When did this long broken line thin appear, I thought it was bad painting

Rabidlamb

Well done RSA & the new ad campaign on TV cause I would have never been made aware of the "careful now" broken line & just thought Joe had a bad day with the paint stencil.
How many more hidden rules are there I'm not aware of.

Driving 15 years without an accident btw.

hardCopy

Doesn't it say on the ad that it's new?

CiniO

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Well done RSA & the new ad campaign on TV cause I would have never been made aware of the "careful now" broken line & just thought Joe had a bad day with the paint stencil.
How many more hidden rules are there I'm not aware of.

Driving 15 years without an accident btw.

It's wasn't hidden. Just nothing like this existed before.
It was introduced in last years road traffic regulations amendments, so even if you were driving for 30 years, you couldn't know them.

Stheno

Has anyone seen one in real life though?

TestTransmission

hardCopy wrote: »

Doesn't it say on the ad that it's new?

It does indeed.

Kenny Logins

What line?

paddydriver

Can we put a line through this one yet...:D

JerCotter7

Anyone have a link?

mloc123

What is the point of it?

A broken line means you can overtake when it is safe to do so, a longer broken line now means overtake when it is safe to do so but we really wouldn't recommend it?

kippy

mloc123 wrote: »

What is the point of it?

A broken line means you can overtake when it is safe to do so, a longer broken line now means overtake when it is safe to do so but we really wouldn't recommend it?

It's seems a bit daft alright. I don't really get the point of it at all..........

Rabidlamb

mloc123 wrote: »

What is the point of it?

A broken line means you can overtake when it is safe to do so, a longer broken line now means overtake when it is safe to do so but we really wouldn't recommend it?

What way will the law interpret an accident now ?
It's a bit of an Irish fudge.

Who has the call as to what goes down, the local authority ?

MugMugs

It's on the N3 and the N2 I think.

Seen it a few times now.

rocky

OSI wrote: »

No overtaking with less than 200BHP

Too bad the GTI is 197

dgt

Are they on about the feeder lane?



Didn't see the ad, don't have saorsh*te, can't watch rte and its rubbish :cool:

langdang

dgt wrote: »

Didn't see the ad, don't have saorsh*te, can't watch rte and its rubbish :cool:

Indeed, if they are going to implement more stuff like this they could really make a better job of getting the word out there. Heard some rumours of this "new line" , have seen an ad mentioning it maybe twice in the intervening period.

Sounds like a fudge for single carriage way roads that are completely inadequate for the volume and type of traffic they carry.

Cee-Jay-Cee

They've used that type of line system in the north for years. It was only a matter of time that backward Ireland caught up.

dgt

No sound on this college pc!

I'm assuming they're on about the lines at the end that go closer together.... Yes, like the North that's had those for years :rolleyes:

There's a new section on the N69 between Listowel and Tralee with these lines.

Kenny Logins

I assume this new line reverts to a standard broken white line once the danger has passed or is clear, yes?

dmc17

OSI wrote: »

For dgt:

http://vimeo.com/52941463

Interesting. The new "no entry" sign means no entry. What did the old one mean? Come in?

CiniO

dmc17 wrote: »

Interesting. The new "no entry" sign means no entry. What did the old one mean? Come in?

The old one looked completely different.

They unified plenty of signs in line with signs used on the Continent.
I think it was a good thing to do.