Opinion: Speed is not the root of all evil

[Berries]

Surely you mean "motorcycle passing lane"?

They've started doing that here. I can't remember where but somewhere not too far south of Auckland I came across it.

Wider medians, wire rope barriers, rumble strips on the centre line, 'safe speeds'. If you want to have a glimpse in to the future and see what the roads are going to look like have a look at the High Risk Rural Roads Guide. It will become one of the guiding documents for work in the future. A ‘High-risk motorcycle guide’ is currently being developed as part of the new approach which is supposed to concentrate on motorcycle routes.

[Metastable]

Surely you mean "motorcycle passing lane"?

They've started doing that here. I can't remember where but somewhere not too far south of Auckland I came across it.

I was talking about something like this (in this case I'm talking about the space between the yellow lines, but the lines can be any colour and be broken). Now this particular case there are 4 lanes, but it could be done on a 2 lane road as well. The centre portion doesn't have to be that wide either, but you get the idea. A bit more room always helps. If you have a gap that wide, it would help as a turning lane for vehicles that have to wait for traffic to clear and if an overtaking goes wrong, then there is enough room for 3 cars. Hopefully a car driver wouldn't cut the corner SOOO bad as to have a head-on with all that extra space.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Milton...anada&t=k&z=20

[swbarnett]

I was talking about something like this ...

What I saw was on a normal two lane road and had not been widened to accommodate the extra strip in the middle. My main concern with this is that it pushes traffic closer to the edge of the road and will be a nightmare for cyclists.