Road markings

Road markings do the same job as signs but are painted on the carriageway itself, where you are already looking. As a rule of thumb the more paint there is, the more important the message: a solid line carries more weight than a broken one, and a double line more than a single. Yellow and red lines along the edge of the road control waiting and stopping, white lines along and across the carriageway control where you may drive and where you must give way, and yellow marks on the kerb control loading. Signs on nearby posts give the times that the coloured lines apply, so the paint alone rarely tells the whole story.

• Stop line at signals or police control
• Stop line at a Stop sign
• Stop line for pedestrians at a level crossing
• Give way to traffic on a major road
• Give way to traffic from the right at a roundabout
• Give way to traffic from the right at a mini-roundabout
• Edge line
• Centre line
• Hazard warning line
• Double white lines, broken line nearest you
• Double white lines, solid line nearest you
• Areas of diagonal stripes or chevrons
• Lane line
• Double yellow lines
• Single yellow line
• Parking restriction plate
• Limited waiting bay
• Red Route: no stopping at any time
• Double red lines
• Red Route: no stopping during the times shown
• Single red line
• Red Route parking sign
• Red Route parking box
• Red Route: loading exception sign
• Red Route loading box
• No loading at any time
• Double kerb marks: no loading at any time
• No loading during the times shown
• Single kerb mark: no loading during the times shown
• Loading only
• Loading bay
• School keep clear
• Give way triangle
• Reserved parking space
• Bus stop markings
• Bus lane markings
• Box junction
• Keep clear
• Lane destination arrows

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