Finally! Now I can take your mother down that road!
Memeknight91 on
Mind blown
LaughableIKR on
Now this is Interesting as Fuck. I mean if you didn’t see it you would swear it was never meant to move.
Tcloud on
For the traffic coming from the cross road, having a traffic light suddenly appear would be confusing.
Wilvinc on
Well then. I learned that today myself. Thanks for sharing.
LimpBizkitEnjoyer_ on
A thing like that
Aditya111197 on
yeah. not in india they can’t
VanIsle_throwmeaway on
Huh, I had no idea that was possible. Definitely interesting, thanks for posting 👍🏻
Roverjosh on
I am “today” years old that I learned that… super cool and practical
Professional-Can-670 on
This is a service that was only recently created, but is becoming more common. This style of traffic light is not only safer during storms, but allows the transport of oversized loads as we see here. The practice of moving houses to new locations was much more common until the early 1900s. The material and labor to build a house was much too valuable to tear down and rebuild. Power and communication lines increased the cost of transport (as of 2003ish it would be like $5k US dollars per intersection to get a house through as this 1man job was like a 3 guy all day thing. Again, PER INTERSECTION). Material costs also decreased (cheaper construction methods across the board, partially because of more efficient production but also keeping home prices low by lowering quality – the market proved over and over that people chose by necessity or preference a lower priced house over one that is constructed better) so it became less desirable to transport buildings on the whole. It is a bit of a chicken/egg thing. But definitely interesting as fuck to me! Thanks!
TLDR: this is new because it didn’t need to be a thing before power lines, and as we electrified, we stopped wanting to do this so much.
horriblebearok on
I’ve seen them use a bucket truck to bend it up a bit but not this. It probably depends on the municipality if they built this style
dubyajay18 on
Now that I’ve seen it, it seems so obvious, like OF COURSE, these are designed to move if needed.
Good post.
RogerPackinrod on
This one moves easier than the others. The others will only move once.
NecRoSeaN on
What kind of bob the builder shit is this.
mindlessenthusiast on
Well I never.
Nearbyatom on
Did the trucker have to call in help? That’d hold up a lot of traffic.
Looks like that traffic light post is special and meant to swivel out of the way. The ones by me don’t have that turning mechanism.
Cosistetly_Late_Agan on
Good planning
_gmmaann_ on
Street light? Sure looks like it if they are moving it
Quick-Economist-4247 on
Or just put a roundabout there as we do in Europe. Hey ho, no need for a power supply, lights or an obstruction to oversized vehicles.
warboy3 on
Would it not have been easier to just make the thing, you know… taller?
kroniknastrb8r on
Not all streetlights can be rotated, it’s usually on heavy truck routes.
Typical80sKid on
*some
Shawnathan75 on
Lots of the lights on Highway 63 going through Fort Mac have this at the High Load detours on the overpasses… lots of high loads going north and south for the Oilsands
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Hmph. Well. Wouldja look at that..
Sheesh
Finally! Now I can take your mother down that road!
Mind blown
Now this is Interesting as Fuck. I mean if you didn’t see it you would swear it was never meant to move.
For the traffic coming from the cross road, having a traffic light suddenly appear would be confusing.
Well then. I learned that today myself. Thanks for sharing.
A thing like that
yeah. not in india they can’t
Huh, I had no idea that was possible. Definitely interesting, thanks for posting 👍🏻
I am “today” years old that I learned that… super cool and practical
This is a service that was only recently created, but is becoming more common. This style of traffic light is not only safer during storms, but allows the transport of oversized loads as we see here. The practice of moving houses to new locations was much more common until the early 1900s. The material and labor to build a house was much too valuable to tear down and rebuild. Power and communication lines increased the cost of transport (as of 2003ish it would be like $5k US dollars per intersection to get a house through as this 1man job was like a 3 guy all day thing. Again, PER INTERSECTION). Material costs also decreased (cheaper construction methods across the board, partially because of more efficient production but also keeping home prices low by lowering quality – the market proved over and over that people chose by necessity or preference a lower priced house over one that is constructed better) so it became less desirable to transport buildings on the whole. It is a bit of a chicken/egg thing. But definitely interesting as fuck to me! Thanks!
TLDR: this is new because it didn’t need to be a thing before power lines, and as we electrified, we stopped wanting to do this so much.
I’ve seen them use a bucket truck to bend it up a bit but not this. It probably depends on the municipality if they built this style
Now that I’ve seen it, it seems so obvious, like OF COURSE, these are designed to move if needed.
Good post.
This one moves easier than the others. The others will only move once.
What kind of bob the builder shit is this.
Well I never.
Did the trucker have to call in help? That’d hold up a lot of traffic.
Looks like that traffic light post is special and meant to swivel out of the way. The ones by me don’t have that turning mechanism.
Good planning
Street light? Sure looks like it if they are moving it
Or just put a roundabout there as we do in Europe. Hey ho, no need for a power supply, lights or an obstruction to oversized vehicles.
Would it not have been easier to just make the thing, you know… taller?
Not all streetlights can be rotated, it’s usually on heavy truck routes.
*some
Lots of the lights on Highway 63 going through Fort Mac have this at the High Load detours on the overpasses… lots of high loads going north and south for the Oilsands