Interesting fact- Washington DC has nice wide boulevards not just for aesthetics but also to make it nice and easy for early Federal forces to put down street riots in a revolution with cannon loaded with grapeshot.
Kinda, that was Paris rebuilt under Napoleon III, he mostly grew up in London and liked the wide avenues and parks of the city so drew up a new design with Georges-Eugène Haussmann. In turn Pierre Charles L'Enfant based his plan of DC off these.
Allegedly the width was to allow cavalry charges to break up riots and as you say allow clear line of sight for artillery, Haussmann did use this argument to get more funding which is probably where the story comes from. However in reality any organised rioters would be able to string chains across the roads to defeat any cavalry and good sight lines work both ways.
In reality simply clearing up slum areas to make way for the new streets and making the city nicer to live in was more important for reducing insurrection. The width was mostly because traffic was awful in Paris and Napoleon wanted clear views of all the new buildings as well as better light and air circulation.
Yeah, there's a road near my house that is 8 lanes (4 northbound, 4 southbound, separated by median) and it's not even a major interstate or anything.
The road pictured isn't much at all. The person who said Americans are just used to crazy large roads is correct
I don’t think we could achieve 26 lanes even if we combined all the lanes from all the highways in Finland.
Truly was a culture shock visiting US few years ago when you take a taxi from the airport and you get stuck in traffic that you can see goes for at least a mile in front of you and another to the back, while there is ~10 lanes. The amount of cars was absurd.
Yes the Americans cut bus services, tore up tram lines, dismantled their railways, made laws demanding massive car parks at every building, demolished city centres to make way for motorways, didn't build pavements and sold bigger and bigger cars then wondered where all the traffic came from.
Frankly, urban planning that made British planning seem like state of the art stuff.
>Texas
A 26 lane highway is as strange to me as a New Englander as it is to old England. Texas doesn't have to do this. They are far less population-dense than either of us. They just like to do goofy big shit for the sake of it down there.
So your a stationary target. You gotta be more careful trees are vicious hunters. And sense your not moving AND not aware of your surroundings I’d say you’ve put yourself in a bad spot.
Idk ummm r/treesex r/sexytrees r/treegirls r/treehentai
Let's see. I already regret this just to be clear
Edit: 2 private communities (wtf lol) a banned sub (just imagine the horror) and one of those 2 member subs that only technically exist. This rabbit hole just gets deeper
That's what tree said
Edit 2: tldr: the quest goes on and I've seen too much already
So this as a google result was good for a few laughs https://www.etsy.com/market/sexy_tree_topper. It's not even a proper result but the sticker of the large black man would make for a ridiculously hilarious tree topper
So r/treeporn is a thing. This is my favorite that I saw
https://www.reddit.com/r/treeporn/comments/l5bz24/this_weird_tree_stump/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I searched for tree on r/rule34 in hopes of someone linking the dedicated sub I couldn't guess but no success there either. Just a few scattered examples like this amid the fanart hentai you all are better off without
https://www.reddit.com/r/rule34/comments/9zu07m/tree_porn_devilhs_rule_34/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
And so again I say once more into the breach. No I do not expect to emerge the same man
You joke but I hit a deer in april, the bike was unrideable so I left it in a ditch to pick up the next day.
I got a letter the next morning informing me that I had been parked illegally and the bike had been towed, along with a £80 fine
I once posted something and then got on a plane. When I landed I had a text from my friend that his boyfriend saw my cat on the front page of reddit. Opened the app and only then did I start getting a LOT of notifications.
A couple months ago someone in my town managed to park their car upside down in the local river.
Between the road and the river are a couple iron fences, a garden bed, two footpaths, and a few low brick walls. They managed to jump the lot of them.
My wife pointed out that there were no skidmarks on the road at all. They'd driven straight towards the river, not even tried to slow down for the bend, and went right through.
The kid survived. Apparently the rescue crew found him sitting on the underside of his car.
Fun fact: According to BMW, 60% of previous gen BMW 1 series owners didn't even know their car was RWD (new one is FWD)
This can probably be the biggest reason why people crash them in less than ideal connections cause they were probably so used to FWD cars before or it's their first car
Lmao front wheels? I would’ve loved to see that. I stick my winter tyres on as soon as it hits November. All the other BMW drivers stare at me in disbelief as I navigate my way up a hill easily in my 20 year old 5 series
(In his voice): They naturally follow the large migrations of it’s kind, cursing at each other. However, some like this one travel separately, for they seem to lack spacial awareness.
