On 20/01/2020 21:02, polygonum_on_google wrote:
On Monday, 20 January 2020 20:20:37 UTC, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
Who would build a road without proper edges. Seems to me the fault
is built in and its only stupid people who build such roads in the
first place. Brian

Many roads were built to standards appropriate to small, horsedrawn
wagons - at the largest - and single-track at that.

Not even that. This is millenial delusiuon.

may roads are droving trcaks. Eher animals were fdrtiven by peole
walkimg. Over time they wore away te road tuill it was below teh land
;level. Peole got feed up with winter mud so carried along stones to
throw in the deeper holes. Over time this became formalised, and roads
made of broken stone (McAdam) became suitable for horse and carts, and
the Motor Car. But Motor Cars made dust and broke te riad up so they
glued it together with tar, and a dressing of gravel, and that was
TarMcAdam., Or tarmac.

No one designed these roads. They evolved.


They now have to cope with gigantic agricultural machinery,
articulated and rigid lorries, SUVs the size of houses, and others
which were not even imagined at the time. Even where they are
slightly wider, they might have to cope with traffic in both
directions - each going slightly further to the left than they really
should.

The folly could be in allowing these vehicles on roads that were not
built to take them

Yhjey saiu that about horses anbd carts back in Roman times

and not upgraded. Or in not upgrading them.

If enough people get upset enough and prepared to pay they will get
upgraded.





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