This machine gives me far too much pleasure...

[@konradcool4556]

10:26 Its a "Priority Roads" (Vorfahrtstraßen) sign to assign right-of-way. Priority Roads are marked with the sign. Traffic on a Priority Road has the right-of-way ("priority") over other traffic at all intersections along the way.

[@Daeltha]

Yes, also all roads merging into the priority road will have either a give way or a stop sign at the merge intersection.

[@RenneVangr]

Didn't know that these weren't used everywhere. I'll always keep calling them fried egg.

[@DarkInos]

@@RenneVangr Yeah now I wonder how do they do it in England.@real civil engineer

[@ReeEmbrio]

@@RenneVangr they quiet common here in czech in cities

[@ThePapaja1996]

I surpised that uk doesn't have that sign

[@zwilnik]

You also can't make your sign posts too strong. As inevitably an architect will be along to run into it. And somehow their lives are still valued more highly than proper signage.

[@HermanVonPetri]

This reminds me of how video games only seem to have two strengths for signage. Either they break away from the ground at the slightest touch, or they are completely impervious, immovable posts that would bisect any car that happens to drive into them at speed.

[@ArinJager1]

b-but they won't learn any lesson (like not driving like an idiot), I say make the signs even stronger! Darwin award exists for a reason (idiots are meant to off themselves, you see)

[@ccrum32]

@@ArinJager1 true, but also: smart people sometimes also off themselves because society is shit to them.

[@Nevir202]

@@HermanVonPetri Ya, but that's somewhat true to life, most signs are made of either poles thin enough to bend out of the way easily when hit by a car, or they have breakaway bases installed.

[@jamoecw]

depends on the jurisdiction, some treat signs and super valuable and make them as tough as feasible, others make them bend and bounce back into shape so you can run over them without any worry at all.

[@dallencorry]

I love watching Matt just explain every little detail that he knows about highway engineering and construction. You can tell he loves it

[@ArinJager1]

_what a nerd!_

[@RappelzWikiaPolska]

sad think is that UK highways heh i mean motorways cuz i never seen any real highway here are badly design as there is not stops non gas stations or petrol whateva.non toilets so if you running 10h drive across UK you have to get near cities to get petrol or even pee... while in rest of europe every so many miles is petrol station or rest carpark. not in uk we use hardshouder for that xD

[@KadinoTheDumpling]

@@RappelzWikiaPolska "hard shoulder" XD. Anyways that is a perfect annalegy of the North/South divide we have. Down in London and the South we have such big services some with fountains, pizza expresses, 3 STARBUCKS FOR NO REASON, perfectly clean toilets with plenty of space and extra urinals (not sure about girls) etc. Wonder how hs2 would help lol

[@RappelzWikiaPolska]

@@KadinoTheDumpling okey i did mention that around bigger cities you have such a think but trust me i been in europe so many times and south london motorway ( only 70mph xD ) is nothing to like german or fance or belgium highways not only because of spped limits are about 80-90mph but also about services every 50km or even less, with lorry parkings , toilets and showers... and dont even try tell me that in UK we do have somethink like that because i have been drivin all around Sussex, Hampshire, surrey, even some berks and wiltshire also about 2 years in Devon and i seen shit. roads are in good condition i give you that but i recomend you to do a small trip around west and east europe to see how they doin that staff

[@Pinguinausquetscher]

05:40 i think that applies the reflective glass pearls to the fresh markings so you can see them better in the dark.

[@ghostderazgriz]

"Probably should have gave way to traffic but whatever" Matt learned how to drive like a true American in such a short time span.

[@aCertainZypher]

Matt casually turning a video game into a professional internship

[@gabnuth1ng559]

When I used to work for a signs company in Canada, no highway stuff, just in and around the city. We would just ram the pole two feet into the ground and call it a day. And straightening one would be as simple as pulling on it toe the one side and recompacting the dirt around it. Then we would us a pipe wrench to untwist it. Pretty simple. And I think the thing on the line painter you were wondering about might be a "glass beed feeder". not too sure how to call it, but it pours glass beeds on the paint so that it can reflect light off your headlights at night to help see the lines.