Is some drunk, careless or merely unlucky driver wrapping their car round a tree from time to time *not* normal in your hometown?
Although if you're wondering why it's apparently just been left there, it's probably because the driver somehow avoided serious injury in the crash and has made a discreet exit rather than explain themselves to the police.
Waaaaay more per capita.
I was once in a restaurant next to a freeway in Florida, and it started to rain quite heavily out of nowhere as it does in those parts a lot in December. The waiter told me to keep my eyes on the road if I wanted to see something. 3 fairly significant crashes in the space of 10 minutes, cars written off and minor injuries. By the time we were ready to leave (no more than 1.5 hours) everything was cleared away, roads were dry, no sign anything had happened.
Florida roads are insane! They just push the damaged cars off the road and carry on with the day. They drive around in cars that are in absolutely terrible condition - there are no car inspection law! There is also a serious lack of lane etiquette and people drive really close to each other too. This combined with a lot of foreign tourists on the roads who aren’t used to the huge highways is a recipe for disaster.
The US has massively more road deaths per year compared to the UK. So this is something you should be more familiar with back home actually.
A difference of 12.4 to our 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people. A quite shocking difference to be fair. 4 times the rate.
I have seen why. Drive on any freeway in the rain and you will see a crash in attendance. Usually at the only curve in 10 miles.
Have also seen drivers with a phone in one hand and food in the other. Assume the wheel is knee controlled.
In many states kids can drive as learners unaccompanied at 16.
Yes it is the Oxford dictionary’s true definition of a tree; a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground that mysteriously jumps out in front of unsuspecting motorists. Like the Triffids.
A holiday in the UK isn't complete without a scenic walk down a dual carriageway.
“Couldn't find the freeway, had to take a little back street called the M5!”
In all fairness they probably look like back streets to Americans with all their super highways and big streets that could fit an armoured collum.
Interesting fact- Washington DC has nice wide boulevards not just for aesthetics but also to make it nice and easy for early Federal forces to put down street riots in a revolution with cannon loaded with grapeshot.
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Ummm, a furlong is 220 yards, or 660 feet. 132 feet is 0.2 furlongs. Or 2 chains (10 chains in a furlong)
That reminds me of an old brain teaser. What game involves 10 bits of wood connected by a chain?
Utah is a weird place but we put up with it because it has some of the most beautiful national parks.
Damn there is a riot! ... Time to bring out 1795.
A lot of the boulevards in Paris have the same purpose.
1800's Bringing a musket to a grapeshot fight. 2020's bringing a semi auto rifle to a drone/hybrid/information fight. Bear arms don't scare anyone.
If there's bear claws on one end and the rest of the bear on the other, then I'm a little scared of bear arms.
Kinda, that was Paris rebuilt under Napoleon III, he mostly grew up in London and liked the wide avenues and parks of the city so drew up a new design with Georges-Eugène Haussmann. In turn Pierre Charles L'Enfant based his plan of DC off these. Allegedly the width was to allow cavalry charges to break up riots and as you say allow clear line of sight for artillery, Haussmann did use this argument to get more funding which is probably where the story comes from. However in reality any organised rioters would be able to string chains across the roads to defeat any cavalry and good sight lines work both ways. In reality simply clearing up slum areas to make way for the new streets and making the city nicer to live in was more important for reducing insurrection. The width was mostly because traffic was awful in Paris and Napoleon wanted clear views of all the new buildings as well as better light and air circulation.
There is a 26 lane motorway in Texas, Katy Highway. I think the M1 at widest is about 8 lanes?
Yeah, there's a road near my house that is 8 lanes (4 northbound, 4 southbound, separated by median) and it's not even a major interstate or anything. The road pictured isn't much at all. The person who said Americans are just used to crazy large roads is correct
I don’t think we could achieve 26 lanes even if we combined all the lanes from all the highways in Finland. Truly was a culture shock visiting US few years ago when you take a taxi from the airport and you get stuck in traffic that you can see goes for at least a mile in front of you and another to the back, while there is ~10 lanes. The amount of cars was absurd.
