<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style><br></div><div style><br>On 01/06/2013, at 2:33 PM, Ian Sergeant <<a href="mailto:inas66+osm@gmail.com">inas66+osm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite" style><div><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 June 2013 09:29, Michael James <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m.james@internode.on.net" target="_blank">m.james@internode.on.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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There is a legal difference between a divided highway and a freeway in<br>
Australia, so if it is not actually called a freeway/motorway via<br>
signage then it really isn't one.<br></blockquote></div><br>Firstly, I'm a little sceptical of there actually being a "legal" difference. Can you point to a source that would make this clear? </div></blockquote>
<br><div style>Not that I'm sure we should use it but I think they are usually gazetted by state government </div><div style>eg NSW <span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ra199373/s48.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=Freeway">http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ra199373/s48.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=Freeway</a></span></div>
<div style><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><br></span></div><div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap">Any state that has laws prohibiting access to certain groups (eg pedestrians) to freeways needs a legal definition. I'm pretty sure most states and countries that have freeways limit access. </span></font></div>
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