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Originally Posted by Ken W
Traffic on motorways are often faster than other roads.
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Plenty of dual carriageways are 70mph.
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Originally Posted by denphone
And the volume of traffic is much greater on motorways.
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Depends on what day and time you are talking.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I guess that they thought they'd put them on motorways because of the greater risks involved with the higher speeds.
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70mph is the highest you can go on both roads.
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Originally Posted by oliver1948uk
I don't have statistics to hand so I am open to correction, but I was under the impression that accidents were much lower on motorways than on other 'fast' roads, possibly because of the hard shoulders.
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Couldn't tell you but in my opinion, the biggest problem we have on UK roads is people don't know how to drive properly.