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CHAPTER 3:The school environment and the highway

The Road

A road is a hard surface built for vehicles, motor bikes, bicycles and pedestrians to travel along.

             Parts of a road

  1. Carriage way: this is the middle part of the road mostly used by cars, heavy vehicles and motor cycles.
  2. Sideway: it is a land surface on both sides of a road mostly used by pedestrians
  3. Road junction: it is a place where roads from different towns meet. It is used by cars, heavy vehicles and motor cycles
  4. Ditch: these are gutters where run off flows

Types of road

  • Freeway
  • Highway (major highway and minor highway)
  • Primary street
  • Non-drivable (walking trails, pedestrians board walk stair way)

Highway Code or signs

                This is a set of official rule which have to be respected by all. They include:

 

par Claude Foumtum