Question 5152
In general, conventional roads (carreteras convencionales) are...
- less safe than freeways (autopistas) and high-capacity divided highways (autovías).
- safer than freeways (autopistas) and high-capacity divided highways (autovías).
- as safe as freeways (autopistas) and high-capacity divided highways (autovías).
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Correct answer: less safe than freeways (autopistas) and high-capacity divided highways (autovías).
Conventional roads (carreteras convencionales) record more deaths and more crashes involving injuries or deaths than freeways (autopistas) and high-capacity divided highways (autovías). In the image, both directions share a roadway, separated only by a broken line, and passing requires using the oncoming lane. There are also usually intersections at the same level. Freeways and high-capacity divided highways have a separate roadway for each direction and no intersections like these.