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Okay, I'm talking about a road, not a river, but it's relevent as most folk reading this forum will at some stage use this road. On Monday 27th there was a 2 vehicle collision as a result of which a person has subsequently died.
How many more people have to die or suffer life changing injuries before the powers that be dual this section of road? It's an absolute disgrace.
EDP Story here.
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Must admit that this section of single carriage way is way , way long over due to be upgraded to a daul carriage way ,it's nothing to do with the harbour, but down to population growth, usage, I've seen myself over the years when moored at Stacey arms , passing through by river and when travelling on that section on road ,how people speed ,do stupid reckless things on it ,
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Its pretty simple really isn't it?
traffic goes one way on left side,, and the opposite way on the other side.
so it can probably assumed that careless or reckless overtaking took place.
I'm sure there are plenty of dualled roads that still have accidents.
human error or bad judgement will always be present.
someone always in too much of a hurry to consider others.
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1. It is the road users that cause the accidents, not the road.
2. The Acle straight will never be dualled.
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Sadly, often innocent people are injured, or worse, by the actions of other road users.
This then begs the question that if a road can be made safer - for instance in this case the possibility of dualling a very very long straight single carriageway to provide opportunity for overtaking - then it should be considered. For ALL road users, not just those who cause accidents.
Any upgrade to a road should never be dismissed on the single basis that accidents are purely the result of poor driving skills, with the therefore added inference that those who suffer may deserve it. It is naive to think that accidents can only be avoided through the perfection of driving skills. Those behind the wheel are not robots, and certain aspects of roads and layouts etc are known to contribute to the risk of an accident. I spent years in the insurance industry as a motor claims accident investigator and resultant injury claims handler. I've seen plenty of misery caused by the actions of others, and read many police reports about the contributing factors including reference to road layout etc.
I have no idea what the circumstances where in this particular accident and I have no knowledge of what may or may not be relevant to the expansion of the Acle straight into a dual carriageway. However, I've driven along it many times, and often see poor and dangerous overtaking. Dual carriageway would now doubt reduce the danger to other road users and provide safe opportunities for those who wish (or need !) to pass other vehicles.
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I don’t disagree with anything you say about possible improvements to road safety as far as the Acle straight is concerned but unfortunately it will never happen, and that information comes from MP’s themselves. There are many problems with this particular stretch of road, one being how do you build a dual carriageway road and still give safe access to dozens of individual marsh gateways on either side of it?
Personally I consider that road safety could be improved very cheaply by painting double white lines on the total 8 mile length and making a mandatory speed limit of 50 mph. This could be easily enforced by installing an average speed camera at each end (there is only one junction in the 8 mile length) and a computer programmed to send out automatic fixed penalty notices to all transgressors who complete the journey too quickly.
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remember this tragic event??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1mPf46RNL4
road width or number of lanes was not included in the list of possible causes as I recall.
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the post above is a simple and effective answer,as Dykedweller said, but
would everyone adhere to it. I doubt it.
or this one,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-23970047
thick fog was there for all to see, however witnesses stated many were driving too fast, some without lights.
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" There are many problems with this particular stretch of road, one being how do you build a dual carriageway road and still give safe access to dozens of individual marsh gateways on either side of it?" When we had a daul carriage way built not far from us on dartford marshes ,the carriage way went through farm fields / grazing marshes , a tunnel was constructed to help cattle etc to get from one field to the next , as per the picture attached, also further along any turns were made into left turns only ,so have to go up to the next roundabout to come back on yourself if wanting to the other way ,
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I wonder if that has been previously considered, and how the water table might affect it?
I wonder how long cattle can hold their breath. 
it's not beyond reason to refrain from overtaking for a mere 9 miles surely?
especially considering the often fatal results.
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I totally agree with Dykedweller,it’s a quick,reasonably cheap and uncomplicated fix.and if implemented could start reducing incidents in a relatively short time.It won’t prevent the death wish drivers that you get on all of our roads,but if introduced I believe would have a marked impact on road traffic incidents.
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