Peter!

[HottyToddyChick]

or anyone else who can answer my question.

I'm watching Parent Trap and they crossed Abbey Lane and the lines were crooked. Never seen that. So I googled the Beatles picture (can you tell I'm American?) and they were straight? Could someone tell me why?

 

[Natasha]

My guess would be either that they shot the album cover on a set, not in the real place...OR the lines have been redone over time and the guy that paints the lines had a seizure while doing so??? LOL

 

[dt3]

The Brits found out we paint our road lines straight, and didn't want to be associated with us

 

[JanieDough]

but what do the squigglies mean?

 

[cam elle toe]

I think its to show that a pedestrian crossing is ahead.....no overtaking, and you must stop.


They lines are still broken just before the crossing.


Here our lines are broken (if in a safe to overtake area) up to about 10 metres before the crossing, then they are unbroken

 

[HottyToddyChick]

I'm assuming overtake means pass. If it does, that's how ours are. Dashed in passing zone and solid in no passing zones. But why squiggles?

 

[cam elle toe]

Because its a hard to see crossing in a built up area.....a straight unbroken line wouldnt catch the eye as much as a squiggly one would from a distance. So you have more time to slow down and stop.

 

[JanieDough]

our are like that too - broken and not broken for when it is safe to pass and not to pass.

 

[JanieDough]

seriously - is my internet THAT slow or are you people THAT fast.????

 

[Zorak]

The squiggles mean that there's an octopus in a garden coming up.

 

[SouthOfHeaven]

The squiggles mean that there's an octopus in a garden coming up.

So THATS what it means!! Dude I must remember that when I go over there to vacation!! :24:

 

[Natasha]

the squiggles mean that there's an octopus in a garden coming up.

lmfao!!!

 

[HottyToddyChick]

seriously - is my internet THAT slow or are you people THAT fast.????

We're just that fast! lol

And Cam- we have some areas (at least where I am) where if there's a stop sign ahead, they have raised lines in the road and it bumps and bumps and bumps when you drive over it.

 

[JanieDough]

The squiggles mean that there's an octopus in a garden coming up.

:24::24::24::24::24::24::24:

We're just that fast! lol

And Cam- we have some areas (at least where I am) where if there's a stop sign ahead, they have raised lines in the road and it bumps and bumps and bumps when you drive over it.

:nod::nod::nod:

we also have these aggravating speed lump things.

 

[HottyToddyChick]

Up here, they are called "traffic calming humps" :24:

 

[JanieDough]

Up here, they are called "traffic calming humps" :24:

i HATE those things!

all they do is ruin brakes and suspension

and occasionally I catch air off of one of those things in my 4-Runner...HOW IS THAT SAFER!!! :willy_nilly::willy_nilly: :24:

 

[Dana]

no idea

 

[Goat Whisperer]

The squiggles mean that there's an octopus in a garden coming up.

See, for once the britts have something we should adopt.

 

[Natasha]

Up here, they are called "traffic calming humps" :24:

LOL...they call them rumble strips here. *shrugs*

 

[HottyToddyChick]

Rumble strips are on the side, so if you cross the line and start going off the road, it jolts you.