On 18/06/2018 10:41, Tim+ wrote:
Chris Green wrote:
Fredxx wrote:
On 17/06/2018 19:56, Another Dave wrote:
On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the
idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down
displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light)

An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and
groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier.

In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries
are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take
offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at
the glacial pace the do here.

The 'glacial pace' is hardly the lorry drivers' fault, it's simply
down to the speed governor on the lorry.


Its the €œglacial pace of overtaking€� rather than absolute speed thats the
problem. Two lorries overtaking on a dual carriageway can form a rolling
roadblock that can last for miles if theyre really pig-headed.

Yes, I once had a pair like that on an otherwise empty road at 04:30,
for 8.5 miles!

SteveW