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Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: July 29, 2013 04:53PM
It's little things like this that get me. Is there some VDOT criteria for a No Outlet sign vs. a dead end? They both are the same thing.
Re: Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
the difference
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Date: July 29, 2013 04:59PM
A Dead End is an actual street which has no exit; No Outlet means that you can not exit from the street in question. No Outlet can be the same as a Dead End, it can lead you to a Dead End, or it can lead you to a one-way street with oncoming traffic.
Example: If Street A and Street B are perpendicular and BOTH ends of Street A are blocked by buildings, then the intersecting point in the middle, where streets A and B intersect, should indicate that whether you turn right or left, you are heading toward a brick wall... A Dead End.
Street B is NOT a Dead End as it intersects with another street. Street B should indicate that there is Not Outlet because if you choose to go down this street, you will not be met with a brick wall, but with another street.
Rule of thumb: If you look down the street and it's visibly blocked, the sign should read Dead End. If you look down and it intersects another street, or enters a neighborhood, then it should read No Outlet.
Example: If Street A and Street B are perpendicular and BOTH ends of Street A are blocked by buildings, then the intersecting point in the middle, where streets A and B intersect, should indicate that whether you turn right or left, you are heading toward a brick wall... A Dead End.
Street B is NOT a Dead End as it intersects with another street. Street B should indicate that there is Not Outlet because if you choose to go down this street, you will not be met with a brick wall, but with another street.
Rule of thumb: If you look down the street and it's visibly blocked, the sign should read Dead End. If you look down and it intersects another street, or enters a neighborhood, then it should read No Outlet.
Re: Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
DMVbabe
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Date: July 29, 2013 05:30PM
Dead End: My vagina
No Outlet: My ass
No Outlet: My ass
Re: Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
Numbers
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Date: July 29, 2013 05:31PM
I thought No Outlet meant that I couldn't plug anything in after passing the sign.
Re: Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
lame
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Date: July 29, 2013 05:32PM
Numbers Wrote:
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> I thought No Outlet meant that I couldn't plug
> anything in after passing the sign.
Go back to posting gay porn, its far more entertaining.
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> I thought No Outlet meant that I couldn't plug
> anything in after passing the sign.
Go back to posting gay porn, its far more entertaining.
Re: Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
Vexxxed
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Date: July 29, 2013 10:03PM
"A 'Dead End' sign is used at the entrance of a single street that terminates in a dead end or a cul-de-sac. A 'No Outlet' sign is used at the entrance to a road network from which there is no other exit, for example, when a small neighborhood composed of several streets has only one entrance on to an arterial street."
It's not just Virginia. Seems to be nationwide.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Getting-There-The-difference-between-dead-end-961940.php
It's not just Virginia. Seems to be nationwide.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Getting-There-The-difference-between-dead-end-961940.php
Re: Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
JackOMen
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Date: July 29, 2013 10:04PM
DMVbabe Wrote:
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> Dead End: My vagina
> No Outlet: My ass
WTF?
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> Dead End: My vagina
> No Outlet: My ass
WTF?
Re: Dead End vs. No Outlet
Posted by:
Mr. Storyman
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Date: July 29, 2013 10:58PM
Dead End - funny kid walking down my street again
No Output - I chase strange kid and he jumps the curb and runs down a dry creekbed
No Output - I chase strange kid and he jumps the curb and runs down a dry creekbed