Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[kphoger]

I can't see it at all.

[kkt]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

I-38 in California, to stop roadgeek bitching about I-238.

Edit:  After posting this, I realized that since a Bay Area I-38 would be considerably north of I-40 and therefore a "violation of the grid," that would just become the new bitching topic.  No win here.

I-40 is way too far south anyway.  We might as well stop worrying about a perfect grid.

[formulanone]

I can't see it at all.

Think of a Lhasa Apso.

[freebrickproductions]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

I-38 in California, to stop roadgeek bitching about I-238.

Edit:  After posting this, I realized that since a Bay Area I-38 would be considerably north of I-40 and therefore a "violation of the grid," that would just become the new bitching topic.  No win here.

I-40 is way too far south anyway.  We might as well stop worrying about a perfect grid.

Or just extend it to I-10 or even I-20 somewhere.

[Kulerage]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

We got duplicate 84, 86, 87 and 88, let's finish out the 80s and duplicate ALL of them.

[Henry]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

I-50 on US 50 in Nevada, duh.

That's I-70!

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

A Hypotenuse freeway to reduce travel times between Seattle and Jacksonville, FL

Likewise, we should make another one to connect Boston and San Diego!

[Scott5114]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

The one from Echoes of Wisdom.

[vdeane]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

I-69 A, B, D, F through V, X, Y, and Z

You just gave me an idea for making all north-south interstates a suffix of I-69.  I suppose all east-west interstates could be suffixes of I-14.

[pderocco]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

We got duplicate 84, 86, 87 and 88, let's finish out the 80s and duplicate ALL of them.

That'd be tough to do with I-80.

[TheCatalyst31]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

The Bismarck-to-Nowhere Turnpike from the BBC's Interstate map

[pderocco]

10/30/2025

Which "missing link" in the Interstate Highway System should be built next, and why?

The Bismarck-to-Nowhere Turnpike from the BBC's Interstate map

Apparently, the BBC doesn't understand the distinction between Interstate routes and U.S. routes. But why would they?

[Scott5114]

Isn't that the map of proposed extensions to the Interstate System from sometime in the 1960s?

[hotdogPi]

Isn't that the map of proposed extensions to the Interstate System from sometime in the 1960s?

This definitely looks like the initial proposal map. The other thing that clues me in to that is the lack of I-77.

[Scott5114]

Isn't that the map of proposed extensions to the Interstate System from sometime in the 1960s?

This definitely looks like the initial proposal map. The other thing that clues me in to that is the lack of I-77.

That explains why I-35 is fused with I-135 rather than following the Kansas Turnpike but I-49 in Missouri exists.

Also, it's kind of impressive that I-11 was on the radar back then considering how dinky both Las Vegas and Phoenix were at the time.

[kphoger]

I can't see it at all.

Think of a Lhasa Apso.

Was that supposed to help?

[kphoger]

31 OCT 2025

What traffic law would it make the most sense to eliminate?

[GaryV]

31 OCT 2025

What traffic law would it make the most sense to eliminate?

No jaywalking. Who cares if you want to nominate yourself into the Darwin Club?

Besides, it's Halloween. You have to run across the street to that house that is giving out full-size Hershey bars.

[Big John]

31 OCT 2025

What traffic law would it make the most sense to eliminate?

No yielding at unmarked crosswalks.

[kphoger]

No jaywalking.

No yielding at unmarked crosswalks.

Both of those actually make some sense.  Hopefully someone else can come up with worse answers.

[Max Rockatansky]

No jaywalking.

No yielding at unmarked crosswalks.

Both of those actually make some sense.  Hopefully someone else can come up with worse answers.

California pretty much did eliminate Jaywalking.  The law specifies a citation can only be given if there is a chance of collision with a vehicle.

[kphoger]

California pretty much did eliminate Jaywalking.  The law specifies a citation can only be given if there is a chance of collision with a vehicle.

If there is no chance of collision, then how could failure to yield even be established in the first place?

[kphoger]

Ah, I see now.  I looked at the CVC statute (11.5.21955), and 'jaywalking' in this context is defined narrowly as crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic control signal devices.

[JayhawkCO]

31 OCT 2025

What traffic law would it make the most sense to eliminate?

DUI/DWI.

[kurumi]

California pretty much did eliminate Jaywalking.  The law specifies a citation can only be given if there is a chance of collision with a vehicle.

If there is no chance of collision, then how could failure to yield even be established in the first place?

The plan is to have NBA refs determine if it was charging or not

[NE2]

31 OCT 2025

What traffic law would it make the most sense to eliminate?

Truck traffic.