No white lines?

[Itchy]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/white-lines-could-be-removed-from-britains-roads-110641923.html

When I first saw this I thought woo ability to filter ANYWHERE on the road you want even deep into the opposite lane.
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Just a smaller first step ...

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10623159.Cows_and_sheep_to_roam_free_over_Brighton_s_Ditchling_Road/

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[Going]

It's obvious the Highway chiefs have never been to London, because they'll know any road markings, signs etc doesn't mean anything anyway.

[Tamsin]

[Rogerborg]

Dashed lines are advisory anyway. There's nothing stopping you using the entire road right now - except solid whites, and I very much doubt they'll remove those because kittens.

Wild guess, are they reclassifying roads in a way that allows for a lower standard of maintenance?
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[Hokum]

Most roads in Manchester are like this. Not due to any policy, just cause they don't repaint them! You could also recreate the battle of the Somme on various parts of the A57...
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[c_dug]

As a daily user of Exhibition Road (See Shared Space), I regularly see people drive the wrong way around roundabouts, towards oncoming traffic, around blue direction arrows, through red lights and turning left through no left turn junctions. Also pedestrians walking in the road, and the occasional car driving along the footpath. All because there are fewer signs, kerbs, and white lines than people are used to.

I'm very sceptical about rolling this sort of thing out to more roads.
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[Silver_Fox]

Can you imagine how a Range Rover owner would drive?! You'd be dead within days on a bike. They don't need more encouragement to bully other road users

[Kris]

I used the A232 near Croydon daily until recently. This is another of these roads with no central markings.

Things I noticed:

- Speeds were the same as everywhere else
- Cars generally stuck to their lanes as usual, except..
- When a bus was slowing, or car was waiting to turn into a side road, the cars behind would have much less of an issue 'squeezing' past and forcing oncoming traffic to move over..
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[Tierbirdy]

Quite a lot of roads around here (greater London/Surrey border area) like that, I hate them because everyone just drives like cunts along them... bollocks do they make people slow down... they just make everyone think they have "right of way" because no white line/lane to cross.

Sounds more like some pseudo-science bollocks in an effort to justify less road maintenance costs to me

[doggone]

Sometimes they are 'missing' for a while after resurfacing and it's surprising how the road feels narrower.
At night or in fog they are very helpful especially on more rural roads without cats eyes.

The proposal is only trials in certain areas and it will be interesting to see what happens.
It could result in a more Indian style traffic flow with more flexibility in 'lanes', which direction used more road space would depend on volume of traffic - more efficient use rather than having half of the road under used at peak commuting times

[chickenstrip]

[Rogerborg]

[P.]

Well, my drive home will be excessively quicker today.

[Rogerborg]

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[c_dug]

I followed a PCSO on an MP3 today, he was wizzing along on the wrong side of double whites, skipping the traffic. I spotted a lorry coming the opposite direction so nipped into a gap in the traffic.

Popo carried on regardless and nearly got splatted (like very very nearly). How I chuckled. Lorry-ist didn't look amused even slightly.

Apparently even solid whites don't mean much these days.
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[Andy_Pagin]

I'd question the 'uncertainty' psychology. I think it's just as likely you'll get a 'road is now twice as wide, so I can safely go much faster' effect.
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[barrkel]

I don't know about other people, but if it's an urban environment, I generally ride equidistant from hazards. Parked cars, junctions, queuing traffic, the oncoming lane are all hazards to be avoided. The oncoming lane is only dangerous when you can't see what is coming from it, or could come from it (e.g. parked car pulling out). The only time I pay much attention to dashed lines is going around blind corners to the left, or feeling bad about giving space to oncoming traffic when filtering.
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[Kaya75]

This did my fuk in head in, don't care bout no white lines, but pseudo news fukin doublethink bollox on the morning bbc report... "well it's not to save money, because how much does a tin of white paint cost?" what a idiot I am, I always assumed those lines where actually quiet expensive considering the cost of road tax..

What next.. Do away with traffic lights at crossroads to slow people down... Why not do something sensible and get rid of average speeds on empty motorways in the middle of the night? Oh yeah it's all bout safety and nothing to do with revenue.. Silly me.
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