#motorways — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #motorways, aggregated by home.social.
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We think #traffic jams need a trigger: #accident, #roadworks, lane closure
The most frustrating queues have no obvious cause at all. These are known as phantom traffic jams
Researchers asked 22 drivers to drive circular track & maintain constant speed & safe distance from vehicle in front
In minutes tiny, unavoidable braking differences grew into stop-start wave that travelled continuously around the circuit; Yet there being no obstacle anywhere
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We think #traffic jams need a trigger: #accident, #roadworks, lane closure
The most frustrating queues have no obvious cause at all. These are known as phantom traffic jams
Researchers asked 22 drivers to drive circular track & maintain constant speed & safe distance from vehicle in front
In minutes tiny, unavoidable braking differences grew into stop-start wave that travelled continuously around the circuit; Yet there being no obstacle anywhere
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Lets pause a minute to ask perhaps the most consequential Q. that many of us will confront this summer....
when you're stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway, should you change lanes to the one that seems to be moving the fastest?
Here's a holistic analysis (and conclusion) suggesting changing lanes doesn't work.... Its an interesting argument but doesn't completely accord with my own experience as a frequent user of the M6.
https://theconversation.com/dont-change-lanes-the-maths-of-holiday-traffic-jams-287389
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Lets pause a minute to ask perhaps the most consequential Q. that many of us will confront this summer....
when you're stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway, should you change lanes to the one that seems to be moving the fastest?
Here's a holistic analysis (and conclusion) suggesting changing lanes doesn't work.... Its an interesting argument but doesn't completely accord with my own experience as a frequent user of the M6.
https://theconversation.com/dont-change-lanes-the-maths-of-holiday-traffic-jams-287389
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UK drivers who own a sat nav, phone or pet issued £5,200 fine warning
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/uk-drivers-who-sat-nav-37196227
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What's The Deal With "THAT" CONCRETE Section of the M25 MOTORWAY?
Oh god, I hate driving on that bit. Well, I hate driving on all bits of the M25 to be fair, but that bit in particular is 'orrible.
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What's The Deal With "THAT" CONCRETE Section of the M25 MOTORWAY?
Oh god, I hate driving on that bit. Well, I hate driving on all bits of the M25 to be fair, but that bit in particular is 'orrible.
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What's The Deal With "THAT" CONCRETE Section of the M25 MOTORWAY?
Oh god, I hate driving on that bit. Well, I hate driving on all bits of the M25 to be fair, but that bit in particular is 'orrible.
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What's The Deal With "THAT" CONCRETE Section of the M25 MOTORWAY?
Oh god, I hate driving on that bit. Well, I hate driving on all bits of the M25 to be fair, but that bit in particular is 'orrible.
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What's The Deal With "THAT" CONCRETE Section of the M25 MOTORWAY?
Oh god, I hate driving on that bit. Well, I hate driving on all bits of the M25 to be fair, but that bit in particular is 'orrible.
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Another of J.D.M. Harvey’s drawings of an unbuilt section of the West Cross Route, this time passing Olympia. It was produced as part of Husband & Co’s consulting engineer’s report to the Greater London Council in May 1970. #GLC #Municipal #Motorways
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Today is the anniversary of the start of a 70mph (112 km/h) maximum #speed limit on #motorways (and any roads otherwise not restricted by a speed limit) in the #UK - starting in 1965 and being fully implemented in 1967.
Previous to that, the max speed limit was unrestricted (as fast as your car would go!) and all my motoring books from early 1960s mention this (but do still suggest driving to an appropriate speed for the road conditions).
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Today is the anniversary of the start of a 70mph (112 km/h) maximum #speed limit on #motorways (and any roads otherwise not restricted by a speed limit) in the #UK - starting in 1965 and being fully implemented in 1967.
Previous to that, the max speed limit was unrestricted (as fast as your car would go!) and all my motoring books from early 1960s mention this (but do still suggest driving to an appropriate speed for the road conditions).
