Conversation with an Engineer, Street Project

[christpray]

Haha this is hellarious !!

[sociopathicregret]

Just because accidents have not happened does not mean that they cannot happen; making a street safer and improving traffic flow reduces congestion, tailgating accidents, and such. Smoothing the street out also increases sight distance, giving motorists reaction time. Plowing into someone's yard isn't always a nice thing though.

[BigSmilezAllDay]

U should watch milky and friends its a pawz movie butFUNNY

[freewilliam93]

so your going to make THESTREETMORESAFE?

[2902hawthorne]

Sounds like DOD-speak.

[treeluvar]

Wonderful. This is my life as an engineer. It's like talking to a wall to work with other engineers who are standards driven. Can't we go back to using our brains rather than memorizing standards?

[dessertdeb1]

Horizontal clearance is the lateral offset distance from the edge of the traveled way, shoulder or other designated point to a vertical roadside element. These dimensional values are not calculated, and are not intended to constitute a clear zone. They are intended to provide a roadside environment that is not likely to have an adverse affect on motorists' using the roadway.

[dustinlawrence]

i love it. the engineers in my town tried doing this a few years back, taking our old narrow tree lined street and trying to widen it by removing trees. The neighborhood battled the City and won. The street is beautiful.

[Dunkleosteus3691]

While we should respect engineers because they are essential to our way of life, this video shows how paint-by-the-numbers dumb they can be sometimes. This is a real life situation: the standards are real and they are what are used to "make streets safe." Funny and clever animation video - good job!

[cutegrl02]

lol this cracks me up!

[clifdweller77]

And if someone gets hurt, they will sue the state because the street is sub-standard.

[HPTransitMom]

This is hilarious!

[Amblyopic]

haha!  this is awesome!