[@rawcus918]

I used to work at an ironworks that made sign poles and guardrails and stuff. All the posts were cut on the bottom depending on its structure so that if a car hit it the sign would break first. Was weird after finishing a sign to bring it to the band saw or nibbler.

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

knocked one down once, came inches from hitting my mom. terrifying. She's the only person I trust to drive 😂 But no, that sign, scary as it was, helped keep the car from rolling, and i'm very grateful for it. Thank you so much for the work you did.

[@ManioAndLuinio]

The Sign that looks like a egg (Squar White Yellow) means your on the Headroad and the lanes that merch into the street have to give you way so you know you dont have to slow down at a Conjunction :) So the merching lanes have a triangle sign that means stop give way befor driving.

[@besteleben2032]

Yep ist true beqause i am German and the shield means u can Drive and the OTHER guis has to wait

[@datpudding5338]

confirmed some people call them "Spiegelei" which basically means fried egg due to it's design

[@ArinJager1]

Hail Hydra! Also: I wonder what sign they have in the UK that serves a similar/same purpose

[@adamhoughton9516]

@@ArinJager1 We just mark the roads that give way (triangle sign) rather than marking the priority road itself. There also should be a double dashed white line going across the exit of the road that's giving way as well, just in case the sign is obscured

[@Delibro]

@@adamhoughton9516 Sometimes this is done in Germany too. But I don't like it, if there are things obscuring the sides of the street its hard to be really sure to have the right of way and when the street is wet at night you hardly see markings. In contrast if there is a right of way sign you can be sure even from a distance and concentrate on other things approaching an intersection.

[@mikeeasley6670]

The piece on the painter behind the paint sprayer is probably for reflective spheres, basically road glitter. It makes the lines retroreflective. Source: I work for a city crew in the US and have used a walk behind unit somewhat similar to what is shown here.

[@seriousstone2142]

In Germany we call the marking type you described "unregelmäßige/regelmäßige Agglomerat-Markierung".

[@krusty6649]

@@seriousstone2142 kann man dadurch auch "einstellen" ob die markeirungen ton machen wenn man drüber fährt?

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@krusty6649 nope.

[@Asgar1205]

As a geologist, the only thing I want to know is. Did you perform a proctor test before compacting the ground to make sure it’s properly compacted and won’t sink afterwards?

[@toniodu371200]

As a former worker, I can say nobody will do anything before the architect in charge come so nothing before at least 10am

[@jtowensbyiii6018]

As an American I can confirm that's a no, as most usa roads suck and fail within a few years

[@zachhabron4463]

Better get make sure you do a moisture density check then put down some filter fabric AND geogrid, then your good to go😂😂😂

[@anonymus2852]

you know proctor are mostly for granula? For asphalt, you need to take a samples for the labo. Mostly doing a core sample and do compression test, burning some of it to know the % of bitumen and other test too.

[@Asgar1205]

@@anonymus2852 don’t tell them that! It’s the only test I remembered from university. I don’t work in that field. I more into petrology, primary and secondary deposits ;)

[@jakobtheonlyone9983]

10:26 I think this game was developed in Germany because of the German text earlier and these signs are here in Germany, they mean that you get a higher priority of some kind at a junktion(sorry if my english isn't the best).

[@radtrainlord8126]

Junction So almost

[@ArinJager1]

Hail Hydra! Most of the EU has these signs, only UK is being weird with it (like driving on the left side wasn't enough)

[@p3chv0gel22]

I think Aerosoft developed it, which is in fact a German company

[@BrumeNoire]

10:27 the sign means you're on the headway, every other intersecting roads have to give you way, they will have a stop sign or an upside down red outline triangle that tells them to give way. This rule ends when you encounter the same sign but crossed by a red diagonal stripe. We have these in Europe but I had no idea they weren't used in extra-european countries ! These simulator games are mostly german made if I'm not mistaken so that's probably why you get european roadsigns.

