Solid white lines

[Jamal]

 

[xrapidx]

Law? I thought road rules in SA were all optional?

 

[Jola]

... many South Africans flatly ignore the law which says you may not cross a solid white line.

Much easier to sit under a tree eating KFC than to catch these guys.

When I was a student they used to hide behind trees with walky talkies and nail people doing this.

Fine was R100 / per wheel over the line, that would be about R5000 per wheel in todays money.

And you wonder why people don't care nowadays ?

 

[Mantis]

Same as with stopping at stop streets, although I use them as yield signs at night when I'm on the bike and things are quiet

 

[HavocXphere]

When I was a student they used to hide behind trees with walky talkies and nail people doing this.

But back then the lines were still drawn correctly. Today its hit & miss on whether it reflects road logic. I'd hate it if they enforced that.

I've made the observation that many South Africans flatly ignore the law which says you may not cross a solid white line. This is especcialy dangerous when combined with not indicating when changing lane.

The indicator thing is a mindset problem. I made a conscious decision to always use them, so a couple years of driving later its 100% automatic.

I see they are starting to enforce it with solid barriers though. On the N1 offramp w/ Atterbury (I think) they just put one of those steel wire barriers right into the middle of the road, so people can't cut over to the off ramp.

 

[GforceD]

A few mins ago I was driving down a 4 lane one way road the Idiot in the 2nd lane on the left decides he wants to turn right at the traffic lights. Never mind the far right lane is the only turning lane, never mind that the traffic light is Red he wants to go, so off he goes. And I was just listening to Jacaranda talking about 80% of people commit traffic violations.
Sure everyone does, but I try do stuff that won't get me or someone else killed.

 

[deweyzeph]

I've actually also been thinking about this issue of people ignoring solid white lines. I believe the best solution would be for traffic management authorities to build some kind of concrete or steel barriers embedded in the tar that are raised about 15 centimeters to stop people crossing solid white lines and yellow chevrons. They should construct them in such a way so as to guarantee maximum destruction to your tyres should you try to cross them.

 

[Speedster]

I've actually also been thinking about this issue of people ignoring solid white lines. I believe the best solution would be for traffic management authorities to build some kind of concrete or steel barriers embedded in the tar that are raised about 15 centimeters to stop people crossing solid white lines and yellow chevrons. They should construct them in such a way so as to guarantee maximum destruction to your tyres should you try to cross them.

All we'll have are taxis driving around on theirs rims... They'll find some way to jippo the system

 

[MFour]

Not too long ago some oke on his 250cc GoMoto (or something similar) bike came screaming past a stream of traffic on a downhill (his bike clearly could not do up-hills), passing over a painted island. Unfortunately for him the painted island had tar strips, about 4cm high running through the width of the island. The oke must have soiled himself trying to keep that bike straight and upright as he was bumping his way over the strips. Never seen anyone get so close to buying some dirt but managed to save it. I doubt he will do it again any-time soon.

Moral of the story, if you try to force people to toe the line by using such methods you are simply creating a bigger hazard in the end. South Africans (not everyone) generally could not care a less about obeying the rules of the road. We are more interested in getting out of paying a fine, than avoiding getting the fine in the first place.