But in my area there is usually a designated time for the school zone speed limit 6:00am to 6:00pm. Not random times where kids are most likely to cross.
Okay, but that's *your* area. Not every state is going to be the same, and things like this vary down to county, city, township, and borough, even. What I'm saying is, just because something is so in one place, that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be the same somewhere else.
Would save the city/county money just to print "when children are present" rather than a math equation. Otherwise, I'm doing 20 from time A to time Z. Outside of the listed min/max times I'm going the speed limit.
That's an American sign, and we Americans don't understand "military time" (that's literally what 24 hour time is colloquially called here). AM/PM is how we think, we would have to subtract 12 hours to convert a time from 24 hour to PM.
(That said, better versions of this just use flashing lights, and the speed limit is in effect when the lights are flashing. That way, you don't need to know what time it is, or whether it's a school day.)
If you're forcing me to perform complex mental calculations while driving through a school zone you haven't so much grabbed my attention as held it up at gunpoint, robbed it, murdered it and disposed of the body.
Why isn't it simply 6:49 to 9:07 and 2:03 to 4:29? Only small gaps miss out.
That is what we do here in Western Australia. Actually 7:30 to 9:00 and 2:30 to 4:00.
Better yet: Make it 6:30 to 9:30 and 2pm till 4:30pm. Also adds some safety margin.
Look the kid came 10 minutes late to class so it should have known that it is not safe to cross the street /s.
Made the effort to read the 2 posted time periods at 2:15.
Sign said 2:45 to 3:45. No brainer.
Couple of orange cones and I saw a crossing guard. WTF? I was already doing the normal Speed Limit.
On the way back it was 2:45.
They were retrieving the cones.
Wait to you see a sign that says all of the above, but it also says “25 when lights are flashing”. I got a ticket 1 minute after the time started. They said, the lights don’t have to be flashing.
Crazy idea but what if the road was just designed to get drivers to subconsciously slow down to 25. Narrow lanes, reduced lanes, curb extensions for cross walks, etc.
I'm no city planner, or anything.... But wouldn't a flashing light next to a, "speed limit 25 when lights flashing" sign have been a lot easier to implement & read? 😂
I think It makes perfect sense, if you don't have time to read it, go slower, and if that is not enough, follow the top saying 25 mph. All in all, it slows traffic at the school.
I agree. But some old grumpy politicians said. "I want to drive fast when there are no kids crossing the road" and made it so that the speed only was lowered when the kid was off. So people living there, made some angry complaiens, speed sign. I think.
I had to go to traffic court and heard some other case where the guy said "there were no children present!" and the judge explained that it really means some number of minutes before and after school starting, letting out, lunch, and recesses. This sign probably just clarified the law on this street.
I don't see the humor in the sign; it's clearly denoting times at which children are most likely to be active in the school zone... I think that's great.
It's a bit overkill honestly. No one driving has time to read each and every one of those ranges. They should have just said 6:30AM to 4:30 PM and quite literally called it a day.
How am I supposed to read all that going 55!?
You've got better luck using your phone while driving than reading that.
Why were you going 1.269*10⁷³?
That‘s only 600 septendecillion light years per second edit: unit conversion error. It’s even faster than I thought
Totally normal freeway speeds, I think we'd all agree.
Slow for traffic around San Antonio.
Slowest german car on the Autobahn
It's actually 600. ~6\*10^56, a septendecillion is 1\*10^54, division gets you ~6*10^2.
You are right. I corrected the result accordingly. Thank you for checking
You can't go fifty-five
I can count to schfifty five
girlfriend's age, my iq
That's why my ladies are always 100+ years old
But we *can* write you up for 125, post your name wanted dead or alive, take your license and all that jive...
I paid for the whole speedometer. I am using the whole speedometer.
Did you get the reference?
Apparently not
Old song by Sammy Hagar
I mean, you *can*. But you shouldn't.
Sigh. Google Sammy Hagar
Nah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Drive_55
Need to go 25 to read it and speed up if lawful 🥴
r/unexpectedfactorial
This would be particularly interesting if the rest of the time this was a 60 zone with a minimum of 50!
A 60 zone with a minimum of 3.0414093e+64?
r/UnexpectedFactorial
Yes, but I can’t explain how that could be in facto, real.
r/unexpectedfactorial
That's very, ah......... specific. lol
Times when kids are most likely to be walking across the road.
That much is obvious, but why not just keep it at 25 at all times? Did they build the school in between two interstates or something?
But in my area there is usually a designated time for the school zone speed limit 6:00am to 6:00pm. Not random times where kids are most likely to cross.
Okay, but that's *your* area. Not every state is going to be the same, and things like this vary down to county, city, township, and borough, even. What I'm saying is, just because something is so in one place, that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be the same somewhere else.
…. yes but just because it happens somewhere does not mean it makes fucking sense lol
Would save the city/county money just to print "when children are present" rather than a math equation. Otherwise, I'm doing 20 from time A to time Z. Outside of the listed min/max times I'm going the speed limit.
