The anatomy of 2 and 3 lane roads

Intro

Back to the Home Page While most long distence traveling these days is done on interstates there still existists another type of higway that people don't seam to to put much attention two. That type of highway is the many, many two lanes higways streating everwhere that interstates don't go. On these higways artifically low speed limits have a more negative effect than they do on interstes becuase a speed limit driver for the most part keeps everyone behind him going the speed limit. On the interstate you can at least past the idiot.

I persionaly hate to travel on two lane higways unless it is in the middle of no where without a car in site, not becuase of safety or any other similer reason but becuase of other drivers. The fact is with the marjarty of traveling on interstes and obserdly low speed limits basic curtisy on two lane roads is almost non existent. Two often on two lane roads one gets stuck behind a slow poke that does't know how to drive or someone who is moving along at 2 mph above the speed limit and has no intension on pulling over because they are going a "reasonanle" speed acoring to that posted 45 mph limit. Never mind the fact that the road is fairly straing and could easilly support 55-60 mph and there is a 10 car pile up behind him.

This paper is an attempt to analize the problems with two lanes higways and proposals on how to fix them. Input on any asspect of this project is more than welcome. I can be contacted at kevina@clark.net.