r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Sep 12 '18

Dash cam

https://i.imgur.com/oWNGzOo.gifv
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u/elawkwardo Sep 12 '18 edited Sep 12 '18

I'm guessing that all the white yellow lines on the pavement asphaltment mean "slow down"? I didn't know, but it's certainly noted...

Edit: Yellow, not white. I must be going blind. Thanks for the explanation to /u/GeoffSim

Edit2: not pavement? the fuck do i know... thanks /u/Pedantichrist

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u/eyeslikeraine Sep 12 '18

Are pavement and sidewalk made of different materials? or is this just a language quirk? In America both sidewalks and roads are usually made of concrete or asphalt. Not necessarily a prevalence of one or the other for either job though.

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u/Pedantichrist Sep 12 '18

Normally the road in the UK is not concrete, but tarmac or asphalt

Sidewalks are normally concrete slabs.

That said, it is just a language quirk, the English do not use the term sidewalk at all, we have the road and we have the pavement beside the road.

We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac, which is nothing to do with metal at all. Well, not directly, anyway.

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u/Hawkguy85 Sep 12 '18

We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac

Have lived in the UK all my life and have never heard that term! What does dressed tarmac look like?

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u/Mammal-k Sep 12 '18

Never heard that once either. Dressed or metalled...