> Well, I don't know whether it was a freeway or not, because the Americans have far too many words for far too big roads.

Comes from living in such a big country. They're only "freeways" out west. In the eastern half of the country, they're "highways."

There's a slight difference. "Freeways" cannot be toll roads, whereas "highways" can. Toll roads are more specifically called "turnpikes."

> It had about 5 lanes either side of the reservation, which is off the scale of British road widths, even with the hard shoulder.

That's odd, actually, since your population density is greater. And isn't London bigger than New York City? Maybe that's why London traffic doesn't move. You NEED some good ten lane highways. :-)

> ...there is enough yellow around so jumps straight to green.

LOL. I was always amused at the different traffic light schemes in Europe.

S "'Europe AND Britain,' I meant. Ha." am