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    Marine Drive

    I have driven this route many times and just like all other motorists take the drive as completely normal.

    But if you are walking along by the beach, watching the cars drive past - it is quite amusing as they negotiate the roller coastal road, bobbing up and down.

    Today was the best - I watched a double decker bus going along there - that really was bouncing - its front bumper was literally a fraction of an inch from the ground in some areas.

    Is it not possible to smooth this road out, or is it intentional to prevent speeding?





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    Quote Originally Posted by said View Post
    I have driven this route many times and just like all other motorists take the drive as completely normal.

    But if you are walking along by the beach, watching the cars drive past - it is quite amusing as they negotiate the roller coastal road, bobbing up and down.

    Today was the best - I watched a double decker bus going along there - that really was bouncing - its front bumper was literally a fraction of an inch from the ground in some areas.

    Is it not possible to smooth this road out, or is it intentional to prevent speeding?

    They smooth it out every other week
    Can't stop the shifting sands of time

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    That stretch of the coastal road has its own built in speed humps.....naturally
    The day that God created Akita's......He just sat back and smiled

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    The coastal road was constructed 50 years ago of rubble. I can remember going there when we had bricks and rubble to get rid of. It was said, at the time, it would never survive but it did. A cheap solution to reclaiming land.

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    Quote Originally Posted by susanb View Post
    The coastal road was constructed 50 years ago of rubble. I can remember going there when we had bricks and rubble to get rid of. It was said, at the time, it would never survive but it did. A cheap solution to reclaiming land.
    It was actually built on household rubbish. I remember the bin waggons dumping there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by semah View Post
    It was actually built on household rubbish. I remember the bin waggons dumping there.
    Part was built on rubble and hardcore, part was on the contents of the bin wagons, no prizes for noting the two different areas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver fox View Post
    Part was built on rubble and hardcore, part was on the contents of the bin wagons, no prizes for noting the two different areas.
    So thats the reason I get sea sickness when I drive along it .
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    Quote Originally Posted by grassroots View Post
    So thats the reason I get sea sickness when I drive along it .
    Who needs a fairground?

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