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Old July 18th 04, 08:19 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.transport.london
Ian G Batten Ian G Batten is offline
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Default Everything we know about traffic-calming is wrong

In article ,
Paul Weaver wrote:
You can't design a road for "no speed limit whatsoever". Britain's


GErman Autobahns seem to throw that out of the window. Sure you can't design


Like hell. A lot were designed in the 1930s through the 1950s with the
speeds of cars of the era in mind, but with the very light traffic
loadings. The slip roads are scarily short, and the entry and exit
roads have very tight curves. When they're flowing at speed getting on
to some of the older ones without a fairly high-powered and
decent-handling car can be entertaining, and in the wet they are
especially fun.

ian