Unusual (to me!) road markings

[Brains]

Spotted these near the sister in laws, had no clue until she explained what they were for. Any of you seen the like before or can hazard a guess as to their function?

 

[Cantclimbtom]

Have seen these before but only on private/farm roads. Not seen a farmer cheeky enough to draw their own on a public road before .

It's a cattle grid and it works well for horses and to a certain extent cattle, but not so much for sheep who are just too stupid to be tricked

 

[Brains]

It was explained to me as a traffic calming measure. A fake cattle grid to give drivers a sense of being in a low speed environment. Apparently the second picture was painted first in the wrong place. The proper one at the village boundary "gates" had to be added later, but the incorrect one was left as well...

 

[pwhole]

The smarter sheep out there have learned to roll over real cattle grids

 

[Maisie Syntax]

Not a fake cattle grid, but certainly an unusual set of road markings; the older, partially fading arrows were painted on this 'rollercoaster' section of road for many years before the council realised that they were, potentially, 'somewhat lethal'. Rather than block them out when they painted them in correct direction, they simply left the originals as they were. It took almost another year before the highways dept. returned and covered them with tarmac.

 

[Maisie Syntax]

Ignore the second image - posted in error

 

[Boy Engineer]

Ignore the second image - posted in error

I’m glad you said that. Just spent ages with a piece of card trying to see the 3D image.

 

[paul]

"Cattle Fooled by Phoney Grids
New Scientist (1988) February 1 p65
by Rupert Sheldrake"

https://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance/cattle-fooled-by-phoney-grids

 

[ChrisB]

Are these slightly different markings on the A682 South of Gisburn the same?

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[LadyMud]

Are these slightly different markings on the A682 South of Gisburn the same?

The earlier markings (2008 and 2016) are even stranger!

 

[Lankyman]

Are these slightly different markings on the A682 South of Gisburn the same?

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Knife throwing competition up ahead?

 

[martinr]

Are these slightly different markings on the A682 South of Gisburn the same?

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Dragon's teeth - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki

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Dragon's Teeth are triangular road markings perpendicular to the edge of the carriageway often used at gateways to give the effect of road narrowing. The teeth are laid in pairs either side of the carriageway or a lane. Although there is no specific constraint, typically between 9 and 17 pairs of teeth have been used in trunk road traffic calming schemes. The “teeth” may increase in size as the hazard is approached or they may be all the same size, generally with a 750mm base and 600mm high.

 

[Maisie Syntax]

I’m glad you said that. Just spent ages with a piece of card trying to see the 3D image.

There's no such thing as 3D in Cumbria yet

 

[mrodoc]

Virtual cattle grid for virtual cattle?

 

[mrodoc]

And hedgehogs can breathe a sigh of relief if they walk onto them.

 

[Ian Ball]

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The painted on idea north of York

 

[Cantclimbtom]

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The painted on idea north of York

Will never work. That requires the boy-racers and modified exhaust Audi drivers to be more intelligent than sheep (which aren't tricked as they're largely oblivious to fake markings).