In message , Terry Harper
writes
You often find a gas station and a fast food outlet adjacent to a freeway
exit, and a very tall sign advertising their presence, plus roadside
hoardings telling you that you can find Macdonalds at Junction 217, or
whatever, which is 18 miles ahead.

Yes, I think what people are missing is that in effect these junctions
on the freeway have a dedicated truck-stop (very much equivalent to our
motorway services) built right next to it. All that differs from one to
the next is whether the fast food is Wendy, Burger King or Macdonalds.

Whereas the services *on* the freeway are more like a massive lay-by and
will have perhaps toilets, picnic area and a few vending machines.

In the UK there just isn't the space, or indeed the demand, to build the
truck-stop facilities. Or as some have hinted, the locals positively
don't want them.
--
Roland Perry