Road markings - legislation and how they are broken
Discussion
Here me out - there are regulations and legislation that decree every detail of how a road should be laid out. Signage, road markings, road layout etc etc. Any new build road must comply with these. Makes sense to me.
Chapter 5 of the Traffic signs manual [link] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c4... [/link]
So how is it legally acceptable for the very same legislation be ignored on a grand scale?
Driving and cycling through Bristol lately has become a danger game - no lines segregating filter lanes - no give way markings reminding cars they need to stop - its bedlam and quite frankly terrifying.
If such legislation exists - who do we press to enforce it? Can a class action suit be made against those that are failing to abide with the legislation such that someone is held to account?
Perhaps a naïve question - I am no law expert .....but something needs to change.
NB I have purposefully not talked about potholes - Similar issue but the context of this is specifically road markings.
I am a petrol head and a cyclist - We have got to maintain the infrastructure we have before we spend millions on tiny pieces of cycle lane etc. Cyclists (and all road users) would be safer overnight if the roads we currently have were in a condition that meets the standards laid out in the legistlation.
Chapter 5 of the Traffic signs manual [link] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c4... [/link]
So how is it legally acceptable for the very same legislation be ignored on a grand scale?
Driving and cycling through Bristol lately has become a danger game - no lines segregating filter lanes - no give way markings reminding cars they need to stop - its bedlam and quite frankly terrifying.
If such legislation exists - who do we press to enforce it? Can a class action suit be made against those that are failing to abide with the legislation such that someone is held to account?
Perhaps a naïve question - I am no law expert .....but something needs to change.
NB I have purposefully not talked about potholes - Similar issue but the context of this is specifically road markings.
I am a petrol head and a cyclist - We have got to maintain the infrastructure we have before we spend millions on tiny pieces of cycle lane etc. Cyclists (and all road users) would be safer overnight if the roads we currently have were in a condition that meets the standards laid out in the legistlation.
My council has a report section on their website which includes worn away / missing road markings. I’ve reported a few and they got painted.
If you have that option try that and put your contact info in and ask for updates. If they don’t get back to or say they are ok you then have something to take to your council rep. Again I have a highways council guy who people contact on local Facebook groups and he’s actually useful.
If you have that option try that and put your contact info in and ask for updates. If they don’t get back to or say they are ok you then have something to take to your council rep. Again I have a highways council guy who people contact on local Facebook groups and he’s actually useful.
tegwin said:
Here me out - there are regulations and legislation that decree every detail of how a road should be laid out. Signage, road markings, road layout etc etc. Any new build road must comply with these. Makes sense to me.
Chapter 5 of the Traffic signs manual [link] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c4... [/link]
Section 1.1.1 of the link you posted and then https://tsrgd.co.uk/pdf/tsrgd/tsrgd2016.pdfChapter 5 of the Traffic signs manual [link] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c4... [/link]
Simpo Two said:
On a similar theme, I notice that catseyes are disappearing. There are sections of road around here where they seem to have been deliberately smashed, and they're not being replaced. They are such a simple and important aid to safer night driving that I don't understand it.
Reflective paint is better.Pica-Pica said:
Simpo Two said:
On a similar theme, I notice that catseyes are disappearing. There are sections of road around here where they seem to have been deliberately smashed, and they're not being replaced. They are such a simple and important aid to safer night driving that I don't understand it.
Reflective paint is better.tegwin said:
Can a class action suit be made against those that are failing to abide with the legislation such that someone is held to account?
AFAIK a class action suit needs a group of people to lose out in some way.Aside of a rant/a few horn beeps what group of people has lost out?
Pica-Pica said:
Simpo Two said:
On a similar theme, I notice that catseyes are disappearing. There are sections of road around here where they seem to have been deliberately smashed, and they're not being replaced. They are such a simple and important aid to safer night driving that I don't understand it.
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