In Australia even the dirt roads look neat.
Writes the author Anashkevich.
No kidding.
I really found the country in which the perfect way. Perfectly constructed, on which a perfect system of organization of the movement and which can safely be called a standard.
And this applies to both highway and local roads, and even dirt roads!
Actually, I think that it is necessary not to splurge and to send our officials who are responsible for the construction of roads and development of road standards. Let their own eyes see, what roads, useful for drivers.
Maybe then we have in this plan is something that will change not only on Federal highways and toll roads, but generally all the roads in the country.
In General, look like everything’s cool on the roads of Australia.
First and most importantly. All the roads in Australia are awesome. Perfect road surface, excellent visibility markings are everywhere, even to the nearest town 200 km security zone, the zone of overtaking, picnic areas — all organized through strict intervals and always marked one hundred and fifty times.
Perfect even coats! Primers in Australia a lot, and you won’t believe, but it is safe to “throw” more than 100 km/hour.
Moreover, even the speed limit signs are. And 50 is rare, this is the tavern. But in 90 or 110! On the primer!
If there is a closed turn or junction of roads in advance will surely stand the red sign “Reduce speed!”.
After each locality — information sign with the distance to the next town and to the big city.
This is important information, because the filling here is only in the cities, and the driver should always know how much he should go to the nearest.
The famous signs warning about the possible access to the expensive wild animals. Somewhere kangaroos, some ostriches, some cattle.
Another unusual and unfamiliar to us as a sign — indicator of fire risk. Such signs can be seen across the country, and every day (and sometimes several times a day) road workers manually moving the arrow in accordance with the situation.
The fact that the fires for Australia is a real problem, especially in hot period.
By the way, in Australia frequent private roads. Which, of course, travel is prohibited.
Of course, this is not the side of the road or roads between cities. Usually, it’s adjacent to the highway road leading either to someone’s ranch or to the company or to the mine, or on private property.
Barriers, as a rule, no, but if you go down this road, it will mean the invasion of private property.
Lighting. Almost all the junctions, side roads or the branching of the lit. Even far away from settlements.
The markup on Australian roads, with reflective effect. And it’s not just the paint, and a special technology on which the separating strip is embedded such that the reflecting angles.
In Australia there are many warning signs. I mean, who warn that there will be this sign here. Ahead the speed limit ahead sign “Give way!”, ahead sign “Children”. All made to make you noticed and advance slowed. Just to be safe.
But I especially liked the organization of traffic on the highways.
To say that they almost no traffic — nothing to say. Traffic is really little. Therefore, to build wide roads with two lanes in each direction effectively. Consequently, many highways have one lane in each direction. But regularly they organized zone of overtaking, because here quite often go huge road trains, to overtake which is sometimes problematic and downright dangerous.
So at some point you see a sign that warns drivers of slow cars, so he took to the left, as the front area of overtaking. You see, that starts the intermittent on the left lane?
At the end of this zone is a warning sign that the zone of overtaking ends and you need to take the right.
A sign announcing that the two lanes became one.
Another version of the zone of overtaking. Is also very cool. See intermittent and in front of trailer 4 trailer. And we don’t know we will have time to overtake or not: suddenly close and closed turn? The day can still be seen, and at night definitely not.
But here is a table that says that the length of overtaking zones is 5 km away. All, it is safe to overtake, if you can not see oncoming headlights.
Area overtaking starts in 300 meters. All getting ready)
Area the overtaking lane ends in 500 feet. Well, cool!
Railroad crossings. Too much warning in advance. Attention, ahead of moving!
Here is the place to stop before crossing. You see the move? He is far away! They stop really for 100 meters! And rightly so, to not be tempted to slip quickly.
But the move only here! Of course, it’s perfect. And if there is no prohibiting signal, it can be safely held at a speed greater than 100 km/h.
Well, another cool feature of Australian roads — free coffee at petrol stations for drivers who have filled up a full tank.
Well, why not? The cost is cheap, the cost of gasoline fueled will cover it. But the driver is nice and will sleep less want.
