Sentences with phrase «of motorways»

Guim explianed that cycling in Japan was not very pleasant because the roads are full of cars, trucks, plenty of motorways intertwining everywhere and hardly any bicycles anywhere.

Exclusion of motorways and A roads from the analysis made little difference to the pattern of results.

Volkswagen doesn't publish an extra-urban economy figure for the Passat GTE, but we averaged 53mpg in road tests conducted over a mix of motorways, country roads and city streets.

On a combination of motorways and twisting mountain roads the new engine coped well despite the hefty 1626 kg kerbweight of our test car.

The truck - rutted inside lane of motorways is best avoided, so what this car's claimed 7 min 27sec lap of the Ring must have been like is unthinkable...

He worked for contractors and consultants on motorway construction in the UK, in a motorway bridges design office and for 23 years for the UK Department for Transport and latterly the Highways Agency, where he was responsible in turn for the management of trunk roads, the maintenance of motorways including the first major repair contract on M6 Stafford Bypass, where contra flow was first used on a live motorway in the UK, the project management of major road schemes both in the planning and design and construction stages.

I do most of my writing out of motorway service stations and Harvesters.

But we all know that so what is the point of going on and on about the repeated mistakes that occur season after season, would you constantly drive on the wrong side of the motorway because you once did by accident or not knowing and you made it out just with a few dents?

A quick dash up the M62 on the Spirit of Shankly coach which went from the Rocket pub at the beginning of the motorway.

The green plants at the centre of the motorway could also have been nurtured or left alone to provide a curtain effect in the centre of the motorway and to shield the high lights from one lane into the other.

It also pointed out that road building was highly expensive, with one mile of motorway costing # 30 million.

This could end up creating the equivalent of motorway grade roads through the Stonehenge landscape, the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the South Downs National Park and across the Pennines.

The Ministry for Roads and Highways has given two excavator - hiring firms, operating on the shoulders of the Motorway a two - week ultimatum to relocate.

Some claimed the party had adopted an «M62 strategy» and sought to gain multiple parliamentary gains along the corridor of this motorway spanning across Lancashire and Yorkshire.

One stretch of motorway turned out to have twice as much traffic as forecast while another has less than half.

Affected vessels could take a long time to correct their journey or physically stop, which may cause the maritime equivalent of a motorway pile - up,» Dr Bonenberg adds.

Much as you can infer the existence of a motorway from an aeroplane at night by studying the pattern of lights below, neuroscientists can now map neural connections from the water traffic in the brain.

According to Andres Lopez, professor of engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, twice as many miles of new railways are being planned as miles of motorway.

8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter for the first season) is an American sitcom comedy television show, originally A teenage boy has died in hospital after being found unconscious on the side of a motorway.

A teenage boy has died in hospital after being found unconscious on the side of a motorway.

Knowing how car enthusiasts like to use rural strips of the motorway for their own version of Ridge Racer, I wasn't surprised when I saw that exotic car carnage on the news: dead Ferraris.

A new extension of motorway was planned to be built on the other side of the hill.

As Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 says lots of answers here, but I would go with the prolonged effect of poor maintenance, the are many cars that do a huge amount of motorway miles eg some sales people do 200 - 500 miles each DAY and don't have many breakdowns.

Of course if that happens in the middle of a motorway you could have an accident.

Fortunately there was plenty of motorway time to consider all of this before another stint of A - and B - road hacking to the final destination.

The seats remain beautifully built, with cushions that conform perfectly to your posterior as either you rail the car through a tight switchback or along a long stretch of a motorway.

And what of its motorway cruising ability?

Mix of motorway and fast road.

Miles of motorway restricted to 50mph because of phantom roadworks where you see no workers at all yet you can guarantee they have average speed cameras that will remove you license and rob you if you dare to stray a couple of mph over the ludicrous limit.

The 0.9 - litre has, on the face of it, commendable stats of 94g / km and 60.1 mpg, but if you do a lot of motorway work, it needs quite a lot of revs to keep up with traffic so is less likely to get near its parsimonious official figures.

Engine: Choose diesel engines only when you do lot of motorway miles as I do.

If that is not enough, next to the standard package (consisting of the front skirt, door strip attachments and rear skirt set) ABT Sportsline also offers a wide - body kit, which will make the SUV the real «emperor of the motorway».

On a twisty road, it's clear that the Eclipse Cross» suspension is adept at keeping this fairly bulky SUV on an even keel, but when the roads straighten up, you realise that its twisty - road prowess comes at the cost of some motorway smoothness.

The true maximum speed of 185.8 mph was achieved by the French magazine Sport Auto on an empty piece of motorway whilst the French Police were at lunch, just short of the planned 300kph.

As it's designed mainly for urban use, the brakes and gearbox did have a tendency to wear out faster on the previous ForTwo than on cars covering a lot of motorway miles.

The Active Cruise Control takes some of the effort out of motorway driving, by adjusting your speed to match the traffic ahead.

A completely new interpretation of the cruise control system also moves the vehicle with minimum fuel consumption, allowing it to drop below the set speed within a certain lower limit in favour of lower fuel consumption, for example on gentle uphill stretches of motorway.

The new BMW 8 Series Coupe is equally as convincing in the role of the sovereign cruiser that pampers its passengers not only with ride comfort on long stretches of motorway or on country roads, but also with its modern luxury ambience and high - class equipment features.

In real - world conditions, I averaged 25 mpg (11.2 l / 100 km) after quite a lot of motorway driving and off - roading, which leads me to believe that in normal usage you should get about 30 mpg (9.4 l / 100 km).

If you're going to be doing lots of motorway travel, the stronger 100bhp BlueHDi engine is a worthwhile investment - but it's still not what you would call quick.

Refinement really takes a hit at speed, as does ride quality about town, and in order to benefit from the Leon's extra frugality you either have to cover plenty of motorway miles or have very sharp eco-driving skills.

Fast, powerful and classy, BMWs are the kings of the motorway.

Situated in the heart of England, Wroxall Abbey Hotel & Estate is 10 minutes from Birmingham Airport, at the centre of the motorway network and has excellent rail links to London and the rest of the country.

Scarab Village is between Knysna and George, along one of the country's most beautiful stretches of motorway.

The hotel is located within easy reach of the motorway network and offers valet parking in the secure hotel car park (a nightly charge applies).

The town centre is inland, on the other side of the motorway.

As you come of the motorway M55 at the big roundabout with the metal statue thing on it, take the second exit on the left down Yeadon Way.

Further to this process, Travelodge today announces that it has signed a new franchise contract for seven hotels with Moto, the UK's largest provider of motorway service areas.

If you're only passing through Yorkshire, then the Travelodge Wakefield Woolley Edge M1 is the place to get your head down for the night — on either side of the motorway.

From swaying pirate ships to lorries that split in half in the middle of the motorway, the kitchens in which you work your gastronomic magic will become increasingly treacherous as the dishes you cook grow in complexity.