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Re: Highway System scalius Send a noteboard - 05/01/2011 08:55:54 PM
# The United States Interstate Highway System was not designed with airplane landings in mind. A common urban legend states that one out of every five (or ten) miles of highway must be straight and flat to allow emergency (or military) airplane landings, but this is not the case.[194][195]


Looking at the issue above from a different perspective, I was under the impression that when building the highway system, engineers determined they needed to add curves every "x" miles (3-5 or something close) to add a distraction for drivers to pay attention to, thus avoiding sleepiness on the road. If they made them as straight as possible for as long as possible, they were worried too many people would nod-off and crash.
I would slave, to pave the way, to sink your ship of fools.
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List of common misconceptions beetnemesis - 05/01/2011 04:33:16 PM 1145 Views
Nice link. *NM* Wulf`gar - 05/01/2011 08:16:18 PM 411 Views
I had great fun with that this morning Camilla - 05/01/2011 08:55:28 PM 603 Views
Re: Highway System scalius - 05/01/2011 08:55:54 PM 666 Views
The highway one surprised me, I thought that was true Isaac - 05/01/2011 10:27:42 PM 610 Views
re: the searing of meat. "WHAT?!?!?" Avendesora - 06/01/2011 12:46:41 AM 620 Views
I wouldn't be able to sleep a wink with a fan running all night anyway ironclad - 06/01/2011 09:46:04 AM 686 Views
How could belgian highways be visible from space?? jh - 06/01/2011 12:22:58 PM 712 Views
It's all a matter of how you define "space". Legolas - 06/01/2011 07:49:27 PM 574 Views
Unpossible. *NM* jh - 06/01/2011 09:05:07 PM 266 Views
fans make great white noise generators random thoughts - 06/01/2011 04:43:25 PM 612 Views
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good old hurricane Alicia random thoughts - 07/01/2011 04:51:08 AM 547 Views
Sounds like you enjoyed it more than I did. Joel - 07/01/2011 07:06:06 PM 670 Views
I was 17 and had just found out how wondefully different they were random thoughts - 07/01/2011 07:12:34 PM 579 Views
Darned useful, they are. Joel - 07/01/2011 10:27:05 PM 693 Views
When I lived in Thailand, I slept with a fan blowing directly into my face beetnemesis - 06/01/2011 04:47:39 PM 614 Views
Not for long anymore, they're gonna turn the lights off I understand. *NM* Legolas - 06/01/2011 07:47:49 PM 271 Views
I cry, "foul!" on the senses one. Joel - 07/01/2011 12:12:16 AM 632 Views
That seems reasonable. beetnemesis - 07/01/2011 06:23:54 AM 594 Views
If we limit touch to pressure, yeah, pain and temp have to be separated. Joel - 07/01/2011 07:04:05 PM 606 Views
Ha! I think it's very important for men to be able to differentiate between the need to pee and poop Helene - 07/01/2011 11:07:03 PM 603 Views
Same sensation, merely in different areas. Joel - 07/01/2011 11:26:29 PM 623 Views
I'm not sure how you can equate the feeling of pain with touch. Legolas - 07/01/2011 11:40:36 PM 586 Views
Because I think of pain receptors as being grouped with tactile ones. Joel - 07/01/2011 11:58:48 PM 775 Views
Agreed. For the rest, I knew all the ones that had ever crossed my mind. They arent common at all Cannoli - 07/01/2011 11:52:48 PM 623 Views
Well, remember what Voltaire said about common sense. Joel - 08/01/2011 12:05:05 AM 693 Views
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