Crossing double white lines?

[Monty Python]

The rules are probably based on someone driving a Ford Anglia, much like the stopping distances in the Highway Code.

[watchnut]

Watching your VT, the double whites are on a stretch of road with a junction on the right, on a crest, with a short crest just after it....then you see the farm buildings on your left.....

If you did the return journey from the other way you can see the "SLOW" sign on the road....you would then have the two slight "crests" where the junction would then be on the left.....hence the double white lines running to where they do on your direction....to protect vehicles/road users emerging/approaching the crests and the junction. Owing to the farm being very close, the chances of coming across a tractor or very drunk farmer on an old bike would be high...ish?.....so maybe that's why they put the paint there?

In commenting on the BMW driver....you should have pulled him over and shot him/her for driving such a nice car like a fanny...

[robbyd]

Runnymede - used to be a nice bit of nsl with overtaking options. Then reduced to 50, I seem to remember; now it's double whites all the way. No need for this at all. Never been so tempted to overtake on them, though haven't yet. Many seem to struggle to exceed 35mph across there!

I always cross them to give cyclists the space they deserve, whether they're doing oomph or not (as long as I have clear view ahead)...

Edited by robbyd on Saturday 23 April 21:53

[Blakewater]

Shaving the end of these double white lines allows maximum use of this straight for overtaking. I don't see why they can't be broken on the left side here.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9455631,-2.20535...

[Skyrat]

Wollemi said:

It concerns me that who is it that is making decisions about things like double white lines? What qualifications, experience and expertise do they have?

Enough to notice the massive junction on the right hand side? It's entirely possible that that's why they've kept the lines going.

[RobM77]

There are a number of double white lines that I've seen that are clearly unnecessary or ill-advised. There are also a number of unnecessarily low or high speed limits that I see regularly, or badly placed signs. In all cases though, although I drive according to what I think is safe, using all of my training and experience to do so, the law is a clearly defined line and if you cross it you can get points on your license or worse, so wherever possible I stay within the law, no matter how silly it is or may seem.

[twoblacklines]

I overtook a foreign LHD van whose driver was acting dangerously (kept slamming his brakes on for no reason, swerving around and such) and on the last bit of my undertake it went into double whites, so the back of my car crossed the double white to get back into my lane.

There happened to be a police car I hadn't seen parked up and they saw this as well as the foreigner who was driving like they were drunk.

They completely ignored his antics which is funny because when they put their lights on to pull me over, he wouldn't let them past lmao.... eventually they managed to overtake him (ironically over double white lines!) and pulled me over and gave me 3 points for it (TS20) this was 6 years ago now.

So no, I wouldn't, even if you are doing it to get past a dangerous foreigner in a LHD car they will still throw the book at you.