Strange road markings at traffic signals
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Sorry, I can't post a photograph, so I'll try to describe as best I can.
The road in question is from the centre of Farnham, Surrey in the Aldershot direction. The junction is a staggered crossroads by the hospital with traffic signals.
On the main road in both directions there is a single lane terminated at the signals by a solid white line. To the right of this lane is a tapered area defined by a series of broken long white lines to left and right, filled in over roughly half its length with single white hatching that does not touch the long white lines. The remaining half has no hatching. The defined area tapers out from a point about 50' back from the stop line. The outer broken white line stretches past the stop line to a point roughly halfway across the turning to the right (in both directions), where it joins a solid white line that connects it diagonally across the centre of the road to the opposite broken white line (the other turning being staggered). There is a turn arrow painted on the road surface before the solid white line, in both directions. The inner broken white line terminates at the stop line.
The appearance is that one could proceed past the stop line for the traffic signals to the 'stop line' after the turn arrow (although I understand that the traffic signal itself does duty as the stop line (e.g.) in the case of temporary signals).
I know it might be difficult to imagine from my description, and I'll try to get a photograph when I'm in the area, but what are BiBs' and others' views (DVD will undoubtedly have chapter and verse to hand)?
Streaky
The road in question is from the centre of Farnham, Surrey in the Aldershot direction. The junction is a staggered crossroads by the hospital with traffic signals.
On the main road in both directions there is a single lane terminated at the signals by a solid white line. To the right of this lane is a tapered area defined by a series of broken long white lines to left and right, filled in over roughly half its length with single white hatching that does not touch the long white lines. The remaining half has no hatching. The defined area tapers out from a point about 50' back from the stop line. The outer broken white line stretches past the stop line to a point roughly halfway across the turning to the right (in both directions), where it joins a solid white line that connects it diagonally across the centre of the road to the opposite broken white line (the other turning being staggered). There is a turn arrow painted on the road surface before the solid white line, in both directions. The inner broken white line terminates at the stop line.
The appearance is that one could proceed past the stop line for the traffic signals to the 'stop line' after the turn arrow (although I understand that the traffic signal itself does duty as the stop line (e.g.) in the case of temporary signals).
I know it might be difficult to imagine from my description, and I'll try to get a photograph when I'm in the area, but what are BiBs' and others' views (DVD will undoubtedly have chapter and verse to hand)?
Streaky
F i F said:
Just a guess but could it be an attempt to persuade a pair of right turning vehicles that they should go NS to NS?
I know that ... my question is: where is the stop line?hornetrider said:
Can you find it on google earth and post the link?
If Google Earth had an up-to-date photograph, I'd have posted a link. The road markings are less than six months old.Streaky
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