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Date Posted: 18:23:00 03/29/13 Fri
In reply to:
Mike
's message, "Re: I wonder if Randy could fit this in during spring break week." on 11:46:19 03/29/13 Fri
Ah. Your explanation makes perfect sense. Though in some of the longest-settled parts of the US roads may have a similar history, even rural mountain roads in the western US are generally a (sometimes scant) two lanes.
The single-lane-and-backup sounds more like logging roads. My dad's father was a logger, and I remember him using the CB radio to coordinate who was on the road, and who would layover when necessary. This needed to be arranged in advance if possible - nobody wants to back a loaded logging truck up on a rutted, twisty, hilly, dirt road.
But paved roads were usually wide enough that if you were familiar with them they could be driven fairly fast. Generally you could distinguish locals from visitors easily, since locals normally drove 10-20 mph over the posted limit. Though country people also are generally pretty good about pulling over to let would-be faster drivers pass. I'm not certain if this is courtesy, or just a desire to have that crazy #$@#%% out in front where they're easier to watch.
>>I found that
>>British rural roads seemed awfully narrow (and I grew
>>up in a rural part of the US) - by US rural-road
>>standards, many of the roads in Britain seemed about
>>1.5 lanes, not a full 2. And twisty.
>
>Ah, but you are comparing apples & oranges here ...
>
>The country roads here are generally there because
>they were originally pathways, and then wagonways. As
>such, they tended to follow the contours a lot, and
>latterly (say from the 14th Century) they followed
>field boundaries. No need to be wide if you have a
>wagon, after all there weren't too many about !
>
>The ones local to me are about a car wide and, as you
>say, twisty. Generally, when I meet another vehicle
>on one, one of us reverses to the closest side
>entrance (field or driveway) so the other can get past
>(can depend if it's on a hill or not - easier for the
>lower one to reverse back) if the land on the side
>isn't accessible.
>
>Neither NZ nor US country roads have the history tied
>to the British country roads.
>
>Mike
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