
Vigo County
Illinois and Other Midwestern States
St Clair County
Missouri and Other Central States
Jackson County
Kansas and Other Western States
Sherman County
Colorado and Other Mountain States
Mesa County
Utah and Other Desert States
Beaver County
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Eastbound:
Limon
West Baltimore
Central Baltimore
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Mormons
Marijuana
Barbeque
River
Ohio
Washingtons
Crabs
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 22, 2025, 09:29:35 AM... Salina, Salina ... Vandalia, Vandalia ...
By the way, these are my favorites so far.
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Note: Bear in mind that the eastern endpoint of I-70 is NOT the Security Blvd Park & Ride. Google Maps is wrong. The route was truncated to I-695 back in 2014. I-70 has not come within 1½ miles of Baltimore city limits for eleven years now. Of course, I'm sure everyone already knew that.
Eastbound:
Rockies
Monarchs
Royals
Cardinals
Indians
Dragons
Clippers
Keys
TO Iron Birds and TO Baysox
(As to that last one, I'm making sure to observe kphoger's admonition! :bigass: )
Westbound:
Reverse all of those and use TO Bees as the westernmost one.
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
EastboundMack
Kanorado
Wentzville
West Terre Haute
Chester
West Alexander
Warfordsburg
Fort Armistead
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 10:06:37 AMWestbound
Washington County
Pennsylvania and Other Great Lakes States
Washington County
West Virginia, Ohio, and Points West
Ohio and Other East North Central States
Preble County
Indiana and Other Plains States
Vigo County
Illinois and Other Midwestern States
St Clair County
Missouri and Other Central States
Jackson County
Kansas and Other Western States
Sherman County
Colorado and Other Mountain States
Mesa County
Utah and Other Desert States
Beaver County
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
https://travelmapping.net/hb/showroute.php?r=svk.i070
Kralovany
Dolný Kubín
Quote from: NE2 on August 22, 2025, 11:38:10 AMhttps://travelmapping.net/hb/showroute.php?r=svk.i070
Kralovany
Dolný Kubín
I said "new and improved". Those are already the control cities.
1 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/N1iXcWKo1tnjWcxq7) ,
2 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/iXPfmdT3SWwcdoFz9)
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 11:45:34 AMQuote from: NE2 on August 22, 2025, 11:38:10 AMhttps://travelmapping.net/hb/showroute.php?r=svk.i070
Kralovany
Dolný Kubín
I said "new and improved". Those are already the control cities.
1 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/N1iXcWKo1tnjWcxq7) , 2 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/iXPfmdT3SWwcdoFz9)
Doesn't that mean his answer is a bad answer, then?
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 22, 2025, 12:13:54 PMDoesn't that mean his answer is a bad answer, then?
Well, I suppose, technically, he did change Kra
ľovany to Kra
lovany, meaning that his proposed change does nothing but show mild disrespect to the Slovak language.
So, yeah, I agree, it's a bad answer.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 22, 2025, 09:29:35 AMQuote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Sacramento, South Lake Tahoe, Ely, Salina, Salina, Midway, Vandalia, Vandalia, Licking View, Washington, JCT PA TURNPIKE, Halfway, Almost Baltimore But Not Quite, Francis Scott Key Tunnel, MILFord, Milton, Cape May
You say Saleena, I say Saleyena, you say Vandaylia, I say Vandahlia ...
Quote from: formulanone on August 22, 2025, 07:19:53 AMAt the bottom will be the requisite tiny text proclaiming who will really represent you in a court of law or perhaps at a food court.
I think I'm going to call those "the court of food" from now on.
Quote from: pderocco on August 22, 2025, 01:51:22 PMSaleyena
To my eyes, used to reading Spanish words, that looks like...
sall-eh-YEH-nah
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
How about Sulphurdale for westbound, and Woodlawn for eastbound. That way, they could mass produce the signs, and use them everywhere.
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 01:56:11 PMQuote from: pderocco on August 22, 2025, 01:51:22 PMSaleyena
To my eyes, used to reading Spanish words, that looks like...
sall-eh-YEH-nah
I should have written, sa-LIE-na.
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
All signs read "Just look at a map, idiot!"
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 01:54:27 PMQuote from: formulanone on August 22, 2025, 07:19:53 AMAt the bottom will be the requisite tiny text proclaiming who will really represent you in a court of law or perhaps at a food court.
I think I'm going to call those "the court of food" from now on.
Only in Sbarro™ Oblast.
Brought to you by the Riddler of Batman fame.
(https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zCtM7AcHtLwUYNJkQKm54i.jpg)
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
EASTBOUND
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Salt Lake City
Psych, You Shoulda Stayed On I-15 For That
Moore
Fruita
Rifle
The Last Five Guys for 500 Miles
Pre-Pre Limon
Pre-Limon
Limon
Still Limon
Post-Limon Villages
WaKeeney
Wamego
Interstate 470
Basehor
Interstate 435
Exits 2A-2Z
Interstate 435 Again
Interstate 470 But Not The Kansas One
Stuff That Got Blown Up in the 1983 TV Movie "The Day After"
Kingdom City
Foristell
This O'Fallon, Not the Other One
A Different Little Suburb Every 500 Feet
East St. Louis
Effingham
Effingcorn
Montrose
Kansas (Not the State)
Martinsville
Marshall
US 40
Terre Haute (Don't Worry, Columbia House is Out of Business)
Carmel (via I-465)
Richmond
Huber Heights
Cincinnati/Cleveland/Columbus
New Concord
Yet Another I-470
Wheeling
Still Wheeling
Someplace in PA You're Not Actually Going To
Breezewood
Interstate 68
Baltiwashimore
WESTBOUND
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Pennsylvania?
