• wander1236
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    2391 year ago

    I’m pretty sure it’s saying you can’t turn left onto the road to the left of the intersection. Looks like some pretty bad road design.

    • andrew
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      1461 year ago

      I didn’t realize we were here to play geoguessr but you win!

      • BarqsHasBite
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        871 year ago

        I’m gonna say it’s easy when the street names are in the photo.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 year ago

          It’s also easier when there are no rules saying you can’t enter that road name into Google maps.

        • andrew
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          Easier, definitely. And a unique street name. But it’s quite hard to read the cross street name. All I can see is the “E DR” at the end. I probably wouldn’t have bothered from just seeing the one street and no other text.

          • wander1236
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            51 year ago

            I got lucky with Google Maps highlighting the apartment building in the background as a POI to match up with.

        • @[email protected]
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          71 year ago

          Atlanta and Peachtree Rd/Ln/Dr/Ave/Way/Plaza/literally 65 more variations of this say hello.

          • @Sausage_Mahoney
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            41 year ago

            I think it makes giving directions easier. Everything in this town is ‘just off Peachtree’

        • Decoy321OP
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          31 year ago

          ¡Dale asereeeee!

    • @[email protected]
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      721 year ago

      I understand the intent from your graphic, but given the signage, I would not have known what they expected of me.

      • BarqsHasBite
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        321 year ago

        The painting on the road should indicate a 45° left instead of 90° left.

        • naticus
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          131 year ago

          More like 135°.

            • @[email protected]
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              31 year ago

              True, although since you’re specifically referring to the angle indicated by the painting on the road, referring to the angle of the painted arrow itself would be clearer.

              • BarqsHasBite
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                ? I’m saying the painting on the road should be painted as 45° instead of its current 90°.

                • wander1236
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                  61 year ago

                  I think they’re saying the arrow would be drawn at a 135° angle compared to the “vertical” base.

    • Decoy321OP
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      331 year ago

      You’re absolutely correct. I just thought it made for a funny photo. It’s very on brand for this city to do dumb shit like this.

      • @[email protected]
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        I’ve been confused and made dangerous choices in traffic for less stupid reasons. Not trying to deflect all blame but considering the lowest common denominator, road construction and signs really need to pay much more attention to the limits of the human brain.

        Half of us have an IQ below 100 and we could be driving in darkness, with rain pouring down and facing traffic that shines its headlights into our eyes. The road needs to have an affordance that suggests to the driver how to drive correctly, instead of causing confusion when you already have a lot of traffic to keep track of.

    • @takeda
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      161 year ago

      Bad road design for sure, but the sign still could be better. For example they could make a custom sign, draw the intersection and mark explicitly that you can’t turn to Oakwood.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      This is exactly the type of content i was hoping for when i clicked on the comments. Thank you for all you hard work sluthing for an explination of a random photo. Its truly gods work that your doing.

  • @helmet91
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    Apart from what some commenters already pointed out (about the orientation of the roads there), I’m not sure how it’s going in the US, but in Europe, we have a hierarchy, where the sign on a pole takes precedence over the sign painted on the road.

    The hierarchy is:

    1. Police officer’s hand signs
    2. Traffic lights
    3. Signs on a pole
    4. Signs painted on the road

    According to this, you cannot turn left, even though it looks like a left turning lane.

    Is there such a thing in the US?

    • @[email protected]
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      401 year ago

      Is there such a thing in the US?

      Yeah.

      1. Whatever the heck I want, because “ma freedom”
      2. Police officer’s hand signs
      3. Traffic lights
      4. Signs on a pole
      5. Signs painted on the road
    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      in Europe, we have a hierarchy

      This is definitely not true for all of Europe. In Germany, for instance, signs on roads have equal precedence to signs on poles.

          • JohnEdwa
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            Here in Finland we just wait for snow, then you can’t see the painted one.