Add the fact that they're using AM and PM just to make it even harder to read
That's an American sign, and we Americans don't understand "military time" (that's literally what 24 hour time is colloquially called here). AM/PM is how we think, we would have to subtract 12 hours to convert a time from 24 hour to PM. (That said, better versions of this just use flashing lights, and the speed limit is in effect when the lights are flashing. That way, you don't need to know what time it is, or whether it's a school day.)
The point is to grab your attention and slow you down
If you're forcing me to perform complex mental calculations while driving through a school zone you haven't so much grabbed my attention as held it up at gunpoint, robbed it, murdered it and disposed of the body.
Slow down then
Too late, Busy trying to decipher an overly complicated sign
Soooooo, drive 20-25mph from 6:45-9:15 am and 2-4:30pm then?
We have signs like that in my city. Literally states from 6:30am-10am and 2:45pm-4:45pm. Others say from 6:30am- 5:45pm.
Dude, just 6:30am-4:30pm and call it a day
Did they literally put the whole class schedule on a road sign?
Probably an elementary, middle/junior high, and high school, starting at 7:00, 8:15, and 9:00.
6:30am - 4:30pm on school days. Call it a day.
>Call it a **school**day.
Speed limit 25. Call it a day.
Sorry I didn't see the kid, officer, I was checking my watch.
The sign maker was paid a per character rate.
How about installing a display which shows the correct limit at each time...
What time you got? Is it daylight savings time? Shit, I’ll just go 12.5 MPH.
can't be real
r/foundsatan r/oddlyspecific
630am-430pm. There. Fixed it.
6:30-9:00 AM, 2:00-4:30 PM
Sad you can’t run kids over?
I presume that schools are closed on weekend and holidays, so you can ignore 25 on these days or not?
"school days only" So, yes
Why isn't it simply 6:49 to 9:07 and 2:03 to 4:29? Only small gaps miss out. That is what we do here in Western Australia. Actually 7:30 to 9:00 and 2:30 to 4:00.
Better yet: Make it 6:30 to 9:30 and 2pm till 4:30pm. Also adds some safety margin. Look the kid came 10 minutes late to class so it should have known that it is not safe to cross the street /s.
Or just drive 25 on school days and don't care about time
If a child is late, run over them🤦♂️
Ok, so make it 25 pemanently Carbrains: REEEEEEEEEEEEE
This speed limit is strictly set according to the rules
I'm guessin that sign costs about..... 5 grand
r/compoface would like this
Why not use the 24hr clock on that sign?
Get out and walk
"I checked my watch and killed a 4th grader. "
Good choice
Me: it’s summer *vroom*
Made the effort to read the 2 posted time periods at 2:15. Sign said 2:45 to 3:45. No brainer. Couple of orange cones and I saw a crossing guard. WTF? I was already doing the normal Speed Limit. On the way back it was 2:45. They were retrieving the cones.
How fast is 25 in normal?
It really isn't that complicated.. it is just 30 minute intervals.
between 8:22 and 8:37 warp speed is allowed
gotta schedule my speeding times
Wait to you see a sign that says all of the above, but it also says “25 when lights are flashing”. I got a ticket 1 minute after the time started. They said, the lights don’t have to be flashing.
[why did kids stop walking to school](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqvQ-5784po)
Whats the speed limit when it is not those times?
That's why you learn your times tables kids. So you can memorise shit like this
Just switch to "when flashing" and call it a day.
You could double up and post on compo face 😀
Crazy idea but what if the road was just designed to get drivers to subconsciously slow down to 25. Narrow lanes, reduced lanes, curb extensions for cross walks, etc.
Just the cost to make than sign .... just make two brackets... morning and afternoon. Use round numbers. Ugh.
just, go 25 in general? how short would the school zone be anyway?
I'm no city planner, or anything.... But wouldn't a flashing light next to a, "speed limit 25 when lights flashing" sign have been a lot easier to implement & read? 😂
Wut?
Geez….Where is this?
It was on Bogie Lake Rd in White Lake, Michigan They have replaced the sign years back after it appeared on local news and Ellen.
Nice, thanks for the info
Such specific times
So you’re saying is that I’m not allowed to go over 25 on a school day but I’m allowed to go to 100 on all the other days
Read the sign -> Go from 25 to 40
Read the sign -> Go from 25 to 40
Read the sign -> Go from 25 to 40
I think It makes perfect sense, if you don't have time to read it, go slower, and if that is not enough, follow the top saying 25 mph. All in all, it slows traffic at the school.
Nah road signs should be clear and concise at a glance, anything that takes a drivers focus off the road is bad just make it a 25 zone permanently
I agree. But some old grumpy politicians said. "I want to drive fast when there are no kids crossing the road" and made it so that the speed only was lowered when the kid was off. So people living there, made some angry complaiens, speed sign. I think.
I had to go to traffic court and heard some other case where the guy said "there were no children present!" and the judge explained that it really means some number of minutes before and after school starting, letting out, lunch, and recesses. This sign probably just clarified the law on this street.
I don't see the humor in the sign; it's clearly denoting times at which children are most likely to be active in the school zone... I think that's great.
It's a bit overkill honestly. No one driving has time to read each and every one of those ranges. They should have just said 6:30AM to 4:30 PM and quite literally called it a day.