Dec 18, 2008: Road of Death

[glatt]

You know, some of those pictures look really squished in the horizontal direction. For example, with this picture, if you double the width and keep the height the same, the truck looks much more normal, but the hill doesn't look as steep.

It's still awesome. Just a little more realistic.

[glatt]

Applying the same math to this image gives us this new look.

[glatt]

It's still scary, even with the correct aspect ratio.

[Pie]

Originally Posted by glatt

You know, some of those pictures look really squished in the horizontal direction. For example, with this picture, if you double the width and keep the height the same, the truck looks much more normal, but the hill doesn't look as steep.

Now that I know it's a little out of proportion, I'll call my travel agent right away!

[Coign]

Originally Posted by glatt

You know, some of those pictures look really squished in the horizontal direction. For example, with this picture, if you double the width and keep the height the same, the truck looks much more normal, but the hill doesn't look as steep.

It's still awesome. Just a little more realistic.

Sorry about the 'shopped portion there, I just pulled the pictures from the e-mail. If I would have gone to the background thread they have a number of the same pictures but in the correct proportion ratio. But it still looks scary there too.

[Coign]

And I think my favorite part about this road is this comment and following photo.

Apparently some companies make business on the road's dubious fame by selling the extreme bike tours down that road. "Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking" is one of them. If you are nuts enough to consider it, please be advised that you will be only adding to the road hazards, as it's hard to spot a cyclist on the road's hairpin curves, and your shrieks (as you fall down the abyss) will disturb the peace and quiet of the villagers nearby.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Coign

Sorry

Don't apologize. These pictures are great!

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by glatt

You know, some of those pictures look really squished in the horizontal direction. For example, with this picture, if you double the width and keep the height the same, the truck looks much more normal, but the hill doesn't look as steep.

It's still awesome. Just a little more realistic.

Actually, the photos are accurate. They have developed extra skinny trucks specifically for that road.