Tag: traffic
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Curious Cones
Curious Cones is a catalogue of traffic cones in unusual places. How wonderful and weird our World Wide Web is, that such a thing can exist.
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Honk More, Wait More
Mumbai police are experimenting with a machine that makes the lights stay red for longer while people are honking their horns.
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Berlin 8:00 a.m.
A great (interactive) demonstration of how and why phantom traffic jams occur: why some people wanting to drive faster can result in EVERYBODY having to drive slower!
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Roundabout at junction of Broad Street/Catte Street, Oxford
Ten minutes of early afternoon weekday traffic in early November, using the new grade roundabout installed earlier in the year.
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Productivity
When we woke up this morning Oxford was caked with a blanket of snow, about two inches thick and growing fast. Ruth, JTA and I thought that we'd make the most of it and go for a walk along the Cherwell, and by the time we were heading back the snow was ankle-deep. Reaching the …
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Safe Road Use Of Elephants
Aside from the main point of this article, I found it most amusing to find that state-run Indian elephants are fitted with reflectors 'in an attempt to prevent road accidents'. What does it take to accidentally crash into an elephant?
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Almost Passed This On The Way To Work
Another fantastic story from the BBC: this one took place yesterday, and so I missed it, as I didn't come in to work. Apparently this lorry full of cheese caught fire on the A44, on my usual route to the office. The driver said: "I saw the fire starting but by the time I'd gone …