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Old 03-04-18 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
Interesting. I presume you’ve heard of the International Roughness Index pertaining to roadways?
No, I had not. Thanks for the reference. I looked it up and downloaded one of those apps mentioned. Not sure how applicable it will be for this but it might provide a clue what people think comprises a good road.

Originally Posted by MiloFrance
The G it's measuring is dynamic so it would be 0s all round until it moves.
In fact it reads 1 in the vertical direction, as expected. But if you drop it the vertical axis suddenly jumps to zero. Until it lands, at which point they all go bonkers.

Originally Posted by Chrome Molly
I know I'm maybe not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but this sort of reminds me of when we were kids playing with an etch-a-sketch...
Dang, you found me out.
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