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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask COF, Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Is there someone with the job of testing the reflectivity of road signs?

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Me.

Well, they get tested before they're shipped, but I tested them and the lane markings. I used something called a reflectometer. I had one mounted to a Volvo wagon and drove slowly down the highway collecting data. I'd also check the signs but not all of them. The one for the signs was just a handheld unit.

If the road had a minimum speed, I had a police escort and sometimes a sign truck escort.

Amusingly, I was drunk for a lot of this. I'd be drinking and driving with a police escort. Ain't too many people that can say that!

That was my doing the data collection. Pretty much the most awesome job ever. As soon as I had enough employees and could do so, I moved on to do most data collection tasks.

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Well all righty then. Thats funny that you would be drunk and have a police escort. reminds me when I was on bail for battery to a judge and every time I went to the courthouse I would have 4 cops escorting me, made me look important, I got moved to the front of every line LoL

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There was almost always at least one cop involved in these sort of things. Often there would be two - one in front and one behind, plus a sign truck. We'd have frequent stops where I'd run out and scan a sign quickly. Sometimes we'd have a cherry picker and I'd measure the reflectivity of overhead signs - which often meant closing an entire lane of traffic.