Rocky Roads: Fake Driver
The Original Archie Leach
> I was driving south on I23 in Michigan today<SLAP!!>
It's US 23. I can't imagine a single truck driver that would refer to
US 23 as "I 23" without getting his ass laughed straight out of the
Truck Stop diner bar, and into the Stupid Corner of the Parking Lot,
reserved strictly for pedophiles, spammers, net-abusers, and those who
lie about their military records.
"I 23, I 75, US 23, same difference." Blah, blah, blah. Your
credibility is already suspect, what with your spirited defense of
Stupid Richard, and your complete unwillingness to acknowledge that
maybe Richard the Genius is a very sick individual. Maybe it's a
typo, but I doubt it.
Again, I've always gotten the impression that nomenclature is a very
important deal in Trucking circles, and while there are multiple ways
of correctly (or semi-correctly) identifying a highway (in Michigan,
"US 23" is the most correct way, just plain "23" (as in "Take 23 down
to the Dundee exit") is a close second, while "Route 23" or "Highway
23" are semi-correct, but a tip-off that trucker-in-question is
generally from the South and unfamiliary with Michigan roads and
nomenclature), there are certain ways that are BLATANTLY incorrect,
and the usage of such blatantly incorrect terminology is a sure tipoff
that the trucker-in-question is a poser or a dimwit or an out-and-out
fake.
I-23 is, as far as I'm concerned, a BLATANTLY incorrect mistake in
usage. To be an "I" route, a freeway has to have one of those
heart-shield-shaped blue-with-red-on-the-top reassurance signs, with
"INTERSTATE" in the red field at the top, and the number of the
Interstate route in the heart of the shield, as seen in the link
below.
http://www.m-plex.com/roads/mdmplex/treichard/altus40e_md36s_split2.jpg
A route that is called a "US" route (such as US 23) will have the
white-on-black-with-black-numbering as seen below:
http://www.m-plex.com/roads/mdmplex/treichard/altus40e_md36s_reass.jpg
It's one thing for casual road-observers or those entirely clueless
about highways and highway numbering to blur the distinction between
"US" and "I"; just look in the yellow pages at the maps on various
advertisements to see how blurry this distinction can become in the
minds of some.
A trucker, on the other hand, has no excuse for "blurriness"--a
trucker's working life is spent out on the road, on the US and
Interstate routes of America, guided by these signs. For a trucker to
foul up the distinction between "I" and "US" is very dubious indeed.
Maybe you should lighten up on your nightly twelve-pack of Red White
and Blue Beer and then these distinctions would become more clear to
you.
Archie Leach
Dave R
"The Original Archie Leach" <master_b...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Doktor DynaSoar
Original Archie Leach) wrote:
In addition, N/S interstates are numbered starting at the left coast
(I-5 on the CA coast, I-95 through NYC) while US N/S highways are
numbered starting at the right coast (US 1 parallels I-95, etc.)
I-23 would be west of the Alberquerque/Denver line.
But there isn't an I-23.
US 23 does indeed run through MI, from Mackinaw City to Lambertsville.