Count0 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 4 hours ago, ScottsGT said: My grandson. We need to meme this pic! 150 hours to build. 1.25 seconds to wreck! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggtim Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 3/30/2024 at 9:42 AM, k5ikl said: I'm saving that.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bomber_County Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 12 hours ago, Martinnfb said: I know what it is, they are all driving on the WRONG side of the road……you guys…….. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, Bomber_County said: I know what it is, they are all driving on the WRONG side of the road……you guys…….. LOL! Never been to England, but my mind was freaking out when we went to a Caribbean island that was left hand drive. And I was just the passenger. Traffic circles. A great idea from Europe that has been imported here. One small problem no one thought about before incorporating them on to US roads. We have NASCAR racing. Idiots hit the smallest of traffic circles and they think they are their favorite driver trying to take the lead lap and force the other driver into the wall. And then you have drivers that are afraid they are going to break their gas pedal if the step on it too hard. Edit: A new boat landing and beach area they completed last year has a couple of traffic circles incorporated into the roadway leading to the landing area. First problem is there are no roads inter-sectioning the main road. Just a circle in the middle of nowhere. Second, they didn’t build them big enough for a truck pulling a boat. Everyone that has used it hates it. outside the circle is a dirt road circle from guys pulling boats. It’s a joke about South Carolina engineering. It’s obvious that the idiot that designed it never pulled a boat in his life. They even put in islands around the parking area for boat trailers to get hung up on. Now we have everyone having to drive down the wrong side of the road to get out from the launch ramp or risk de-rimming a trailer tire. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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biggtim Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/6/2024 at 4:50 AM, ScottsGT said: LOL! Never been to England, but my mind was freaking out when we went to a Caribbean island that was left hand drive. And I was just the passenger. Traffic circles. A great idea from Europe that has been imported here. One small problem no one thought about before incorporating them on to US roads. We have NASCAR racing. Idiots hit the smallest of traffic circles and they think they are their favorite driver trying to take the lead lap and force the other driver into the wall. And then you have drivers that are afraid they are going to break their gas pedal if the step on it too hard. Edit: A new boat landing and beach area they completed last year has a couple of traffic circles incorporated into the roadway leading to the landing area. First problem is there are no roads inter-sectioning the main road. Just a circle in the middle of nowhere. Second, they didn’t build them big enough for a truck pulling a boat. Everyone that has used it hates it. outside the circle is a dirt road circle from guys pulling boats. It’s a joke about South Carolina engineering. It’s obvious that the idiot that designed it never pulled a boat in his life. They even put in islands around the parking area for boat trailers to get hung up on. Now we have everyone having to drive down the wrong side of the road to get out from the launch ramp or risk de-rimming a trailer tire. Having towed many a trailer and driven many large trucks in my life, and also having been responsible for actually designing quite a few large parking lots in my regular line of work, I can tell you that most people who lay them out have not a @#&*((&%$ clue what they are doing. The sad part is that those design standards are readily available if you take a few minutes to look, yet we still get poorly engineered things like what you mentioned. A sad commentary on modern standards of acceptance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GusMac Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 3 hours ago, biggtim said: Having towed many a trailer and driven many large trucks in my life, and also having been responsible for actually designing quite a few large parking lots in my regular line of work, I can tell you that most people who lay them out have not a @#&*((&%$ clue what they are doing. The sad part is that those design standards are readily available if you take a few minutes to look, yet we still get poorly engineered things like what you mentioned. A sad commentary on modern standards of acceptance. There was a famous/infamous traffic circle in Dundee when I was a student there which when you approached it was lined up completely wrong with the approach road. If you followed your instinct you would have driven round it the wrong way ie as though it was for a drive on the right set up. It needed a very hard turn back against yourself to get on it correctly. The rumour was that the alignment was like this as they actually built it and then realised that it was a circular stain from the bottom of a coffee mug! Given the standard of the town planners around then, it's not beyond the realms of possibility! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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biggtim Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, k5ikl said: Right on!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 20 minutes ago, biggtim said: Right on!! X2 !!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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