On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:51:11 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

Tim Lamb wrote:

ISTR that motorway phone boxes are 1 mile apart.


Err no, nothing like. Boxes are situated a nominal 1.5km apart but that
distance varies greatly depending on local topography. Close to
junctions extra boxes are added to maintain safety by positioning boxes
so no one has to cross a slip road to find a telephone. In rural areas
I've seen boxes up to 2.3km apart.

Many motorways now have the driver location signs, generally (but not
always) 500 metres apart. But since they all give their distance from
some reference point on the motorway, that's irrelevant; just time
between two of them (further apart if possible, not adjacent) and the
maths is simple.

Yes, I know all this is beyone dennis; he probably times using his Mickey
Mouse watch....
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