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/115709057852684278
Whilst this is partly true - for instance Crossrail / Elizabeth line was debated when I was a teenager, and only completed when I was the other side of 50, this also happen with #motorways / highways - there is no #motorway in the whole of #Suffolk and any plans to expand the A14 highway or deal with the bottleneck of the Orwell Bridge in #Ipswich get regularly rejected - its not even "value for the taxpayer" but also a suprising consensus of rich #NIMBY types who live in the rural areas and #Green activists who are unsurprisingly opposed to more road building - they do have a point as I can remember #M25 being built and soon getting gridlocked - but Suffolk does need *something* to cope with peak time traffic to/from the busy port at #Felixstowe
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/115709057852684278
Whilst this is partly true - for instance Crossrail / Elizabeth line was debated when I was a teenager, and only completed when I was the other side of 50, this also happen with #motorways / highways - there is no #motorway in the whole of #Suffolk and any plans to expand the A14 highway or deal with the bottleneck of the Orwell Bridge in #Ipswich get regularly rejected - its not even "value for the taxpayer" but also a suprising consensus of rich #NIMBY types who live in the rural areas and #Green activists who are unsurprisingly opposed to more road building - they do have a point as I can remember #M25 being built and soon getting gridlocked - but Suffolk does need *something* to cope with peak time traffic to/from the busy port at #Felixstowe
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Jon Jefferson's entertaining video about the #M8 #Motorway round my neck of the woods (West of #Glasgow/#Erskine/#Inverclyde etc) is well worth a watch.
Almost every shot has me pointing at the screen going "that's where that thing happened!" and so on.
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Jon Jefferson's entertaining video about the #M8 #Motorway round my neck of the woods (West of #Glasgow/#Erskine/#Inverclyde etc) is well worth a watch.
Almost every shot has me pointing at the screen going "that's where that thing happened!" and so on.
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Jon Jefferson's entertaining video about the #M8 #Motorway round my neck of the woods (West of #Glasgow/#Erskine/#Inverclyde etc) is well worth a watch.
Almost every shot has me pointing at the screen going "that's where that thing happened!" and so on.
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Jon Jefferson's entertaining video about the #M8 #Motorway round my neck of the woods (West of #Glasgow/#Erskine/#Inverclyde etc) is well worth a watch.
Almost every shot has me pointing at the screen going "that's where that thing happened!" and so on.
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Jon Jefferson's entertaining video about the #M8 #Motorway round my neck of the woods (West of #Glasgow/#Erskine/#Inverclyde etc) is well worth a watch.
Almost every shot has me pointing at the screen going "that's where that thing happened!" and so on.
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@Seb For the car -heads out there, the YouTube channel Auto Shenanigans explains the complexities and oddities of the UK's motorway network in excruciating detail, but in a light-hearted tone: https://www.youtube.com/@AutoShenanigans
Pretty much all fault for the messed up transport networks in the UK rests at the feet of Ernest Marples (Boo! Hiss!)
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@Seb For the car -heads out there, the YouTube channel Auto Shenanigans explains the complexities and oddities of the UK's motorway network in excruciating detail, but in a light-hearted tone: https://www.youtube.com/@AutoShenanigans
Pretty much all fault for the messed up transport networks in the UK rests at the feet of Ernest Marples (Boo! Hiss!)
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"The length of #motorways in #Europe grew 60% between 1995 and 2020 while #railways shrank 6.5%. For every €1 governments spent building railways, they spent €1.6 building roads.
In the public and political debate, small investments into #BikeLanes and railways were heavily scrutinised while investments in roads were taken for granted. “This absolutely needs to change if we are to meet #climate mitigation targets in the #TransportSector.” "
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail
from the Guardian -
"The length of #motorways in #Europe grew 60% between 1995 and 2020 while #railways shrank 6.5%. For every €1 governments spent building railways, they spent €1.6 building roads.
In the public and political debate, small investments into #BikeLanes and railways were heavily scrutinised while investments in roads were taken for granted. “This absolutely needs to change if we are to meet #climate mitigation targets in the #TransportSector.” "
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail
from the Guardian -
CW: UK Pol Tory Incompetence Roads
#RishiSunak scraps plans for new smart #motorways in #England
Fourteen #SmartMotorways removed from government road-building plans over cost and safety fears
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/15/rishi-sunak-scraps-plans-new-smart-motorways-england
#ToryBacksliding #ToryIncompetence
#FishyRishi -
CW: UK Pol Tory Incompetence Roads
#RishiSunak scraps plans for new smart #motorways in #England
Fourteen #SmartMotorways removed from government road-building plans over cost and safety fears
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/15/rishi-sunak-scraps-plans-new-smart-motorways-england
#ToryBacksliding #ToryIncompetence
#FishyRishi
