June 17, 2010: Flipper Bridge - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 06-17-2010, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by newtimer

"Say, for instance, you're coming from Zhuhai. As you cross the bridge on the right into Hong Kong..."

Those Dutch may be good at computer-generated bridges, but not geography. Zhuhai doesn't connect with Hongkong; it connects with Macau. (There's about 30 miles of sea between the two.)

This project is connecting all three. This bridge would be just one part of it.

ToastyOhs · 06-17-2010, 09:12 AM

Is no one thinking like an American here? If you drive a big enough car, it does not matter what side of the road you drive on. What ever side you are on is the right side if everyone else is getting out of your way.

Flint · 06-17-2010, 11:52 AM

All they needed was one of these:

Pete Zicato · 06-17-2010, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

All they needed was one of these:

Sure. If you don't mind the cars flying in the air and flipping end for end when they meet at the crossover.

At least that's what they did when my brother and I had a model car layout when we were kids.

Flint · 06-18-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Sure. If you don't mind the cars flying in the air and flipping end for end when they meet at the crossover.

At least that's what they did when my brother and I had a model car layout when we were kids.

If they didn't fly off the track first because you pulled the accelerator down too hard.

Pete Zicato · 06-18-2010, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

If they didn't fly off the track first because you pulled the accelerator down too hard.

Yeah, that happened too.

Good times. Good times.

Lamplighter · 06-17-2010, 12:55 PM

That would never work in Texas...
As soon as drivers there got off the bridge they would still pass on the shoulder and yell "Hoody" as they went by.

chrisinhouston · 06-19-2010, 12:29 PM

"The Flipper Bridge, which flips traffic to the opposite side of the road in the middle of the crossing."

The Chinese don't need this,. I've been on the roads in China and they don't need a reason to change sides of the road, they just do it as it suits them!

wolf · 06-19-2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

"The Flipper Bridge, which flips traffic to the opposite side of the road in the middle of the crossing."

The Chinese don't need this,. I've been on the roads in China and they don't need a reason to change sides of the road, they just do it as it suits them!

They drive that way here, too.

Cloud · 06-17-2010, 10:41 AM

I don't get how it fixes the problem. Too much of a lefty/righty spacial conundrum for me.

Pete Zicato · 06-17-2010, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I don't get how it fixes the problem. Too much of a lefty/righty spacial conundrum for me.

Look at the picture. See the white van at the far left of the picture? He's driving on the right-hand side of the road, correct? Now follow his route to the other side of the river. Now which side of the road will he be driving on?

monster · 06-17-2010, 10:49 AM

So, heading down the freeway, you -I hope- choose one of the lanes on the right half of the road because in America we drive on the Right.

However, if you were on a motorway in England, you would choose one of the lanes on the Left half of the road, because in the UK, they drive on the left.

Currently not a problem because there's a huge fucking ocean between them, so cars roll onto the ship from one side of the road and roll off it onto the other.

If we built a huge bridge, however, the cars would crash mid point:

UK

^ I V
^ I V
^ I V
<<<< CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
V I ^
V I ^
V I ^

USA

STOP STOP! OK let's have a huge parking lot where we all stop and then leave driving on the correct side of the road for the country we're heading into.....

Or build a super bridge which solves this by lifting up the traffic coming from the US on the right side of the road and places it over to the left of the traffic coming from the UK, so it is on the correct side of the road as it enters the UK without having to interact with the oncoming traffic at all.

Cloud · 06-17-2010, 11:28 AM

Okay, I see it now. I guess I was confused because I wasn't getting that it was joined, then split, then joined again.

or I was just confused 'cause I'm a dumbass, either way.

Shawnee123 · 06-17-2010, 12:57 PM

I must confess it confuzzled me too, until monster's explanation. I was thinking that you are still on the same road still going in the same direction as the other cars, and the road just zig-zagged. NOW I get it. I do have direction dyslexia, though.

Diaphone Jim · 06-17-2010, 01:58 PM

In 1967, Sweden was the last continental European country to switch from left to right.
To ease the transition, buses and trucks made the change a week before autos.

06-17-2010, 11:52 AM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	All they needed was one of these: Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-17-2010, 10:41 AM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I don't get how it fixes the problem. Too much of a lefty/righty spacial conundrum for me. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-17-2010, 10:49 AM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So, heading down the freeway, you -I hope- choose one of the lanes on the right half of the road because in America we drive on the Right. However, if you were on a motorway in England, you would choose one of the lanes on the Left half of the road, because in the UK, they drive on the left. Currently not a problem because there's a huge fucking ocean between them, so cars roll onto the ship from one side of the road and roll off it onto the other. If we built a huge bridge, however, the cars would crash mid point: UK ^ I V ^ I V ^ I V <<<< CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!! V I ^ V I ^ V I ^ USA STOP STOP! OK let's have a huge parking lot where we all stop and then leave driving on the correct side of the road for the country we're heading into..... Or build a super bridge which solves this by lifting up the traffic coming from the US on the right side of the road and places it over to the left of the traffic coming from the UK, so it is on the correct side of the road as it enters the UK without having to interact with the oncoming traffic at all. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-17-2010, 11:28 AM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Okay, I see it now. I guess I was confused because I wasn't getting that it was joined, then split, then joined again. or I was just confused 'cause I'm a dumbass, either way. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-17-2010, 12:57 PM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I must confess it confuzzled me too, until monster's explanation. I was thinking that you are still on the same road still going in the same direction as the other cars, and the road just zig-zagged. NOW I get it. I do have direction dyslexia, though. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-17-2010, 09:12 AM	#2
ToastyOhs Discontinued Breakfast Food Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Coastal Maine, USA Posts: 58	Is no one thinking like an American here? If you drive a big enough car, it does not matter what side of the road you drive on. What ever side you are on is the right side if everyone else is getting out of your way.

06-17-2010, 12:55 PM	#7
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	That would never work in Texas... As soon as drivers there got off the bridge they would still pass on the shoulder and yell "Hoody" as they went by.

06-19-2010, 12:29 PM	#8
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	"The Flipper Bridge, which flips traffic to the opposite side of the road in the middle of the crossing." The Chinese don't need this,. I've been on the roads in China and they don't need a reason to change sides of the road, they just do it as it suits them!

06-17-2010, 01:58 PM	#15
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	In 1967, Sweden was the last continental European country to switch from left to right. To ease the transition, buses and trucks made the change a week before autos.

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