Is it a stupid idea to put white stripes of the road?

Posted on 05-02-2016 at 17:21 by RubenPriest – 31 Comments”

Because in Britain they do it just.

A furrowed eyebrow I got when reading an article in the friends of Car Throttle. On the conservative island will be on some busy roads the white lines removed. According to British authorities go motorists driving slower when no streaks are present. This must be on its place again the road safety increase. But that happens really? Directors tend to be less careful driving when the, in my eyes nevertheless important, white lines are missing. Of course, this is per road are different and they are certainly not everywhere necessary. Also in the Netherlands there are plenty of situations where the lines are (rightly) not being used. But remove if it already is. Why?

To have to go deeper into our Dutch situation: we suffocate from the road signs. In some situations, make the signings for more distraction, to the detriment of road safety. Not to mention the discussion that you meanwhile with the wife have driven in the car, following none of those signs. The sometimes epileptic complaints along the way, I’m going to not have even. No, in comparison with the above-mentioned ‘issues’ are the white stripes a peaceful enrichment on our roads.

Back to the British. The authorities shared a striking conclusion. So they report that roads with a fresh lining invite to hard drive. When there are absolutely no streaks, there is nothing to the hand. This says David Davies, one of the chiefs of the advisory group for road safety, called PACTS.

Another disadvantage is that future autonomous systems make use of road markings and traffic signs. The stripes (partial) removal may lead to confusion for the autonomous sensors that incentives pass it on to the computer. Again a disadvantage for this ‘solution’ against hardrijders. Let’s hope that our port there think differently than the British and this plan will not import.

Signs pica via Autojunk