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Sort of baked...in the Sinai they leave the crashed
vehicles where they are, so get a visual indication of
how dangerous this bit of road is. |
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Entering Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base in
California, you'll see a wrecked vehicle on display
that's meant to remind the recruits not to drink and
drive. |
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Tried to find a picture before realizing it's not always
easy to find pictures of many U.S. military facilities
on the web. It's there, take my word for it. |
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See link to view road sign in UK that warns you of
danger of crashing into a giant black dot. These
damned dots are everywhere. They are the direct
opposite of potholes but just as bad. |
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OK, that's clearly meant to CAUSE accidents by
distracting people trying to figure out what that sign
means. |
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Might as well have "KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD"
signs on the side of the road reminding people not to
look at signs on the side of the road. |
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Bun protocol executed. (for link) |
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// danger of crashing into a giant black dot. // |
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Nasty, but not half as bad as those ACME Self-adhesive Fake Tunnels the Highways Agency have started using since all the budget cuts. |
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// Might as well have "KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD" signs on the side of the road reminding people not to look at signs on the side of the road. // |
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Oh, we've got that. Except they're electronic billboards hung above the highway which, when they're not reporting that you're inside a clusterfuck traffic condition, happily go on about seatbelts, lane changes, keeping proper distances, alcohol... and of course "distracted driving". |
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I'm not sure a sense of humour is a plus in government. |
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"CARS DON'T KILL PEOPLE - DISTRACTING ROAD SIGNS KILL PEOPLE" |
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"(This distracting message brought to you by the NRA)" |
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Or maybe just "DON'T READ THIS SIGN!" |
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Near me, there is a sign telling you to "slow down, high
casualty road". I'm not sure how widespread these are. |
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How about green roads and red roads? The redder
it
gets the less safe it is? Paint contractors would
love
that one. |
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I think you'd have to have a gradient between
green
and red so people didn't slam on their brakes.
What's
that? Purple? Might be kind of confusing. |
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OK, it basically makes brown plus painting roads is
impractical. |
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Red botts dots, those reflective dots. Maybe not all
red, just featuring a reflective red spot. This is the
universally recognized signal to stop because it's
the same color as brake lights. |
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Again, slamming on the brakes might be an issue. |
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How about just having the road reflectors get
wider? Trying to think of something that's intuitive
like: "Is the road getting narrower? I better slow
down." You could also have them get progressively
wider over several yards to avoid the whole brake
slamming thing. |
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Actually, forget having to put expensive dots, just
have white lines that extend out from either side,
progressively further as you enter the dangerous
stretch of road. It would have almost a cross walk
vibe. Stripes in the road mean slow down. |
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I think that's the best approach. It also directs the
eyes to the road which you want. |
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//Near me, there is a sign telling you to "slow
down, high casualty road"//
The accidents
are caused by people slowing down -
the better strategy is to go as fast as possible so as
to spend as little time as you can in the vicinity of
the accident
black-spot. |
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