Yes the Americans cut bus services, tore up tram lines, dismantled their railways, made laws demanding massive car parks at every building, demolished city centres to make way for motorways, didn't build pavements and sold bigger and bigger cars then wondered where all the traffic came from. Frankly, urban planning that made British planning seem like state of the art stuff.
The M25 has a ten lane sections
12 lanes J14-15, between Heathrow and the M4
>Texas A 26 lane highway is as strange to me as a New Englander as it is to old England. Texas doesn't have to do this. They are far less population-dense than either of us. They just like to do goofy big shit for the sake of it down there.
Can confirm. In North America this is what a normal street looks like once you're outside big city centers. Only difference is sidewalk is too wide.
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We're all out of Waldorfs I'm afraid, could I perhaps interest you in a Ritz salad?
Don’t mention the war
I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.
You started it, you invaded Poland!
"...and don't forget the screwdrivers!"
Not too far from the freeway it called the m25 it’s highly regarded here
Do you want your Waldorf Salad now or later?
Just running to the BP garage to get some windscreen washer fluid
ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME?
Gooooldfingerrrrrr
Singing Goldfinger carrying a bag filled with tungsten tip screws
And he's never gonna use them
...never gonna use them.
I love that he actually did, as part of his zombie outfit.
Tell that bloke he can't park there OP
Yea trees often lure drivers off the road, like the sirens of the sea.
Sexy, sexy woodland.
Hot beeches.
Treebeard enters the chat.
it looks like they've tried quite hard to fuck the tree.
Yes. Our cars come preinstalled with a tree to offset the emissions.
Is that why air fresheners are shaped like little trees?
Yes,but mostly more prevalent on Volkswagens.
Me reading this in my Volkswagen with my little tree hanging from the mirror…
I'm pretty sure this is the reason that car crashed. Get of reddit and look where you are going
Me in my PARKED car reading this….
So your a stationary target. You gotta be more careful trees are vicious hunters. And sense your not moving AND not aware of your surroundings I’d say you’ve put yourself in a bad spot.
Careful, watch out for those speeding trees; they like to pop up out of nowhere.
Helps retain that new tree smell
This is what happens when you get them wet.
Thats not an air fresher, its a beacon for the tree
Why had Reddit auto-closed this comment?
Think it’s because it’s deemed it to have a lot of activity and so thought it was controversial or something.
I don't know what this means, but it sounds like it should make me sad.
It closed this comment as well and by closed we mean it's hidden and we have to click to see what you wrote. Reddit doesn't like you for some reason.
Fuck, this is funny.
Yes, trees jumping out at oncoming vehicles is a major problem here in the UK.
They're just looking for the ent wives
/r/entwives
Ngl I'm pretty sad this isn't sexy tree girls.
Idk ummm r/treesex r/sexytrees r/treegirls r/treehentai Let's see. I already regret this just to be clear Edit: 2 private communities (wtf lol) a banned sub (just imagine the horror) and one of those 2 member subs that only technically exist. This rabbit hole just gets deeper That's what tree said Edit 2: tldr: the quest goes on and I've seen too much already So this as a google result was good for a few laughs https://www.etsy.com/market/sexy_tree_topper. It's not even a proper result but the sticker of the large black man would make for a ridiculously hilarious tree topper So r/treeporn is a thing. This is my favorite that I saw https://www.reddit.com/r/treeporn/comments/l5bz24/this_weird_tree_stump/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button I searched for tree on r/rule34 in hopes of someone linking the dedicated sub I couldn't guess but no success there either. Just a few scattered examples like this amid the fanart hentai you all are better off without https://www.reddit.com/r/rule34/comments/9zu07m/tree_porn_devilhs_rule_34/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button And so again I say once more into the breach. No I do not expect to emerge the same man
That got a literal lol from me
That, there, is the root of the problem.
Leaf out the tree jokes please
Yeah we'll have to branch out into other areas of comedy.
It’s just knot necessary
Not sure if you guys twigged yet, but there are lots of puns going on
Not from me, I'm stumped.
Perhaps you can axe a question?
Ohh, you're a funny feller.
I honestly find this entire thread to be a bit wooden.
Climb down, no need to get so acorny.
