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Detour Dots
A bread crumb trail for those who are afraid to take detours | |
When traveling through unfamiliar territory I tend to get a little nervous if I come across a detour. Especially if it's night and the roads aren't well-lit. The reason for this is that several times the detour has turned out to be inadequately marked, leaving me wondering how to get back onto the
main road.
Detour Dots would solve this problem. Similar to Bott's Dots, these reflective dots would be laid down as needed by whoever's setting up the detour. A wheel on the front of their vehicle would grab a dot each time they pressed a button and slap it down on the road. The dots would have a sticky bottom to keep them in the lane they were put in until the truck (or police car) came back to pick them up. If they did something like this then I'd have a clear trail of bread crumbs to follow back to the main road, considerably easing my anxiety.
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Brau - I thought I'd make them reusable since they'd have to be picked up anyway once the detour was no longer needed. |
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This is a great idea. Maybe some of the dots have flashing lights, too. |
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BrauBeaton's idea of dissolving dots is a good one, too. What would they be made of? Is there any naturally refective material (mica?) that could be mixed in to make dissolving dots more visible but without ecological harm to runoff or soils? |
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Glass beads in/on clear/colored gelatain? |
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Could brightly colored chalk be used as a substrate? It dissolves doesn't it? |
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wandering off the detour into the congestion charging zone is a bit of a worry. nice idea. |
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i would pick up the dots and re create
the detour. chalk is a good idea, but it
would look too much like actual road
stripes, and would wash away with a
few rain drops or a few tire treads. |
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maybe like.... an orange grease paint.
would last weeks. could be blasted
clean with hot water. |
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I don't mean chalked lines, rather I mean detour dots composed of chalk with the hope that they'd be eco-friendly. Kind of like huge antacid tablets. |
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THis is a GREAT idea. Construction crews in the US are notorius for posting detours but then leaving you hanging as to where on earth you should be going. |
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[+] what [jhom] said. Although I have had many a great adventure exploring the non-marked detour route. |
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