Message text written by Michael Hargreave Mawson
>An "M" road is a "motorway". <snip>, and many
come to an abrupt end at a roundabout, or peter out into a two-lane
highway.
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That sounds familiar.
>An "A" road can be many things. The A1(M), for example, is
>indistinguishable from a motorway. The A1 (same road, a bit further
>north) is a four-lane highway (divided for most of its length) with cars
entering and leaving the road both from side roads and via roundabouts
>(it is great fun trying to turn across the traffic onto a side road when
>there is a constant stream of traffic in both directions, averaging over
>70 mph).
Sounds much like the Federal and state highways over here with the varying
standards and vintages underwhich they were built.
>I believe that it must have taken someone with the peculiar genius of a
>Lewis Carroll to come up with the designations for British roads.
Road systems seem to be the product of a deranged mind but in actuallity
are the product of political committees. (Oops, that's the same thing,
isn't it?)
Thanks for the primer on British highway system.
Cheers
Dave
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