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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2010-June-26, 05:31

There is this very wide highway-ish street that connects Reykjavik and Kopavogur, I think 4 lanes each direction. The direction of this street is N to S almost exactly. So there is a bridge that crosses over this for bikes and pedestrians. There are some barriers on the sides so you don't fall off or something. But the barrier that faces South is only about 1m (3 feet) high and vertical while the other one is about four times as high and leans outward. I am going over this bridge very often and have no idea why it is like this, any ideas?
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Posted 2010-June-26, 05:35

Maybe the south barriere is lower to make pedestrians enjoy the sunshine?
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Posted 2010-June-26, 05:38

Which direction does the ind usually blow?

I see Helene beat me to the weather idea. More sun? Could be.
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Posted 2010-June-26, 05:40

good question. I don't really know although I think it comes from west usually, i.e. the ocean?
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Posted 2010-June-26, 05:52

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Posted 2010-June-26, 10:47

gwnn, on Jun 26 2010, 06:31 AM, said:

There is this very wide highway-ish street that connects Reykjavik and Kopavogur, I think 4 lanes each direction. The direction of this street is N to S almost exactly. So there is a bridge that crosses over this for bikes and pedestrians. There are some barriers on the sides so you don't fall off or something. But the barrier that faces South is only about 1m (3 feet) high and vertical while the other one is about four times as high and leans outward. I am going over this bridge very often and have no idea why it is like this, any ideas?

They want you sober in Reykjavik but they don't care in Kopavogur? :)
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Posted 2010-June-26, 21:55

The low side is to encourage jumpers.
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