jatindersangha wrote:Bmblbzzz wrote:...
As for discrepancy in stated road widths, apart from various inaccuracies, where were you measuring to? If you measured, logically, to the first white line and the police gave a distance to the theoretical centre, could that account for the difference?
I can't say for certain, but I don't think the police actually measured the width of the lane
I doubt they did. Easier to reply than measure.
- I'd say that you could probably add another 6inches or so if you included the central white line etc. I will say that the video [2] that I gave them makes the lane look wider than it is when the following cars get close - a slight fish-eye effect that you get with some lenses.
I measured the distance from the kerb (or the outside of the kerb-side white line if no kerb) to the inside of the central white line - ie. the shortest distance that could be considered the "lane". I can't think of any reason why that would be inaccurate as that's where the traffic travels?
The inacuracies I was wondering about were not on your part. Or shall I say, "inaccuracies"?
The police also said that cars would be able to overtake without crossing the white lines if the "road" was 4m wide...implying that there's 4m between the kerb and the central white line.
I drive on that road much more than I cycle on it - and the lane is obviously between the kerb and the central lines - and it gets very hairy if there's a large oncoming truck coming around the bend as they often drift onto or over the central white lines.
Thanks,
--Jatinder