Turn-outs: Do you know what they are for? (lane, mountain pass, driver)

[deepcynic]

And, do you use them if you are the slower driver?

[M3 Mitch]

Yes, and yes on the rare occasions when the local Ferrari club clumps up behind me on Canyon Road, for example.

So, you are not alone, there are at least 2 of us.

But apparently most people don't understand them.

[GTOlover]

yeah slow RVs and semi's use them alot up in the mountain passes out here

[whiteboyslo]

i have yet to be the 'slower driver', but yes, i know what they are.

Mike

[getmeoutofhere]

What in the hell are turn-outs?

[drjones96]

^yeah...what's a turn out?

Is it the same as the lane on the uphill that allows slow traffic to move over to allow faster traffic to pass?

[DubbleT]

Turnouts are for us scaredy cats on the mountain roads too afraid to go over the speed limit. We gratefully pull over and sweat for a few minutes while everyone thankfully passes us.

[whiteboyslo]

Originally Posted by drjones96

^yeah...what's a turn out?

Is it the same as the lane on the uphill that allows slow traffic to move over to allow faster traffic to pass?

in some rural areas (usually on roads with a lot of uphill/downhill sections), two-lane roads will intermittently have large paved areas off to the side. these are turnouts, meant to give a slower driver an area to safely pull over and let traffic pass. they are especially handy on tight, winding roads where passing opportunities would be rare or non-existent.

Mike

[drjones96]

^OK then YES I use turnouts. No reason not to really. If you have people behind you that would like to pass then why not?

[getmeoutofhere]

Oh, OK.

Yeah, why not use them? We don't have any around here, but I have when in the mountains.