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As you approach a particularly dangerous curve where many
have died, the danger meter pegs out at 10, deep red or
whatever so you can be more careful negotiating that area.
Inspired by the below idea.
Lifted from this idea.
Death_20topography
[doctorremulac3, Jan 21 2019]
Accident Black Spot
http://www.roads.or...ck-spot/closeup.jpg
[xenzag, Jan 21 2019]
Death Transmitter
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Prior Art [8th of 7, Jan 21 2019]
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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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