[WikiEN-l] Categories for deletion/discussion issues
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Thu Jul 27 08:55:39 UTC 2006
Brian Salter-Duke wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 05:10:20PM +0200, Steve Bennett wrote:
>
>
>>On 7/25/06, Adam Lorenz <kungfuadam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I suppose "limited access" would be the same as motorways. They have on and
>>>off ramps instead of at grade crossings.
>>>
>>>
>>In Australia, that's a freeway (or a tollway!). And highways have a
>>bit of both. Don't think we use the term "motorway" much, but we do
>>use "motorist". I'm also not sure which of "dual carriageway" and
>>"divided highway" we use more. See the confusion of Australia? We
>>recognise nearly all the terms, and have trouble arbitrarily deciding
>>which one to use.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>
>
>And to even confuse it further we have the Calder freeway in Melbourne
>that has a stratch that is not limited access. There are cars coming in
>from all angles and cars crossing, and lots of people killing
>themselves. They have reduced the spped limit but it is stll called a
>freeway.
>
What seems to be a factor in "freeway" is whether it's free as in beer
when compared to a tollway, or free as in the liberty to move without
needing to worry about red lights or cross traffic.
Ec
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