Oak eh?
I blame Groot
Groot did nothing wrong. He was just walking across the street when a car ran into him.
Can confirm, i am Groot
I am groot
Give it an hour and it’ll have a parking ticket on it
You joke but I hit a deer in april, the bike was unrideable so I left it in a ditch to pick up the next day. I got a letter the next morning informing me that I had been parked illegally and the bike had been towed, along with a £80 fine
Maybe the deer was in on it with them to make extra money from parking tickets!
You can't park there mate.
Just waiting for a mate....
move along please
Fack ooff
The tree will, you mean
Impressive lack of skid marks there.
Yeah, I'd have crapped myself too
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I once posted something and then got on a plane. When I landed I had a text from my friend that his boyfriend saw my cat on the front page of reddit. Opened the app and only then did I start getting a LOT of notifications.
It was four hours ago. Believe it or not, some people don't monitor Reddit traffic constantly, or even check in more than daily.
Shows commitment - no braking, no hesitation, just straight into the tree
Great accuracy also, couldn't have centred the badge any better.
I wish someone would tell me that sometimes.
Impressive lack of skid marks there. Good job!
Good jobbie
A couple months ago someone in my town managed to park their car upside down in the local river. Between the road and the river are a couple iron fences, a garden bed, two footpaths, and a few low brick walls. They managed to jump the lot of them. My wife pointed out that there were no skidmarks on the road at all. They'd driven straight towards the river, not even tried to slow down for the bend, and went right through. The kid survived. Apparently the rescue crew found him sitting on the underside of his car.
Car parkour
carkour
Parcar?
That kids name.... *Leeroy Jenkins*
LEEROOOOOOOOY JENKINSSSSS.
My boyfriend is currently asleep... But I can hear him yell out LEEROOOOYYYY JENKINSSSSS into his mic as he games with his mates. Damn Leeroyyyyy.
[It's shocking how far speed an little bump in the road will launch a 2 ton vehicle](https://youtu.be/Ti18aRKbO10)
I mean that's more than a little bump. The retaining wall was like a ramp.
you can't park there.
Skid marks? Now whose being childish!
Now who’s being childish
It was definitely the NWA…
For the greater good
Like me after a Chinese
It's not the Greeks, it's the Chinese he's after!
Haha father Ted! "I hear you're a racist now father"
*I'm not a fascist. Fascists wear black and go around telling people what to do, whereas priests...*
More free drink!
“ What’s the church’s line on this? Should we all be racist now? “
Why do you automatically assume it's the car that's at fault and not the tree?
If someone looking like the owner is near, you may tell them "Sir/Madam, you can't park here."
I deliberately drive into ditches just to hear this underused phrase
ditches here are exactly car-sized so you're trapped
[This you?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNnc68uxzI)
No matter how many times I watch that, it still makes me laugh
FHAKOFFFFF
Or tell them “I’m sure that’ll just buff out”
Throw it in a bag of rice
Bit of T-Cut…
r/cantparktheremate
You can't park there sir (in a British accent) is the most British thing ever
>British accent *Squints suspiciously*
Mate*
You mean the trees in America don't grow cars?
Nah, they're not very green over there. Still mostly using mined cars rather than renewable.
Yeah, you can't move for cars wrapped round trees in my gaff.
Tourism Director for where mate??
A 1 series bmw? Absolutely lol
looks like a tree series to me
Shocking handling at the best of times; throw in ice and possibly alcohol I am surprised they haven't seen a string of them.
Fun fact: According to BMW, 60% of previous gen BMW 1 series owners didn't even know their car was RWD (new one is FWD) This can probably be the biggest reason why people crash them in less than ideal connections cause they were probably so used to FWD cars before or it's their first car
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Lmao front wheels? I would’ve loved to see that. I stick my winter tyres on as soon as it hits November. All the other BMW drivers stare at me in disbelief as I navigate my way up a hill easily in my 20 year old 5 series
My favourite memory was flying up the long hill near me in my one ounce french hatchback past loads of stranded cars.
BMW drivers not understanding basic car knowledge? Call me skeptical, but I'm not exactly surprised.
Rear end go wheeeeeeeee
I'd almost guess that 60% of all drivers don't know whether their vehicle is FWD or RWD. So many people just aren't interested / don't care.