Interstate 99
The Exit For Pittsburgh
0.03% of West Virginia
Nothing
Columbus
Interstate 73
Muncie
Effingham
Troy
Maryville
Fairmont City
North St Louis
St. Charles County
Sweet Springs
Interstate 435
Wichita
Topeka
Desert Cities
***LIMON***
There Isn't Another Five Guys Going This Direction So You're SOL
Vail (NOTE: $74.99 Charge For Reading This Sign)
Parachute
Moore
East Cove Fort Heights
East Cove Fort
Cove Fort
Salt Lake City/Pretending You're Not Going to Los Angeles
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Limon
Not Limon
:bigass:
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
WB:
I-81
West Virginia
I-79
West Virginia
I-77
Circleville
New Lisbon
I-865 via I-465
I-57
East Saint Louis
Kingdom City
US 24
Homer KS
Kanorado
Limon
Broomfield
Beaver UT
EB:
Broomfield
Limon
Kanorado
Homer KS
US 69
Marshall Junction
O'Fallon IL/MO
I-74 via I-57
South Bend
New Lisbon
Circleville
I-77
West Virginia
I-79
West Virginia
Security Boulevard Park and Ride
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
This should give new meaning to "the old college try":
Utes
Bison
Jayhawks
Tigers
Fighting Illini
Hoosiers
Buckeyes
Mountaineers
Nittany Lions
Terps
Quote from: kphoger on August 22, 2025, 09:17:28 AM22 AUG 2025:
Propose a new and improved list of control cities for I-70.
Quote from: Mav94 on August 22, 2025, 08:26:07 PMWESTBOUND
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Cove Fort
A truly awful idea indeed!
23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
I-999
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
I-338
[name of most recent Little League World Series winner] Parkway, with the name changing each year, and trucks banned due to the parkway designation
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
PA 26 Truck Alternate
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
Bud Shuster Memorial Porkway
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
A rerouting of I-70. In addition to ending the Breezewood travesty once and for all (by replacing it with another Breezewood), this would also ensure that I-70 truly does not serve Baltimore.
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
Jerry Sandusky Memorial Highway
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 23, 2025, 12:16:36 PM[name of most recent Little League World Series winner] Parkway, with the name changing each year, and trucks banned due to the parkway designation
Summerlin Parkway allows trucks, though.
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
\0
Square root of -1, aka I-i
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
I-79 3/5. But have every other shield read I-79.6 to help build stronger fraction/decimal conversion skills.
Quote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
Québec Route 366.
24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Take down the sign.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Speed up so you have enough momentum to make it through.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Call the guy who runs the 11foot8 YouTube channel. When he arrives, floor it.
Quote from: ModernDayWarrior on August 23, 2025, 02:13:26 PMQuote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
Jerry Sandusky Memorial Highway
Not dead yet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sandusky).
Quote from: NE2 on August 24, 2025, 08:54:38 AMQuébec Route 366.
Number already taken (https://travelmapping.net/hb/showroute.php?units=miles&u=oscar&r=qc.qc366), for a long route north of Ottawa.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
The Charleston.
I would imagine there are quite a few people out there who would be more than happy to render Jerry Sandusky memorial highway eligible.
Quote from: oscar on August 24, 2025, 10:25:19 AMQuote from: ModernDayWarrior on August 23, 2025, 02:13:26 PMQuote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
Jerry Sandusky Memorial Highway
Not dead yet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sandusky).
Neither is Liberty, but...
Quote from: oscar on August 24, 2025, 10:25:19 AMQuote from: NE2 on August 24, 2025, 08:54:38 AMQuébec Route 366.
Number already taken (https://travelmapping.net/hb/showroute.php?units=miles&u=oscar&r=qc.qc366), for a long route north of Ottawa.
https://wiki.aaroads.com/wiki/Qu%C3%A9bec_Route_366
"In 2011, Google Maps mislabeled Quebec Route 366 as running concurrent with the entire length of U.S. Route 30 from Astoria, Oregon to Atlantic City, New Jersey."
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Give yourself a few inches of extra room by using a tire jack to lift the bridge.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Ehh, who measures these things anyway? The truck might have been measured too tall, the bridge too short. Go for it!
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AMYour truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
C4.
Paint some graffiti on the sign, rendering it unreadable
Pick up several fat passengers, then hit the gas.
Quote from: vdeane on August 23, 2025, 12:14:42 PMQuote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
I-999
Since I-999 has to be a spur of I-99, they'd have to create another I-99 nearby, so what's the point?
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Wait until they raise the bridge.
Quote from: pderocco on August 24, 2025, 03:40:34 PMQuote from: vdeane on August 23, 2025, 12:14:42 PMQuote from: xonhulu on August 23, 2025, 12:07:25 PM23 AUG 2025
Interstate 99 should be re-designated as _________________
I-999
Since I-999 has to be a spur of I-99, they'd have to create another I-99 nearby, so what's the point?
I-238 says hi.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Get some plywood, build a ramp, and drive over the bridge instead.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Retract the convertible top on your truck.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Chill the vehicle to approximately -157°C to allow for the contracting effect of all vehicular materials to compress just enough to comfortably glide under that pesky bridge. Be sure not to warm up too quickly, or a stress crack may form in the wooden dashboard trim.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Get your gallon drum of WD-40 out of the vehicle's emergency kit (where you also keep air compressor, jumper cables, etc.), apply liberally to both the truck and the bridge, and slide on thru. Clean up afterward if you have the extra time, or pay it forward and leave applied for the next truck.
8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US 630, clearly the most important US route in the system
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
I-895 (NY) - if I-180 (WY) gets to exist as a boulevard, why did we have to go thru the effort of redesignating I-895 to NY 895 when it was downgraded to a boulevard?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
The portion of US-211 from Warrenton across Northern Virginia and into Washington, DC. Those of us who grew up hearing routine references to "29/211" would find it more natural to have the traditional nomenclature restored. Plus it would be useful to have a single route number connecting that city to the east to the actual Washington that claims to have been surveyed by the future president himself in 1749.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US 99W, specifically along the Harbor Drive freeway through Portland, Oregon. The freeway really added to the riverfront's charm.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 24, 2025, 09:26:51 AM24 AUG 2025:
Your truck is 13 feet tall and the bridge sign says 12 feet 11 inches. What should you do?
Speed.
And you can take that one of two ways. Both are correct.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US-80 west of Dallas should be revived all the way to San Diego. I think this is needed to make make US-80 a truly coat to cost highway.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US 666, Crescent Jct to Douglas. I ain't afraid of no curse!
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
I-15-BL, Holden, Utah.
