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In the town where I grew up, they put in a traffic circle just o the other side of the crest of a very small hill. The circle is not lighted and has short curbs.
It was placed in an area where for years there was just a straight road with a basis low traffic intersection. 2-way stop.
At night, if you do not know to look for it, it is very easy to drive over the very small curb and median, not knowing the traffic circle was there. Tow drivers and tire companies love this circle.
They added some of those yellow signs with arrows which, if you are a long time resident, can be really confusing right here. you can see the road beyond the signs, it looks like it travels straight but, the signs tell you it is a sharp curve. The first time I saw this it confused the heck out of me and I traveled the circle a few times before that.
I see people stop there trying to figure out what is going on. It causes rear end accidents because people new coming across this needs to process it and despite it being open ground, you cannot see the roadway approaching this so, there is no time to preprocess what you need to do to be effective.
Driving to it, you see your road appearing to go straight for another half mile except, there's these signs that appear to be in the middle of the road, once you get right up on it, you see it is a very small traffic circle.
It might have been the first traffic circle in the whole county.
EXACTLY. Just donating money to this program isn't going to make this the best team in the nation. It needs leadership to take it there, along with the resources, and I just don't think this program has the coaches to take it back to the MNC.
This leads to the biggest problem I have with the stupid 'EMPTY TROPHY CASE.' If it is not the goal for the football team to get to the MNC game and win it, then it's just a pipe dream. Beamer has said repeatedly that his goal is to win the ACC. Unless Beamer makes it the football team's goal to win the MNC, and asks for the resources from the AD, then the ETC should be removed because it really is a joke at this point.
A lot of times it's not someone not focusing, it's the relative uniqueness of these traffic devices.
Different localities use them differently and the optimum traffic flow is not often obvious to the new user.
Ever go into a shopping center and find people stopping where they don't need to because they expect a stop sign or drive through a stop sign because they don't see it painted on the road?
Ever walk up to a really nice door at a large building like a bank or museum and press on the wrong side of the door or pull instead of push to pass through?
These are problems of things being not intuitively designed or poorly designed.
Ever try to follow highway signs in Portland, Oregon? You couldn't do that due to idiocy and poor design.
This bugs me for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it plays right into the stereotype the writer says of most fans that:
Is it sterotype or cynicism? I have often wondered about things like that. Last year, the big story was Manziel and it continued during the offseason and this fall. Then we had the Cam Newton story which dominated the headlines leading up to Auburn national championship game. Every year, there always seem to be a story about rule breaking and the instutitions seem to be flaunting it, daring the NCAA to do something about. UNC and the on-going academic scandal which has not been resolved. FSU and the "Free Shoes" story. The list seem to go on and on.
I find this statement to be curious,
Some teams take things too far, but to think that any team is 100% squeaky clean is a pipe dream.
Are you suggesting even Virginia Tech is not 100% squeaky clean? I'm not trying to pick a fight. I just found this to be curious.
I think that is why some players do not full mature until they make it to the NFL or venture into the real world, when they get the reality check and someone puts them in their place.
I somewhat agree with this. Recently, the case of Incogito would back this assertion. I think it's not just in the NFL, but in the NBA as well.
I think it goes beyond college. I think this happens even in high school. The horrible rape case surrounding several high school football players in a town somewhere in Indiana (?) threw an ugly light over a town that enabled those high school kids to get away with drinking, drugs, skipping classes as long as their school were winning games.
What is that?
I work with a football GA
Oregon
Minnesota
A&M
UCLA
Mizzou
Baylor
too bad it's not a traffic circle.. you could catch a lot of idiots that just get stuck going round and round and round...
Does anyone know if he's as lethal catching passes out of the backfield as he is running over people?
Already bought my PS4 and love it.
Throwback Thursday to everyone's favorite mullet man: Joey Phillips. Stumbled across this on Twitter and had to share.
(Heavy sigh)
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# | In light of CJ getting kicked off the team, FSU's Winston's being investigated for sexual assault. It would be interesting if he gets arrested and FSU has to go with the third string QB in the Acc title game. Duke would probably march up and down the field on 'em. Even if VT gets the nod over Duke..we could make a game of it.
I'm not sure what the $140 deal is, but definitely get the slim. Damn near zero chance of getting a dud.
Also, congrats on finally moving up to HD gaming!
Just VT please..
I've got a feeling that Duke won't beat the Heels..Duke has to lose at some point, right?
Well, this thread is practically the exact same:
You're saying There's a Chance...
And here's another:
Coastal Divsion - Whats the Outcome?
And it's been discussed in at least three other threads that maybe weren't specifically written about the scenarios.
Those were the days..glad Mike is a Hokie. That FSU game was painful..thought we had it after the comeback.
Ha, didn't see the other ones
Okay...how many of these threads are we going to make in the next two weeks?
This was pretty good and I'm impressed. Mellow beats and good vocals. His voice reminds me of Andre 3000 a little bit in Hollow Things.
As some people have mentioned, roundabouts are the future. They're new, and the more that they're introduced, the better they will be. I've seen people flip out when VDOT mentions a roundabout just because no one knows now to use them. My boss loves them, and I've grown to appreciate them. There's nothing worse than it being late at night and you get hung up at a red light with no one else around, that's why I like them. But yeah, if you read the facts, you'll see why VDOT is all about roundabouts. The two big ones are safety, and money. They save TONS of money.
The story is sickening because it happens period. I don't think it really matters where it happens, it just needs to stop happening, which considering the money made by athletic departments, I know coaches, handlers, boosters, etc, will always feed the players egos and will let them get away with practically anything.
he said, "You know if this happens at Florida State, it has to happen at places like Alabama and LSU..."
This bugs me for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it plays right into the stereotype the writer says of most fans that:
the other guys are dirty dirty dirty that's the only way they could possibly beat us.
Some teams take things too far, but to think that any team is 100% squeaky clean is a pipe dream. If you grow up in a rough area, that is what you know. That doesn't make it right, but they need someone to teach them right rather than hold their hands and feed their ego which is what 'handlers' do. I think that is why some players do not full mature until they make it to the NFL or venture into the real world, when they get the reality check and someone puts them in their place.
Bonus gifs from tonight's game!
Jimmy Graham kills goal post
Sad little Falcons fan is sad
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Arthur Blank says "eff this shit"
After the UNCheat exposure and non-punishment by the NCAA, nothing surprises me anymore.