Trial road markings

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Thu 12 Jun 2003 16:48
Trial road markings - CM
Just off the A3 in London the council has put up some trial markings. They are a red circle with a white "zero" figure in it with a couple of red lines in front of the red circle.

What are these for?
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Thu 12 Jun 2003 17:23
Trial road markings - DavidHM
I presume you're talking about Roehampton Lane, the A306? That's very close to where I live.

Details from AutoExpress here: tinyurl.com/e5ji

A TfL spokeswoman helped solve the mystery by explaining: "We've used these designs to try and avoid confusing motorists. If we had painted a series of straight lines, we felt drivers would think they were a new series of road markings and wonder what it meant and what they should do."

The trial will last 12 months and if it's successful TfL hopes to start using the new paint across the capital - but in straight lines, not circular patterns!

Actually I'm not so sure about that, given their resemblance to the Congestion Charging logos that were painted on the roads about six months after these appeared - they do look very similar.
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Thu 12 Jun 2003 20:50
Trial road markings - henry k
I loved the quote from the TfL.

Because they are such an unusual design, they might cause drivers to stare at them and not watch the road ahead.


I might add - especially as there is a 30 MPH Gatso a few yards further on.
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Fri 13 Jun 2003 11:00
Trial road markings - CM
David,

Exactly what I was talking about and thanks. Thought it might have something to do with the CC but very unexiting
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Fri 13 Jun 2003 11:06
Trial road markings - Ian (Cape Town)
They're round for another reason as well - it's easier to see if the road surface is shifting under the weight of all those over-loaded trucks! We have some circles here which are distinctly egg-shaped!
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