ELL HECK, WHILE i’M WAITING FOR A CALL BACK FROM A ROOFER …. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
on 11/18/2009 at 09:21 AM
Peiper,
Traffic jam, Parking lot, traffic tie-up, bottleneck, congestion, gridlock, jam, logjam, roadblock, rush hour, traffic congestion. etc.These seem to be the words you seek.
Also “more BS from Public Works”, “5 miles of traffic cones with Men Working signs everywhere and nobody doing a thing, as always”, “BOHICA”, and the perennial favorite “aww shit, here we go again!”
In NJ they’re sometimes called “Corzine cash machines” because all traffic fines are automatically doubled when orange cones are present. This is the earlier version of our new “Move Over” law. Orange cones imply road construction which implies the presence of construction workers, therefore you have to move over, slow down, and be extra cautious. “give them a brake, slow down!” And if you don’t we’re going to fine the hell out of you.
In Pennsylvania the state uses orange cones as speed control devices. You can drive 65mph on the highway, but the speed limit is lowered to 50mph if cones are present. So the state lays out mile after mile after mile of cones. Forever. A year or three later there MIGHT be a bit of new asphalt or paint. Maybe.
Isn’t it sweet of em that they’re eccentric enough to believe all this stuff?
Heh. My southern relations have a term for that “Aw. Bless their hearts.” Must be said in a saccharine tone of voice leaving no room for doubt that you are blessing their hearts because their heads are empty.
Posted by Nicole
11/18/2009 at 01:45 PM
“5 miles of traffic cones with Men Working signs everywhere and nobody doing a thing, as always”
Otherwise known as linear cone storage. They have the same fines in the UK in these traffic works with the added bonus that there is a 3 point penalty on your license. So if you break the speed limit four days in a row you lose your license. Oh and they also have average speed monitoring. So if there are no speed cameras they can still catch you out if your time taken to complete the obstacle is lower than what they think it should be.
Pretty soon if the EU gets its way they will fit satnav devices in all European cars which will register with the Galileo nav sat system (if they ever get it to work) and automatically fine you whenever you exceed the limit anywhere.
Time for a “volunteer pickup-and-return cones to the nearest DMV work-yard” event.
Ooh, I like that idea Tiger.
11/18/2009 at 04:30 PM
