Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[vdeane]

21 SEP 2026

When people talk about a highway being up to "Interstate standards" or not, what do they mean by that term?

It bypasses Sugar Grove, IL.

2 things:
1. I think this is the winner!!!!
2. Did I start a meme on here, by accident?

Are you not aware that you're being made fun of?

[Sapphuby]

21 SEP 2026

When people talk about a highway being up to "Interstate standards" or not, what do they mean by that term?

Whether or not it has more than 250 AADT so that it can be a fritzowl designation.

[pderocco]

21 SEP 2026

When people talk about a highway being up to "Interstate standards" or not, what do they mean by that term?

If they say it is, they mean it's still not good enough for California to sign it.

[Max Rockatansky]

21 SEP 2026

When people talk about a highway being up to "Interstate standards" or not, what do they mean by that term?

If they say it is, they mean it's still not good enough for California to sign it.

For the most part here the reasons why particular corridors aren't "Interstate design standard" are fairly obvious. 

[kphoger]

1. I think this is the winner!!!!

It was my question.  And you are wrong.  It wasn't the winning answer.

2. Did I start a meme on here, by accident?

There's a yo momma joke in there somewhere...

[kphoger]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

[Max Rockatansky]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Your favorite highway relocated to Indiana.

[xonhulu]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

It steals Christmas from Whoville?

[kphoger]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

If Rothman thinks you're a wimp for counting it.

[CoreySamson]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Unsportmanlike conduct, exiting and entering at same interchange. 15 mile penalty, repeat 2nd down.

[hotdogPi]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

A pebble moves at the end of the route, so there's 1/4 inch you don't have yet.

[vdeane]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

If you didn't drive ever nanometer of pavement.  For example, if you're clinching NY 5, and you turn to go into McDonald's here, even if you re-enter at the same driveway, there will still be small section of pavement (~15-20 feet or so) that you didn't drive, so you must turn around and re-clinch that section.

[JayhawkCO]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Some pedant determines that you have to travel both directions and all lanes of travel in order to count it.

[kphoger]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

A shield error is fixed post-clinch, which means that that portion of the road used to be a different route than it is now:  what used to be a short gap in the route is now a short gap in your clinch.

(I'm kind of proud of this answer.)

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

You do the entirety of both directions of the 405, but it was disqualified due to lack of traffic at the time you were on it.

[Declan127]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Pipe bomb

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Your favorite highway relocated to Indiana.

I was going to say something, but I know the forum's rule about politics.

[kphoger]

I was going to say something

You did.

[Mapmikey]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Sphincter was not MUTCD compliant.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

I was going to say something

You did.

I was trying to make a political statement but I tried not to

[kphoger]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

The sun becomes a red giant and completely melts the highway, necessitating that it be removed from Travel Mapping (the highway, not the sun).

[GaryV]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Your team didn't secure a playoff spot because one second was added onto the game clock.

[kphoger]

But of course, this is a roads forum, so the conversation starter should be road-related.

Your team didn't secure a playoff spot because one second was added onto the game clock.

Well, technically, I didn't say the answers had to be road-related...  *sigh*

[Big John]

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23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

You did part of it at night, making you unable to see the whole roadway.

[NE2]

23 SEP 2026

What's one reason a clinch might be disqualified?

Sphincter was not MUTCD compliant.

Was someone trying to clinch the Hyrox race?