Furthermore, the [NO SERVICES] sign should be removed from the exit signs, because otherwise people won't realize that there are services at
Holden Cold Drinks (https://maps.app.goo.gl/QgD1SHTshvHs6MyV8).
US-60 and US-70 along Box Canyon Rd in Mecca CA. It's a much gentler grade than I-10, so it will be much better for the trucks.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US 110 in Wisconsin.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
New England Route 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_road_marking_system#Route_2), and every interchange should be converted to a single-point urban interchange.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US-466 between Barstow and Kingman was obviously a vital part of the US highway system that could not hope to be replaced. It should be brought back. I think this is needed.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
PA 295 (now PA 297 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0767932,-76.7617558,3a,44.9y,352.33h,91.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1syPL_gPySHhO-IuWiW7zwjQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.528891774844439%26panoid%3DyPL_gPySHhO-IuWiW7zwjQ%26yaw%3D352.33171193542603!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)) - plenty of other states manage to have state routes & interstates with the same number, why not PA too? If it would ease PennDOT's concerns, they could post signs along I-83 similar to the MD 68/I-68 sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6531264,-77.9073433,3a,37.6y,289.86h,93.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVhhQZKCAjtlV2vhCeIjqbg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-3.0192041977652906%26panoid%3DVhhQZKCAjtlV2vhCeIjqbg%26yaw%3D289.85981081353094!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) on I-70:
Northbound:
(https://i.imgur.com/Q77Dbge.jpeg)
Southbound:
(https://i.imgur.com/DeT6Kc5.jpeg)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
Any state route within Indiana that goes through a city
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US 102
(What, too soon?)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
Duh...there's only one right answer to this question, and that is US 66!
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
Iowa Highway 152.
NC 288... much of this is now underwater. Just run the windshield wipers on the high speed setting.
Interstate 31, which never quite saw the light of uh...headlights and sodium vapor incandescence.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
M-112 in Michigan, solely to get me unstuck in the "lowest-numbered route you haven't traveled on" thread.
8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
Quote from: Henry on August 25, 2025, 08:57:59 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
Duh...there's only one right answer to this question, and that is US 66!
If they turned US-66 into a regular road again, no one would go there any more.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
Quebéc 199.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
US 30
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-5
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
The entire Interstate Highway System, as that way there can be no confusion between them and Federal Highways.
:bigass:
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
The unsigned US routes in Yellowstone National Park, to be replaced with Interstates. I think this is needed.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-95.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-695 in Maryland, because it is not of national importance.
Quote from: kphoger on August 26, 2025, 02:58:32 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-695 in Maryland, because it is not of national importance.
... also replace all Baltimore area bridges with tunnels, overpasses included. Too risky for ship strikes.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
Quote from: kphoger on August 26, 2025, 02:58:32 PMI-695 in Maryland, because it is not of national importance.
Quote from: PColumbus73 on August 26, 2025, 02:59:56 PM... also replace all Baltimore area bridges with tunnels, overpasses included. Too risky for ship strikes.
... also replace I-895 across the Patapsco with a steel truss bridge of multiple 220-foot spans. Add several W12-2b signs underneath, for safety.
Quote from: kphoger on August 26, 2025, 02:58:32 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-695 in Maryland, because it is not of national importance.
Or perhaps decommission all Beltways?
(Capitalization deliberate based on what kphoger's comment references.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 26, 2025, 03:12:38 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 26, 2025, 02:58:32 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-695 in Maryland, because it is not of national importance.
Or perhaps decommission all Beltways?
(Capitalization deliberate based on what kphoger's comment references.)
Naturalised Orbitals
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-55
Every time a route gets decommissioned, a vehicle loses its wings.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
Every US highway in the 400's. Sorry to the legit ones like 411 & 441, but amongst your ranks are 3 cancers that must be excised, and it's better safe than sorry.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-180 (NE)
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-238
Quote from: Henry on August 26, 2025, 10:11:11 PMI-238
Wrong answer. The correct answer is CA-238. Or maybe I mean that your answer isn't wrong
enough...
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
All of them. :bigass:
Quote from: freebrickproductions on August 26, 2025, 11:48:24 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
All of them. :bigass:
Ah, the NUMTOT approach.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
I-90. Give some other road a turn being the longest interstate.
2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Just send it.
Contact Amazon Returns. They take anything back, even if it's packed in a paper bag.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Call it a good signal and a pretty signal and watch the sparks fly.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
(https://external-preview.redd.it/XVBcnS3tm6ayXC-0FubZVXzzYQSYrJiW_AESj6zIlTs.jpg?auto=webp&s=7a4ca93b42dd4809398a57e967e660f46e73fb94)
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Drivers must play duck-duck-goose. They cannot goose themselves.
Paint the lenses whatever color you choose.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Laugh at it akin to how Grif's goons would in Back to the Future Part 2.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Wait at the intersection for the next car to get confused, and go when they do and honk at them for not understanding the intersection.
Quote from: xonhulu on August 26, 2025, 09:46:05 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on August 26, 2025, 01:24:42 AM8-26-2025
The opposite question: which currently existing highway should be decommissioned?
Every US highway in the 400's. Sorry to the legit ones like 411 & 441, but amongst your ranks are 3 cancers that must be excised, and it's better safe than sorry.
This thread is supposed to be about the
worst answers.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Imitate the men driving horse-drawn wagons in that commercial from some years ago: Everyone sit there arguing that someone else should go first until a female driver shows up. Then everyone agree that she goes first. Then return to arguing.
(I don't remember whose ad that was. If I could remember, I'd link the video if it's online.)
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Oh, this is an easy one!
Stop and wait for a green light.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Gun it, the red light cameras are probably out too
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Get out your jumper cables.
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2025, 10:17:20 AMQuote from: JayhawkCO on August 27, 2025, 10:15:25 AMGet out your jumper cables.
Is there a second step?
Depends on if you have a ladder or not, otherwise you have to wait for someone that has one.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Waive to the adoring crowds like you're the Queen of England. If someone hits you, off with their head!
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
US 666 just because stuff.
Quote from: kphoger on August 25, 2025, 01:52:18 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on August 25, 2025, 09:58:39 AM8-25-25
Which decommissioned highway should be revived?
