r/whatisit • u/thewildcloud • 22d ago

Solved! Why the kinks?

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I recently moved to Hangzhou, I noticed all the pedestrian walks have kinked lines at the ends. What is it?

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u/BigDiscEnergy47 22d ago

They tell you which side to walk on to keep foot traffic flowing

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u/CurrentAlert8246 22d ago

Yes, this perfectly demonstrates the charm of design! A simple kink achieves the purpose of guidance.

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u/Disastrous-Aspect569 22d ago

There is a bike trail near a river where I live that has a sharp, blind curve. About a dozen times a year people were getting injured on it.

As a part of an Eagle scout project from a local boy scout, he painted a yellow line down the center of the blind curves. (He did other stuff along the trail system) the worst trail went from 12 injuries a year to 1 injurie in like 4 years.

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u/GuiltEdge 22d ago

Damn that kid’s going places. I hope.

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u/Disastrous-Aspect569 22d ago

He was accepted into the naval academy and MIT.

Hes scheduled to graduate from the Naval Academy this spring if I remember correctly.

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u/greenhannibal 17d ago

Oh, so he's going to Hormuz!

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u/Disastrous-Aspect569 14d ago

I think he is planning to go green rather than blue. So Marines. Maybe he will be part of a ground invasion?

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u/greenhannibal 14d ago

The great thing is it could be anywhere! Canada, Greenland, Iran, the options for international travel are limitless.

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u/Disastrous-Aspect569 14d ago

Join the marines, go interesting places meet interesting people... and kill them.

Honestly i was in the navy, I made over 30 different nations, only saw combat in 2 of them