Re: Speed limiters

On 07/07/2024 22:27, Jeff Layman wrote:

On 07/07/2024 20:09, Martin Brown wrote:
 

Opposite sense in the UK, but we do have a few free for all junctions on
urban motorways where traffic is injected and must leave from the
outside (fastest) lane. A recipe for high speed collisions.

 AFAIAA there aren't any down here, not even the M25. Are there some up north or in the Midlands?

Central motorway A167(M) in Newcastle is one of the worst. The two road decks are stacked one on top of the other and the run ins and outs are placed wherever they could fit them. The odd one requires near suicidal driving to get from the far right lane injection to the left lane exit for the city centre. I pity any non-local drivers encountering it.
This Google maps image shows the top deck you can see exits to left and right (and there is a lane injection from the right two). It is inclined to jump onto the bottom deck when you try to move the viewpoint.
<https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9825042,-1.6108378,3a,75y,275.36h,65.45t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxtyb_rGOduqvTSBfXoXR8Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dxtyb_rGOduqvTSBfXoXR8Q%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D275.35706290945456%26pitch%3D24.554584174643978%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu>
The underdeck is even more scary you get a fast lane injection shortly after going under the roadway which on a sunny day is already very dark.
Google "Central Motorway" "Newcastle" if the link I doesn't work...
Most of the junctions on the underdeck are normal handedness, but the majority of the junctions on the top deck are fast lane entry/exit.
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Martin Brown