I-15-BL, Holden, Utah.
Furthermore, the [NO SERVICES] sign should be removed from the exit signs, because otherwise people won't realize that there are services at Holden Cold Drinks (https://maps.app.goo.gl/QgD1SHTshvHs6MyV8).
I wonder if that machine makes more money in a month than some of those "households" in a month.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TgxACnHQaYSj4Jju9
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Park your vehicle in the middle of the intersection, effectively turning it into a roundabout.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
If it's NYC, treat the intersection as a 4-day stop, same as when the signals are working.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Engage it in consciousness raising until it realizes that it has more power than it knew.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Turn on your high beams, set your windshield wipers to the fastest setting, honk your horn repeatedly, and thus proceed slowly and carefully through the intersection—not stopping until you reach the other side* of the intersection. Once on the other side, stop the vehicle, turn off your headlights and your windshield wipers, but continue honking your horn until either power is restored to the signal or a uniformed officer arrives to direct traffic.
* "Other side" means diagonally opposite your approach to the intersection, which will require either (a) turning left at the intersection or (b) proceeding on the opposite side of the highway.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Get out of your car and kick the pole as hard as you can! Then, when the signal starts working again, get back in your car and just drive the hell away.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Wait for the other cars to show up and let the Midwest way of directing traffic do the rest!
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Play or hum the music shown:
(https://i.imgur.com/TJ5uCxe.png)
Engineers and contractors will arrive within 30 minutes and start replacing the obsolete, power-dependent signalized intersection with an [optionally crash-prone modern] roundabout! They've already been installed in Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook.
Quote from: kurumi on August 27, 2025, 11:10:10 PMPlay or hum the music shown:
For some reason, just looking at the notation, I thought this was going to be the theme to
Merv Griffin's Crosswords, which would have been a fantastic Alanland reference. It is not, as I found out by punching it into a notation editor (though I really should have known that by the complexity of the rhythm in measure 2), but it's still pretty good.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Shimmy up the pole and start fiddling with the wires. You'll be up for the "most dad-like dad" award soon.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Cry.
28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
- b. street in residential area
- c. rural road
- d. state highway
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area 21
- b. street in residential area the last speed limit sign you saw, regardless of which road it was on
- c. rural road the speed of the car behind you minus 1 mph
- d. state highway the route number, and all surface routes numbered 15 or less must be decommissioned
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway 40th percentile, dynamically adjusted on the fly
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
I interpreted "default" as "this applies if there is no posted speed limit on this road".
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
35 mph while businesses are open, 20 mph after they close
- b. street in residential area
25 mph, except after dark where the speed limit shall be high enough to flee high crime neighborhoods in reasonable time
- c. rural road
55 mph or posted speed, whichever is higher
- d. state highway
Last two digits of the state's founding year. If value is under 20 mph, multiply by an integer until higher than 20 mph.
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
whatever speed is required to reach the signed control city in under an hour from that point. Speed limits will gradually decrease as one gets closer to the control city to ensure they are still able to make it in under an hour.
EXCEPTION A: Beltways with no control cities must be able to complete one lap in 10 minutes less than the number of miles to complete the loop
EXCEPTION B: If there is no signed control city on a spur or mainline interstate, the speed limit should be no less than the speed required to return to the previous control city within 1 hour or no more than the required speed to reach the end of the interstate in under one hour.
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
- b. street in residential area
- c. rural road
- d. state highway
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
1a - 55, but businesses are allowed the biggest, brightest, most distracting advertisements to get your attention
1b - 35 (default), residential speed limits to be determined by nearest HOA or politician during an election year
1c - 60, cows and horses are positioned along the roads so you slow down to say 'cow / horse' with accompanying animal noise.
1d - 55, but police are allowed to treat speeding 1 MPH over as a high-speed pursuit
1e - No speed limit, but for ticketing and insurance, you will automatically be at fault in a crash
Quote from: I-55 on August 28, 2025, 11:22:16 AM- d. state highway
Last two digits of the state's founding year. If value is under 20 mph, multiply by an integer until higher than 20 mph.
Because of course I had to...
20 mph - Maine
21 mph - Ohio (3x7)
21 mph - Missouri
21 mph - Oklahoma (7x3)
24 mph - Louisiana (12x2)
24 mph - New Mexico (12x2)
24 mph - Arizona (12x2)
32 mph - Indiana (16x2)
34 mph - Mississippi (17x2)
36 mph - Illinois (18x2)
36 mph - Arkansas
37 mph - Michigan
38 mph - Alabama (19x2)
45 mph - Florida
45 mph - Texas
46 mph - Iowa
48 mph - Wisconsin
50 mph - California
58 mph - Minnesota
59 mph - Oregon
59 mph - Alaska
59 mph - Hawaii
61 mph - Kansas
63 mph - West Virginia
64 mph - Nevada
67 mph - Nebraska
76 mph - Colorado
87 mph - Delaware
87 mph - Pennsylvania
87 mph - New Jersey
88 mph - Georgia
88 mph - Connecticut
88 mph - Massachusetts
88 mph - Maryland
88 mph - South Carolina
88 mph - New Hampshire
88 mph - Virginia
88 mph - New York
89 mph - North Carolina
89 mph - North Dakota
89 mph - South Dakota
89 mph - Montana
89 mph - Washington
90 mph - Rhode Island
90 mph - Idaho
90 mph - Wyoming
91 mph - Vermont
92 mph - Kentucky
96 mph - Tennessee
96 mph - Utah
undefined - District of Columbia
Crossing the NH/ME state line becomes quite the shock. Also crossing the AZ/UT state line.
36 mph - all roads between dusk and dawn (civil twilight)
37 mph - alley
37 mph - any unpaved road
38 mph - street in business area
38 mph - street in residential area
39 mph - rural road
39 mph - state highway
39 mph - Interstate or other access-controlled highway
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
- b. street in residential area
- c. rural road
- d. state highway
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area 32 mph
- b. street in residential area When I was in high school, a classmate of mine supposedly got busted for driving his mother's Jaguar 125 mph on Braeburn Drive in Annandale, Virginia. I doubt the truth of that story, but in his honor, I have to vote for 125 mph.
