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What verge?

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:05 pm
by crr003
Some confusion on the nomenclature of parts of the motorway (probably for the nerdier readers......)

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey- ... =hootsuite

A follow up question - what's the offence?

Re: What verge?

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:53 pm
by Strangely Brown
The offence, as any fule kno, is that of entering an area of chevrons bounded by a solid line (HC 130).

Re: What verge?

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:37 pm
by GTR1400MAN
I too see no verge (edge or border in my dictionary so I couldn't vote ;) ).

In Chapter 5 of the Traffic Signs Manual, they call it a ghost island.

Re: What verge?

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:14 pm
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
Strangely Brown wrote:The offence, as any fule kno, is that of entering an area of chevrons bounded by a solid line (HC 130).

Indeed. There didn't seem to be an emergency.

Re: What verge?

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:05 am
by sussex2
The meaning of a solid white line seems lost on a lot of drivers. I certainly never assume that others will not cross them.

Re: What verge?

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:17 am
by jont-
sussex2 wrote:The meaning of the highway code seems lost on a lot of drivers. I certainly never assume that others will follow it.

/efa :headbang:

Re: What verge?

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:33 am
by GTR1400MAN
sussex2 wrote:The meaning of a solid white line seems lost on a lot of drivers. I certainly never assume that others will not cross them.

Perhaps if councils hadn't been so keen to slap them all over B roads in un-necessary places people would treat them with the respect and importance they originally were designed to convey.

Peter and the wolf!

Re: What verge?

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:04 am
by Triquet
Most drivers seem to understand the double continuous when used down the middle of the road, with or without chevrons. When used on motorways as a merge separator it seems to cause confusion and is frequently treated as optional by the more progressive of our brethren.

Re: What verge?

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:15 am
by akirk
Triquet wrote:Most drivers seem to understand the double continuous when used down the middle of the road, with or without chevrons. When used on motorways as a merge separator it seems to cause confusion and is frequently treated as optional by the more progressive of our brethren.


not sure there is any confusion - simply that people consider there to be little risk so ignore them - solid whites in the middle of a road mean going across into oncoming traffic - on a motorway they simply divide traffic travelling in the same direction, so less perceived impact

Alasdair

Re: What verge?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:38 pm
by crr003