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Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

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Post by vasco »

tda wrote: post #105
wkat4242 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the Netherlands we don't use concrete plates. Just asphalt, usually the highly absorbent type. It wears very quickly and ice buildup damages it so it gets replaced a lot. But this is the advantage of a small country with many people. Good infrastructure.

And the best thing: new top layers are applied frequently (sometimes yearly). And they are literally applied overnight: construction starts at 23:00 and is completed before 06:00. And even better, the road isn't even closed. One night they pave the right lane and the next the left lane is paved. Complete road closures for maintenance are exceedingly rare. And if they happen, it will be at night and/or in the weekend.…

And then they limit you to 80km/h on any highways (even huge 5 lane ones) because of trying to fight emissions, instead of 120km/h as almost everywhere else. It's more frustrating than a few holes in the tarmac. I mean sure reduce emissions, but when you have private jets flying all the time and huge steel factories it's a bit frustrating to be told a motorcycle needs to stay at 80km/h to protect the environment.

Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

#112

Post by Aqwis »

tda wrote: post #105
wkat4242 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the Netherlands we don't use concrete plates. Just asphalt, usually the highly absorbent type. It wears very quickly and ice buildup damages it so it gets replaced a lot. But this is the advantage of a small country with many people. Good infrastructure.

And the best thing: new top layers are applied frequently (sometimes yearly). And they are literally applied overnight: construction starts at 23:00 and is completed before 06:00. And even better, the road isn't even closed. One night they pave the right lane and the next the left lane is paved. Complete road closures for maintenance are exceedingly rare. And if they happen, it will be at night and/or in the weekend.…

The difference between the quality of the infrastructure (esp. roads and rail) in the Netherlands and Belgium must surely be the most convincing testament to what a country loses from even relatively mild (from a worldwide point-of-view) levels of interethnic squabbling!

Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

#115

Post by rocqua »

vasco wrote: post #111
tda wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the best thing: new top layers are applied frequently (sometimes yearly). And they are literally applied overnight: construction starts at 23:00 and is completed before 06:00. And even better, the road isn't even closed. One night they pave the right lane and the next the left lane is paved. Complete road closures for maintenance are exceedingly rare. And if they happen, it will be at night and/or in the weekend.…

And then they limit you to 80km/h on any highways (even huge 5 lane ones) because of trying to fight emissions, instead of 120km/h as almost everywhere else. It's more frustrating than a few holes in the tarmac. I mean sure reduce emissions, but when you have private jets flying all the time and huge steel factories it's a bit frustrating to be told a motorcycle needs to stay at 80km/h to protect the environment.

The limit is 100kph during the day, and 130kph at night. The reason isn't so much emissions as it is a royal fuckup on all sides around nitrogen compounds and biodiversity.

There are also a few cities where speed limits drop below a 100 when passing through. That is about health. Specifically noise and fine particles.

None of this is about greenhouse gasses.

Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

#116

Post by rocqua »

Aqwis wrote: post #112
tda wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the best thing: new top layers are applied frequently (sometimes yearly). And they are literally applied overnight: construction starts at 23:00 and is completed before 06:00. And even better, the road isn't even closed. One night they pave the right lane and the next the left lane is paved. Complete road closures for maintenance are exceedingly rare. And if they happen, it will be at night and/or in the weekend.…

The difference between the quality of the infrastructure (esp. roads and rail) in the Netherlands and Belgium must surely be the most convincing testament to what a country loses from even relatively mild (from a worldwide point-of-view) levels of interethnic squabbling!

The massive amount of government money that has been earned from natural gas in the Netherlands also surely plays a role.

Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

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Post by rocqua »

wkat4242 wrote: post #17
haunter wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If a Wikipedia page about a technological topic (so not a person, place etc) has a very few languages available (in this case 2) then it always makes me wonder how other countries in the World solve the same issue. This seems like a very US thing for example but maybe I’m wrong

In the Netherlands we don't use concrete plates. Just asphalt, usually the highly absorbent type. It wears very quickly and ice buildup damages it so it gets replaced a lot. But this is the advantage of a small country with many people. Good infrastructure.

Sadly our bridges don't seem to be doing very well.

Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

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Post by sph »

lostlogin wrote: post #23
legitster wrote: post #11

Man, reading this format does not make me miss forums. It's easy to opine for the "internet of old", but I for one do not miss having to post a car problem to a Ford Escort message board and maybe getting an answer after 3 days of being told I am an idiot.

Now you can get that response in minutes or even seconds, and in a more readable format with push notifications and advertising.

And people upvoting the one that called you an idiot and paying money to give them awards, to make things even worse.

Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

#119

Post by thrdbndndn »

tda wrote: post #105
wkat4242 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the Netherlands we don't use concrete plates. Just asphalt, usually the highly absorbent type. It wears very quickly and ice buildup damages it so it gets replaced a lot. But this is the advantage of a small country with many people. Good infrastructure.

And the best thing: new top layers are applied frequently (sometimes yearly). And they are literally applied overnight: construction starts at 23:00 and is completed before 06:00. And even better, the road isn't even closed. One night they pave the right lane and the next the left lane is paved. Complete road closures for maintenance are exceedingly rare. And if they happen, it will be at night and/or in the weekend.…

Complete roading closing for just (re-)paving is not common nowadays in many countries.

I remembered having them a lot in my childhood, but not in recent 10 years. If a road is closed totally there usually something beyond paving going on.

Re: What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?

#120

Post by [deleted] »

Ancalagon wrote: post #16
bombcar wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US interstate moves insane numbers of huge ass-trucks that weight one billion metric pounds each or something. Anything less than airport-grade concrete dies instantly, and then dies again when it invariably freezes to -40° Kelvin, because fuck physics when shit gets cold.

I love the hyperbole in this comment! :D

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