- c. rural road 27 mph. When I was in law school, the residential James Street in Durham had a 27-mph speed limit. I can't use that for residential streets for the reason given above, but I wanted to honor it somewhere and I therefore used it for rural roads.
- d. state highway 27 mph (in Virginia, most rural roads are also state highways, so I've made them the same)
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway 35 mph so that you don't have to slow down to use most exit ramps
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e). I've elected to ignore this requirement for (b) for the special reason stated above.
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
Quote from: I-55 on August 28, 2025, 11:22:16 AM- d. state highway
Last two digits of the state's founding year. If value is under 20 mph, multiply by an integer until higher than 20 mph.
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 11:38:01 AMCrossing the NH/ME state line becomes quite the shock. Also crossing the AZ/UT state line.
And US-421 is quite different from KY to IN.
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AMWhat should the default speed limits be?
5d20 (or 5d32 in metric), rolled at each intersection/interchange.
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be?
It doesn't matter, because Metro isn't going to pull anyone over for speeding anyhow.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 28, 2025, 05:01:34 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be?
It doesn't matter, because Metro isn't going to pull anyone over for speeding anyhow.
For all roads: c
It's not my default. Maybe it's your default.
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
- b. street in residential area
- c. rural road
- d. state highway
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
a. 40
b. 20
c. 60
d. 80
e. 100
*--This isn't Canada; all speeds are in MPH, eh?
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
- b. street in residential area
- c. rural road
- d. state highway
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
a. 35
b. 20
c. 55
d. 60
e. 75
Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
- b. street in residential area
- c. rural road
- d. state highway
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
You didn't say which unit I have to use. Special condition is all metrics for speed measuring must now be in kilometers/hr.
a. 15kmh, regardless of how busy the road is
b. Whatever the 3rd grade science class votes it to be, so long as it is above 15
c. 45kmh in no-passing zones; otherwise, 125kmh
d. 55kmh for any highway longer than 1 kilometer, hardset and strictly enforced
e. Whatever the fastest car was driving yesterday
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on August 28, 2025, 11:19:34 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 28, 2025, 10:29:14 AM28 AUG 2025:
What should the default speed limits be? Criteria below:
1. Must include the following five categories of road:
- a. street in business area
- b. street in residential area
- c. rural road
- d. state highway
- e. Interstate or other access-controlled highway
2. Answers for (a) and (b) must be less than answers for (c), (d), and (e).
3. Only positive integers >15.
4. Additional categories and/or special conditions allowed.
a. 35
b. 20
c. 55
d. 60
e. 75
Did you read the thread's subject line?
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on August 28, 2025, 11:19:34 PMa. 35
b. 20
c. 55
d. 60
e. 75
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 29, 2025, 08:43:59 AMDid you read the thread's subject line?
I mean, he did make the speed limit in business districts higher than in residential areas, so I guess it's not
completely ideal...
:confused:
29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
It's a "hamburger rotary" (see MA 1A/16/60 as an example), where the red lines represent the roads. The arrow indicates the direction of traffic flow is counterclockwise, which is typical in the US but not always the case.
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
No flipping bitch maneuvers allowed in this business establishment.
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
This signage was created by NASA in 1964 and posted in the cockpit and door jambs of low-earth-orbiting spacecraft or any future lunar craft. It reminded the commander to know it was not safe to return to earth, in case alien beings had hijacked the command module. After the successful mission to the moon and subsequent discovery that it was not made of cheese, the mission patch entered the public domain and reminded earthlings that they will never operate spacecraft (which is why it looks like a lower case "n").
SourcesMurray, Keith. "How to Hijack a Space Shuttle" 0-80,
Eric–Parrish Business PressMorrison, James. "Not to Touch the Earth" Track 3, Waiting for the Sun; 1968
Elecktra RecordsOlds, Random Owen. "Rockit" 88-98,
H. Hancock/Pea Press
Quote from: formulanone on August 29, 2025, 10:15:44 AMthe successful mission to the moon
do your own research
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Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 10:32:59 AMQuote from: formulanone on August 29, 2025, 10:15:44 AMthe successful mission to the moon
do your own research
[/flerf]
"Quasi-successful" would have blown the whole operation.
mumble mumble refraction mumble mumble firmament mumble mumble talked to a pilot once mumble mumble sticky water mumble mumble
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 10:55:08 AMmumble mumble refraction mumble mumble firmament mumble mumble talked to a pilot once mumble mumble sticky water mumble mumble
I also saw the film
Capricorn Dos: An Operating System for Lunatics which told me all I needed to know about NASA.
SEAT BELT USE PROHIBITED
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
This tunnel is prohibited from collapse
Quote from: Mapmikey on August 29, 2025, 11:12:13 AMThis tunnel is prohibited from collapse
DO NOT USE
LEFT LANE
IN TUNNEL
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
It is a visual hieroglyphic depiction of the all of the lyrics of the hymn "I Have Decided To Follow Jesus."
I have decided to follow Jesus.
I have decided to follow Jesus.
I have decided to follow Jesus,
No turning back, no turning back.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 29, 2025, 09:46:52 AMIt's a "hamburger rotary" (see MA 1A/16/60 as an example), where the red lines represent the roads. The arrow indicates the direction of traffic flow is counterclockwise, which is typical in the US but not always the case.
(https://i.imgur.com/Tn11hHb.png)
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
You can never go back home again.
No doing backflips.
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
All magnets must be bi-polar
Quote from: GaryV on August 28, 2025, 07:16:42 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 27, 2025, 02:07:00 AM2025-08-27:
What should you do when you encounter a traffic signal that is without power?
Shimmy up the pole and start fiddling with the wires. You'll be up for the "most dad-like dad" award soon.
And possibly a Darwin.
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
Don't fuck up! (or Don't fuck down!)
No hanging your horseshoe upside down.
The Hokey-Pokey is prohibited.
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on August 29, 2025, 04:57:43 PMThe Hokey-Pokey is prohibited.
Are there any highways where it's allowed?
No In-n-Out Burgers on this road.
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
Stop bending over backwards.
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on August 29, 2025, 04:57:43 PMThe Hokey-Pokey is prohibited.
