>>  Modern roads are much wider than they need to be.
>
> FWIW, they're doing road construction near here and they've narrowed 
> all
> the lanes of one of the major freeways by "some" to make more room 
> for the
> actual construction.  I don't know how much narrower the lanes are 
> (this
> is one of those 5-lanes per direction, 65mph highways where most 
> people
> exceed the speed limit when traffic doesn't make it impossible), but 
> the
> narrower section is (for me) noticeably "tenser" to drive on, and 
> it's
> even more noticeable when the narrow section ends in a couple miles 
> and
> the lanes widen again...

Significant numbers of locations on German motor ways in more bolt up 
areas have a narrow outer lane with a symbol to warn you. It seemed to 
be about 2 doorhandles wider than our saloon. Speed in this lane is 
still significant. Large trucks live in the inner lane and you  can 
choose to pass them in this outer straight jacket. I found driving in 
this lane extremely frightening - but managed not to clip anything. 
Both my trip companions (who drove far more than I did due to my photo 
taking) managed to fold back mirrors a few times, but not on 
motorways.



        RM 

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