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Re: UNFAIR SPEED LIMITS



cen4m2a@leeds.ac.uk (M. Andreas) wrote:
>
>In article <798324978.michaelj@relay.relay.com> michaelj@relay.relay.com 
writes:
>
>
>>Perhaps the real deciding factors for fatality rates are such things 
as
>>driver training and driver attentiveness, and whether there are 
strictly
>>observed conventions/laws on lane courtesy and passing.
>
>>Michael Johnson
>>Relay Technology, Inc.
>
>     I must agree.  As a visitor to the UK, I have found the observed 
>conventions on passing to be quite peculiar - compared to US conventions.
  For 
>example, instead of having double yellow lines down the middle of the 
road, 
>there is typically a single dashed white line.  (Which can be confusing 

>because the same standard of dashed whites are used on the motorways.)  
This 
>seems to means that you can pass any time you feel it is safe, even if 
ther is 
>traffic coming the other direction!  Most newer roads seem to be 
designed with 
>exceptionally wide lanes to accomodate this kind of passing.  
Essentially, two 
>lane roads have an 'optional' third passing lane.
>     Just my impression. . .
>
>Mark

In the UK, drivers are only supposed to pass other vehicles on the right 
side of the vehicle they are passing (in the UK this is in the middle of 
the road since they drive on the left).  Therefore, it is safer to pass 
because it easier to anticipate the actions of other drivers.  In 
addition, I think that the speed limit of 70 MPH on the motorways in the 
UK is perfectly safe.  From what I have observed, drivers in Britain are 
much safer and more capable than their American counterparts.

Andrew



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