In Blacksburg, we say "Hokie-Pokie". And both of our marching bands play the John Philip Sousa rendition (with an extra boost from -sigh- the Sousaphone section). [By the way, the Virginia Tech Regimental Band is called the Highty-Tighties].
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
Planarians Forbidden
No Gravity Ahead.
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
Throwing boomerangs on roads is prohibited.
Quote from: kphoger on August 29, 2025, 09:39:28 AM29 AUG 2025
What does this sign mean?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MUTCD_R3-4.svg/250px-MUTCD_R3-4.svg.png)
If you're at a shooting range, your bullets can't ricochet.
Quote from: hotdogPi on August 29, 2025, 09:46:52 AMIt's a "hamburger rotary"
explaining rotaries with a through road to an American: ok imagine a burger
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 30, 2025, 03:55:08 AMexplaining rotaries with a through road to an American: ok imagine a burger
I'm actually not familiar enough with the history of the term 'hamburger roundabout' to say for certain that it originated in the US. For all I know, it came over here from England or wherever.
^^ Hamburger = resident of Hamburg in German.
Quote from: Big John on August 30, 2025, 10:50:40 AM^^ Hamburger = resident of Hamburg in German.
Americans when they talk about Germans: ok, imagine a Hamburger
Quote from: kphoger on August 30, 2025, 10:20:17 AMI'm actually not familiar enough with the history of the term 'hamburger roundabout' to say for certain that it originated in the US. For all I know, it came over here from England or wherever.
Quote from: Big John on August 30, 2025, 10:50:40 AM^^ Hamburger = resident of Hamburg in German.
I already know that. But how in the world does it help me understand the origin of the term 'hamburger roundabout'?
Quote from: kphoger on August 30, 2025, 02:29:25 PMQuote from: kphoger on August 30, 2025, 10:20:17 AMI'm actually not familiar enough with the history of the term 'hamburger roundabout' to say for certain that it originated in the US. For all I know, it came over here from England or wherever.
Quote from: Big John on August 30, 2025, 10:50:40 AM^^ Hamburger = resident of Hamburg in German.
I already know that. But how in the world does it help me understand the origin of the term 'hamburger roundabout'?
If it was German in origin. :hmmm:
Quote from: kphoger on August 30, 2025, 10:20:17 AMQuote from: LilianaUwU on August 30, 2025, 03:55:08 AMexplaining rotaries with a through road to an American: ok imagine a burger
I'm actually not familiar enough with the history of the term 'hamburger roundabout' to say for certain that it originated in the US. For all I know, it came over here from England or wherever.
I've never heard the term, and I grew up (and learned to drive) in Massachusetts, where I know of 17 such interchanges. I always called them rotary interchanges, but that was just my term for them. I'd be surprised if DOTs call them hamburger roundabouts, or even hamburger rotaries in Massachusetts.
2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
The thunderdome junction -- two vehicles enter, but only one leaves.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
The P13. It's like a huge multi-spoke roundabout, but you can only get off at the 3rd, 7th and 11th exit.
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on August 31, 2025, 07:31:57 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
The thunderdome junction -- two vehicles enter, but only one leaves.
They should install one of these at the Bullet Farm and Citadel.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
The Tuba interchange. With how huge cars are getting these days, trumpets were just getting too small.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
The mountain interchange, a four way interchange across a 20,000 foot mountain that only allows 4 cars at a time. They are common in Alanland, not in the rest of the world though.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Diamond, so named because of how rare they are. This is the only one in Connecticut (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nDGtmytCkqWu4Fww9), on Route 8. I almost crashed my Saab when I realized what I was driving through. I tried to take a picture, but it came out all fuzzy.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
The kind that's now more commonly called GAS or SRS:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7518638,-87.5529155,3a,15y,260.21h,91.22t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sw7G3gKx3DfY4GipBKIijug!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.2237694378371629%26panoid%3Dw7G3gKx3DfY4GipBKIijug%26yaw%3D260.20671782158496!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Conjunction junctions
What's their function?
Hooking up roads in phases and pauses.
Found only in Schoolhouse Rock OR. It has neither stoplights nor stop signs but it has speed bumps and ramp meters on the off ramps.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
The trapdoor interchange - if you drive over part of the overpass, it drops down into a ramp to the other road below, then springs back up once it's empty. Usually the trapdoor part is painted off, but if the paint's faded, drivers are in for a surprise!
Quote from: kurumi on August 31, 2025, 12:48:18 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Diamond, so named because of how rare they are. This is the only one in Connecticut (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nDGtmytCkqWu4Fww9), on Route 8. I almost crashed my Saab when I realized what I was driving through. I tried to take a picture, but it came out all fuzzy.
There is this one on I-95 east of Bridgeport:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2890959,-72.8212775,16.5z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
And these two also on I-95 near Westbrook:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2946994,-72.4691412,14.75z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
And this one near New London:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3671857,-72.1188696,14.75z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
And this last one jest before entering Rhode Island:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4374298,-71.794298,14.75z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Not so rare IMO.
Quote from: hobsini2 on August 31, 2025, 04:14:16 PMQuote from: kurumi on August 31, 2025, 12:48:18 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Diamond, so named because of how rare they are. This is the only one in Connecticut (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nDGtmytCkqWu4Fww9), on Route 8. I almost crashed my Saab when I realized what I was driving through. I tried to take a picture, but it came out all fuzzy.
There is this one on I-95 east of Bridgeport:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2890959,-72.8212775,16.5z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
And these two also on I-95 near Westbrook:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2946994,-72.4691412,14.75z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
And this one near New London:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3671857,-72.1188696,14.75z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
And this last one jest before entering Rhode Island:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4374298,-71.794298,14.75z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Not so rare IMO.
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Quote from: hobsini2 on August 31, 2025, 04:14:16 PMNot so rare IMO.
Read the thread title and try again.
The no-way stop. They used to be common in Massachusetts when I was young, but they heedlessly destroyed them all by putting up stop signs and traffic lights.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
At this time purely theoretical, but when flying cars become a reality, the Sphereabout will become commonplace.
Quote from: xonhulu on August 31, 2025, 07:44:27 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
At this time purely theoretical, but when flying cars become a reality, the Sphereabout will become commonplace.
