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Old 05-17-2016, 02:58 PM   #12001
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I think you don't pull it over for the same nonreason that you don't pull over a guy pulling a trailer with... A couple motorcycles on it, or a trailer full of yard waste. Because none of them is really an actual bomb the size of a truck. There's just no way. Why bother.
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Old 05-18-2016, 09:26 AM   #12002
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But if you're a cop you can pull him over just to ask WTF. I had a cop in NY State pull me over to ask if I built my truck myself.

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Old 05-22-2016, 08:55 PM   #12003
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How do they do that? looks more like 1932 to me.
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Old 05-24-2016, 01:51 PM   #12004
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Cat's eyes removed? WTF?

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Old 05-24-2016, 02:04 PM   #12005
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Cat's eyes removed? WTF?

The reflective studs, commonly known as 'Cat's Eyes', in the centre line of the road have been removed to enable re-surfacing to take place.

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These passive devices are being replaced by solar powered LED models.
The edges of some roads are marked by green (nearside) or red (offside) cat's eyes.

I've driven quite a bit in the US but mostly by day, so I don't recall seeing them there.
Are they part of the road fixtures and fittings?
In my defence, it's twelve years since I was there and the memory does tend to fade.

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Old 05-24-2016, 03:58 PM   #12006
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The inventor of Cats Eyes was from near where I live. The factory where they're made is still there.

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The inventor of cat's eyes was Percy Shaw of Boothtown, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. When the tram-lines were removed in the nearby suburb of Ambler Thorn, he realised that he had been using the polished strips of steel to navigate at night.[1] The name "cat's eye" comes from Shaw's inspiration for the device: the eyeshine reflecting from the eyes of a cat. In 1934, he patented his invention (patent No. 436,290 and 457,536), and on 15 March 1935, founded Reflecting Roadstuds Limited in Halifax to manufacture the items.[2][3] The name Catseye is their trademark.[4] The reflective lens had been invented six years earlier for use in advertising signs by Richard Hollins Murray, an accountant from Herefordshire[5][6] and, as Shaw acknowledged, they had contributed to his idea.[1]
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Old 05-24-2016, 07:05 PM   #12007
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It varies here, usually depending on how much fog the area gets. Originally some areas used Bott's Dots, I have one of the originals. Then the reflectors evolved and some even combine both but I've never seen them. Locally they've been cutting the pavement to create a narrow rumble strip along the centerline.
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Old 05-24-2016, 07:06 PM   #12008
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The reflective studs, commonly known as 'Cat's Eyes', in the centre line of the road have been removed to enable re-surfacing to take place.

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These passive devices are being replaced by solar powered LED models.
The edges of some roads are marked by green (nearside) or red (offside) cat's eyes.

I've driven quite a bit in the US but mostly by day, so I don't recall seeing them there.
Are they part of the road fixtures and fittings?
In my defence, it's twelve years since I was there and the memory does tend to fade.

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Very rarely do you see these on our roads (I should say, rarely do I see them) When I have they've been yellow reflectors.

Ahh, just read he wiki article. We get a lot of snow here, so the plows would tear them up.
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Old 05-25-2016, 10:06 AM   #12009
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Yeah, I've seen different ones in different places. I don't remember the details of what was where.
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Old 05-25-2016, 11:34 AM   #12010
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Around here they're set in shallow grooves so they're flush with the road surface
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Old 05-25-2016, 09:03 PM   #12011
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There is a road in western Virginia, I forget which now, that is very prone to blinding fog. I was caught on it one foggy evening, totally blind, no place to pull over and stop. I was afraid of going over the edge of the road and down the steep hill when suddenly, lights similar to runway marking lights came on alongside the road, enabling me to see where I was going enough to get out of the fog belt and back to safety.

Bless whomever put those there and whomever turned them on for me!
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Old 05-26-2016, 12:50 PM   #12012
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There is a road in western Virginia, I forget which now, that is very prone to blinding fog. I was caught on it one foggy evening, totally blind, no place to pull over and stop. I was afraid of going over the edge of the road and down the steep hill when suddenly, lights similar to runway marking lights came on alongside the road, enabling me to see where I was going enough to get out of the fog belt and back to safety.

Bless whomever put those there and whomever turned them on for me!
....I think I was on that road. It was basically a two lane twisty road through the mountains. It was just a fog wall, basically. Luckily, I was there during the day. I just followed a big rig.
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Old 05-27-2016, 09:58 PM   #12013
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Yeah, stick your hands in there, just don't make any sudden stops.
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Old 05-28-2016, 11:51 PM   #12014
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Can you even imagine the national alert if this happened today?
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Old 05-29-2016, 12:53 PM   #12015
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Ah, yes, the 1992 Buick Skylark. The acme of safety, security, and martial preparedness...

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