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Roads are cambered so that water drains to both the right and left edges, meaning that when drains are blocked, (which often happens) water floods and pedestrians get soaked by passing cars (sometimes deliberately).
With Reverse Camber Roads the drains are placed along the centre line of the road,
both sides of which now slope gently inwards towards them. This results in any flooding being kept well clear of pedestrians.
This saves someone like me throwing a brick (in my imagination) through the rear window of the car that delivered about a hundred gallons of filthy water over me recently.
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[+] until I can figure out why this is a dumb idea. |
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{edit: okay but you'd have to limit it to boulevards wth wide medians] |
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No, having been maliciously splashed by some clowns driving curb puddles next to pedestrian, I think free enroute carwashes are a good idea. |
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I think the problem would be ice. You don't want to spin 'into' traffic. |
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Cars would naturally drift to the center. A bad thing. |
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//Cars would naturally drift to the center. A bad thing.// So with "normal" cambering cars naturally drift towards pedestrians? |
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Yes, it's called "natural selection" ... |
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A central drain would be much more difficult to access for cleaning than one at the edge as it would mean stopping all traffic. |
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You're right. The traffic could be diverted over the sidewalks, thus culling even more unnecessary pedestrians. |
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Walking in the very middle of the road would solve the
problems raised by this idea. |
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How about making the road crested in the middle, but
have the low spot in the middle of the outermost lane in
each direction. That way sliding cars tend to stay on the
road, small puddles don't get hit at all since they are
between the wheel tracks, and deep puddles tend to be
equally deep in both wheel tracks, reducing loss of control
when someone hits them too fast. |
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Of course it would probably be cheaper just to keep the
drains clear. |
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// the car that delivered about a hundred gallons of
filthy water over me recently// Serves you right for
hanging around outside McDonald's. |
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It was you wasn't it! Confess or "other methods" will be applied. (start heating up the asparagus press Igor) |
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//A central drain would be much more difficult to access for cleaning than one at the edge as it would mean stopping all traffic.// Actually it wouldn't. You only need to block the outer lanes to access the central area, in the same way as you only need to block the inner lanes to access the drains adjacent to the pavements. |
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//"other methods"// I'm still waiting for the first
methods. Feel free to torture the asparagus as
much as you like - it means nothing to me. |
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gently undulating roads with drains going across them. ah, the joys of a gentle sunday afternoon drive in the country with the top down. |
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//Feel free to torture the asparagus as much as you like - it
means nothing to me. |
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<Midge Ure sends out for extra lawyers.> |
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//with drains going across them// FAIL - the drains run along the centre of the roads, not across them.... |
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//torture the asparagus as much as you like - it means nothing to me.// Alas, you have miss-read, but Igor will show you the way. |
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I never misread. It's invariably others who have
miswrit. |
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