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πThey are trying to reduce the steepness at which it goes over the second road.
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@GarreauArthur well, it's a useless waste of your time, electricity, Disk space, Ram.... i already said your time?....
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eldamir12307y@tisaconundrum that's exactly what it is. Forces drivers to slow down before an intersection or similar
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I was the IT admin of a huge construction company active in major civil infrastructure design and development for 12 years and through my years at their offices I learned quite a lot about city planning and design objectives by proxy.
@No-one not exactly! I can confirm that when it comes to civil engineering the more you do does not equal getting paid more, especially since the more you do often times equals your project requiring more landscape which is often occupied by other already standing adjacent structures which means more total project cost for the city. They will actually receive bonuses the less work they do and also more projects down the road if their completed project have few maintenance calls.
Basically like @200OK and @tisaconundrum suggested earlier, it has been made that way to handle massive pouring traffic during rush hour and also to reduce speed from the curvy road coming from the distance before hitting the other insignificant looking main road. -
mt3o19157yThis is not so stupid as it seems.
When a car crash happens, it's by a car falling out of the road, not by bumping in another car. With high speed and high volume of cars on the highway, it's a lifesaver and prevents gigantic traffic jams. -
Bikonja23867y@codeRetard I find it hard to believs it's to reduce speed as the part that's coming up to the main road is, apart from that slight bend at the end, pretty much the same thing (long, straigh part where you can get some speed)... And the bend at the end doesn't do much as you still have a tight turn onto the main street and because that bend is long and not really sharp you can carry a good amount of speed, but with compromised stability.
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@Bikonja I hear where you are coming from but in order to gain enough speed that cause a lethal accident in that short straight bit you mentioned, you need a kick ass ride that can do 0 to 60 in a very short distance, which as we all know is not the case with many city cars. Besides, looking at the available landscape between the sporadically placed buildings and the train tracks there is hardly any other way they could have implemented the curve without being in violation of train track pass-over restriction. Basically the city prohibits more than a singular road pass over the train track for safety reasons. This essentially means that you are going to have to do all your fancy loops either before, or after your road passes over the train tracks. Finally, the long curvature of the road seems to indicate the expectation of some frequent long hauled cargo carries like the 18 wheeler trucks and freighters.
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