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On my way home going down a very very straight and long road, I noticed there was men at work laying down a line of new red tar, I just wondered if this means theres going to be a change in the speed limit on that road or a speed camera is going to be placed?

Personally I think its speed limit change but just wanted to see if anyone can confirm this/correct me?

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isnt red tarmac extra grippy?
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god knows but its just a thick line going across one side of the road (though they might do the other side after they finish it :lol
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not a bus lane is it?
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Normally put red tar down on or before traffic lights.
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quote:
Originally posted by cdcool1
not a bus lane is it?


nope, no buses come round here in the sticks!
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Originally posted by Ojc
Normally put red tar down on or before traffic lights.


maybe,be a strange place to put it.
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it so skid marks can be seen more easily if a crash takes place before the lights etc etc...
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ted tar infront of traffic lights where cyclist are allowed to stop infront of cars. by me anyway
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the red textured tar sorta stuff you sometimes find coming up to lights, or going from say a national speed limit to a 30 limit, is something to do with slowing down.

I seem to remember someone saying it was to stop people skidding if they quickly slowed down, but I think it's basically just very grippy and so it allows someone to slow quite fast.
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the red textured tar sorta stuff you sometimes find coming up to lights, or going from say a national speed limit to a 30 limit, is something to do with slowing down.

I seem to remember someone saying it was to stop people skidding if they quickly slowed down, but I think it's basically just very grippy and so it allows someone to slow quite fast.


sounds like it, the road is rated national speed limit, so probably making a 30 zone or something (half of this masssive long road is just surrounded by fields, the other end is houses)
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yeh thyve done this on my route to college. its so u can stop quicker, they put it at hte bottom of a hill by a mini roundabout!
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maybe its just a new road surface

 
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