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Nice Planet 14: You People Make Me Sick

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jerphisch said:
The streets here are fantastic, nothing like one street that has 4 different names. Or streets that run east-west, until they run north-south, and then maybe switch to east-west again.
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One of the things I actually enjoy in Boston is driving. It has innumerable situations like this:

<img src="http://www.bostonroads.com/roads/MA-128/img2.gif" />

Down near the Foxboro turnoff state highway 128 ("America's Technology Highway") East runs West while joined to 95 North.

<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Massachusetts_Route_128.png/1280px-Massachusetts_Route_128.png" height="400" />
 
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Slap Shot said:
Before they fixed it the 169, 81 and Brookdale Blvd intersection was a hoot.

[edit] Holy s**t. I've been away so long now I am not 100% those are the 3 that cross each other at the spot to which I refer. :(
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The Devil's Triangle? If that is what you are referring to, they made that really nice, finally.

For the non-locals, yes, that is what it was known as. One of the more dangerous intersections in the state.
 
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This could probably be cross posted into four or five different threads here...

A 28 year old Wichita man was killed by police after his address was erroneously posted as the residence of another person, who was "swatted" by someone in California after an argument in a money game of call of duty, where the winner would receive around $1.50.

https://compete.kotaku.com/police-kill-28-year-old-after-prank-swatting-call-1821648110
 
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Holy ****.

Swatting is a felony, right? I hope they find the dickwad who did this.
 
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Give him 20-life for second degree murder. Certainly first degree manslaughter.
 
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Video game addicts are some of the worst people I met in college. Screaming and throwing the controller when they would lose a match. Calling each other "f@ggot" and "whore". Teabagging the avatars of opponents they just "killed". Just gross, immature people.
 
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Slap Shot said:
Before they fixed it the 169, 81 and Brookdale Blvd intersection was a hoot.
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Is that were they put in a traffic circle or is that where they put in a diverging diamond?

MN DOT put a circle south of Moorhead on US 75 at a major county route crossing and t-bones (and deaths) are way down; there are however about the same number of side-smears on the circle (which are far more survivable).

MN DOT also replaced the US 75 (aka 8th Street ;) ) at I-94 interchange with a diverging diamond. I haven't heard much about how that's going for folks. I've driven it a couple times; it's iffy when the snow is covering the lines and you're not sure if those around you are familiar with the layout.

I'm learning to like circles finally. My bias against began because my first exposure to them was Latham Circle in the NY Capital District. I'm not sure if it was the circle as much as the mess where NY 7 meets I-87. (see linked map)
 
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Now I know "swatting" is an actual thing... Not sure if my life is better because of that :rolleyes:
 
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RaceBoarder said:
Now I know "swatting" is an actual thing... Not sure if my life is better because of that :rolleyes:
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Hopefully somebody guilty of swatting has to pay for the deployment of the personnel and equipment (easily tens of thousands of dollars) and would be responsible for injury / loss of life.

I'd ask what is wrong with people but we all know what is wrong with people. They're people.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
I'm learning to like circles finally. My bias against began because my first exposure to them was Latham Circle in the NY Capital District. I'm not sure if it was the circle as much as the mess where NY 7 meets I-87. (see linked map)
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They put in a circle in my old town after our daughter was almost killed. The circle was perfect until they planted flowers on a mound in the center, blocking all visibility and turning it into a different death trap. You can't fix stupid.
 
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Kepler said:
They put in a circle in my old town after our daughter was almost killed. The circle was perfect until they planted flowers on a mound in the center, blocking all visibility and turning it into a different death trap. You can't fix stupid.
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They do that on purpose to prevent the use of the "direct route" (going straight through). I've been told it's usually big trucks that claim to not be able to navigate the circle that do it, ... and drunk drivers.
 
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