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katex · 22-05-2006, 21:47

Well, always seemed pretty reasonable to me. The A680 is a dual carriageway so traffic not wishing to join the motorway can still proceed for a 'short time only' single file in the outside lane at an acceptable speed, without drivers hopping in and out of lanes. Also, we are not aware of the timing of these lights, how long they are on red, and how many cars it would entail being brought to a halt for this duration. I'm confident that the surveys included this information so as not to have to big a build up. In the meantime, would allow a little more flow on the M6 at peak times.

I voted no, but misunderstood the question. Found driving on some dual carriageways in America, for instance, that lights were placed across fast flowing roads and thought this pretty dangerous, as just built up your speed and oh hek, another set of lights to allow traffice to cross or enter the main carriageway. Maybe this was because used to driving on UK roads where we are given preference over traffic entering.

22-05-2006, 21:47	#14
katex Resting in Peace Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clayton-le-Moors Posts: 10,551 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 16 times Rep Power: 11259	Re: Traffic Lights on the Motorway? Well, always seemed pretty reasonable to me. The A680 is a dual carriageway so traffic not wishing to join the motorway can still proceed for a 'short time only' single file in the outside lane at an acceptable speed, without drivers hopping in and out of lanes. Also, we are not aware of the timing of these lights, how long they are on red, and how many cars it would entail being brought to a halt for this duration. I'm confident that the surveys included this information so as not to have to big a build up. In the meantime, would allow a little more flow on the M6 at peak times. I voted no, but misunderstood the question. Found driving on some dual carriageways in America, for instance, that lights were placed across fast flowing roads and thought this pretty dangerous, as just built up your speed and oh hek, another set of lights to allow traffice to cross or enter the main carriageway. Maybe this was because used to driving on UK roads where we are given preference over traffic entering.