On 19/02/2018 17:22, David wrote:
On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:07:11 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

In article 2,
DerbyBorn wrote:

Was thinking as I drove along a lane with deep ruts where the tarmac met
the grass - and wondering what damage it may have done to the vehicle -
that such lanes are a problem - the tarmak crumbles at the edges and
keeps breaking away.
Clearly constucting a road with curbs (kurbs?) woudld be costly - but
having seen a machine continuously casting a centre barrier I wondered
if a machine could do it.

Road would be blocked for a long period, and there are thousands of
miles of these roads. The main reason for the ruts is that such roads
are too narrow for today's vehicles, especially the stupid SUVs that too
many people affect. Combine that with too many of the drivers being
unable to judge the width of their vehicle so they don't go over as far
as they could, forcing the other driver into the ruts.

Trying to think of a SUV which is wider than a farm tractor, a sheep
trailer, a cattle truck, bin lorry, delivery lorry, farmer's pick up truck
etc.

Oh, hang on, if you are not in Chelsea but instead out in the country you
might be a farm worker driving on your local roads.

SUVs can be a problem in towns, where much smaller vehicles can make
sense, but country lanes are one place where they are used properly.


We have a Smart Car and an SUV which looks huge.

In fact, the difference in width between the two isn't that much at all.

Looks can be very misleading. Our previous SUV was a CRV, the new one
is an Outlander hybrid. The latter looks far longer/larger. In fact it
is about 4" longer. 4" in the length of a car- could you estimate to that?


The 'country roads' problem doesn't seen to happen in France. We drive a
huge motorhome + trailer (Smart car) down country roads in France when
needed. We meet other large vehicles, tractors, .... never a problem. We
did loose a mirror once, on a wide road. I saw the Dutch motorhome
driving in the middle of it, pulled right over on the verge, stopped,
and he still hit the mirror.


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