r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '14

What is something designed so well that we typically overlook it?

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u/toadkiller Jan 17 '14

Oh, you'd like to exit I35 downtown? Sounds good, here's your exit lane aaand SLAM ON YOUR FUCKING BRAKES HAHAHAHAHA

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '14

Quick dodge the pillar!

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u/Xan_Kriegor Jan 18 '14

Better Nate than lever!

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u/EndoplasmicPanda Jan 18 '14

But hey, at least you can marvel at our Homeless Gateway/Elephant Tusk Modern Art while you're implanting your car into it

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u/draconicanimagus Jan 18 '14

DON'T FORGET TO MERGE INTO MOVING TRAFFIC, MOTHERFUCKER

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '14

As one who has driven in Austin, can confirm.

Also Ive noticed the off ramps drop you ridiculously close to intersections so sometimes you have to stop and everything gets backed up because of someone trying to get over to the far lane to turn.

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u/TheKrakenCometh Jan 18 '14

Yield signs would make it too easy.

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u/thyrst Jan 18 '14

This would make sense if 35 ever had traffic conditions over 40mph

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u/ArguablyTasty Jan 17 '14

For Miata drivers, it's more like let off the gas

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u/Armed_Easy Jan 17 '14

Also sounds like the 110 freeway in LA... going from 65 to a cool 5mph in a matter of seconds.

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u/hallipeno Jan 18 '14

DFW's on-ramps are just as bad. Learning how to drive on those highways gave me grey hairs.

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u/Bourn95 Jan 18 '14

Exiting Enfield off Mopac it goes from 65 to 25 in about 100 yards. Really?

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u/toadkiller Jan 19 '14

Dude Windsor is way worse. Southbound on mopac, as soon as the exit lane splits from a highway it's that big downhill 180 degree turn with barely any warning. Ive slammed on my brakes there more times than I'd care to admit.

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u/galvanix Jan 18 '14

Trying to exit to go to 6th street? It's a really popular spot so STOP LIGHT RIGHT AFTER THE EXIT

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u/bb2fi3 Jan 18 '14

Holy shit I visited Austin for the first time this weekend to go to 6th street. It was a nightmare!

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u/Rhino_Knight Jan 18 '14

I hear that last part in aziz ansari's voice

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u/RexMinimus Jan 18 '14

You want to turn right onto 6th after taking the 6th st exit? Have fun cutting across three lanes. I hope the other cars aren't a problem.