How many lanes does a dual carriageway have?

[sihartlepool]

I'm sure they have more than one. If this is the case then why do (most) people on my commute insist on coming off the slip road, bypassing lane 1 and pulling straight into lane 2? They then stay in lane 2 until their exit. It's at that point they reverse the above procedure and exit the dual carriageway.

Lane 2 moves slower as a result of this and lane 1 stays mostly clear apart from the odd artic.

Is there something i don't know here? Please educate me.

[illmonkey]

People can't drive for st.

[stoocake]

That's a good tactic. I think the correct way to exit the duel carriageway is to cross the chevrons at the very last second too, although I've never mastered it myself.

[Bat Fastard]

stoocake said:

That's a good tactic. I think the correct way to exit the duel carriageway is to cross the chevrons at the very last second too, although I've never mastered it myself.

dropping the o/s/r on to the grass rally driver style

[Manks]

sihartlepool said:

I'm sure they have more than one. If this is the case then why do (most) people on my commute insist on coming off the slip road, bypassing lane 1 and pulling straight into lane 2? They then stay in lane 2 until their exit. It's at that point they reverse the above procedure and exit the dual carriageway.

Lane 2 moves slower as a result of this and lane 1 stays mostly clear apart from the odd artic.

Is there something i don't know here? Please educate me.

It is time for the government and police to clamp down on lane discipline as well as other poor driving that slows down the roads instead of focusing on speeding. In fact speed is what we need a bit more of.

[hadenough!]

sihartlepool said:

I'm sure they have more than one.

Not always...

[sihartlepool]

hadenough! said:

Not always...

Fair play haha This one has more than 1 though

[Aeroresh]

A dual carriageway is defined as a road that has been devided into two by means of a physical central reservation. It can therefore have any number of lanes from one to whatever.....

Good example of single lane dualling would be at some high speed junctions where the approaches have been widended and a central reservation provided. If national speed limit applies then the speed limit on these sections is technically 70mph not 60mph as alot of people think.

Its all in The Highway Code,

[sihartlepool]

doogz said:

You don't know what a dual carraigeway is.

That's not to say the people you talk about, aren't muppets, but the "dual" in dual carraigeway doesn't mean 2 lanes each way.

My question related to the driving habits of the people mentioned.
The question in the subject was rhetorical. Apologies if i didn't word my post in the correct manner.