DOT rant.

It seems that every time I turn around the DOT is taking the curves out of the local roads. Is this the latest law suite craze? Junior didnt learn to drive his new Mustang/ fart can Lexus and crashed in a curve so mommy and daddy sue the DOT? I like curvy roads and wanna keep them.

If lawyers arent the problem why the hell is the county spending my tax dollars on these projects. I pay enough tax how about sending some back? You dont have to spend every damn dime...Is this happening in your neck of the woods?

Check here: Government Waste tracker

Aww crap. wrong forum. Off topic?

I used to have an awesome twisty 2 mile road 500 feet from my house. The state wanted to repave it, but didn't have enough money. The criteria for federal grants to repave roads required that the road be much straighter. So the state widened, straightened, and flattened the road because it cost less to pave.

I was very, very, very angry. The neighborhood isn't a neat woodsy curvy road New England type neighborhood anymore. Now it's a flat black asphalt straight road with lots of light posts. Stupid stupid stupid...

Move to NW Ohio, you will not lose your curvy roads, cause we don't have any

move to WNC other than Interstates all we have are curvy rds...

That is the route I took back from Daytona in January, it is surely God's driving country

There is a two lane road not far from the house that is straight for 10 miles. Be glad you had a curvy road to start with.

I live on the inside of the only bend on my road.. that is straight for a good ten miles. Unfortunately it is a fairly tight bend and my neighbor across the street cannot park cars in his driveway.. he has had 5 totaled by drunk drivers over the years.. he also lost all the trees in his front yard.

the DOT WILL put a barrier up in front of his house.. but because he requested it.. they will not maintain it.. and if anybody gets hurt of killed on it.. he is responsible

Move to eastern or southern Ohio, good fun. About a month ago my family went to visit some old friends in eastern Ohio, The most direct route is over county roads, about 2 hours worth. When we got to our friends house my 6 year old son asked if we could move there, the roads were so much fun.

I once heard there was a straight road in Arkansas, but I don't believe it.

I've seen 'em, Hess, down toward Lousiana. Straight, flat and boring. Although Florida roads are the straightest, flattest I think I've seen (followed by Kansas).

agreed, Kansas, THEN Florida.... then Nebraska...

gulf coast of texas tries hard to compete with florida and nebraska i think

Southern Ontario, just north of London. Driving hell.
The roads are so boring, all they could think of naming them was 9 Mile Rd., 10 Mile Rd., 11 Mile Rd., etc, based on how far north of the city you got.

the roads here in southern NJ would be a lot more fun if there were not so many people jamming them up.

However, the dirt fireroads through the Pine Barrens are a LOT of fun.. provided your car has the suspension to cope with them

I'd tell you we have some good roads here, but then you'd want to show up, people would find out, and that'd spoil all the fun. So, sorry!

I stopped road biking for 10 years because of the roads north of London. It was soooo boring.

But not as boring as Nebraska. And nothing is more boring than Kansas, although north Texas is close.

There's a big advantage to living in the mountains. Straight roads aren't technically possible

As for mad_machine's neighbor, I'd put up a few big rocks. If someone hits it and tries to sue, get 'em for trespassing A used car lot across the street from FM used to have the same problem, so they'd park the cars that they just couldn't sell in the impact zone. Good way to get rid of them.

There was a nice road along the Mississippi in S. Louisiana that had this nice section where you you had a quick left-right-left, then it would go over levee, dropping into a flood-plain, cut right, straightened out, then went up onto the levee on the other side.

Anyway, a few years ago, they smoothed the S-curve into a sweeper... It didn't ruin it entirely, but took out some of the challenge.

Another thing that makes me sad.

Keith wrote: I stopped road biking for 10 years because of the roads north of London. It was soooo boring. But not as boring as Nebraska. And nothing is more boring than Kansas, although north Texas is close.

Taken as a whole, Nebraska is worse than Kansas. However, the western 2/3 to 3/4 of KS are worse than Nebraska. It's the minority on the east side that keeps it marginally ahead of Nebraska.

I used to live very close to the dividing line between no curves and curves in KS.

There are still some good roads left in south eastern pennsylvania

I have a little 5 mile test track right around my house for checking out cars after I get done wrenching.

Dr. Hess wrote: I once heard there was a straight road in Arkansas, but I don't believe it.

How I love northwestern AR. Such awesome, fantastic roads. You almost can't pick a bad one in that 1/4 of the state.

Can't wait to get the E30 done so I can take it over there like I used to take my R6.

mad_machine wrote: the DOT WILL put a barrier up in front of his house.. but because he requested it.. they will not maintain it.. and if anybody gets hurt of killed on it.. he is responsible

hmm the cost of a few hundred year old trees vs the cost of a 17 y/o idot kids life who shouldn't have made it this far in the evolutional chain... hmmm hard decision... i'm all for thinning out the herd