Road markings?

Irony

http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local/video-white-lines-on-memorial-roundabout-leave-motorists-confused-1-6557753
These chevrons appeared 2 days ago. Are you not to enter/cross these i.e making it a 1 lane roundabout.
I've never come across markings like this on a roundabout,have you?

Retrogamer

Yeah, they done it on a roundabout near me but not all the way around it.
It was a 2 lane dual carriageway going onto a 3 lane roundabout and for some reason lots of people got confused about the lanes and over a few years there was rarely a day that went by where there wasn't a bump.

harveybobbles

Got bored waiting for vid to loan and adverts to !!!!!! off.

Spicy_McHaggis

Nice to see the old bill setting an example.

JustinR1979

Broken line so can enter as long as exit is clear, maybe to stop people entering that section and later cutting in/queue jumping. Saves 2 lanes of traffic fighting it out where it would be a squeeze. So you can drive through it to take a better line, but not enter and sit there and queue. What it looks like to me anyway...

JustinR1979

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Nice to see the old bill setting an example.

No solid line running along it

Spicy_McHaggis

JustinR1979 wrote: »

No solid line running along it

And, it wasn't necessary for them to enter it chevrons.

Joe_Horner

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Nice to see the old bill setting an example.

They're probably as confused as everyone else seems to be

Simple rule of thumb is - if there's white paint on the road "filling" an area like that then treat it like a solid obstacle and don't drive over it.

It's not strictly 100% true but it's a safe approach if in doubt and avoids you driving around "confused"

JustinR1979

Joe_Horner wrote: »

They're probably as confused as everyone else seems to be

Simple rule of thumb is - if there's white paint on the road "filling" an area like that then treat it like a solid obstacle and don't drive over it.

It's not strictly 100% true but it's a safe approach if in doubt and avoids you driving around "confused"

But that would be less safe in some instances, so not a safe approach.

Car_54

JustinR1979 wrote: »

Broken line so can enter as long as exit is clear, maybe to stop people entering that section and later cutting in/queue jumping. Saves 2 lanes of traffic fighting it out where it would be a squeeze. So you can drive through it to take a better line, but not enter and sit there and queue. What it looks like to me anyway...

Sorry, no.

You can enter if it's safe to do so. Nothing to do with your exit being clear.

Joe_Horner

JustinR1979 wrote: »

But that would be less safe in some instances, so not a safe approach.

Really? I'm struggling to think of a single instance where entering a chevron area is safer than not (excluding things like broken down vehicles blocking the clear carriageway of course).

It may be quicker at times by, for instance, allowing overtakes that wouldn't otherwise be possible without cutting someone up, but not safer than just chilling and waiting for a better opportunity.