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  • Offline Pete

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on: July 05, 2006, 21:02:02 PM
wtf are they?

I seen a couple this week, normally a lane that runs up the left towards a roundabout but theyre gravel & come to a dead end.
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Reply #1 on: July 05, 2006, 21:09:46 PM
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wtf are they?

I seen a couple this week, normally a lane that runs up the left towards a roundabout but theyre gravel & come to a dead end.


for brake failures, just turn into them and you stop.  :D
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  • Offline Mark

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Reply #2 on: July 05, 2006, 21:10:47 PM
Over here theyre unfinished roads lol

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Reply #3 on: July 05, 2006, 21:11:51 PM
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Over here theyre unfinished roads lol



LOL  :lol:
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Reply #4 on: July 05, 2006, 21:31:44 PM
there mostly for big vans / lorries that aint going to stop in time :o

the ground is usually soft so the front wheels sink in and you slow down fast :D

havnt had to use one yet ! (touch wood!)
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  • Offline Pete

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Reply #5 on: July 05, 2006, 21:32:51 PM
orly, thx.
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Reply #6 on: July 05, 2006, 21:35:41 PM
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Reply #7 on: July 05, 2006, 22:30:07 PM
My dad used one yonks ago... needed to be towed out that one had soft sand. Vans tyres just sank straight into it.
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Reply #8 on: July 05, 2006, 22:42:39 PM
We got them here on the way to Chattanooga.
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  • Offline bear

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Reply #9 on: July 05, 2006, 23:06:57 PM
I have seen paved ones, somewhere in the US forgot where, that goes in to an uphill to stop speed.
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  • Offline Serious

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Reply #10 on: July 05, 2006, 23:12:37 PM
Should really be called "oh S**T! my brakes dont work, HELP! lanes ;)
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Reply #11 on: July 05, 2006, 23:14:05 PM
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I have seen paved ones, somewhere in the US forgot where, that goes in to an uphill to stop speed.


over here thats a "dual carriage way"  ;)
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Reply #12 on: July 05, 2006, 23:22:18 PM
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Should really be called "oh S**T! my brakes dont work, HELP! lanes ;)


lol :D to be honest.. its a "oh sh*t my brakes dont work and someones shoved a bloody 3 piece suite in the damn escape lane" lane.
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  • Offline PuNk

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Reply #13 on: July 06, 2006, 00:15:57 AM
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I have seen paved ones, somewhere in the US forgot where, that goes in to an uphill to stop speed.


Wouldnt that just make it a ramp to jump over the obstacle? Bit drastic, but heck if your brakes fail, why not?
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  • Offline Thrawn

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Reply #14 on: July 06, 2006, 01:17:30 AM
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I have seen paved ones, somewhere in the US forgot where, that goes in to an uphill to stop speed.


Wouldnt that just make it a ramp to jump over the obstacle? Bit drastic, but heck if your brakes fail, why not?


But then they can call it the dukes of hazard lane :D
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