[@Soken50]

In France the end of priority road" sign is crossed by 1 thick or 3 thin black bar(s) instead of red

[@ArinJager1]

@@Soken50 5 thin black lines where I come from ^^

[@Soken50]

@@ArinJager1 a) Which country is that ? b) How dare they have even more lines than France ? (Kidding but it's fun to imagine countries trying to 1 up eachother on signage stripeyness)

[@nevengarbin8770]

Here comes the LEGENDARY series.Thank you Matt!

[@blakborn]

Wiki: A road marking machine is a machine specially used to mark different traffic lines on road surface, and some can remark on old lines directly. It can screed, extrude, or spray processed road paint onto the road surface to form durable coating lines. A hot melt kettle is used for continuously heating, melting, and stirring thermoplastic marking paints, preparing molten paints for the thermoplastic machine, especially for long-distance road-line-marking work. The molten paint quality can affect the line quality greatly.

[@dashadowgirl]

Now that I’m getting all of this knowledge from Matt I *REALLY* want to go on a road trip and look for things

[@lalithch7737]

same

[@Mibris]

In Germany most of these round speed limit signs are always the same size, the only exception i can think of is the Autobahn (Highway) and there only the digital ones i think 🤔

[@sheller153]

That brush machine is probably a snow remover. When I was taking the landscape maintenance classes for my horticulture degree we toured the college’s landscaping workshop and got to see all the tools and vehicles. And later that year after an evening class I saw one in action clearing that day’s snow. They just spin up the brush and go along the sidewalk, slinging the snow forward. It’s nice because it gets all of the snow so there isn’t any left behind where a plow didn’t reach so it doesn’t get compacted down into an ice patch after a few hours of students rambling around. Also kinda scary to see in real life, that thing goes at terrifyingly high speeds, the snow it flings will absolutely knock you on your ass if you’re not at the back half of its range. It’s High on my list of “Machines not to get my hand stuck in”

[@ArinJager1]

it's a big(ger) road sweeper/cleaner (glorified broom on wheels), snow remover would have a plough (then again, these vehicles are modular, so you can attach different accessories, thus the vehicle can service all year long, don't really need snow removal in summer, you see)

[@NFSHeld]

As many people (Germans?) in the comments pointed out that while+yellow sign means you are on a priority road. It basically has the same function like the "priority on the next junction" sign (red upright triangle with a black upwards facing arrow and a crossing), but it is more assuring - basically means "there will be proper notification before that changes to give-way at some intersection". A very interesting thing about this is that it is more akin to speed limit signs, in that it is placed AFTER a junction to inform newly merged traffic, rather than before any junction. I always found that very exciting as a kid for no reason.

[@michaels.3709]

Never before have I been so excited about a road resurfacing! I love the relaxed, educational style and am looking forward to the next video!

[@waterfox2492]

10:27 It's a "you have the priority" sign. It's a kind of traffic informer marker which warn you that are on the main road and/or you'll have the priority over the next intersections ; and when this main/priority road end , there's a sign called "end of priority marker". Those two signs are a very common one to see in France or in Germany.

[@ydfhlx5923]

10:26 sign means that you're on a road with priority

[@historyman9436]

And for the 2 people without a braincell (/s) You have the priority over cars on other roads at the junction

[@shadowkyber2510]

13:40 in australia (atleast where I am) they compact the stuff in the pot hole by driving over it with the truck, looks pretty funny seeing them line up their wheels to run it over

[@jameswassall2334]

I'm not usually one to comment on videos but the explanation on sign sizing was amazing, I could listen to Matt explaining road planning concepts all day!

[@cwoelkers1]

This game shows a proper way of fixing a pothole in asphalt. In the US, at least in Michigan, we do it the cheapest way, by shoveling some cold patch into the hole and bashing it with the shovel until it's kinda level. Leaves a bump but the traffic flattens it out overtime, while spreading bits of cold patch everywhere whenever a car runs over it.

[@sparkselm173]

9:36 "Depending on your sign depends on how strong your pole needs to be, giggity." Who else but Mattmire!

[@SmolSir]

damn, Matt really got into this game. I would love to be his intern!

[@gamefreak22574]

As a pipefitter, thats definitely a refrigeration coil on the back, probably for just what you said, blowing AC on the wet paint and instantly cooling it down as it goes.

