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Quiet_Ad6925 t1_ityxue0 wrote

Wild. I'm a quality guy for an asphalt company. Where is this? I'm assuming temps are high or ac content was very high.

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KYO297 OP t1_itz2iq7 wrote

I don't think temps matter here because it's the only bus stop I've seen like that. And it's not the busiest one either. But it's special because it's on an overpass and the previous stop is quite a ways back so the buses reach higher than usual speeds here. Maybe it's got something with either of those, otherwise I have no idea

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sluwecki t1_itz8cup wrote

so the paint has nothing to do with it?

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KYO297 OP t1_itzc0lo wrote

The paint marks the bus stop. It isn't like tape, it doesn't bond asphalt together. But it probably does have different friction than asphalt so maybe that matters

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Quiet_Ad6925 t1_itzbpcb wrote

Asphalt can reactivate with heat. Turns it soft. And if the ac content [black tar stuff] is to high its soupy. It will form and harden with regular temps. Heat and or solvent can reactivate it. That doesn't look like a spill though.

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KYO297 OP t1_itze9zn wrote

Heat may have contributed but like I said, it's the only bus stop like that (that I know of) so there has to be something else

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nulano t1_iu01kgz wrote

There are many that look like this all over Bratislava, Slovakia.

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mrsunlight1 t1_itysq2k wrote

They're called Moose Knuckles.

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sluwecki t1_ityxy7b wrote

I don't get it

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KYO297 OP t1_itz1nc4 wrote

Buses always stop the same distance from the curb. It's always the same model of bus with the same double tires, with the same spacing. I'm guessing that when they stop they apply a force to the asphalt, forward and toward the curb, moving the asphalt a little bit in that direction. Repeat that a 100 times a day, everyday, for years and you get this

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D-camchow t1_itztpvo wrote

maybe it's time to upgrade this line to a streetcar system

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