Da Booga

Whilst driving home from work the other day I noticed some weird markings on the road and wondered if any of you could shed some light as to what they are for.

They are on Fulford Road in York as you head towards Selby, if anyone knows the road.

Basically in the middle of the lane there are 2 squares side by side about 30cm x 30cm each, the left square is yellow and the right square white.

They are painted approximately every 1/4 mile but the funny thing is the squares dont stay side by side, the yellow square gets further away from the white square each time.

Sorry to witter on but i've been wondering what they are for a few days now.


[Edited by Da Booga - 6/20/2002 11:42:13 PM]

sebastian

The automotive equivalent of crop circles?

SWRTWannabe

The idea is that all the motorists are too busy looking at the squares on the roads, that they have accidents. That road can then be classified as an accident blackspot and fifty speed cameras can be intalled on it.

Simple really

Denzil_Dog

SWRT good reply hahaahahah

DavidRB

Normally, the squares in the road are for the VASCAR systems where the police time your speed between two squares. Does the road bend? If one lane is longer than the other, that might explain why the marks get out of step with each other.

NotoriousREV

perhaps they're for metric and imperial VASCAR systems

bits'n'pieces

Th enew yellow ones are to match the colour of the police helicopters !

Brendan Hughes

VASCAR marks painted yellow as they are at accident blackspots?