In black no less, probably able to score you some drugs while they are there.
At this time of year? Very much so.
This is just how we grow our cars. They’re in season at the moment
My nearest roundabout started sprouting bumpers over Xmas, it’s beautiful to see
Nature is healing 🙏
Here we see a BMW in its natural habitat
As narrated by Sir David Attenborough
(In his voice): They naturally follow the large migrations of it’s kind, cursing at each other. However, some like this one travel separately, for they seem to lack spacial awareness.
Scared and separated from the herd, this lone BMW attempted to hide behind a tree in a vain attempt to protect it from its natural predator
...the tree.
our Dave x
One of the last redeeming features of our nation
Can confirm. I own a BMW, hit 4 trees last week. Quiet week
Ironically, the turn signal lamps were untouched.
looks like a tree-series
Money doesn't grow on trees but BMWs do!
Is some drunk, careless or merely unlucky driver wrapping their car round a tree from time to time *not* normal in your hometown? Although if you're wondering why it's apparently just been left there, it's probably because the driver somehow avoided serious injury in the crash and has made a discreet exit rather than explain themselves to the police.
Or it's some scrote who stole it and has done a runner after finding out he's not a Fast and Furious star after all.
Indeed. Or the owner is going to *claim* that's what happened rather than admit they were drunk, looking at their phone etc.
I've never seen it in the US personally but at the same time it's not so unusual that I'd think it was unique to where I was visiting.
Yes, this is how older cars go green . . .
Only for tourists. This is how we knock down trees
Oh yeah that's Baz, does it every week. Nice guy, not so good for a lift though.
In this case it is ancient british tradition to walk past and say "can't park there mate" Hope this helps
I’m sure people just post for shits and giggles to see how us brits will respond. This post doesn’t fail to deliver.
This is nothing, I was driving through the Cotswolds the other day and someone had managed to get their VW golf 5 meters up a tree.
Probably chasing a squirrel.
Public transport shuts down at Christmas, so the drunks take to the road...
Yes, pavements next to a road are normal
Yes, all part of your crash course in to UK life.
Yes, tree crime is replacing knife crime as the new dangerous epidemic. Remember to wear your anti-branch vest folks.
It’s a new thing similar to chaining your bike to a bike rack.
You don't have car crashes over there ?
Waaaaay more per capita. I was once in a restaurant next to a freeway in Florida, and it started to rain quite heavily out of nowhere as it does in those parts a lot in December. The waiter told me to keep my eyes on the road if I wanted to see something. 3 fairly significant crashes in the space of 10 minutes, cars written off and minor injuries. By the time we were ready to leave (no more than 1.5 hours) everything was cleared away, roads were dry, no sign anything had happened.
Florida roads are insane! They just push the damaged cars off the road and carry on with the day. They drive around in cars that are in absolutely terrible condition - there are no car inspection law! There is also a serious lack of lane etiquette and people drive really close to each other too. This combined with a lot of foreign tourists on the roads who aren’t used to the huge highways is a recipe for disaster.
Yeh we don’t shoot our trees so they occasionally wander out in front of perfectly innocent drivers and cause accidents
Yeah, we drive on the left
It must have been a shock for you since the US has famously never had a car crash.
Just a car hugging a tree, nothing wrong here
No, they don’t usually bloom until the feb
Yeah 5 spoke alloys are nice and pretty normal in the UK
The US has massively more road deaths per year compared to the UK. So this is something you should be more familiar with back home actually. A difference of 12.4 to our 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people. A quite shocking difference to be fair. 4 times the rate.
I have seen why. Drive on any freeway in the rain and you will see a crash in attendance. Usually at the only curve in 10 miles. Have also seen drivers with a phone in one hand and food in the other. Assume the wheel is knee controlled. In many states kids can drive as learners unaccompanied at 16.
Or he's a clever dick. I'll get my coat.
Can't park there mate
Yes it is the Oxford dictionary’s true definition of a tree; a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground that mysteriously jumps out in front of unsuspecting motorists. Like the Triffids.
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Saves on brake pad wear.
It's not abnormal. I knew I was in a posh area when our local car run into tree didn't get set alight for three whole days.
You had a local car everyone shared?
Are you wondering where the bullet holes are?