page_title: 2+1 road
section_title: Romania
hierarchical_section_title: 2+1 road / By country / Romania
caption_attribution_description: Română: Sector de drum 2+1 alternativ, între Lazaret și Turnul Spart, pe DN7 în Valea Oltului, România English: 2+1 road section between Lazaret and Turnul Spart, on the DN7 trunk road in Olt Valley, Romania
context_page_description: 2+1 road is a specific category of three-lane road, consisting of two lanes in one direction and one lane in the other, alternating every few kilometres, and separated usually with a steel cable barrier. The second lane allows faster-moving traffic to overtake slower vehicles at regular intervals. Traditional roads of at least 10 metres width can be converted to 2+1 roads and reach near-motorway safety levels at a much lower cost than an actual conversion to motorway or dual carriageway.
context_section_description: The 2+1 road format in Romania often refers to sections, usually on steep inclines, where there is another lane, designed to be used by slow vehicles to avoid congestion when going uphill.
  The first 2+1 "alternative" road opened between Lazaret and Turnul Spart in 2018 on the Olt Valley section of the DN7. This section lacks cable barriers, but provisions have been made to install one, if needed. The next 2+1 road section to open will be between Sinești and Movilița on the DN2. The DN2 is currently configured as a 13m wide road with emergency lanes, in the same style as 13m wide roads in Sweden, however, drivers improperly use the emergency lanes, leading to the current high number of crashes. 
  Once the roadworks will be completed, the 2+1 road is supposed to reduce the number of crashes, but it will lack the essential cable barrier. This is because the only cable barrier installed in Romania, at Afumați on the same DN2 was damaged because the lanes were too close to it and a truck hit it, but instead, the Romanian Roads Administration (CNADNR) blamed the "unsaftey" of the barrier.
caption: The first 2+1 road section in Romania on the DN7. Note the lack of the separating barriers
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