Last night I was driving between exits 3 and 5 on the 103 highway and all they had was intermittent dots to show the centre line and a curb line that was worn off in most places. In the dark and rain it was all I could do to even see where to aim my car (and my eyes are fine!). Hey Dept. of Roads or whatever the fuck you’re called, get out there and do your job and paint the lines before someone dies in a fiery crash for no good reason. —Rattled
This article appears in Aug 4-10, 2011.
I don’t even know what to say to this…
while I admit that blows…
painting lines in the rain probably wouldn’t work so well.
I HATE those dots they use…especially in winding roads or where lanes split/merge.
You need to PUT THE CAR KEYS DOWN. If you can’t make a WAG ( wild ass guess ) where the right hand side of the road is then you need to stop driving, especially if the temporary pavement markers are there, and they were, as per your bitch.
Well of course DOT should be out there painting lines in the rain. The paint adheres so well to water. If you can’t make out the road in the dark, then stay off them.
ultimately, it is the driver’s responsibility to drive acording to the road conditions.
the problem wasn’t the paint, it was your visibility.
in my opinion, you were probably over driving your headlights.
You do know what that means, I hope.
OP, I said the same thing two weeks ago when my friends and I were driving back from Chester. That new stretch of highway is pitch black at night, and those infrequent white spots are useless.
1) You have no friends. You were alone.
2) Chester is the street-name of the Tamil illegal immigrant rent-boy you picked up whilst hitchhiking.
3) Those infrequent white spots are the result of the crystal kicking in at the same point you experience “le petit mort”.
That particular stretch of highway is rarely all too busy, especially at night, so I doubt there’s much chance for a fiery explosion. It also happens to be pretty damn straight the entire way, with wide lanes, and a big ol’ field of vision. I drive it every day. It’s really not that difficult of a task.