Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 14, 2011

The next sign reads: No U Turn

If all the freight in those trucks was going by train, as God intended, we wouldn’t be having this problem! That’s what those tracks are there for!!

True, but it should have stayed on the train for the trip across the desert at least!

Reminds me of my favorite road signs:

On the Capital Beltway just before a construction area on the American Legion Bridge, a yellow highway sign said, “Prepare for Instant Aggravation”

And there was one near VA Beach which said, “Watch Out for Zombies”

Clearly the solution to all these socialist road signs is to cut spending on all road regulatory agencies.

A truck convoy? Why AFTER the sign?

Zen Rich: If you see a sign that warns you to expect falling trees ahead, and a tree falls on you, did the tree fall on you?

That’s exactly what it looked like the last time we crossed the Ambassador Bridge from Canada into Michigan. But with kids on board, we couldn’t exactly go, " ★৩ ☠ # !! … Pardon my French."

On the east coast its called 9 to 5 parking.JDiego: Could be a feeder line to metro/business used only. Usally for shuttling vehicles at peak hours before and after work. (?)

They must be on the parkway.

Sign reads, “There is a cop in front of this”.

@JohhnyDiego & @DukeDoug, I used to live in MO and had personal experience with that particular insanity. The lane in the middle of the freeway would change direction depending on the time of day. It always scared the wee out of me. not having that much faith in my fellow drivers.

But I think I read somewhere that in a subsequent widening of the system in St Louey, they did away that particular nuttiness..

I thought those signs were orange typically and said road construction.

This road sign strip from 2007 is part of Wiley’s 2011 month long “N.S.” hiatus.

There used to be signs in New York City that read, “Don’t even think about parking here”.

Oh no, I thought about it.

As if all those trucks would just inch along!On I-95 in CT, those trucks fly along at 80 or 90 (I’m just guessing, they blow by me), so out in the desert, all they’d leave is a vapor trail!

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I-95 in Northern Virginia has a pair of lanes in the center of the highway that change directions at noon. They’re northbound in the mornings and southbound in the afternoons. It seems to work very well, actually. Well, until you try to exit them. That screws things up for EVERYONE.

In the mountain west, roads have curves, and yes we have hills. We have pullouts for passing, but I’m reminded of Aristocrat trailers, which had a plaque on the back stating: “You’re following an Aristocrat”. What they left off was: “for the foreseeable future”. I don’t think I ever saw someone pulling one of these voluntarily use a pullout to let traffic pass, they just kept blocking the road. At least I had the advantage of being able to pull them over and give them a ticket.

My favorite street sign … in N Y City at a no parking section along the street close to Columbus Circle … first sign read “NO PARKING” the larger middle sign read “Don’t Even Think About It”

This sucks covers it! I’d probably say something worse, but not here.

In Montreal we had a bridge with five lanes, and the middle lane changed direction during rush hours to allow buses to travel more quickly – no one else was supposed to use that lane at those times. Well, every once in a while a car would accidentally take that lane the wrong way at the time, leading to a head-on collision with a bus. Gorey. I don’t know if that lane still reverses in the same way. I haven’t used that bridge for years. Ah, incompetence…

He should have stated where the grass was greener, rather than in the desert.

Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver Three lanes, 2 head South in the morning and switch to 2 heading North for evening rush. Not going to be widen, that’s why there’s the Ironworkers Bridge at the 2nd Crossing.

That is obviously the freeway from Flagstaff to Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.

reversible lanes seem to be common in a lot of places. i’ve used them on the Peace Bridge between Fort Erie and Buffalo and in the City of Toronto and they work well. they don’t change all at once, and people who can’t tell which way is correct for travel are just not paying attention to the lights and signage. (unfortunately, that’s not as rare an occurence as it should be.)

Looks like the line to get across the Blue Water Bridge from Canada to Michigan on a Sunday afternoon!

Since there are Saguaro cactus in the scene it’s Interstate 10, probably between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. If it weren’t for the cactus I’d suggest Interstate 40 between Flagstaff, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico.Oh, wait it’s not an interstate. Dang, I blew it.

Chicago had reversible lanes, IIRC, on at least one expressway—the Eisenhower? They were express lanes, for going in in the morning rush hour and out in the evening.

Oh, and Lake Shore Drive had some also—those had barriers that lifted out of the pavement to separate the two directions of travel.

@Bmonk-

In Chicago, the Kennedy Expressway (aka 90/94) has reversible lanes. During the morning rush hours, they add two lanes for traffic heading downtown, then they switch to outbound in the afternoon.

There are gates that close off the entryway for the direction that isn’t supposed to be using it, so we haven’t had any head on collisions that I’ve heard of.

Lake Shore Drive hasn’t had a reversible in years & years… must’ve been a while since you were here!

Traffic’s all around…The south and the north bound…Bumper to bumper all day…Mentally, like a jumper they say…For we all indulge so easily…And leave the blame to see…That traffic is traffic’s worst enemy…And we are all so sure to be…Stuck in a lane with no out…And bang our heads and shout….That everyone else should move…But it’s our absence needed to prove…That after all the curses and talk…We really should get out of the car and walk…

re reversible lanes Golden Gate Bridge… i’ve seen Lions Gate Bridge, went to Vancouver for the TRANSPORTATION Expo….

Sydney Harbour Bridge has reversible lanes – controlled only by those lights, and a moving median at each end.

Haven’t heard of any head-ons – or maybe they happen occasionally but people expect it and it doesn’t make news. It’s not the reversibility of the lanes that matters anyway, because there is (clearly) no shortage of roads everywhere with only a line painted for the median, so this is no different.