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Hmm - one worth watching. I do think there's an added element of attention required in these circumstances - and that's why it works.
Very interesting!
Aye an how wull the Polis ken when yer wabbling hame in the Marina if theres nae line.
In Alaska, we drive for about 6 months with out being able to see lines. Of course, we are usually happy to just have a general idea of where the road is and often have to crash though snow drifts just to get to work.
White lines to be removed from roads to boost safety----------------------------------------------
Hey Dudes,Who Cares when you drive a mean machine...
Just stay out of the way, I say.
Geriatirc driving and drivers are for Orange Ccunty republicans, iseen in Orange Co . California.
SAY WHAT !!!!
Happy Drunken Saturday nite in the Gorbals.
Place to be Dudes.
GC
Ooooooooo this sounds just a tad risky. I can see in the rural areas like those single track roads with the little passing places but in a town?
I suppose the only way to find out if it works is to try it, and see whether the accident rate goes up or down.
But they still badly need an Aberdeen by-pass.
This is nothing new in Argyll, the council haven't renewed a white or yellow line anywhere for years.
Except when they dig up bit road. You shoul see the size of the parking bays!:-0
# 7
I grew up in Orange County down in Zoo Port. Don't dis it, dude. Don't forget we got the Wedge and the Stacks there.
#11 explain "the Wedge and the Stacks"
This was tried in Norfolk a few years ago and had a dramatic effect on speed and crash reduction. As Neil Greig says, opposing drivers tend to slow and "negotiate"their way past each other. Of course, there are always the exceptions where perfect drivers exercise their right to drive like a maniac but lines on roads never moderate them anyway.
Middle of the road drivers will love it.
7Hey dud's,suit yourself.thanks for helping my case but less of the swearing,justin case i need a character reference.
As Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five pointed out...."White Lines...Don't do it!"....Lay off the nose candy when you're driving.
Did I just misconstrue the point?? Damn!
Tough on the over eighties around here who follow the lines and have no idea of their road position without them.
#14 You're right.
What a stupid idea. What does Health and Safety have to say about it? I hope any drivers involved in accidents will sue the Councils. Also think about the tourists who now won't know where their side of the road is.
I see GC from California is slowing coming out of his stupor BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH!
His posting at #7 is its usual illiterate, incomprehensible jumble of triteness.
Are we supposed to know what "the Gorbals" are? Are they - or it - related to "gerbils"?
My first thought was also for the tourists - I've spent a lot of time driving in Scotland, and losing the white line is going to cause havoc for we foreigners! In North America, one is only allowed to parallel park in the same direction as traffic flow, one way to indicate which side of the road your car should be on. Without the white line, there are going to be some very confused and therefore dangerous drivers! On the subject of tourists, I often thought that along with the L for Learner stickers for cars, you should have DAT stickers - Dumbass Tourist :)
#21 Timmy from Ottawa
The Gorbals (Gort a' Bhaile in Gaelic) is a predominantly working-class area on the south bank of the river Clyde in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.The Gorbals has long had a reputation as a gritty and rough area. Attempts to clear the slum tenements by Glasgow Corporation and replace them with new high-rise housing in the 1960s did little to improve this reputation. Throughout the 1980s the Gorbals was often referred to as the most dangerous place in the UK, as street gangs and casual violence were rife. The poor design and low-quality construction of the 20-storey flats led to innumerable social and health problems in the area.
no 19 NorT
HSE would do a proper risk analysis and conclude that it is safer to do away with road markings despite being counterintuitive.
The fact is that road markings are so good in the UK that motorists rourinely rely on them to the extent of ignoring other indicators. It's prats like NorT who do not use evidence based judgement and who suggest that suing the council is an alternative to personal responsibility and driving properly
