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Very simple, really. A thin plastic, fiberglass, wood, or metal board
mounted on the streetside of the sidewalk about a meter high and
2-4 meters long in front of bus stops, leaning slightly outward
towards the street, to protect travellers from asshole motorists
who
seem to think it's funny
to
deliberately splash people on the side
of
the street with the filthy road runoff that accumulates by the curb.
Budget and funding limitations be damned, I'll build the fucking
things myself if I have to.
That is all.
you could stand on the other side of this
http://www.directen...images/2/3293LG.jpg
[xandram, Jun 06 2012]
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Ah yes, lost my only cigarette to a couple of assholes thirty years ago in exactly that manner. They thought it was funny. I'll help you build them. |
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Ya know, the really damnable thing about it is that I'm less
bothered by being made cold and wet as I am by getting my
clothes stained by the dirty water. |
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There must be more than 3 ways solve this:
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1) your way;
2) digging tunnels to drain the water, so there's nothing to splash;
3) creating a conditional speed limit sign (valid on rainy days only), with automatic speed measuring machine,
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What else? Hmm.. But I like your simple way. |
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4) Buy a car so you don't have to wait for the bus in
the rain like a sucker… |
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I was thinking they could just turn those glass bus shelters around to face the sidewalk instead of the street! |
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I remember crouching quickly behind an opened golf
umbrella to avoid this very problem, one day. I was
the only person in the vicinity who remained dry.
One woman had water brimming over the edge of her
handbag after the bus had gone past and emptied
the puddle in our direction. |
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You could always try Kneebrellas. |
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That bus stop design in the link is truly inspired. If I were a
wishing man, I'd wish for one of those at every stop in my town.
However, the cost of something like that would definitely be
prohibitive here. The idea I'm going for is something rough and
ready that'll get the job done, something that the ordinary
citizen can put to together as a DIY project if the city won't fund
it. |
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That image looks like somewhere in Germany. |
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That doesn't surprise me. Ze Germans are quite advanced in a
lot of ways |
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// If I were a wishing man, I'd wish for one of those at every stop in my town.
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In the meantime, you can set forth a proposition to drive on the sidewalks and walk on the streets. |
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I'm currently in the process of moving a petition to allow me
park on a parkway and drive through a driveway. |
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Perhaps one could carry a small plastic bag of superabsorbent polymer powder. Sprinkle a bit into the curbside puddle and transform the puddle into a gelatinous and homogenous goo that breaks down in a few hours. Either that, or custard powder. |
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You can't use custard powder, silly... it just turns
into speed bumps.
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Then, later, it dries out and turns into dust and the
clowns fro the Dept of Environment, Sustainable
Stationery Purchasing and Solar Panel Rebate
Reduction run around and fine everyone who
breathed in the dust. |
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