and one thing that's always bugged me is this: why do those dotted street lines even exist?
(especially when half of them I see are on bends where the inner corner may pass but the outer corner can't, it's like what)
I'd like to note that I actually made a draft way early this year, and then made this new one a couple months ago or so.
Draft 1.00
Title: Riding Between the Lines
The Issue: A spate of car accidents has risen due to a combination of bad placement and bad management of lines indicaticating a vehicle may pass another vehicle ahead of it.
Validity: Must have cars; Must not be dominanted by self-driving cars
Option 1: "We need better management of road lines," suggests @@RANDOMNAM@@, showing you a picture of a road bend with a single guy tripping over a can of yellow paint and spilling it all over. "Roads are important for our society, and making them safe is even more important. Put more funding into painting roads, better line-placing, and making bends have easier visibility."
[effect] more money is put into maintaining the precise shape of a road symbol than the road itself
Option 2: "How come we have these Violet-forsaken' passing lines, anyway?" asks @@RANDOMNAME@@, who frequently speeds ahead of people trying to pass @@HIM@@ just to spite them. "They're a danger and an abomination of driving standards. Just paint a solid line down the middle and forbid people from passing any moving vehicles."
[effect] new drivers cause mile-long traffic jams in rural communities
Option 3: "Hey, woah, hey, that's a restriction on our freedoms!" protests @@RANDOMNAME@@, manager of a car dealership. "Just don't bother using our tax money painting road lines. Let people drive however they want, and if they crash, welp, that's their own damn fault."
[effect] "follow the leader!" is almost as popular as "watch out for that pedestrian!"
Option 4: "We wouldn't have this problem if every road had two lanes per direction!" exclaims @@RANDOMNAME@@, who you don't remember inviting to the meeting. "There'll be no need to go over on the other side if you have a fast lane and a slow lane. It'll be costly, and terrible for the environment, but we'll make it work!"
[effect] road lanes have been significantly shrunk to fit between the buildings now flush with the road