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Old 06-16-2010, 11:30 PM   #1
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June 17, 2010: Flipper Bridge

Problem ~
Chinese drivers, being a modern progressive country, drive on the right side of the road.
Hong Kong drivers, being a vestige of the empire, drive on the wrong side of the road.

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



Damn clever these Chinese... oh, wait... a Dutch company came up with this.

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Old 06-16-2010, 11:33 PM   #2
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Old 06-16-2010, 11:40 PM   #3
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I watched the video and I still don't get it.
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Old 06-16-2010, 11:46 PM   #4
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It would be more fun if it flipped the cars upside down.
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:04 AM   #5
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I watched the video and I still don't get it.
What don't you get?
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:05 AM   #6
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The fact you're suposed to drive on one side of the road?
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:05 AM   #7
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It would be more fun if it flipped the cars upside down.
Yeah, I reckon they could add a little hotwheels-style loop-the-loop in there. Maybe they should cross at the pinnacle of the loop.
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:07 AM   #8
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I guess that area's not prone to flooding...
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Old 06-17-2010, 05:07 AM   #9
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Old 06-17-2010, 05:26 AM   #10
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I guess that area's not prone to flooding...
Yet...


And I don't getit neither! I donnah seen no dollfins anywheres. So how comes it's named after one?
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Old 06-17-2010, 08:16 AM   #11
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Flipper was really a shark. He's currently under the bridge eating the toll trolls.
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Old 06-17-2010, 08:17 AM   #12
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You know how it is with Chinese food though... an hour later, and you're hungry again.
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Old 06-17-2010, 08:19 AM   #13
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I remember a family trip to England when we lived in Germany, and as we drove off the ferry, there was only one place to drive. It took us around the ferry terminal and then before we realized it, we had been dumped onto a two lane road on the left side. We never had the choice of which side to drive on. They just funneled us onto the correct side. Smart people, those Brits.

I also remember that when I got to sit in the front passenger seat of our vw bus with it's huge front window, whenever we approached an oncoming car on a narrow two lane county road, I would take both my hands and lift them up into view in an attempt to startle the other driver. Scratch my face or something. You see, they would think for a split second that I was the driver and I had taken both hands off the steering wheel. It's the little things.
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Old 06-17-2010, 09:11 AM   #14
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"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.)
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Old 06-17-2010, 09:12 AM   #15
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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.
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