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Why do dual carriageways have 2 lanes?
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Strider590 wrote: »Today I got stuck in a massive (5mile +) traffic jam on the dual carriageway I use on my daily commute
We need to see changes is the highway code to do away with this sort of congestion causing driving mentality! Start/stop driving is highly uneconomical, so why volunteer for it?
If we weren't meant to use both lanes, they wouldn't be dual carriageways! What's the point?
So you're actually a net contributor to congestion. Just thought I'd clear that up. Anyway, LANE 2 IS FOR OVERTAKING. If you don't want to overtake, keep left aka stay in lane 1.
If you're so bothered about start/stop driving, why do you deliberately choose to drive during rush hour?
Oh, and there are plenty of 3 lane dual carriageways in the UK. Thankyou for confirming the extent of your driving throughout the country is limited to the drive to work and back and the odd trip to the airport/seaside a few times a year.0 -
So you're actually a net contributor to congestion. Just thought I'd clear that up. Anyway, LANE 2 IS FOR OVERTAKING. If you don't want to overtake, keep left aka stay in lane 1.
Lane 2 is for passing slower moving traffic and I want to pass slower moving traffic.
The highway code states such, it however is unclear on the principles of using both lanes to reduce congestion.
Slower moving traffic however doesn't seem to like being passed.
If we used (as they do by law in europe) both lanes instead of queuing up and causing long tailbacks, we'd ease congestion no end.
Instead some pillock takes the "if im not moving im going to stop you moving" attitude and blocks the whole road.If you're so bothered about start/stop driving, why do you deliberately choose to drive during rush hour?
Because I have to be at work for 8:30am to keep my job and pay the bills?Oh, and there are plenty of 3 lane dual carriageways in the UK. Thankyou for confirming the extent of your driving throughout the country is limited to the drive to work and back and the odd trip to the airport/seaside a few times a year.
Im aware of 3 lane dual carriageways, though most seem to be very short sections between busy slip lanes.
While I don't travel all over the UK, I have done a fair bit of travelling around the world with my previous job.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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Just to be pedantic and to give everyone something to be really boring with...there is a dual carriageway in the Lake district with just just one lane each way.
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Strider590 wrote: »Oh don't get me wrong, I have no issue slamming into the side of someone's car if they do this.... I did this a few years ago and ripped his mirror/front wing clean off, but It's just a pain losing your car for 3 weeks while his insurance company drags theirs !!!!!! sorting out the repairs!
A rule for safe driving is not "teaching someone else a lesson", regardless of whether you have a child in the backseat or not.
If you continue to do this, I hope you get caught and get your just desserts.0 -
The best rule for safe driving is "don't drive like a !!!! and try to block other road users" “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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Just to be pedantic and to give everyone something to be really boring with...there is a dual carriageway in the Lake district with just just one lane each way.
To be even more pedantic a dual carriageway can be from 1 to any number of lanes in each direction. The dual comes from the fact that the road is divided into 2 by a central reservation, the number of lanes either side of the reservation is irrelevant0 -
To be even more pedantic again
We all know (or I hope we do) that the highway codes states that the national speed limit on a dual carriageway is 60mph... UNLESS it has a central reservation, in which case the limit is 70mph.
So therefore, there must be dual carriageways somewhere with no central reservation :rotfl:
Im going to call my driveway a dual carriageway “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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So the dual carraigeway near me that has a speed limit of 40mph is wrongly signposted?0
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So the dual carraigeway near me that has a speed limit of 40mph is wrongly signposted?
I was talking about the national speed limit for said aforementioned road types.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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