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

This game has quickly become one of my favourites on your channel. I learn so much about something I will never be doing (most likely, life can always bring surprises). Very similar feeling to Infra with the amount of information you like to share about the job.

[@blah596]

The Tokyo Drift bells had me fucking rolling, wonderful touch 😂😂😂

[@leveillealexandre]

This game and Infra are so fun to watch. All the little bits of info that we learn is just so cool 😁 Can't wait to mention the road signs sizing at the next family dinner 😅😅

[@homeoftheinepttulpagamer]

After working in purchasing for utilities companies this is very accurate. Disposes of bucket "wouldn't want to use it again". One of the reasons it costs so much to fix things is the fact that you can't trust the crews.. at all. They were allowed to purchase a certain amount extra materials for jobs over the purchase order for extras (consumables mostly). One guy bought a top of the range £50 hammer. Every day for a month. What he did with over £1500s worth of hammer is up to your imagination but the same was true of road repairs also, do you really need 2 tons of asphalt for a 1ft hole or is someone getting a new driveway? The amount of hustles was impossible to keep track of. Bare in mind they aren't badly paid, some of the workers get £50k + bonuses for working on fast roads and so on.

[@iniehawk4472]

If you have two terminals, one on each side of the road, it is called a "gate" and is the correct way to mark a change in speed limit. You will then have a mix of terminals and repeaters as needed.

[@visekual6248]

Where I live not only are all the speed signs the same size, as it's common to be at 120km/h and suddenly the speed drops to 80 or even 60 followed by a speed camera, yes it causes accidents, but the money from the fines is good, there are cities that live off it, so the mayor doesn't care.

[@davidholub]

10:27 We have those in the Czech Republic. It marks "main" roads and it is at almost every intersection. Every main road has a priority of way. The roads that are connected to the main roads are called "secondary" roads and people that come to the intersection from the secondary roads have to give a priority of way to the people coming from the main road. "Two" roads are main and any other road is secondary. Secondary roads have their own sign too. Every secondary road has a yield sign and under the sign is additionary sign with the map of the intersection. When you are turning at the main road, you have to give priority to the people that come from the "opposite" main road when you are crossing the middle lane (turning left - in the UK turning right). When everyone at the main road passes the intersection, then applies the right side rule - every driver gives priority of way to the right (in the UK it would be to the left). And of course people crossing the middle lane have to give priority of way to drivers that go straight or turn right (in the UK turn left). It sounds complicated, but it's easy when you get the experience.

[@mgunter]

12:23 A politician must of complained about that one. They typically need to be 1 foot in diameter and 6 inches deep before any non-private takes care of it.

[@paulk5670]

Depends. If it's the end of a budget season and the roadworks department is on a 'use it or lose it budget', you'll see a heck of a lot of cold patch going down everywhere. Won't actually *fix* it with fresh ashphalt, of course. That would be job security suicide. Don't normally see the compactor coming out, either, just drive the pickup over it a few times.

[@drcreeper4885]

10:26 this is a German sign it is called "Vorangsstraße,, (priority street)and they say you can drive along without stopping (but traffic lights are not included), so like a Main road.

[@jaronics]

I assume you are from Austria because in Germany it's Vorfahrtsstraße, and it means that all joining roads will either have a give way sign or a stop sign. There is also a sign at the end of the Vorfahrtsstraße.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Where I live there are 2 bad roads; one I drive on every day and they "fix" the pot holes so often that now they've just given up and put soil and hardcore all over the sides of the road so people can avoid the pot holes. The other road that is bad near me has no pot holes but the road surface is not at all level and I know it's meant to be curved for drainage but this is like driving along straight and then your right side of your car dips down 6 inches.

[@r.lyster8280]

Hello from America! I really enjoy watching your videos and especially hearing your perspective on all these things from the UK. I really enjoy hearing the details about your experience as an engineer.

[@jason38321]

I love that description about sign sizes. We definitely don't do that in Canada. The 100 speed limit sign on a 18-lane divided highway is exactly the same as the 30 sign by your house. Although in fairness, it's not like anyone follows the limit on the highways anyways. Everyone knows the *actual* limit is 120.

