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[AtW]

A Dual Carriageway is defined as having a solid separation between the two lines of traffic, primarily to prevent crossover accidents. Those two don't, therefore...

You must be real fun at the parties...

[malvolio]

Why would anyone drive in the middle of those two anyway? this is some sort of two-lanes-into-one kind of situation right?



Why? honestly curious.



Again, why is it single? also who the feck designed this?

It now seems I'd probably fail most of the questions at this driver's awareness course

A Dual Carriageway is defined as having a solid separation between the two lines of traffic, primarily to prevent crossover accidents. Those two don't, therefore...

[northernladuk]

You clearly missed the bit about it being the result of an official test.
Or are you just having a bad day?
Or are you just you? <---------- most likely

Me being me but it's a common saying and oddly enough they also mentioned on my awareness course. All bad drivers think of themselves as good drivers.

[northernladuk]

From the 1930s to 1950s there were quite a few single lane duel carriageways

Seems I like posting explanatory pictures, here is a duel carriageway.

[Smartie]

You can't even spell licence!
As for the money, we all do very well out of it - It goes into the Treasury's Consolidated Fund.

OMG my predictive text used the standard American version of a word and as this post was so important to me, I didn't triple check it.
Jeez, get some rest over the weekend.

[Smartie]

Said every tulip driver ever.

You clearly missed the bit about it being the result of an official test.
Or are you just having a bad day?
Or are you just you? <---------- most likely

[Paddy]

From the 1930s to 1950s there were quite a few single lane duel carriageways

[northernladuk]

Why would anyone drive in the middle of those two anyway? this is some sort of two-lanes-into-one kind of situation right?

Wrong. Not the best pictures but you shouldn't focus on the picture, you should focus on teh signage i.e. the chevrons and the bounding lines. The solid white lines ones tend to be joining but can also provide separatation for two lanes that mustn't be crossed in to. Without going in to an explaination here is a picture of hatched chevrons that isn't two lanes in to one. There is another example in the picture below. The solid or hatched lines make them completly different beasts with their own rules.

Think of a solid while bounded chevrons the same as the double solids on a road you can't cross but further apart with chevrons for filler. Doesn't matter what is inbetween the white lines, you can't cross them. If that makes sense :|

Why? honestly curious.

Because many people assume it's a dual carriage way because of the number of lanes. Two lanes = dual carriage way but that is wholly wrong. It's the entire width of the road on both sides. If it's the same piece of tarmac without a barrier then it's considered a single carriage way regardless of lanes. If it's got a grass or barrier seperation it's a dual carriage way.

These two are an example of the tricky picks they put up to fool people. The first only has one lane either side but their are two clearly seperated carriage ways so it's a dual carriage. The second has multiple lanes but single piece of unbroken tarmac so is single carriageway.

You see?

Again, why is it single? also who the feck designed this?

Single because is single unbroken carriage way from side to side. Nothing to do with number of lanes.
But yeah Ason Express way is an odd beast but it's a good example to prove the difference.

It now seems I'd probably fail most of the questions at this driver's awareness course

It certainly does but you would be one of many if that helps.

[vetran]

Why would anyone drive in the middle of those two anyway? this is some sort of two-lanes-into-one kind of situation right?



Why? honestly curious.



Again, why is it single? also who the feck designed this?

It now seems I'd probably fail most of the questions at this driver's awareness course

Because you are busy obeying the markers on the slip road then some feckwit in a posh family saloon cuts you up by crossing the solid whites.


Its all about your reservations

https://theorytestpractice.online/bl...iageway-roads/

Therefore, the difference between a single carriageway road and a dual carriageway road is not the number of lanes, it is whether the road has a central reservation or not.

the second one despite having red tarmac its one road surface.

Of course if it were important they would put up a sign.

[dsc]

Nearly everyone couldn't tell the difference and what to do between the two. They completely lost the nuance that the bounding white lines make the difference, not just that they are chevrons. You cannot cross a solid white line so you mustn't drive in to the chevrons where you can with the hatched one.

Why would anyone drive in the middle of those two anyway? this is some sort of two-lanes-into-one kind of situation right?

Something like just over half the room failed to realise the first one is a single carriage way so is not 70.

Why? honestly curious.

They then threw a curve ball in with the Aston Express way which changes lanes depending on time of day.
Nearly everyone said dual carriage way but it's not, it's still single carriage but it's actually signed 50 so slightly irrelevant to the 60 vs 70 issue.

Again, why is it single? also who the feck designed this?

It now seems I'd probably fail most of the questions at this driver's awareness course

[ladymuck]

Luckily computers including smartphones have spell checkers.

But license is a correct spelling, just incorrect use. Considering the Android auto****itup likes to change were to we're and ill to I'll, I have no expectation that it would know when to use license vs licence.

[Paddy]

Luckily commuters including smartphones have spiel Czechers .

FTFY

[SueEllen]

I've never been able to spell it. It's one of (my many) secret shames.

Luckily computers including smartphones have spell checkers.

[NotAllThere]

You can't even spell licence!

I've never been able to spell it. It's one of (my many) secret shames.

[Zigenare]

I've had a clean license for many years now but did go on a speed awareness course once.
He did the whole 'assume 30mph where there are traffic lights' but it really felt like a stitch up. The local police do very well financially from traffic offences.

You can't even spell licence!
As for the money, we all do very well out of it - It goes into the Treasury's Consolidated Fund.