            Which is why it was such a great idea to replace our solid “you can’t pass here” lines from their old bright yellow to EU matching white so that that self driving cars understand them correctly. So now during the winter both of us and the machines can’t see them equally well.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          That’s the neat part: They don’t. At least I have never seen confusing signage/markings.

            • @[email protected]
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              01 year ago

              In Germany we actually test people before we let them drive cars. If you’re from the US, this concept might be unfamiliar :D

              • shastaxc
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                11 year ago

                This has nothing to do with the drivers, and more to do with municipal workers putting up signage.

    • @MeanEYE
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      11 year ago

      Lately the trend is for temporary signs to have yellow background instead of white. So if you see road construction you’ll see a yellow background sign.

      • HobbitFoot
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        81 year ago

        Orange you sure that construction signs shouldn’t be a different color?

        • @MeanEYE
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          41 year ago

          Yes, not yellow, not sure what I was talking about.

        • icedterminal
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          51 year ago

          Yellow signs are suggestions or warnings. Always have been. Construction (temporary) are orange. As seen in the OP.

          When it comes to what order on how you should follow them:

          • Orange
          • White
          • Yellow
        • @MeanEYE
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          11 year ago

          They are I just said the wrong color.

    • Decoy321OP
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      For real. It’s not even the dumbest shit I’ve seen today. Someone missed an entrance onto i95, so they drove up the offramp intended for the opposite direction. Got 50ft before an oncoming car made them realize their mistake.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        I overheard someone in a court house trying to argue with who I assumed was their assigned counsel that it’s totally legal to enter on an off ramp, as long as you’re going in reverse.

    • @uis
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      31 year ago

      Gators?

  • @[email protected]
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    Sometimes construction makes for unexpected detours.

    (I should probably mention that it’s also a dead end road, so no backing out)

    • Octopus
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      191 year ago

      They really said “fuck that house in particular!”

    • Decoy321OP
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      71 year ago

      Gotta jump that roof like a ramp

      • @lemmegogo
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        51 year ago

        The guy that owns that white car already fell into this trap and got stuck, said screw it, parked, and just moved into the house.

  • @mysoulishome
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    341 year ago

    It’s a detour…you have to drive through the bush.

  • @EpicFailGuy
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    211 year ago

    Hi neighbor … we should really make /c/miami

    • Decoy321OP
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      71 year ago

      I’m surprised it doesn’t already exist. Do you want the honors? I already mod a few groups here, I can easily help with that too.

      • @EpicFailGuy
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        71 year ago

        Do eet! I don’t have the time to run ANOTHER community

        • Decoy321OP
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          51 year ago

          Dale. I’ll figure that out once I’m off work later.

      • @EpicFailGuy
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        31 year ago

        Miami dade exists in it’s own state separate from Florida …

        a state of chaos (and it’s constant)

  • linuxgator
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    121 year ago

    That’s Miami. Nobody pays attention to street signs anyway.

    • Decoy321OP
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      41 year ago

      Exactly. I assume that’s why they didn’t bother doing the proper signage.

      Pa la pinga.

  • key
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    101 year ago

    So just… Detour through the hedge?

    • @YoBuckStopsHere
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      91 year ago

      I just did the same thing. No left turn onto Oakwood Dr.

        • @YarHarSuperstar
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          41 year ago

          For me I’m hearing it to the tune of the black sabbath song.

          • roguetrick
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            Has he lost his keys?
            Can he buy or is it leased?
            Can he drive at all
            If he moves, maybe uhaul?

      • @MeanEYE
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        11 year ago

        That is such a bad road design. So basically if you want to turn left you have to cut through bigger road and leave it immediately.

  • @Jerb322
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    51 year ago

    The Detour sign says that you should go through the ‘Do Not Enter’…

  • @MeanEYE
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    51 year ago

    Makes perfect sense to me. Sign on a pole takes precedence over sign on road.

  • @_number8_
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    -71 year ago

    many signs should really be treated as suggestions. so many roads here with zero fucking business being 35 here

    • kase
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      21 year ago

      Alright nervous as I am to ask, what does this mean?