Huge accident on highway 1

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"Sun Yat-sen Freeway

Freeway in Taiwan

National Freeway 1, also known as Sun Yat-sen Freeway"

Well it’s not free as in Freeway, so highway, motorway is a better term. In the States I see also the names tollway or turnpike.

Doesnt freeway mean morefree of obstruction, like ibtersections and traffic lights? Not so much as free of charge. Or have i had it wrong here the whole time?

Americans call a high speed controlled access dual or quad carriage way road, a freeway.

Common Canadian parlance calls them highways. But (legally, everything is a highway according to the Highway Traffic Act in Ontario)

The British call them motorways.

The Australians call them roadies

That last one might be made up.

Granted i am from BC and w dont really have any, but i assumed we called everything highways because we dont even have highways. Perhaps out east. In bc tey all have lights and intersections. In fact, most even have various lare game crossing the roads haha. Quite distant from the raised freeways if taiwan.

I like the term rodies actually. But i agree, its probably made up (and far from logical). Like most of Australian English.

I would say Highway 1 from Chiliwack to Vancouver is a highway.

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I like the term rodies actually. But i agree, its probably made up (and far from logical). Like most of Australian English.

It is made up. I made it up. It’s a fake fact. lmao.

Dangit, i meant we dont have freeways* my bad. We only have highways.

Next, youre gonna tell us you made up the term bikies too…equally as plausible and funny.

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@Marco

Americans call a high speed controlled access dual or quad carriage way road, a freeway.

Common Canadian parlance calls them highways. But (legally, everything is a highway according to the Highway Traffic Act in Ontario)

The British call them motorways.

The Australians call them roadies

That last one might be made up.

The Autobahn!

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Doesnt freeway mean morefree of obstruction, like ibtersections and traffic lights? Not so much as free of charge. Or have i had it wrong here the whole time?

Freeways are minimum double two lane divided roads without intersections, higher speed limits and restricted to cars, trucks, buses that go at a minimum speed of 60-70 km/h. Crossing are done through bridges, on and off ramps. No pedestrians, horses, horse or mule pulled wagons, bikes, motorcycles below a certain volume or HP are allowed.

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Doesnt freeway mean morefree of obstruction, like ibtersections and traffic lights? Not so much as free of charge. Or have i had it wrong here the whole time?

Freeways are minimum double two lane divided roads without intersections, higher speed limits and restricted to cars, trucks, buses that go at a minimum speed of 60-70 km/h. Crossing are done through bridges, on and off ramps. No pedestrians, horses, horse or mule pulled wagons, bikes, motorcycles below a certain volume or HP are allowed.

This has certainly always been my understanding as well, not toll booths or fees for using the road.