[Skittleguy]

What do you get when you have an underpass with a clearance of 2m40cm and truck drivers who don't pay attention?






Answer: A Blog.

http://www.2m40.com/

[Patrick Bateman]

Those crazy English guys. :lol

[RubxQub]

Oh man, there's one of these by my work that is constantly having fools get crushed. Fun part is that there are train tracks just above it, so everytime it happens they have to shut down the trains :lol

[Brobzoid]

2,4 meters? What's 2,4 meters in english?

[kaskade]

terrorist prevention.

[alr1ght]

dirty hors

[EatChildren]

"Hors Gabarit" sounds like drunken slang for "Hooker's Cunt".

[Tntnnbltn]

[IMG]http://i39.************/nqv0ah.jpg[/IMG]

:lol :lol :lol

2,4 meters? What's 2,4 meters in english?

2.4 metres.

[SaskBoy]

Those crazy English guys. :lol

?

I'm pretty sure they are french.

[Patrick Bateman]

2,4 meters? What's 2,4 meters in english?

Around 20 stones.

[valparaiso]

2.4 metres.

win

[teruterubozu]

Maybe it was 4:20

[Ramma2]

You would think someone would mount a steel beam at the same height before the bridge, to prevent any damage to the bridge itself.

Nah who am I kidding, ramming speed boys!

[Ducarmel]

They should just ban trucks a block or 2 away from that underpass. And ticket those plus fine and damages to offenders companies they work for.

[SmokyDave]

It's not always that simple. Sometimes the road can be re-surfaced multiple times without the signage being changed and eventually the sign ends up incorrect. That doesn't seem to be the case here though, these guys were miles out!

Oh, if anyone was walking through the overhead walkway at Leeds Uni about ten years ago when a 17 ton lorry did the same, that was me!

[Label]

Those crazy English guys. :lol

French. ;)

I see this quite often on my way to uni.

[Patrick Bateman]

French. ;)

All the same to me.

[Wii]

[IMG]http://i39.************/nqv0ah.jpg[/IMG] :lol :lol :lol

:lol

[mrklaw]

I think I took a photo of that when I was in paris several years ago. Truck stuck there. Must be common

[Archer]

\m/

[shidoshi]

I will never, ever understand this use of a comma.

[DonMigs85]

They should just ban lorries a block or 2 away from that underpass. And ticket those plus fine and damages to offenders companies they work for.

Fixed

[Alcoori]

I will never, ever understand this use of a comma.

Why? You people use commas to separate thousands and a dot for the decimals, we use spaces for the thousands and a comma for the decimals

1,239.95 - 1 249,95

I found the second one more elegant.

[Ramma2]

Why? You people use commas to separate thousands and a dot for the decimals, we use spaces for the thousands and a comma for the decimals 1,239.95 - 1 249,95 I found the second one more elegant.

Which works fine, except we use spaces for you know, spaces. What does 1 249 mean? 1,249 or 1 unit at 249? HOW DO WE KNOW?!

[Patrick Bateman]

Ach nein.. :(

[JeFfRey]

Which works fine, except we use spaces for you know, spaces. What does 1 249 mean? 1,249 or 1 unit at 249? HOW DO WE KNOW?!

That's why you have the @ symbol: 1@249.

I prefer the space and comma for decimal point, it's clearer.

[Alcoori]

Which works fine, except we use spaces for you know, spaces. What does 1 249 mean? 1,249 or 1 unit at 249? HOW DO WE KNOW?!

Wait wat?

You would just write 1x249 for 1 unit at 249. Or maybe 1 @249. Or... just spell it :D

Anyway, I guess it works when you know you're reading a French paper. First time I was introduced to the English system of writing numbers I was so confused and then someone said "Naught point 2" instead of "zero point 2" (well, to be fair "zero virgule 2") and I was like WAT?

[Doytch]

Whenever I see the signs I wonder what a truck driver does if he wasn't aware of it before. He'll have to switch lanes real quick and then pull over fast on the shoulder....but what then?

Yeah I'm talking about on a highway, obv.

[shidoshi]

Why? You people use commas to separate thousands and a dot for the decimals, we use spaces for the thousands and a comma for the decimals 1,239.95 - 1 249,95 I found the second one more elegant.

Well, because a comma is a punctuation mark indicating that some sort of idea or statement is being continued, where as a period means an ending. 1,239.95 is "one-thousand two-hundred thirty-nine" for the whole portion of that number; that's a complete statement. Then, once the statement of the whole number is finished, a second statement is attached: the tenths / one-hundredths / etc. portion of the number.

For "1 249,95", that seems utterly confusing to me in two ways. First, a space seems totally illogical, because a space indicates a break between separate items. Also, what if, just trying to come up with an example off the top of my head, I say "I have 12 249,95 price tags", and I saying that I have price tags with the value "12 249,95" on them, or that I have twelve price tags with "249,95" on them?

And, again, a comma is used for continuation, and it makes little sense for me writing "249,95" because that seems like one whole, large number.

Not saying one is "wrong" or the other is "right", just that, even beyond the way one or the other is taught, the basic rules of punctuation (so far as they are used for written English, or at least so far as I've ever been taught in use for written English) makes one of those two methods seem totally illogical to me.

