Changing lanes banned in Burnley Tunnel

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Originally Posted by tickford2001

sounds like another good reason not to use it!

merging in from kings way, right behind a truck, and having to follow it all the way up the hill will be great...especially if its fully laden and doing about 20-30kmh

Fully loaded i can quite comfortably pull out of the tunnel doing the speed limit, but some doubles pull out of there at 30 - 40kmh. I also cant stand ******* on the monash that do 70 - 80kmh in clear light traffic, then look at you like you're scum when you pass them at $1 in a truck.

I was coming through the tunnel this morning thinking knocking the speed back to 60 would make it much safer for all. It lowers the difference in speed between the cars sitting on the limit and the slow trucks, which is a good thing. Also if there was another accident you'd like to think that the severity would be reduced due to the lower speeds.

By banning changing lanes, everyone is just going to be in the right lane to avoid getting stuck behind anyone slow, and some goose will still wreck it for everyone and slow the lane down and still not be able to get out to let people through. Also if there is a breakdown, and lane changing is banned, when people have to do it to get around it'll be a foriegn action to them in the tunnel and it makes things more dangerous. People will get used to not having to anticipate movement between the lanes.