Road markings. Legal or advisable?

[Lopey]

Bored sunday afternoon post.

I came across a junction the other day, where I saw 2 buses going through a no entry sign. On passing the junction, I saw that on the road its stated "Bus & Cycles Only". By the looks of it, it has been here for years, but got me wondering whether the buses passing the sign would actually be breaking the law or not.

Streetview link

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5312795,-1.8584804...

[vonhosen]

Lopey said:

Bored sunday afternoon post.

I came across a junction the other day, where I saw 2 buses going through a no entry sign. On passing the junction, I saw that on the road its stated "Bus & Cycles Only". By the looks of it, it has been here for years, but got me wondering whether the buses passing the sign would actually be breaking the law or not.

Streetview link

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5312795,-1.8584804...

What does the TRO for it say?

[zetec]

Interesting, I thought a no entry was NO entry. If selected vehicles could use it it surely should be the motorbike jumping the car sign, with the ‘except authorised vehicles’ plate underneath it?

[timbo999]

Quite common... in the centre of Worthing:

[jamei303]

vonhosen said:

What does the TRO for it say?

[V8LM]

timbo999 said:

Quite common... in the centre of Worthing:

So cyclists can only pass when riding on the right hand side of the road?

[Atomic12C]

OP - road markings are legal and are classed as 'flat' signs.
(eg. no overtaking double whites don't require an adjacent "no overtaking" vertical sign each time they are encountered)

However, as my business works alongside some road authorities, it would appear that the set up in the street-view link, in my independent opinion at least, should have the vehicle exemption plate underneath the "no entry" roundel on the vertical sign.

Vertical signs are often considered 'primary' with flat signs (road markings) considered 'secondary'.
(eg. flat signs may be obscured by other vehicle(s) slowly moving over the top of them - so the 'primary' sign should always provide sufficient information).

[timbo999]

V8LM said:

So cyclists can only pass when riding on the right hand side of the road?

Yes, I assume so! Always makes me laugh every time I cycle past it.