h a l f b a k e r yRenovating the wheel
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Every morning when driving to work there is this one spot on the highway where the sun is just peaking over the horizon, blinding everyone and causing even more congestion then there usually is, after the road takes a turn to the right everything is better and traffic picks up. Why not construct a series
of tracks, similar to garage door tracks, over the highway that during the problem time of day a shade is automatically pulled over the tracks. These tracks would be in succession, one after another, for only about 800-1000ft over the problem area. It could be funded by corporate advertisements, a private group with fun inspirational messages, or the transportation authority with messages like buckle-up. The shade would be a lightweight material, probably some kind of banner like that used on billboards, disposable, interchangeable, and pulled over the highway with some kind of electric motor/pully system. It could be meshed so as not to collect water, or just not pulled over the highway on rainy days, since if its overcast and raining the sun isnt a problem anyways.
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If the sun is just peeking over the horizon, why not just have a sunshade/billboard/wall at the end of the problematic section of highway, instead of over the top of the highway? |
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Or permanent, vertical slats like a great, horizontal Venetian blind over the road segment. |
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Thus relabeling certain problem areas as blind curves? |
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