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Re: Brain-Dead Road Engineering (was: driver's ed. is a joke)


In article <rushton.169.00EFBC40@primenet.com>, rushton@primenet.com (Rushton) writes:

|> Of course in America we are blessed with such brain-dead engineering as 
|> left-lane entrances and exits.  The left entrances are probably the worst.  
|> Here you have a bunch of people **merging into what is normally regarded as 
|> the fast lane!!!**  So you get all these people that would normally be 
|> cruising by in the left lane at a higher speed doing their little non-signaled 
|> maneuver into the far right lanes (and sometimes the shoulders, killing people 
|> who are changing flat tires.)
|> 
|> Add to that all the folks from out of town driving around trying to search for 
|> some section of the city w/o decent street signs.  We also have a number of 
|> "disappearing lanes" that are not marked at all.  All of this goofiness adds 
|> up to accidents, deaths, and confusion.  How many years have we been building 
|> roads?  And we still haven't figured it out?   

Not only in the US, that's quite true also in Canada. Esp. in Montreal, some
road signs are installed and visible only after you've gone to the highway
exit. "Is that sign saying Montreal downtown??" "Ooops, No! No! AHHH..sh**!
too late!" 
Left hand exits are also common in Quebec. "Next exit is the one... take the
right lane.....No! No! It's on the left!!"

In Australia, the road signs are all installed well ahead of time (that depends
on the state). From my experience, Australians drive more safely. (Of course,
there are some exceptions) The highways in South Australia have a speed limit
of 110km/h, 10km/h faster than those in Ontario Canada. Their highways are 
built safer, too.

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Isaac Wong, iwong@chat.carleton.ca | FORD -- Fail Or Repair Daily
Computer Systems Engineering       | FIAT -- Fix It Again Today
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