Richard Bates said:I have a completely unproven theory that two lane roads
move better than three lane roads.In the Olden Days there was a large difference between the
attainable speeds of vehicles - some could travel at
70mph, others could only reach 50. Three lanes were useful
to allow faster moving vehicles to overtake those already
overtaking.I think that nowadays where nearly all vehicles allowed
oon motorways can acheive 70mph, that 3 lanes are
unnecessary since there are less slow vehicles needing to
be overtaken.Since I believe the majority of Tailbacks-of-unknown-cause
are caused by lane changing, then eliminating the
potential for such manouveres will have the effect of
keeping traffic moving more freely.Please feel free to disprove my thoughts ...
Two thoughts of me own.
Most three-lane motorways are frequently turned into two-
lane motorways by the complete tools who don't understand
the concept of "drive on the left, overtake on the right".
It is deeply frustrating to find oneself behind a HGV doing
56 mph, overtaking another doing 55 mph. This is a frequent
occurrence on the A1, for example, as well as in those parts
of Foreign Climes where they don't do more than two lanes.
Though I'm not sure the 'melican system of having trucks
doing 90 except when Plod is around is preferable...
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