In England, cars stay on the left side of the road.
In France, they stay on the right side.
What happens in the Chunnel which links them? My guess is that France-to-England traffic stays on the right until they emerge in England, and the England-to-France drivers stay on the left until they emerge.
They wouldn’t switch in the middle, would they?
They use a train in the Chunnel, so the car problem is non-existent.
Not to mention the fact your little scenario has all those cars in a massive pile-up, being in the same lane like that.
Think about it.
At the unloading points for the chunnel trains(as on the ferry docks) there are many traffic signs and interesting paint designs on the road, just to keep people from having the kind of fun you suggested. I have never come from a ferry without seeing at least one fender-bender, though.
According to my Aunt, the Chunnel was originally designed for auto traffic. Pyschologists looked at it and said that the flashing lights (caused by having a light every so many meters) could hypnotize the drivers. That’s why they load the cars on a train now.
What I meant was Keeves’ cars collide head-on because they are all in the same lane to begin with.
“According to my Aunt, the Chunnel was originally designed for auto traffic. Psychologists looked at it and said that the flashing lights (caused by having a light every so many meters) could hypnotize the drivers. That’s why they load the cars on a train now.”
Actually, I would guess that before they got to that point (calling in the psychologists), the physicians looked at it and said that the foul air (caused by having a running internal combustion engine every so many meters in a 23-mile tunnel) could asphyxiate the drivers, and THAT’S why they load the cars on a train.
I recall reading a story somewhere that the Chunnel was made for trains in the end because it was so expensive and the only way to get private enterprise on-board was to make it into trains-only so that high fares could be justified, apparantly it would never have made enough money just by using the toll-system. A tempting answer to what may just have been a safety issue. Of course the ventilation would have been no problem if it had been for cars, just put some really big chimneys up every couple of miles…
It only hurts when I laugh.
This sounds like a really bad idea. The last thing one of the most storm-prone stretches of water in the world needs is more navigation hazards.
>Of course the ventilation would have been no >problem if it had been for cars, just put >some really big chimneys up every couple of >miles…
>>This sounds like a really bad idea. The >>last thing one of the most storm-prone >>stretches of water in the world needs is >>more navigation hazards.
And the last thing the longest underwater tunnel needs is to get flooded through the “chimneys” during a storm-surge.