Re:Things I Wish I’d Known Before Fulltime RVing (2017)
by iudqnolq on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:05AM
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No, a pullout is not an extra lane. The smaller ones are about thirty feet long paved or gravel, but especially in California they can be a few times longer. They look like so: https://i0.wp.com/takemytrip.com/images/550x_14d_DSC03483.JP...
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Re:Things I Wish I’d Known Before Fulltime RVing (2017)
by prawn on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:22AM
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Is there a distinction between turnout and pullout?
An RV is 20-30+ feet long. Thirty feet isn't enough time to slow and stop at speed. Let alone build up speed and reenter the main route. Even the one in your picture (much longer than 30') is an example of one that is risky for an RVer to use. People would use that to stop and take a photo or take their kid to the toilet, but proper ones are closer to an actual lane as in, same surface as the road, and longer. And no one would stop on them other than for 10 seconds to let traffic pass. Here's one on the southern side of Flinders Ranges Way here in South Australia (where I assume @NL still lives):
https://www.google.com.au/maps/search/quorn/@-32.4561221,137...