[@hakarusummer]

in his last video when he said "when you are driving down the road and look at the gap between the sign posts.", went to the beach yesterday and I happened to catch myself glancing at the gap between the posts on a barrier and got mad at myself for subconsciously being aware of it and what was behind it for the gaps. lmao. damn you for teaching me subconsciously RealCivilEngineer. And now that he has said it again, I probably will look at sign sizes lolz.

[@goldug]

Been watching for a long time and this is the first time I'm commenting. The speed limit signs are different in Sweden. They're all the same size (pretty big). When it's a new speed limit, the sign is on both sides of the road, then a little now and again (like after a crossing or where another road merge onto the road) there's a sign on just the right side of the road (since we're driving on the right side of the road, like most of the world) to remind you about the speed limit. It's a working system where you don't need multiple sized speed limit signs, making for (probably) a cheaper manufacturing process. In the USA on the other hand, based on what I've seen in games and other media, it is a tiny black-and-white sign that is easy to miss. That sucks.

[@tjorvegro9651]

The white and yellow sign shows that your road has the right of way. You can expect to have the right of way in all future intersection until there is another sign saying you don't have it anymore

[@Nicolai0901]

the sign that looked like an an egg means that you are on an road that has priority on all upgoing junctions (called Vorfahrtsstrasse in German) and that the speed limit is 50km/h (or higher) so its not to be found in residential zones (speed limit of 30km/h).

[@ArinJager1]

it's "P 2" in my country (we got the same signs, anway, like the whole EU or mainland Europe has it like that, only the brits are being weird as per usual) gotta _love_ idiots that run 100+ km/h in 30 km/h places (seen it way too many times, ugh) -.-

[@NightcoreSkies]

13:55 i actually had to use a jumping jack (idk, that's what we call it here in Canada) and BOY WAS IT HEAVY AS HELL. 2 Home Depot staff had to carry it too.

[@baystated]

Here in Mass, they'd spend millions on rebuilding an intersection to make it "safer" instead of just keeping up the painted lines. (Our winters do a number on road paint with salt and sand and ice and plow and so on.) And then the new expensive intersection is even more dependent on fancy lane painted lines that are even more likely to be left to fade away than the old intersection. By the time the highway departments get around to painting, it is hours away from wintertime again, and it's more than just one guy in a van who talks to himself.

[@lincreeper5544]

is he still working as a civil engineer in real life? Because with his amazing upload rythm he probabaly had to quit his job right?

[@zohaibtariq7351]

he retired then he started a KZbin channel

[@drgs38]

He did quit quite a long time ago

[@zohaibtariq7351]

@@drgs38 nope he told in one of his old videos that he has retired

[@Nicolai0901]

I think he quit about an year ago to do fulltime youtube.

[@lincreeper5544]

@@zohaibtariq7351 oh, ok thanks

[@TechGorilla1987]

@5:48 - I'm sure this has been answered, but I think that unit you mentioned is what sprinkles powdered glass on the wet paint to increase reflectivity.

[@GenericBrand-TM]

@12:27 I can confirm that U.S. road commissions wouldn't be patching a small crack like that one, either.

[@iamprosooyt]

i think matt is qualified for every single job you could think of ( on the road)

[@cjhickspe1399]

This game is so detailed you could train Dept of Transportation workers with it. Impressive.

[@sperzieb00n]

now i'm wondering if that's actually already a thing, although probably not common in that line of work

[@erikspyro9801]

I don't know if this is just in Sweden but if the speed change, there will be a speed sign on both side of the road, while "repeater" signs will only appear to the driving side.

[@gelu_4499]

Here in Germany they are usually on one side only, except for the Highway wich often has them on both.

[@erikspyro9801]

@@gelu_4499 I have noteced that while driving through Germany. We have it on basically every road where there is a speed change.

[@evan-edstrom]

14:11 I got to use one of these one time. Quite a lot of fun. Where I am in the US this is called a "whacker packer" which is my favorite name for a tool ever.

