No Reported Road Problems

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I wish I had my camera today.....


It was lunch time,.... we had our first big snow for the winter, meaning, people were driving like idiots.

So, I'm sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic that is moving about 2 mph for over an hour straight. When I finally aproach the accident, I see that it's about a 30 car pile-up; quite possibly the worst I've ever seen.

Fortunately, thats not the funny part,... what I wanted the camera for was to take a pic of the huge 30'x15' sign my tax dollars put up last year. It's an LED updatable highway sign that notifies you of any road problems.

Despite to dozens of wrecked cars, semi's and emergency vehicles only 100ft away,.. the sign read "NO REPORTED ROAD PROBLEMS",..... :lol: :irked: :p :lol: :irked: :banghead: :banghead: :odd: :banghead: :odd: :banghead: :odd: :banghead: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by 911_Carrera
I know this isn't the point but I suppose anyone who could see what had happened wouldn't really need to look at the sign lol.
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I was looking at the sign for the better half of 1/2 an hour before I could see the accident.....
 
The Florida DOT installed a couple dozen of those for the more populated highways, but other than 3 "Amber Alerts", and a myriad of reminders to wear a seatbelt, they've only once told me that traffic will get snarled up soon.

They seem to be a big waste. Those who control the boards are so distant from what's going on, so it's too late to report anything useful.

On the other hand, those Amber Alerts make you feel like you have some sort of bad guy to chase down!
 
Ironically,.. the Amber Alerts were developed after the real Amber was abducted here in Western Mich a few years back...... I have yet to see an alert on one of the signs :lol: But yeah,.. it's usually "Drive Sober" and "Click it or Ticket"
 
In the UK "common passing lanes" used to be not so very rare as they are these days - a central third lane on single carriageway roads for cars going either way to pass in.

One such road, over the Pennines, was often covered in snow, and right at the end of one was a lump of compacted snow/ice, barely visible until you reached it.

Someone clearly hadn't noticed it, because his car was off the left hand side of the road, 25 feet off the ground, wedged in a tree...
 

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