I would support reconfiguring the Twain/Koval intersection into a roundabout with the Sphere inside it.
2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Minecraft pixelated font
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
comic sans
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Webdings
Something like this...
(https://as2.ftcdn.net/jpg/02/10/97/53/1000_F_210975317_GjwGvuSva1wAAfU7nLUPtfAFMLfjDBKJ.webp)
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Perhaps the infamous Highway Road font?
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.etsystatic.com%2F40753539%2Fr%2Fil%2F4852ad%2F5111168448%2Fil_fullxfull.5111168448_ixga.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a89aa748b99df7bac40f7de88805e7f304a80cdf0cfd04188630c2b57abf5644)
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Verdana
Still Highway Gothic, but with Arabic script.
Highway Brutalist.
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
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Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
For some reason the image isn't displaying when I try to embed it, so I'll give you a link to a "photo" of a road sign with a different typeface:
https://typographyforlawyers.com/images/roadsign-script.jpg
(https://typographyforlawyers.com/images/roadsign-script.jpg)
Whatever font Aurebesh (Galactic Basic) is written in.
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Cursive.
Quote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 08:56:54 PMQuote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Cursive.
See the picture I linked in reply #780.
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 01, 2025, 08:58:09 PMQuote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 08:56:54 PMQuote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Cursive.
See the picture I linked in reply #780.
The picture of the HTTP error?
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 01, 2025, 08:58:09 PMQuote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 08:56:54 PMQuote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Cursive.
See the picture I linked in reply #780.
It comes back with an HTTP error, unless that's the font and that was the whole idea.
Quote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 08:56:54 PMQuote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Cursive.
Then we'll get the endless arguments between Zaner-Bloser and D'Nealian.
Quote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 09:00:15 PMQuote from: 1995hoo on September 01, 2025, 08:58:09 PMQuote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 08:56:54 PMQuote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Cursive.
See the picture I linked in reply #780.
It comes back with an HTTP error, unless that's the font and that was the whole idea.
I didn't get an error, so I didn't know that was happening. It was not the intent. See whether the following link works. I was trying to link to the bottom photo.
https://typographyforlawyers.com/what-is-typography.html
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 01, 2025, 09:07:17 PMQuote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 09:00:15 PMQuote from: 1995hoo on September 01, 2025, 08:58:09 PMQuote from: Sapphuby on September 01, 2025, 08:56:54 PMQuote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Cursive.
See the picture I linked in reply #780.
It comes back with an HTTP error, unless that's the font and that was the whole idea.
I didn't get an error, so I didn't know that was happening. It was not the intent. See whether the following link works. I was trying to link to the bottom photo.
https://typographyforlawyers.com/what-is-typography.html
That's pretty close to what I imagined as cursive, but without the visual representation. I guess you mostly beat me to it.
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Impact
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/impact
Give a little kid some crayons. Of course, you may have trouble with child labor laws.
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Your doctor's handwriting.
Harlow Solid Italic.
Quote from: pderocco on September 01, 2025, 10:41:57 PMGive a little kid some crayons. Of course, you may have trouble with child labor laws.
Like in construction zones?
2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
It's a tossup between Limon, CO and Hennepin, IL (the latter to supplement I-180).
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Goldfield, Nevada.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Palm Beach
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
The cities/towns/villages/communities that the Merritt Parkway passes through.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Bird-In-Hand and Intercourse, PA. A problem would be trying to keep the horses and buggies off it.
Mackinac City MI
Quote from: GaryV on September 02, 2025, 07:04:42 AMQuote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Bird-In-Hand and Intercourse, PA. A problem would be trying to keep the horses and buggies off it.
They'll have their own lanes and the control city fanboys will Lose-Their-Shit.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Turbeville, SC
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Monowi, Nebraska.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Jonestown, Guyana.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Nothing, AZ
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Carbonate, Colorado (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate,_Colorado)
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Nashville, IN
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Triclo interchange - three interconnected cloverleaf interchanges
Fractal interchange - like a diamond interchange, but each exit leads you to a further exit
Phallic interchange - looks like the shape of a phallus when viewed from above
Maytag interchange - Whirlpool interchange constructed before April 2006
Nondirectional T interchange - ramps exit in opposite direction from direction of travel, then just keep going
Omnidirectional T interchange - all ramps from all directions end up in your intended direction of travel
Five-level diamond - highway, crossroad, HOV lanes on both, frontage roads on both, all grade separated
SPRI - single point rural interchange
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on September 01, 2025, 04:40:43 PM2025-09-01: What font should the FHWA recommend for road signs instead of Highway Gothic or Clearview?
Vivaldi
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Deering, AK
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
That one Amish group of towns that I forgot the name of that has 6 or 7 different cities under the same name, just different directions, and a separate exit for each and every one of them.
Quote from: Sapphuby on September 02, 2025, 12:55:01 PMThat one Amish group of towns that I forgot the name of that has 6 or 7 different cities under the same name, just different directions, and a separate exit for each and every one of them.
Hint:
Quote from: kphoger on September 02, 2025, 12:43:37 PMMaytag interchange - Whirlpool interchange constructed before April 2006
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Parclo AB1
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Interchangeable interchange - different kinds of exits every single time you take it.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Mentone, TX
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7nSeDRShDvy7x1WL8
Pop is between 12 and 22 depending on the source.
Quote from: Sapphuby on September 02, 2025, 12:55:01 PMQuote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
That one Amish group of towns that I forgot the name of that has 6 or 7 different cities under the same name, just different directions, and a separate exit for each and every one of them.
Are you thinking of Amana, IA?
Quote from: hobsini2 on September 02, 2025, 02:06:18 PMQuote from: Sapphuby on September 02, 2025, 12:55:01 PMQuote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
That one Amish group of towns that I forgot the name of that has 6 or 7 different cities under the same name, just different directions, and a separate exit for each and every one of them.
Are you thinking of Amana, IA?
I knew it started with an A.
My friend and I made a joke about an Upson, WI bypass once.
Quote from: Sapphuby on September 02, 2025, 12:55:01 PMThat one Amish group of towns that I forgot the name of that has 6 or 7 different cities under the same name, just different directions, and a separate exit for each and every one of them.
