Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[CoreySamson]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

Ironically, there isn't a concrete reason.

This answer is not getting enough attention. Phenomenal answer!

[PColumbus73]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

OSHA

[Scott5114]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Frank J. Zamboni & Company, Inc.

[kphoger]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

When this baby hits 8.8 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit.

[1995hoo]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Acme Corporation.

[The_Ginger]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Pfangle.
I would also like to respectfully request that you stop listing your questions of the day inside of quote tags per this discussion. Simply typing your question in the reply box will be sufficient.

[pderocco]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Tonka. They already have all the blueprints.

[PNWRoadgeek]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it's the same PPG as the paint company, right?
• Tinder
• OceanGate
• Base44

CalTrans

[TheCatalyst31]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Vibratex, seeing as how they already have a partnership with Hitachi.

[1995hoo]

April 22, 2026:

There are four "yield" signs in this photo (two of them are to the viewer's left facing away from the camera viewpoint). The cross-street has stop signs (one is visible to the left). What is the purpose of the "yield" signs? (Note: These are all new. Google Street View won't show them if you view that intersection.)

[kphoger]

April 22, 2026:

What is the purpose of the "yield" signs?

A Yield sign means you don't have to stop.  If you had to stop, then they'd have put up Stop signs instead, duh.  Those Yield signs are posted to let you know that cross-traffic has the stop signs, so you're fine to just drive right through.

[1995hoo]

April 22, 2026:

There are four "yield" signs in this photo (two of them are to the viewer's left facing away from the camera viewpoint). The cross-street has stop signs (one is visible to the left). What is the purpose of the "yield" signs? (Note: These are all new. Google Street View won't show them if you view that intersection.)

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Based on what I saw there this past Friday afternoon, I'm going to say that the person who posted the sign was picturing that TV commercial from a few years ago where three horse-drawn wagons pulled up to a crossroads and the drivers all started arguing about who should go first, until a fourth wagon driven by a woman came along and they all waved her through before returning to their argument. Based on how much the driver in front of me at that yield sign, and the drivers on the other street with the stop signs, were all staring at each other, I think the person who posted the sign wanted to see that commercial play out in real life.

[kphoger]

April 22, 2026:

What is the purpose of the "yield" signs?

Japan recently added the English language 'STOP' to their signs.  In return, some U.S. cities have begun installing Stop signs that more closely resemble the Japanese design on a trial basis.

[GaryV]

April 22, 2026:

... What is the purpose of the "yield" signs?

It's cheaper than installing speed bumps.

[1995hoo]

April 22, 2026:

... What is the purpose of the "yield" signs?

It's cheaper than installing speed bumps.

Heh. I wish that were the real rationale. Further down the street they installed two of the worst raised crosswalks I've ever seen. I haven't taken a photo of those, but the raised part is basically at sidewalk level and the "ramp" part for cars to use is more sharply angled than anything I've seen elsewhere.

[wanderer2575]

April 22, 2026:

What is the purpose of the "yield" signs?

Make it confusing enough and nobody will go through the intersection.  Voilà, instant improvement in safety statistics.

[kphoger]

Make it confusing enough and nobody will go through the intersection.  Voilà, instant improvement in safety statistics.

[vdeane]

April 22, 2026:

There are four "yield" signs in this photo (two of them are to the viewer's left facing away from the camera viewpoint). The cross-street has stop signs (one is visible to the left). What is the purpose of the "yield" signs?

Triangles are nifty.

[Big John]

^^ Yielding means going 25 MPH.

[The_Ginger]

April 22, 2026:

There are four "yield" signs in this photo (two of them are to the viewer's left facing away from the camera viewpoint). The cross-street has stop signs (one is visible to the left). What is the purpose of the "yield" signs? (Note: These are all new. Google Street View won't show them if you view that intersection.)

The sign shop had some extra metal they needed to get rid of so they gave them to the city to install

[TheCatalyst31]

April 22, 2026:

There are four "yield" signs in this photo (two of them are to the viewer's left facing away from the camera viewpoint). The cross-street has stop signs (one is visible to the left). What is the purpose of the "yield" signs? (Note: These are all new. Google Street View won't show them if you view that intersection.)

There's been a local epidemic of sign stealing, and the city figured hanging up some cool triangle signs would distract the thieves from the actually useful signs.

[Scott5114]

April 22, 2026:

What is the purpose of the "yield" signs?

pointy

[1995hoo]

^^ Yielding means going 25 MPH.

I'm inclined to vote for this one as yesterday's winner.

[kphoger]

23 APR 2026

Who goes first at a four-way stop?

[kphoger]

I'm inclined to vote for this one as yesterday's winner.

This is not a democracy.  There's no vote.  You can just decide who wins.