[@heldderblockmemes8061]

The White and Yellow Sign was a "Vorfahrtschild" it shows that you're the one who has the Right to drive first the Counterpart of it is the "Vorfahrt-währen-Schild" it's like a triangle turned around (Its red and white) When you see one of these you have to look for other people who are allowed to drive first Stop means basically the same as the red and white but you HAVE to stop and look XD Looking forward to the next Video

[@xarin42]

The comp[acter makes me think of a machine I used as a janitor at Walmart. It was one-legged, but instead of a metal plate that bounces, it was an abrasive round pad that spun. You used it with some chemicals to soften and then scrape up the floor "wax". I don't know if it had a more technical name, but it was basically a hard plastic coating at least a couple mm thick that protected the prettier tiles underneath. In a store for a relatively small city with a population of about 10k a pretty large area would be done every night ... about a full aisle, or an equivalently sized section or larger of the bigger paths that don't go between shelves (Walmart calls it an action alley), sometimes multiple of them. The machine that made me think of it was strong enough to yank me around if I wasn't careful even on the dry tile. Of course, the tiles were usually quite wet and slick when actually using it (that you could also use a different pad to polish it afterward is how I know it could yank me when dry) so I almost fell multiple times when learning. Several people really did fall at first. Anyways, not closely related, but one-legged machines just awakened memories. I doubt anyone will but I can probably some simple answer questions if people have any. nothing specific like machine names unfortunately though :(

[@nicholaspelz9422]

In the US we call the "compactor" a "Jumping Jack", also construction is super fun and I am Studying to be a Civil Engineer

[@ArinJager1]

not to confuse with spring-heeled jack, the vigilante that was killing _yahtzees_ during the ww2

[@shawnbolack5703]

I know in the US, at least on smaller roads they don't have that concrete block at the base of the signs, they are designed to give way in the event of a crash and for emergency workers to be able to remove them to be able to get larger vehicles through traffic jams and narrow roads

[@ZaraZee]

Im actually genuinely loving this series i can never look at signs the same but i love it

[@mmetzger713]

The yellow sign is where a priority road starts in germany. This sign indicates a priority at all upcoming intersections and crossings. Oncoming traffic must yield. Greetings from an „angry“ kind german fan. PS: A realy funny word to describe german engineering is „Verschlimmbessern“.

[@timbomb374]

The actually carrying items is a nice touch. It's those kinds of things that really make a game feel good. I thought in the future that all games would have tons of little details like that but if anything these days it's gone the other way.

[@rashido_grey]

Please just keep explaining everything. So much random info that I had no clue about and love to learn!

[@gelu_4499]

The square EGG sign you encountered (White rim yellow interior stands on one edge) is a "Priority Road" sign. It means you have priority on this junction and can expect priority on following junctions as well, if you follow the road without turning off of it. I have to admit I thought they were used within the entire EU (and former EU)

[@peta_sramek]

10:26 It's sign for main road. We have it for example in Czech Republic. ;)

[@ArinJager1]

* bohemian bro fist bump *

[@TheClone159]

i really like when u explain about different stuff, like with the signs and other rules, its quite fun to learn.

[@QuestingTruck]

We don't have repeater signs in the USA. I wish we did. Best we can hope for is a crossroad where they will put a new sign up in case someone just turned onto the road.

[@ArinJager1]

the US got quite a lot of "wild" traffic stuff, it's kinda scary tbh

[@namibjDerEchte]

You also don't do signs, but instead just write words on plates.... Except stop sign shape and railway crossing cross, at least, from memory.

[@QuestingTruck]

@@namibjDerEchte well we have various sign shapes and colors and they do have meaning. Diamonds tend to be caution or alert for instance. That said we do have plenty of the words on plates signs you mention. He talks in this video how signs are bigger or smaller based on how much time you have to read them. In the USA there are way too many of these novels written on signs you can't possibly read hurtling past them. Generally those signs you see and get the gist of what it's supposed to be and look for the relevant key detail. Tonnage limit signs are the most common culprits of this in my line of work. Particularly ones in rural areas.

