Nick Finnigan
If you really knew that there was no other traffic without having to look (eg due to road closure) then there would be no difference. But in the real world you have to be able to see that L2 really is clear and the main reason people go for L2 is because there is no safe gap in L1.
Risk perception 5035Alistair J Murray I would really like to know of any other UK rural junctions with high speed trunk roads that match this description. That is a simple straight across crossroads (not staggerered...
Nipping through the 3s gap to reach the 8s gap is one of the paths that leads to a KSI incident (about 30% of them on this junction).
KSI = end or seriously injured for the acronym hater.
I don't see what you mean then. If you go into the central reservation gap the only legitimate move from there (in a no U-turn zone) is to turn right. You can't faff about in the gap to gain any immunity from prosecution AFAICT.
Even the largest gap that could take 40T artics lengthwise (parallel to the mainline) would be dangerous for doing a 3 point turn inside.
The rest will barely take one tractor and silage trailer - and some not even that. One bane accident involved a fast car clipping a full silage trailer that was not quite completely inside the CR gap.
Reards, Martin Brown
