Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety

Re:Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety by jdipierro on Friday October 10, 2014 @06:57PM (#8440475)

I just rolled out a measuring tape to 12 feet and I'm quite certain my local traffic lanes are nowhere near there..

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Re:Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety by Zigurd on Saturday October 11, 2014 @12:41PM (#8442581)

Did you know that two basketballs fit, side by side, through a basketball hoop? Eyeballing things like this is almost never close to right.

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Re:Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety by SkyAtWork on Saturday October 11, 2014 @03:32PM (#8443212)

You can probably cram them through since they are flexible, but they wouldn't fit without some force; a regulation rim is 18 inches inside diameter and a basketball 9.5 inches diameter.

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Re:Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety by Zigurd on Saturday October 11, 2014 @04:23PM (#8443344)

Good catch. I saw this demonstrated in grade school, where they were probably using size 6 balls. Nevertheless, most people think it's not even close.

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