<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 08:23, Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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while I am not, I’m pretty sure the British term is pavement, not sidewalk</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Yes. It's as idiotic as us Brits calling underpants "pants" because the sidewalk is paved</div><div>but the road is also paved so both are pavements. But that's what we do.</div><div><br></div><div>However, in some dialects it is also known as a causeway. Probably harkening back</div><div>to the original French term meaning of route or highway.<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> (for the kerb separated way, no idea about the marking separated way)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Me neither. I'm not sure we have them. I can't find a mention of them in the Highway</div><div>Code (it's possible I missed it). The section that I would expect them to be in,</div><div><a href="https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/multi-lane-carriageways.html">https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/multi-lane-carriageways.html<br></a></div><div>it just has cycle lanes (rule 140) and bus lanes (rule 141). <br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">-- <br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Paul</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div>