[Alcoori]

Well, because a comma is a punctuation mark indicating that some sort of idea or statement is being continued, where as a period means an ending. 1,239.95 is "one-thousand two-hundred thirty-nine" for the whole portion of that number; that's a complete statement. Then, once the statement of the whole number is finished, a second statement is attached: the tenths / one-hundredths / etc. portion of the number. For "1 249,95", that seems utterly confusing to me in two ways. First, a space seems totally illogical, because a space indicates a break between separate items. Also, what if, just trying to come up with an example off the top of my head, I say "I have 12 249,95 price tags", and I saying that I have price tags with the value "12 249,95" on them, or that I have twelve price tags with "249,95" on them? And, again, a comma is used for continuation, and it makes little sense for me writing "249,95" because that seems like one whole, large number. Not saying one is "wrong" or the other is "right", just that, even beyond the way one or the other is taught, the basic rules of punctuation (so far as they are used for written English, or at least so far as I've ever been taught in use for written English) makes one of those two methods seem totally illogical to me.

I see your point and I can see how it could be confusing. But like I wrote a bit above, if you wanna say you have 12 price tags with 249.95 written on them you can just write 12x249,95 price tags. Also in French you wouldn't write it like that anyway so you couldn't really be confused.

As for the comma, it is a separation but also a continuation. So if does separate decimals and integer but decimals are part of the final number. Spaces are just here for ease of reading but really, 123945 shouldn't be separated because it is a whole number by itself.

Also, using dots, how do you finish a sentence that would finish by 12.40? Do you just write "I paid this watch $120.49."? Isn't that confusing as well?

[Veidt]

Ach nein.. :(

Jah whol!

[cory]

Also, using dots, how do you finish a sentence that would finish by 12.40? Do you just write "I paid this watch $120.49."? Isn't that confusing as well?

It's not really confusing, plus it wouldn't be said that way in English, it would be "I paid $120.49 for this watch." Keeping your example, you could put it like "For this watch, I paid $120.49."
2.4m is 7.87ft, I don't think we have any that low in the US, I don't think I've seen any under 12ft.

[RedShift]

When I visited Birmingham Uni earlier this month-
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Apparently its been there a while.

[levious]

Not saying one is "wrong" or the other is "right", just that, even beyond the way one or the other is taught, the basic rules of punctuation (so far as they are used for written English, or at least so far as I've ever been taught in use for written English) makes one of those two methods seem totally illogical to me.

but basic rules of punctuation would also make it wrong to have no spaces after a period (decimal).

[Android18a]

Wow, this blog really is Internet 2,0.

[DECK'ARD]

FOLK-DEATH-GOTHIC-TUNNEL !!!

[Wiseblade]

Wow, this blog really is Internet 2,0.

you were fishing for it, weren't you?

[dabig2]

but basic rules of punctuation would also make it wrong to have no spaces after a period (decimal).

That's more just to make paragraphs look nice and neat. Little to do with the philosophical concept of periods and their meaning.

[Sanskrit]

Those crazy English guys. :lol

Your tag sure is correct

[shidoshi]

but basic rules of punctuation would also make it wrong to have no spaces after a period (decimal).

Hard fast rules, yes; I'm talking more the basic concept of said punctuation.

As for the comma, it is a separation but also a continuation. So if does separate decimals and integer but decimals are part of the final number. Spaces are just here for ease of reading but really, 123945 shouldn't be separated because it is a whole number by itself.

I guess it's partially in how you look at the number itself. To me - due no doubt to how I was taught things - the whole number (as in "whole", not "entire") is one singular unit, and then whatever fraction/etc. attached to it secondary.

As for a big number not being separated, it's like written English. The sentence before this is one complete thought, but for our brains to have an easier time in processing what is being said, we have the comma, which introduces a pause but not a hard break or separation.

Also, using dots, how do you finish a sentence that would finish by 12.40? Do you just write "I paid this watch $120.49."? Isn't that confusing as well?

I can see the question there, but to me it's an easier distinction. You directly have the number there, so you know that the ".xx" portion is part of it. Where as - and yeah, it really isn't a strong argument - the "1 234" situation could at least provide for a few situations where confusion comes up as to if the first number is a counter or part of the actual number.

So what happens then with larger numbers? Would it be like 1 234 567,89?

[siddx]

A few years ago (well more than a few, almost a decade) some idiot in his RV tried to go through the Mcdonlads drive through in my town and had something similar happen.

[Screaming_Gremlin]

Oh man, there's one of these by my work that is constantly having fools get crushed. Fun part is that there are train tracks just above it, so everytime it happens they have to shut down the trains :lol

Haha, the exact same thing used to happen at my old workplace (we moved to a new building since then in a different city). It was hilarious being outside eating lunch and hearing a huge crash and looking up and realizing a truck just got stuck under the overpass. Certainly sucked for commuters, because as you said they have to shut down the trains to make sure the bridge isn't damaged.

[Lard]

2,4 meters? What's 2,4 meters in english?

Equivalent to one facepalm

[levious]

Equivalent to one facepalm

does no one realize he was making a joke about that idiot Rick guy on CNN?

[adelante]

Pfft obviously these guys didn't care to drive at full speed

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[Rentahamster]

2,4 meters? What's 2,4 meters in english?

Rick Sanchez, is that you?

[Alcoori]

So what happens then with larger numbers? Would it be like 1 234 567,89?

Yes, that would be correct.

I guess in the end it really depends on how you've been taught numbers and how accustomed you are to see them written.

[Kccitystar]

Pfft obviously these guys didn't care to drive at full speed [IMG]http://i39.************/b563h2.gif[/IMG]

:lol :lol :lol holy fuck

[DeathNote]

spaces where commas should be are dumb

[SalsaShark]

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