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From: The Real Bev on 9 Jul 2010 00:08 On 07/06/10 21:49, Brent wrote: > Sidewalks are most often replaced because the slabs are heaved up or > sunken. This is because they are sidewalks and constructed with a proper > base. It's easier and cheaper just to replace the bits that go up or > down too much. Pasadena solves this problem by making blacktop ramps -- roughly a 45-degree angle from low block to high block -- which are just perfect for a person in a wheelchair :-( If the difference is less than two inches, they just paint the high part with a strip of yellow paint. They did this maybe three years ago. I thought it was so that the blacktop guys would be able to easily find out where to apply their ramps, but the paint has faded to almost-concrete-color. And in the meantime they've constructed and landscaped LOTS of medians and roundouts (the things they apply to streets to prevent parking or efficient turning), which are very pretty. I can only assume that these things are what they brag about at their City Father inter-city meetings where they have to show the other City Fathers just how much 'improvement' they've done. Damn expensive bragging rights, especially with other people's money. -- Cheers, Bev ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To define recursion, we must first define recursion.
From: Criminal Drivers Murder 40,000 Americans a Year on 10 Jul 2010 00:13 On Jul 3, 12:47 pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Yesterday on the radio there was report that the gas tax is now the > lowest ever in terms of miles driven per tax dollar. This is of course > due to increases in fuel effeciency. The report went on that there is > now more wear and tear on the roads for taxes collected because people > at large are driving more for every tax dollar. > > Of course it didn't bother to mention that personal passenger vehicles > cause little to no wear and tear on the roads. So little that if > trucks heavier than a ford F150 or so were eliminated most roads would > last a century or more. > > Possible set up for: > 1) taxing per mile and tracking everyone. > 2) increased gas tax to continue to support trucking companies in the > style they are used to. > 3) increased gas tax so there is more money to divert to other purposes. This is another reason for lowering speed limits. Much much less damage to the roads.
From: Brent on 10 Jul 2010 01:33 On 2010-07-10, Criminal Drivers Murder 40,000 Americans a Year <xeton2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jul 3, 12:47�pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Yesterday on the radio there was report that the gas tax is now the >> lowest ever in terms of miles driven per tax dollar. This is of course >> due to increases in fuel effeciency. The report went on that there is >> now more wear and tear on the roads for taxes collected because people >> at large are driving more for every tax dollar. >> >> Of course it didn't bother to mention that personal passenger vehicles >> cause little to no wear and tear on the roads. So little that if >> trucks heavier than a ford F150 or so were eliminated most roads would >> last a century or more. >> >> Possible set up for: >> 1) taxing per mile and tracking everyone. >> 2) increased gas tax to continue to support trucking companies in the >> style they are used to. >> 3) increased gas tax so there is more money to divert to other purposes. > > This is another reason for lowering speed limits. Much much less > damage to the roads. You're growing more daft with age.
From: Ashton Crusher on 12 Jul 2010 00:47
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:33:10 +0000 (UTC), Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On 2010-07-10, Criminal Drivers Murder 40,000 Americans a Year <xeton2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> On Jul 3, 12:47�pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Yesterday on the radio there was report that the gas tax is now the >>> lowest ever in terms of miles driven per tax dollar. This is of course >>> due to increases in fuel effeciency. The report went on that there is >>> now more wear and tear on the roads for taxes collected because people >>> at large are driving more for every tax dollar. >>> >>> Of course it didn't bother to mention that personal passenger vehicles >>> cause little to no wear and tear on the roads. So little that if >>> trucks heavier than a ford F150 or so were eliminated most roads would >>> last a century or more. >>> >>> Possible set up for: >>> 1) taxing per mile and tracking everyone. >>> 2) increased gas tax to continue to support trucking companies in the >>> style they are used to. >>> 3) increased gas tax so there is more money to divert to other purposes. >> >> This is another reason for lowering speed limits. Much much less >> damage to the roads. > >You're growing more daft with age. > Trucks do the most damage at about 25 mph. One typical 18 wheeler is equivalent to 4000 or more cars. |