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The Worst Merge Lane Ever, Live
- chaosmachine 17y agoYour site tells me to upgrade to IE8. I'm using Firefox 3.6.
- ax0n 17y agoSame here, and IE8 won't even run on this computer.
- headShrinker 17y agoFixed.
- inklesspen 17y agoI have no idea what you're trying to ask.
- goldham 17y agoNice, it would be neat to see the statistics for the merger lane. I'm not sure about the IE8 banner though.
- gduffy 17y agoDude, you need to use a Dropcam :) That video is too choppy! I'll give you one for free if you let us put it in the public camera list.
- headShrinker 17y agoI would have no problem with letting you list the feed.
- zephjc 17y agoNo, the worst merge lane is the Treasure Island ramp onto the SF-bound lane of the Bay Bridge is the worst ever. You have approximately 5 feet to get from a stop at a stop sign to highway speeds.
- JangoSteve 17y agoI'm not really sure what you're asking. It would be cool though to see a timeline of accidents (or near-misses) for this merge lane. You could let current viewers add and tag them (and them verify them maybe once a day with the footage if you're recording it at all). To make it popular, you could start talking it up and make it popular in your area with people who also care. Try putting a sign up near the merge lane saying "You're on camera. Check out this horrible merge lane live online." Or "Check out this merge lane with tagged accidents online. Don't get tagged." Or something like that, but probably shorter and sweeter. And of course don't put it too close to the actual merge lane, these people don't need any extra distractions from the look of it. Then maybe with enough local buzz, you could actually get someone to listen and get them to do something about that intersection. It's specificly scoped, unglamorous causes like this that people rarely champion. However, those are often the causes that you can do something about if you just take the time. For instance, this guy took it upon himself to make a freeway sign more useful, and after several years, the city adopted it officially http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1047054 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1047054.