Quote from: NE2 on September 02, 2025, 01:13:39 PMHint:
Quote from: kphoger on September 02, 2025, 12:43:37 PMMaytag interchange - Whirlpool interchange constructed before April 2006
Quote from: hobsini2 on September 02, 2025, 02:06:18 PMAre you thinking of Amana, IA?
Quote from: Sapphuby on September 02, 2025, 02:10:04 PMI knew it started with an A.
Hence the hint.
(https://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/content/dam/business-unit/whirlpoolcorp/wp-content/upload/logos/Whirlpool_Corporation_Global_Lockup_4C_Black_Web.png)
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
Poway CA. The 14-lane 65mph bypass they've got needs a 16-lane 85MPH bypass.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
I'm working on a worse answer for this...
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
New Idria, California.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
When two very busy foot trails cross paths, parks are starting to install groundabouts.
Quote from: kphoger on September 02, 2025, 12:43:37 PMFractal interchange - like a diamond interchange, but each exit leads you to a further exit
pretty sure I ran into one of those in Dallas once when I was almost out of gas
Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2025, 01:14:54 AM2025-09-02: What cities/towns/villages/communities need a 16-lane 85 MPH interstate bypass the most?
It should be obvious: Breezewood, PA!
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Quote from: kphoger on September 02, 2025, 12:43:37 PMSPRI - single point rural interchange
Quote from: kphoger on September 02, 2025, 05:02:59 PMI'm working on a worse answer for this...
We all know about the Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI). And I already mentioned the Single Point Rural Interchange (SPRI), which is rare enough. But there's one related interchange type that's even less frequently used.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Single Booth Toll Interchange! Allowing for a full service interchange between two toll roads with just a single bridge a single toll booth, this innovating design affords those toll agencies suffering from a severe funding deficit a more affordable option than traditional interchange designs, as it saves a significant amount of upfront construction cost. Furthermore, with a single booth toll point, agencies can have the flexibility to retain human toll collection by only needing to staff two or even one employee at any given time.
(https://i.imgur.com/YhMAhRM.png)
Quote from: kphoger on September 03, 2025, 11:16:51 AM... just a single bridge ....
Are there not more bridges because of the "ramps" (for lack of a better word) having to cross each other? You don't show such in the diagram, so maybe there are traffic lights or stop signs or some such instead?
Quote from: kphoger on September 03, 2025, 11:16:51 AMLadies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Single Booth Toll Interchange! Allowing for a full service interchange between two toll roads with just a single bridge a single toll booth, this innovating design affords those toll agencies suffering from a severe funding deficit a more affordable option than traditional interchange designs, as it saves a significant amount of upfront construction cost. Furthermore, with a single booth toll point, agencies can have the flexibility to retain human toll collection by only needing to staff two or even one employee at any given time.
And people heading from the south to the west or the north to the east have the opportunity to pass through the booth
two times!
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 03, 2025, 11:38:55 AMAre there not more bridges because of the "ramps" (for lack of a better word) having to cross each other? You don't show such in the diagram, so maybe there are traffic lights or stop signs or some such instead?
Yes, they're at-grade. Lights or stop/yield signs as appropriate, depending on the location.
Quote from: jlam on September 03, 2025, 11:50:46 AMAnd people heading from the south to the west or the north to the east have the opportunity to pass through the booth two times!
Yes, that was intentional. After all, if you're using two toll roads, then you should pay two tolls. This is another cost benefit of the design. I realized shortly after posting that I'd neglected to require it for the other two movements, but I was too lazy to remove the ramps from my illustration.
Quote from: kphoger on September 03, 2025, 11:16:51 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on August 31, 2025, 07:01:23 AM2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?
Quote from: kphoger on September 02, 2025, 12:43:37 PMSPRI - single point rural interchange
Quote from: kphoger on September 02, 2025, 05:02:59 PMI'm working on a worse answer for this...
We all know about the Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI). And I already mentioned the Single Point Rural Interchange (SPRI), which is rare enough. But there's one related interchange type that's even less frequently used.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Single Booth Toll Interchange! Allowing for a full service interchange between two toll roads with just a single bridge a single toll booth, this innovating design affords those toll agencies suffering from a severe funding deficit a more affordable option than traditional interchange designs, as it saves a significant amount of upfront construction cost. Furthermore, with a single booth toll point, agencies can have the flexibility to retain human toll collection by only needing to staff two or even one employee at any given time.
(https://i.imgur.com/YhMAhRM.png)
Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Memorial Interchange
9-3-25: What are your favorite golf cart roads?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 03, 2025, 04:02:10 PM9-3-25: What are your favorite golf cart roads?
Brickyard Crossing (https://www.brickyardcrossing.com/) is a great golf CART road.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 03, 2025, 04:02:10 PM9-3-25: What are your favorite golf cart roads?
I once attempted to jump a creek, Dukes-style, in a golf cart. So I have to vote for I-695 in Maryland.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 03, 2025, 04:02:10 PM9-3-25: What are your favorite golf cart roads?
The greens, especially if I can drive over the cart directional signs on my way to them.
Following not too far behind, sandtraps and tee boxes.
Driving through the water hazards in Venice, Italy.
I used this answer for another one, but Lake Como Road.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 03, 2025, 04:02:10 PM9-3-25: What are your favorite golf cart roads?
Illinois Route 58
(https://i.imgur.com/IMClM7D.png)
Quote from: formulanone on September 03, 2025, 03:31:25 PMDoctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Memorial Interchange
Didn't know he passed away.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 03, 2025, 04:02:10 PM9-3-25: What are your favorite golf cart roads?
This:
(https://www.aaroads.com/tn/075/i-075-n-exit-009-3.jpg)
(they make the Golf, as well as the fun-to-drive GTI)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 03, 2025, 04:02:10 PM9-3-25: What are your favorite golf cart roads?
Any road in Florida
Quote from: LilianaUwU on September 03, 2025, 09:35:28 PMQuote from: formulanone on September 03, 2025, 03:31:25 PMDoctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Memorial Interchange
Didn't know he passed away.
One of those inators malfunctioned off-screen and he turned into a waffle during a breakfast parade.