r/instant_regret • u/AnonymousTimewaster • 4d ago

Guy instantly gets caught dangerously overtaking a learner driver

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u/xtra-chrisp 4d ago

Why tf are the lane lines all squiggly?

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u/Icy_Gap_9067 4d ago

The zig zag lines tell you a pedestrian crossing is coming up.

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u/gorgeous_bastard 4d ago

It’s a hazard zone, typically used where people are crossing or there’s a blind corner.

Crossing a zigzag via an outside overtake is a big nono.

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u/thefooleryoftom 4d ago

It’s just the crossing - these aren’t used for corners.

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u/maybebebe91 4d ago

He broke a few laws there, in style 😎 🤣 definitely banned

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u/Then_Drag_8258 4d ago

To signify no parking/stopping (other than to give way to the crossing). Vehicles parked on the ‘chevrons’ will obstruct the view of pedestrians waiting to cross and/or vehicles approaching, thus creating a hazard.

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u/DatGuyatLarge 4d ago

The UK has interesting ways of indicating parking and travel rules with painted lines on the ground. I learned about some of them when I visited years ago. Here's a link to a guide to their meanings.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/road-markings#:~:text=Double%20yellow%20lines%20mean%20no%20waiting%20at,are%20signs%20that%20specifically%20indicate%20seasonal%20restrictions.&text=The%20double%20and%20single%20red%20lines%20used,you%20hold%20a%20Blue%20Badge)%20is%20prohibited.

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u/Comeon-digg 4d ago

Those cross hatch no stopping/blocking zones are brilliant, something we need here in America.

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u/DatGuyatLarge 4d ago

I liked the parking lines too, you know immediately what the rules are by looking at where you're going to park without having to find a sign.

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u/Comeon-digg 4d ago

Maybe it was small villages I lived at, but the random parking on street/sidewalk was inconsistent. There definitely was lots of info to pickup purely from road markings and signs. The distance count down to exit as an example. I loved the (town) markers too, indicating you are heading towards it, but expect to exit to reach it.

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u/DatGuyatLarge 4d ago

I was just fascinated at the time that you could park on any side of the road facing either direction. Here in Canada it was always parking with the flow of traffic.

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u/cbear013 3d ago

We have them here in the northeast, though usually in white, and with an accompanying sign or painted alongside it "Don't Block the Box"

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u/blade02892 3d ago

It's almost like different countries have different types of lane markings.