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01-23-2016, 04:08 PM
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Location: NC
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Here is the post from someone who says he took the photos:
"Why would someone slightly scrunch the photographs horizontally, since the original aspect ratio is dramatic enough? I know this for a fact - I'm the one who took the photographs. There is no digital altering of any sort other than these posted photos being a little too narrow. Although that was several years ago, 2003 maybe?, I've just now stumbled across this very interesting thread.
I was City Engineer for Fayetteville at the time, and was stunned to see such a ridiculous driveway being constructed. The white car in the photo, our department vehicle, does look a little too narrow in these posted photos. Of course, the Mayor and all sorts of people were immediately notified of this insane situation, and I sent several photos out to disbelieving friends. I'm guessing that's how they ended up on the internet, and were even seen in a military presentation in Korea!
ESI out of Springdale was the site engineer, and Riggins Construction was the developer and homebuilder. We called them immediately to try to find some sort of after-the-fact solution, which you eagle-eyed folks have spotted. The best we could come up, short of demolishing the houses and rebuilding with 2-stories, was to move the sidewalk closer to the street and then tear out and repour the driveways." (there is more)
He went on to say that this helped get the city to write into the code something that pertained to max slopes. Amazing!
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01-23-2016, 08:28 PM
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Location: The Heart of Dixie
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That's pretty crazy, but I've seen plenty that are darn close to that in this area. There are tons of hills and such around here and many of the houses are built into/around them, so some of the driveways are ridiculously steep - and some of these are very nice houses too. Personally I would much rather have a level (or at least mostly level) driveway.
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01-23-2016, 09:23 PM
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Location: Riverside Ca
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They invented these things called Graders. I guess they haven't made their way down there.
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01-24-2016, 07:38 AM
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Location: Wisconsin
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I used to have a coworker whose home had a similar driveway slope. It was also new construction, and he was the original owner. Maybe not quite as bad as the slope in that photo, but fairly close. He had a car with a low profile, and he said his front end would scrape the driveway if he wasn't careful pulling in.
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01-24-2016, 12:11 PM
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Location: Kailua Kona, HI
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Great for skateboarding! Just put a quarter pipe at the bottom! LOL That's just nuts!
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01-25-2016, 08:45 AM
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that is almost an exact match to how steep my driveway is now. Fortunately we rarely get snow or ice.
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01-25-2016, 12:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diana Holbrook
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Doesn't look that bad in this shot.
Good luck pulling that off in the northeast. get some snow/ice on that driveway and you are in trouble |
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01-25-2016, 03:12 PM
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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, originally from SF Bay Area
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Our area has steeper driveways, but they are long and winding, and eventually flatten out at the garage.
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