Wacky ideas thread

[Doggy Styles]

I've got a transport obsession today. What about turning all railways into trunk roads for coaches only?

You could get lots more people onto the network at a time. Once you've spread a train-full of passengers amongst about a dozen coaches there would still be loads more room available for more.

And it would be more accessible and convenient, because coaches could pick up and put down passengers anywhere according to changing needs, even off the network.

[BlasterBates]

Floating concrete. Just think how easy it would be to build a bridge, or in the lake district where it can be difficult to park, simply to cover some of the lakes in concrete and convert them into car parks.

[Doggy Styles]

Cricket bats without edges. Then we'd be spared most of that 'hot-spot' nonsense and they could give the cameras back to police helicopters to catch some real criminals for a change.

[OwlHoot]

Tyre manufacturers should make the top x mm of the tyre rubber black and the remainder red, so when a tyre wears down to its limit (or preferably just before) the red shows through.

driver's air bag deploys

(would keep people on their toes more)

[d000hg]

Floating concrete. Just think how easy it would be to build a bridge, or in the lake district where it can be difficult to park, simply to cover some of the lakes in concrete and convert them into car parks.

Isn't the idea to invent something new? Concrete boats have been around for decades.

[EternalOptimist]

What about a little device that you stick on your car, maybe where the aerial is.
It is shaped so that it is noisless untill you do 80

then it starts to make nee nah, nee nah sounds. So the driver thinks the cops are on his tail and slows down

[Sysman]

Tyre manufacturers should make the top x mm of the tyre rubber black and the remainder red, so when a tyre wears down to its limit (or preferably just before) the red shows through.

Some young lad sent that idea to a Tomorrow's World competition years ago, and if I remember correctly it won. The comment was that the best ideas are the simple ones, and that has stuck with me ever since.

[EternalOptimist]

What about a little laser device fitted to a pair of 'AvoidAsmack' spectacles

The laser works out where you are looking and a mini camera with 'Boob Recognition' software checks to see if you are staring at some birds knockers

The jugs are then compared to the national database, and if the bird is a stalker, a feminist, or a loon, a little roller moves to the eyeball and rotates it the other way.

This avoids embarrasing smacks in the gob, or nasty comments when you get caught staring at a juicy pair of wobbly mams.

[MarillionFan]

Everyone gets to wear special PVC pants with a tube from the backside into a small bag with a seal. The during the day all noxious escapes are captured in the bag. When the bag is full you pop around to a British Gas showroom where you get a new bag and they pump the escaped methane back into the Gas supply.

We can then start to export back to France. Energy problem and deficit sorted in just a few years. Sorted.

[shaunbhoy]

during the day all noxious escapes are captured in the bag. When the bag is full you pop around to a British Gas showroom where you get a new bag and they pump the escaped methane back into the Gas supply.

Oh yes! And free t-shirts I hope!!