Given that nobody in Stoke needs to go to Oxford that isn't really relevant.Johnathan404 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 13:13Often you will have to start or end your journey by heading the "wrong" way, but it's rare to have to follow the wrong compass direction in the middle of long, cross-country route like Stoke to Oxford.
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It's slightly different, in that when you head up the A38(M), you are clearly using a local link road to get out of the city centre and then join the main motorway network and then turning off the M6 ... whereas the E/W section of the M42 between M5 and M40 feels like it should be M40, in that you continue straight ahead and you end up on the M40. Apart from the M25 and M60, there aren't a great many major routes where you start off going in one direction, keep going straight ahead, and end up going in diametrically the opposite direction.Big L wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 13:08No different to someone in Birmingham going north on the A38M and M6 to get the southbound M5; no doubt people could suggest silar examples around London or Manchester. Orbital motorways will do this to you.Johnathan404 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:23 It is very confusing if you're heading towards the M40 though - you are following north to go south.
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At first I was unsure whether it really was a constant single marking or just what was left after fading of an adjacent dotted line, but yes it does look like a continuous single white line. I would assume that it is implying something similar to a continuous double line, I certainly would not feel comfortable overtaking in either direction along that road.
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It's probably a cut-price version of a continuous double line.Euan wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 23:00At first I was unsure whether it really was a constant single marking or just what was left after fading of an adjacent dotted line, but yes it does look like a continuous single white line. I would assume that it is implying something similar to a continuous double line, I certainly would not feel comfortable overtaking in either direction along that road.
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I agree the Google image isn't crystal clear, but I drove along it at the weekend and it's definitely a continuous single solid line. As you say I presume it's meant to be a double, or a single + broken, and common sense says no overtaking certainly for the most part of it, but it's hardly ideal that we've apparently invented a new marking that's not in the Highway Code.
I recall a similar thing on the main coast road in Whitley Bay in the late 70s/early 80s but presume that's been fixed by now.
I recall a similar thing on the main coast road in Whitley Bay in the late 70s/early 80s but presume that's been fixed by now.
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Single solids were allowed before 1964 but they didn't mean the same as doubles (introduced 1958 or so but not part of the 1957 regs)... hence your Whitley Bay example.ellandback wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 08:27 I agree the Google image isn't crystal clear, but I drove along it at the weekend and it's definitely a continuous single solid line. As you say I presume it's meant to be a double, or a single + broken, and common sense says no overtaking certainly for the most part of it, but it's hardly ideal that we've apparently invented a new marking that's not in the Highway Code.
I recall a similar thing on the main coast road in Whitley Bay in the late 70s/early 80s but presume that's been fixed by now.
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It's getting increasingly rare that I can say this nowadays but … I can't remember that far back.
But thanks, I was not aware of that. Just as a matter of interest what did they mean?
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I don't think anyone has mentioned J14 on the M25. Coming off the clockwise motorway bound for Heathrow T4, the road signs and markings clearly show 3 lanes going towards Heathrow. The instant you pass the lights onto the roundabout, one of those three lanes vanishes into thin air and only 2 continue round to the A3113.
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"People can't design spiral roundabouts properly" is a regular sentence I have to say.JonH wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 13:19 I don't think anyone has mentioned J14 on the M25. Coming off the clockwise motorway bound for Heathrow T4, the road signs and markings clearly show 3 lanes going towards Heathrow. The instant you pass the lights onto the roundabout, one of those three lanes vanishes into thin air and only 2 continue round to the A3113.
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They were effectively an early hazard line. You can often see old photos showing the familiar dashed lane line and then a solid approaching, say, a signal stop line.ellandback wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 13:15It's getting increasingly rare that I can say this nowadays but … I can't remember that far back.
But thanks, I was not aware of that. Just as a matter of interest what did they mean?
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And they still have that meaning in Ireland, IIRC.Bryn666 wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 13:25They were effectively an early hazard line. You can often see old photos showing the familiar dashed lane line and then a solid approaching, say, a signal stop line.ellandback wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 13:15It's getting increasingly rare that I can say this nowadays but … I can't remember that far back.
But thanks, I was not aware of that. Just as a matter of interest what did they mean?
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I know the random middle lane road layout was common in urban areas, but I didn't expect it to be found on a major NSL trunk route... that Highways England keep resurfacing!
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A favourite of mine on the A12 in east London, a new special lane marking, I especially notice it because I am usually riding on top of it through stand still traffic at going home time, https://goo.gl/maps/e6WruAC2zqXJZ3EU8 these markings are immediately followed by the by the mysterious double white line markings which can make no sense when all traffic is going in the same directions.
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Ah, but is it a double white line or is it a tiger tail marking that's to narrow to fit the chevrons/hatching between the lines? It's pretty clear the intended meaning is 'stay in lane' (with signs stating this too).yen_powell wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 19:35 A favourite of mine on the A12...
these markings are immediately followed by the by the mysterious double white line markings which can make no sense when all traffic is going in the same directions.
https://goo.gl/maps/zMvsU3gqvB3VQ6uT9
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Don't think so, I think they have a minimum width. I'd look in my 2016 regs but it's a car crash of a document. I think Stay in Lane signs are only allowed in road works, but I may be wrong.SouthWest Philip wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 20:19Ah, but is it a double white line or is it a tiger tail marking that's to narrow to fit the chevrons/hatching between the lines? It's pretty clear the intended meaning is 'stay in lane' (with signs stating this too).yen_powell wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 19:35 A favourite of mine on the A12...
these markings are immediately followed by the by the mysterious double white line markings which can make no sense when all traffic is going in the same directions.
https://goo.gl/maps/zMvsU3gqvB3VQ6uT9
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Single solid lines are used in France instead of double whites.nowster wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:50And they still have that meaning in Ireland, IIRC.Bryn666 wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 13:25They were effectively an early hazard line. You can often see old photos showing the familiar dashed lane line and then a solid approaching, say, a signal stop line.ellandback wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 13:15
It's getting increasingly rare that I can say this nowadays but … I can't remember that far back.
But thanks, I was not aware of that. Just as a matter of interest what did they mean?
In other countries I like the use of solid lines approaching stop lines for signalised junctions to discourage last minute weaving.
Same goes with the use of solid lines around ghost island at junctions with which also tend to taper neatly as the carriageway widens and use curves that relate to the paths that vehicles take than the horrible sharp angles in the UK that are ignored.
The only place where lining works well and appears neatly done is on motorways.
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There's an interesting give way at a roundabout on Stephenson Way, Watford:
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It seems to be common practice in tunnels and long underpasses. Here are double lines at the Dartford Tunnel: https://goo.gl/maps/LSW35yhNdPv2zzUv7yen_powell wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 20:37Don't think so, I think they have a minimum width. I'd look in my 2016 regs but it's a car crash of a document. I think Stay in Lane signs are only allowed in road works, but I may be wrong.SouthWest Philip wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 20:19Ah, but is it a double white line or is it a tiger tail marking that's to narrow to fit the chevrons/hatching between the lines? It's pretty clear the intended meaning is 'stay in lane' (with signs stating this too).yen_powell wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 19:35 A favourite of mine on the A12...
these markings are immediately followed by the by the mysterious double white line markings which can make no sense when all traffic is going in the same directions.
https://goo.gl/maps/zMvsU3gqvB3VQ6uT9
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