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From: mileburner on 26 Jul 2010 09:42 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:i2jp3k$idu$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 26 Jul 2010 10:33:11 GMT > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >>saying: >> >>>>> If theres no central reservation yes. Feel free to argue the point. >> >>>>You either don't know what a dual carriageway is or are just plain >>>>wrong. No "argue the point" needed. >> >>> Don't even start with some BS about a 4 lane road being a single >>> carraigeway simply because its a continuous strip of tarmac. >> >>Count the carriageways. There's a clue in the name. It's not particularly >>subtle. > > You're right, its not. Theres one for one direction and one for the other. > Whether theres a bit of grass or 2 white lines down the middle makes not > a jot of difference. This might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_carriageway And this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_carriageway :-)
From: Adrian on 26 Jul 2010 09:44 boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>> If theres no central reservation yes. Feel free to argue the point. >>>>You either don't know what a dual carriageway is or are just plain >>>>wrong. No "argue the point" needed. >>> Don't even start with some BS about a 4 lane road being a single >>> carraigeway simply because its a continuous strip of tarmac. >>Count the carriageways. There's a clue in the name. It's not >>particularly subtle. > You're right, its not. Theres one for one direction and one for the > other. Whether theres a bit of grass or 2 white lines down the middle > makes not a jot of difference. Ah. You should have said that you didn't know what a "carriageway" was.
From: boltar2003 on 26 Jul 2010 09:48 On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:42:04 +0100 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >> You're right, its not. Theres one for one direction and one for the other. >> Whether theres a bit of grass or 2 white lines down the middle makes not >> a jot of difference. > >This might help: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_carriageway > >And this: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_carriageway Well its wrong. No surprise given its wikipedia. A carraigeway is the part of the road in which all the vehicles are going in the same direction. It is not a particular piece of tarmac. B2003
From: Adrian on 26 Jul 2010 09:51 boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> You're right, its not. Theres one for one direction and one for the >>> other. Whether theres a bit of grass or 2 white lines down the middle >>> makes not a jot of difference. >>This might help: >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_carriageway >> >>And this: >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_carriageway > Well its wrong. No surprise given its wikipedia. A carraigeway is the > part of the road in which all the vehicles are going in the same > direction. It is not a particular piece of tarmac. Bloater's definition vs That used by the rest of the world. Again. Quelle surprise.
From: JNugent on 26 Jul 2010 11:52
boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> If theres no central reservation yes. Feel free to argue the point. >> You either don't know what a dual carriageway is or are just plain wrong. >> No "argue the point" needed. > Don't even start with some BS about a 4 lane road being a single carraigeway > simply because its a continuous strip of tarmac. If you think its all the > same carraigeway then next time you're on one drive on the right and see > what happens. A four lane road on a single carriageway is... er.... a single-carriageway. A dual carriageway, in order to be a dual-carriageway, has to have dual carriageways. A single carriageway is not two carriageways. PS: Are the terms "single-" and "dual-carriagreway" the last remaining common - if apparently not commonly-understood - uses of the werd "carriageway"? |