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bruxalle t1_j2a1uk3 wrote

All those crosswalks were fucked from the very beginning. An asphalt road should never have a crosswalk made of bricks surrounded by cement.

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firemummy t1_j2b3b4u wrote

Any physics expert, please feel free to correct me: If you have two different materials like that next to each other, they are bound to wear at different rates. So I think it was doomed from the get-go.

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Asterion7 t1_j2a42c2 wrote

I think they are supposed to act as a traffic calming device.

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big-heck-nah t1_j2aj338 wrote

They used to be smooth, but the base layer under the bricks couldn’t handle to weight of all the vehicles and the bricks settled. That’s why a lot of people veer to the extreme edge of the lane when passing through there, because the bricks haven’t dropped as much on the sides.

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