Submitted by JMPopaleetus t3_yeu9h0 in Connecticut
mkt853 t1_iu03v7y wrote
Reply to comment by Nyrfan2017 in Anyone know why the renumbered exits are blacked out? by JMPopaleetus
They don't have a choice. CT is one of the very last states to do this conversion. They've been able to delay delay delay for nearly 3 decades after the U.S. began this transition. Highway money can be withheld if they don't conform to national standards. If you are willing to pay a little more in taxes to make up for that money being withheld, then CT can keep its existing exit numbers.
Nyrfan2017 t1_iu11ddd wrote
Ok that makes sense we get more money from feds than what it would cos
SamuraiPanda19 t1_iu0m5if wrote
Owning the libs by paying more taxes and getting mad at what used to be exit 6 becoming exit 12
mkt853 t1_iu0o26v wrote
To be fair changing the numbers is kind of dumb at this point. No one is using the exit numbers to determine distances which was the original intent before people had GPSes in their pockets and cars when they started doing this in the '90s.
Malapple t1_iu4vy3t wrote
Scalability is much easier with the new model.
houle333 t1_iu11wty wrote
This is a good point. Numbers based on miles as a standard makes lots of sense in a world where people use paper maps to navigate somewhere new.
But fast forward to the 2020's and there might be 12 people under 60 years of age in the entire state that currently use paper maps.
Smart phone ubiquity and Google maps just straight up leap frogged us past a "future proof" standardization plan.
mkt853 t1_iu15axj wrote
Yeah remember when we had those yellow call boxes on the side of the highway every mile or so? At least with those they acknowledged that technology had rendered them obsolete so they were removed. At that point they should have shelved the exit renumbering plan for the same reason. CT likely won't be done with its renumbering until the 2030s. The state is probably hoping if they drag it out long enough the problem will just go away on its own.
nikedude t1_iu27qs5 wrote
Counterpoint, cars now tell you exactly how many miles to empty, so you can use this to determine if you need to stop for gas now, or when you get to your destination exit.
mkt853 t1_iu28bni wrote
I live in Connecticut. 90% of our exits are like 1 mile or less apart.
Nyrfan2017 t1_iu0xlfj wrote
Legit why if someone doesn’t agree with something it goes right to name calling ..
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