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Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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Re: Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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Driving in montana before the state implemented a max speed, I'd have my cruise control set at 100 mph. I remember seeing limos pass me like I was sitting still. I miss those days.

Driving through Montana is how I discovered my current car won't let me set the cruise control higher than 90 mph.

Probably for the best, they do have 80 mph speed limits now, but lots of drivers there still drive like there's no speed limit.

Re: Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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The title and some of the comments assume it would be something like if you take 15 extra minutes you would just die. When in reality it would just be an increase in cancer risk. If it were THAT contaminated they'd use the AREA CLOSED the article mentions anyways.

To be fatal within days you need about 10,000 mSv of exposure. Even with heavy fallout, exposure would probably be around 10 mSv per hour.

Re: Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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Weird. I wonder how those signs were supposed to be installed. So dangerous you need to blow through at 120mph, but safe enough for a worker to stand there for awhile installing a new sign.

There were volunteers even in Chernobyl. (Not-really volunteers as well)

> (Not-really volunteers as well)

There were many volunteers at Chernobyl, like the three engineers who went underwater to close the valves, many people fully understood the risks associated and still worked on it voluntarily. Lets not belittle their sacrifices by snide political commentary

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Re: Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There were volunteers even in Chernobyl. (Not-really volunteers as well)

> (Not-really volunteers as well) There were many volunteers at Chernobyl, like the three engineers who went underwater to close the valves, many people fully understood the risks associated and still worked on it voluntarily. Lets not belittle their sacrifices by snide political commentary

Let's also not belittle the sacrifice of the unwilling prisoners sent to die

Re: Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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Interestingly enough, the Fukushima exclusion zone has roads that pretty much fit the bill. They're the pink lines on this map (PDF), with the exclusion zone in gray:

https://www.meti.go.jp/english/earthquake/nuclear/roadmap/pd...

You are permitted to drive through but not stop or get out of your car. I presume ordinary speed limits apply though, so no exciting post-apocalyptic signage.

Re: Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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Driving in montana before the state implemented a max speed, I'd have my cruise control set at 100 mph. I remember seeing limos pass me like I was sitting still. I miss those days.

Reasonable and prudent is objectively the best speed limit.

Going 110 on a dry empty highway? Carry on.

Going 110 on I-90 right outside of Billings? Pull over young man, its time for the highway patrol to have a philosophical discussion with you on the side of the road.

Re: Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

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