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Offline ramzey

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« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2006, 07:58:35 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2006, 08:34:31 PM »
Maybe to add variability in the landscape for long hauls... to keep the driver attentive or something.  That road extends to the west quite a ways, and if I were to follow a featureless straight line for many hours, I'd zone out eventually.
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« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2006, 08:51:50 PM »
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Maybe to add variability in the landscape for long hauls... to keep the driver attentive or something.  That road extends to the west quite a ways, and if I were to follow a featureless straight line for many hours, I'd zone out eventually.
I think you have the answer. Roads with long straight stretches cause driver hypnosis. Archetects build in curves at specified points to keep the driver awake and alert.

I'm sure if you Google I-80 thru Utah and I-10 thru New Mexico and Arizona you would see a similar pattern.
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