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Think sardine can with a thick glass lid
Single or multi person
inside is like a bed but with restraints
the entire enclosure is embedded in the pavement
of a local well traveled interstate or frequently
used race track
Users can have the experience Of trucks and cars
passing inches
above their face At speed And feel
the vibrations
The state or race track could generate revenue for
roadway
upkeep bye charging a fee based on usage
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So... the idea is to be strapped to a bed watching traffic pass overhead? |
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Would you 'want' to do this [vfrackis]? |
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Doesn't the thick glass lid make the restraints redundant? |
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I once saw a woman and her child quickly climb into a kind of pit, adjacent to a railway bridge, over which the tracks passed. They waited there while a train passed over them; at least, I assume that's what they were doing. So people do seek this kind of experience. |
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I'll be danged. I could see hanging beneath the tracks lost-boys style for the woohoo factor but, hey, different strokes y'know?
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Might work at a NASCAR track. Position a construct underneath the track with a set of stairs on each side and call it a NASCAR museum. Line the entryway with some pictures of racing, charge people $5 to walk through. The highlight of the trip is getting to walk under the track during a race and seeing cars drive overhead. |
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I could see NASCAR fans going for this. And if there were some kind of malfunction, hey, fewer NASCAR fans. + |
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[+] I like it. (as long as it is safe) Kind of like the opposite of a glass-bottom boat! |
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Actually, [xandram], a particularly strong earthquake in a place near the coast could, in fact, make this exactly a glass-bottomed boat. |
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You could have some kind of mechanical interlock so it is proud of the surface but ducks down flush at the last minute when a vehicle reaches it. |
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The problems here are the glass starts slick (and oil and rain will make it moreso), making it dangerous to drive on, and then with the constant tires on it, becomes translucent, rendering the experience more of an auditory one. |
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The only kind of people that would ever climb into this thing (let alone pay for the "privilege") are those "sensation seeker" personality types... |
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...you know, the kind that join the army at 18 as a Combat Engineer, volunteer for Airborne School, Volunteer to fill the position as platoon machine gunner... in the lead gun truck... on route clearance missions.... |
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Would the glass surface be slippery for drivers? |
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Would it get covered with road gunk quickly (rubber, oil, dirt) and become unseethroughable? Who's going to run out and clean it? |
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Otherwise I don't see the need for the tight space and restraints. Build a bar underneath the road with a transparent ceiling. |
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