Tsaiko vs NCDOT: FIGHT!
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tsaikoOn Tuesday, I'm driving home from the Community College just as the leading edge of Alberto is hitting. Or maybe that was the storms that hit us before Alberto? Whatever. It is raining buckets. I'm driving along towards the capital in my crappy blue car when the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation decides my life is obviously too boring.
Tsaiko: Lalalalala.
NCDOT: You don't really need those top four inches of pavement, do you?
Tsaiko: Huh?
Car: *WHUMP!*
There were no signs, no warnings. One minute I'm happily driving along on nice, smooth pavement. The next minute I'm driving on noisy, scalped pavement that looks like the worlds biggest weed-whacker got pissed at it. Since it was raining, and water likes to flow to the lowest point, I soon was driving into the mega-puddle from hell. Moses parting the Red Sea had nothing on my little blue car. And once you're four inches short than the lane beside you, changing lanes no longer becomes an option.
Tsaiko: HA! I will get into the center lane instead of the left lane.
NCDOT: Oh really? Why?
Tsaiko: To avoid the sudden drop where the top four inches of pavement is gone.
NCDOT: Heh. Heh. Heh.
Car: *WHUMP!*
Tsaiko: WHAT THE HELL?
NCDOT: Sucker.
Now instead of no warning signs for one lane of scalped pavement, they had no warning signs for two lanes of scalped pavement. Not only that, the scraped up the crosswalks and stopping lines at an intersection.
Tsaiko: WHERE ARE THE LINES?
NCDOT: What lines?
Tsaiko: What lines? The lines! THE LINES THAT TELL ME WHERE TO STOP.
NCDOT: I don't see any need for lines.
Tsaiko: THE LIGHT IS RED.
NCDOT: You might need to stop then. Hope you don't pull to far forward and get hit.
Tsaiko: ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!
I understand the need to repave a road. Really, I do. I even understand the need to do it at night so not to interfere with downtown traffic. I can even grasp how only working at night might necessitate leaving part unfinished till the next day. But the lack of signs warning you? That's just sadistic.
Also, we still do not have any AC. This is going to be a long, miserable night. -_-
Tsaiko: Lalalalala.
NCDOT: You don't really need those top four inches of pavement, do you?
Tsaiko: Huh?
Car: *WHUMP!*
There were no signs, no warnings. One minute I'm happily driving along on nice, smooth pavement. The next minute I'm driving on noisy, scalped pavement that looks like the worlds biggest weed-whacker got pissed at it. Since it was raining, and water likes to flow to the lowest point, I soon was driving into the mega-puddle from hell. Moses parting the Red Sea had nothing on my little blue car. And once you're four inches short than the lane beside you, changing lanes no longer becomes an option.
Tsaiko: HA! I will get into the center lane instead of the left lane.
NCDOT: Oh really? Why?
Tsaiko: To avoid the sudden drop where the top four inches of pavement is gone.
NCDOT: Heh. Heh. Heh.
Car: *WHUMP!*
Tsaiko: WHAT THE HELL?
NCDOT: Sucker.
Now instead of no warning signs for one lane of scalped pavement, they had no warning signs for two lanes of scalped pavement. Not only that, the scraped up the crosswalks and stopping lines at an intersection.
Tsaiko: WHERE ARE THE LINES?
NCDOT: What lines?
Tsaiko: What lines? The lines! THE LINES THAT TELL ME WHERE TO STOP.
NCDOT: I don't see any need for lines.
Tsaiko: THE LIGHT IS RED.
NCDOT: You might need to stop then. Hope you don't pull to far forward and get hit.
Tsaiko: ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!
I understand the need to repave a road. Really, I do. I even understand the need to do it at night so not to interfere with downtown traffic. I can even grasp how only working at night might necessitate leaving part unfinished till the next day. But the lack of signs warning you? That's just sadistic.
Also, we still do not have any AC. This is going to be a long, miserable night. -_-
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Date: 6/17/06 02:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 6/17/06 10:50 am (UTC)If you're lost, here (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=&city=raleigh&state=nc&zipcode=) is a downtown map courtesy of Mapquest. I hope that helps!