Road Markings

[Cryssys]

Anybody else noticed that road markings on many unlit B roads have been left to fade away in many places. On many B/country roads near me it almost impossible to see the dividing lines.

Given the number of pot holes on the nearside many people tend to the middle of the road and frequently stray over onto the opposite side. It doesn't help when someone in an oversized SUV insisting on hogging the middle of the road cos they don't want to scratch or dirty their pride and joy. I've seen some near misses recently, particularly during dusk, you really have to be on your guard.

Guess this is just another example of cash strapped councils neglecting their responsibilities and putting peoples lives at risk.

[Cryssys]

volvos60s60 said:

Ah, road markings, my pet moan. What really gets me with road markings is how on a dark night with heavy rain the roads markings become almost invisible. How is it that in 2023, with all our advances in the technology, that we can't come up with a decent paint that performs in the rain and dark, it's not as if these conditions are uncommon

Good to know I'm not the only one.

The technology is there, look at motorways markings and the poundings they take but they still show up. I think it's just a case of councils not having the money to properly maintain the roads. Very similar to the pot hole problem. Technically there's no problem doing the work problem is there's no money to do it.

[Cryssys]

Riley Blue said:

Does a dotted white line down the centre of a country road influence how you drive when you spot a pothole?
You'd slow down or steer round it irrespective of whether there was a line there or not, wouldn't you? If you didn't spot it, a line wouldn't help you at all..

The problem is that rather than steer round pot holes some people routinely drive to the right and in the absence of clear markings on narrow roads they frequently stray over the middle. Once there, some are remarkably reluctant to move back over in the face of oncoming traffic thereby squeezing it hard over to the left.

Yes, it's poor driving on their part but it's only made worse by the absence of clear road markings. Like I said I've seen some near misses and there have been a number of occasions where I have been forced very close to the edge of the road by oncoming vehicles hogging the road.