What is this for?
https://goo.gl/maps/mfM2n8vJ1pooJagEA
Usually these are placed for traffic calming or to encourage large vehicles to not clip poles or building overhangs.
Would you ride/drive over it on this narrow lane?
Traffic calming?
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Traffic calming?
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Re: Traffic calming?
Solid white, so my brain sees it as 'do not cross'. But I have no idea whether it's TSRGD compliant and enforceable.
It's nicely positioned to put a bike on the offside just prior to the Ryegate House entrance, with restricted view for any driver emerging.
It's nicely positioned to put a bike on the offside just prior to the Ryegate House entrance, with restricted view for any driver emerging.
Your 'standard' is how you drive alone, not how you drive during a test.
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Re: Traffic calming?
Horse wrote:Solid white, so my brain sees it as 'do not cross'. But I have no idea whether it's TSRGD compliant and enforceable.
It's nicely positioned to put a bike on the offside just prior to the Ryegate House entrance, with restricted view for any driver emerging.
Exactly.
I rode through it as the centre of the road was full of muck/debris. Currently the markings are much more worn than in the picture.
Only noticed on reviewing the video of the ride.
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Re: Traffic calming?
GTR1400MAN wrote:What is this for?
https://goo.gl/maps/mfM2n8vJ1pooJagEA
Usually these are placed for traffic calming or to encourage large vehicles to not clip poles or building overhangs.
Would you ride/drive over it on this narrow lane?
Yes. It's pointless paint and I would drive over it to stay further away from the driveway.
Re: Traffic calming?
Possibly seen out of season, we must protect the cow parsley at all costs.
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Re: Traffic calming?
Have been trawling the
Traffic Signs Manual - Chapter 5 - Road Markings, and Local Transport Note 1/07 - Traffic Calming
Can't find a coloured piece of tarmac surrounded by a solid line in either of them. Pinch points or chicanes would be actual engineering and/or have cross hatching.
So local council playing with the markings again? Maybe?
Traffic Signs Manual - Chapter 5 - Road Markings, and Local Transport Note 1/07 - Traffic Calming
Can't find a coloured piece of tarmac surrounded by a solid line in either of them. Pinch points or chicanes would be actual engineering and/or have cross hatching.
So local council playing with the markings again? Maybe?
Mike Roberts - Now riding a Triumph Explorer XRT. My username comes from my 50K miles on a Kawasaki 1400GTR, after many years on Hondas of various shapes and styles. - https://tinyurl.com/mikerobertsonyoutube
Re: Traffic calming?
Horse wrote:Solid white, so my brain sees it as 'do not cross'. But I have no idea whether it's TSRGD compliant and enforceable.
It's nicely positioned to put a bike on the offside just prior to the Ryegate House entrance, with restricted view for any driver emerging.
You'd want to keep left there, for a better view of the driveway.
Perhaps it's supposed to stop 'squeeze throughs' rather making someone pull into that driveway to let a car pass?
Re: Traffic calming?
GTR1400MAN wrote:What is this for?
https://goo.gl/maps/mfM2n8vJ1pooJagEA
Usually these are placed for traffic calming or to encourage large vehicles to not clip poles or building overhangs.
Would you ride/drive over it on this narrow lane?
Yes. One would have to. What's the alternative if a bicycle/motorbike is coming the other way - stop?
Looking at it from the other direction, the road does seem to narrow slightly after the driveway, so maybe the council experts came up with a confusing bit of paint to make people slow down and think?
Re: Traffic calming?
Oddly, if you go further to where it has a centre line, then look back, it doesn't seem to get much narrower!
Your 'standard' is how you drive alone, not how you drive during a test.
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