Rule 130 - Hatched areas with a broken line
Discussion
Let's agree to partially agree then! As I see it the markings have to go hand in hand with rules & education of those rules. If the rules are clear AND the education is adequate then the markings may be ok.
In my view, ideally, road markings should be such that a foreign driver who has never driven in the UK before is able to interpret the meaning of the road markings without needing to read the Highway Code.
The very fact that there have been numerous threads on Pistonheads over the years about hatched areas and rule 130 does I think demonstrate quite clearly that even people with an above average interest in motoring are not completely clear about this.
In my view, ideally, road markings should be such that a foreign driver who has never driven in the UK before is able to interpret the meaning of the road markings without needing to read the Highway Code.
The very fact that there have been numerous threads on Pistonheads over the years about hatched areas and rule 130 does I think demonstrate quite clearly that even people with an above average interest in motoring are not completely clear about this.
MaxSo said:
...In my view, ideally, road markings should be such that a foreign driver who has never driven in the UK before is able to interpret the meaning of the road markings without needing to read the Highway Code...
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/848415/Highway-code-millions-drivers-dont-know-basic-road-signsAnd if you thought foreign drivers had problems interpreting our road signs...https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/car-industry-news/2018/06/07/80-of-brits-abroad-cannot-identify-foreign-road-signs-says-easyjet-and-europcar
Toltec said:
It isn't necessary to have an M4.
Checks profile, ah, Toyota Avensis, as you were that explains it.
Checks profile, ah, Toyota Avensis, as you were that explains it.
;););)I know I'm often ridiculed for not having a noisy, fast, premium, spoilered box with 20" wheels, but I like wafting around in my mobile lounge ... and the white line rules are the same for me as they are for you!
... and without an M4 I couldn't get to work on 2 days each week. (!)
I overtook on a single carriageway where the arrows were advising to ‘get in’. I got past the truck at the front of the queue by using the hatched area (red with broken lines my side). The lorry driver was frantically waving me back. Coming the other way was a Yeti, overtaking a pair of cyclists - in single file - and the Yeti was straying into hatched area by crossing double solid white lines. There was a safety margin, but it made me think more about them (hatched areas, Yetis, and cyclists!)
Yes, generally speaking, I would avoid overtaking in a hatched area whenever I can't see that there isn't traffic coming the other way, unless I am highly confident there is no possibility that any opposing traffic I can see may also cross in to the hatched area (eg to overtake a cyclist or tractor, or whilst turning right).
swerni said:
Not really "Pointless central hatching on a suburban main road. All this does is give drivers less room to overtake cyclists"
I'd say that it's the exact opposite, it gives more room to over take them.
I said it sums them up quite well. That doesn't mean every single sentence is to be agreed with.I'd say that it's the exact opposite, it gives more room to over take them.
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