[@AaronD_]

13:56 saw one of these irl today, reminded my of RCE lol

[@sirzanderr3908]

8:20 I think most US speed limit signs are the same size (I have seen smaller ones on highway) but most look the same size whille driving

[@gibbbon]

the yellowish orange sidway square sign mean "give way", like a stop sign, but you don't need to stop if there is nobody on the other roads

[@silveralpaca6037]

I know I'm a bit late, but I got some fun fact to tell you as well :) 10:27 I dunno where that game takes place, but we got the exact same sign here in Poland and that means you are on the main road and you have the permission to drive thru the crossroads first. Unless you gonna turn left, then you have to wait for the people from the opposite lane to go first ;P Keep the great work m8 :)

[@MasterSonicKnight]

i gotta say i rly love this channel, i get to learn new stuff i won't ever use in my life while also having a taste of let's game it out rly can't ask for anything better

[@jamoecw]

in the US they are the same size. each sign (even though they are all standardized) are custom made, making them really expensive. some places still only put the poles into the ground 18 inches with a bunch of concrete to hold it in place (like a post), but with the fad of stealing road signs (and people hitting them, knocking them down) quite a few are put in a few feet into the ground, with concrete to help hold it as well. in fact there are quite a few i have seen that have filled the hollow tube space of the pole with concrete to make it more rigid and harder to bend or steal. the device you should not hold it steady in one spot, as it will make a square 'hole' with pronounced edges, rather than a dip. you should add enough material and 'walk' the machine onto the lump and over it, then back and forth so that it becomes level (or at least perceptibly so, you know how measurements go).

[@IhsaanM]

😂 I'm from South Africa and that at 12:22 wouldn't even be considered a pothole.... We have craters, it's like you have to slalom through town

[@ArinJager1]

you also have to sleep with a gun under your pillow

[@IhsaanM]

@@ArinJager1 nah not really, my pet lion is an excellent deterrent

[@arti6okk]

"peace love and road maintainance" sounds quite methaphoric to me, therefore relatable, love it!

[@RedHat2023]

Proper TMP and plant would have been lovely! TMAs and AWVMS would be a delight!

[@copindeanalex]

It is so nice that you explain all the facts, keep up the good work!

[@darkmagician1184]

Your pole lesson makes me wonder: In the US, the signs (and mailboxes even if they are brick) have to be able to fall over if run into by a car, I can't remember the speed. A lot of our signs are on U channel or Square tube perforated pole. Our light posts are bolted to the ground rather than set in the ground by concrete, I assume because of the sheer strength of the bolts. Our power poles (which we still put above ground in the year 2022) are solid wood and firmly placed in the ground a few feet deep, they aren't going anywhere if a car wrecks into it unless they're starting to rot (since they're made of pine). Your description of the speed limit sign though was more akin to when I built my fence with aluminum posts, a couple feet deep (0.5 meters) with a cement footer.

[@ebnertra0004]

Wooden posts can still be found at most passive level crossings (protected only by signs - no lights/ gates, etc.). They usually have holes drilled through them near ground level to make them break away better. Large freeway signs are supported by I-beams with breakaway mounts, as well. I've actually seen signs like that with one beam broken off and the other holding the whole sign. So they're apparently pretty tough. About the only signs not designed to break off are ones that reach over the road. Mostly things like overhead sign supports, traffic light mast-arms, and cantilevers used at level crossings. I think some actually _are_ still breakaway, but many are not

[@alltaira5922]

This reminds me of construction in New Jersey. They literally closed a street down with no warnings or detours and I was driving a tractor trailer. I was like WTF am I supposed to do now...? lol fun days....

[@vlospaHomeLess]

Best game and best series ever.. this is my job.. I literally was doing road marking last night.. I also work with guardrails..

[@alexanderschnoder2185]

The paint is sprinkled with glass beads so it reflects light . That's what the blower thing does on the marking machine.

[@kamilb.3643]

9:53 I'm a Pole, but I'm not strong. My physical strength isn't spectacular. What then? What should Polish citizens in such case? :c

[@Dr_Nick_]

That "Car Wash" is a Mercedes Benz Unimog with a street sweeper attachment.

[@ArinJager1]

first I was thinking "isn't that too big for a unimog?" then I realized I was thinking about multicar, oops (it IS a sweeper, I knew it! Some bloke in the comments was like: "yeah that's for snow removal" it's not for snow removal)

[@nichtabonnieren]

to explain the white square with the yellow middle, i assume its german so in germany its called Vorfahrtsschild and it basically tells you that you can drive while other cars need to wait. There also is the Vorfahrt gewähren sign that tells you that you need to wait for the other cars to drive first

[@theeutecticpoint]

thermoplastic with retroreflective particles added, it lasts years longer than pretty much any paint in existence and takes an absolute beating before breaking down

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

10:29 Not sure what to translate it to English, but basically it means that you are driving on the "main" road, and roads coming into that road will have to give way to vehicles already on that road (indicated on each of those roads by a triangular sign pointing downwards made up of a white or yellow background and red border) or a full stop, (indicated by a standard everywhere six-sided stop-sign). Also, around here the termination signs would be indicated by there being a sign on both sides of the road instead of their size, whereas the repeaters are only on the right side of the road. 14:20 Yeah...the top shouldn't vibrate very much...except it vibrates like crazy, these "toads" cause so many chronic vibration-injuries for construction workers it's crazy...

[@henry090801]

I'm currently working in road maintenance and besides the traffic management for the jobs this is pre on point

[@hubertusheinz5876]

The sign was a german street sign. It means that the road has a higher priority in driving throw the junction as the other crossing road. The name is "Vorfahrtsstraßen" sign

[@Spaxxist]

Feels like my internship at the building site a building site all over again, amazing Love the content, also love planet crafter a lot

[@leobonbon8098]

It’s fun because i figured out that that game takes place in Germany because all the road signs are in German and because im German i can read em

[@Dunkin.MeCokiner]

It’s thermal plastic. The tubes on the back shoot glass beads into it for reflective

[@TechGorilla1987]

Just posted the same thing 3 weeks later. XD

[@tarrantwolf]

I passed a truck painting the lines on the road this morning on my way to work. They didn't close the road, it was just driving down one lane rather slowly so all the cars had to go around it. Rather meaningless post but it helps feed the algorithm.

[@Melv1ns]

Tip of the day. You should try and look at these speed limiting signs and figure out what speed you're going at. Whattttt, I just normally drive full throttle not looking at any signs😂😂

[@DanielDaly157]

Yeah, if the council saw a pot hole like that, they would just look at it and say "we'll come back in 2 years and maybe fix it then".

[@undying3132]

In my country, they will not fix anything until there's an election in a few months

[@DanielDaly157]

@@undying3132 How often does your country have an election? I think we normally have an election every year(??). We have one 2 weeks today.

[@undying3132]

@@DanielDaly157 if there's no irregularities like death or retirement, every 4 years

[@DanielDaly157]

@@undying3132 Wow, so you just need to hope that within those 4 years the council doesn't need to fix anything. 😂 That's insane.

[@anonymus2852]

funny how people repair road in other country. Here in Canada, some law change so we cant use anymore cold asphalt, we need hot one for most of our work. And that compactor type is for small trench. You need a lot more heavier one for those work. You need glue too to make those asphalt work better.

[@rokushou]

Surprisingly educational series, would like to see more.

[@emmata98]

2:15 we do this like most times with a bigger emergency on a road^^ And even when it takes longer we just help them, and not do a diversion. But this is planned, so...

[@phleet3848]

every time i hear your intro, i can't unhear the 1m subs special song, it won't get out of my head. it's been 3 days.

[@polares8187]

Learning about these kinds of stuff is always fun

[@owenb6914]

10:26 I think this sign means that you are on a road that wil always go first at a junction

[@801russc]

Mattttt, please yes, more of this game cuz I like to get off work and then go back to work but not have to do anything bcuz you're doing it all, lol. I really do enjoy it... no seriously I do. Anyway thank you Matt.

[@kingdweeb5065]

Any video where you say doodoo within the first 30 seconds is a good video. Nice!

[@RFCRoumble]

The thing looking like a "Washer" is actually exactly that. its used in Germany to clean the road limit posts