(International) Terminology Question
-
Most roads around here have the white line and then a strip of asphalt that is intentionally grooved so that when you drive over it you hear a sound that helps wake you up. I call it the growler. Pretty sure I'm the only one, though. I've seen many roads with that on the middle line too. I think it's pretty smart.
As you may know some "growlers" play a song. exempli gratia : Musical Road- Lancaster, CA - YouTube[^]
-
Line? What line?[^] :laugh:
Telegraph marker posts ... nothing to do with IT Phasmid email discussion group ... also nothing to do with IT Beekeeping and honey site ... still nothing to do with IT
-
Most roads around here have the white line and then a strip of asphalt that is intentionally grooved so that when you drive over it you hear a sound that helps wake you up. I call it the growler. Pretty sure I'm the only one, though. I've seen many roads with that on the middle line too. I think it's pretty smart.
Kschuler wrote:
I call it the growler.
Clarkson wouldn't.
-
Looks like somebody was on their cell phone. :-D BTW, I've always heard them called fog lines.
-
That's what we call it, but I'm pretty sure I didn't know the term until about 20 years ago. And I'd been a licensed driver for 40 odd years by then.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
In Denmark, we simply call it “sidestriben”, the side line or side stripe, as opposed to “midterlinjen”, the middle line/stripe.
-
dontgointheditch ?
Mircea
DontGoInTheDitch, since it's public Yes, Pascal case. camelCase is an abomination before all known deities, elder or otherwise.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
The wife calls it the "WATCH OUT! You aren't paying attention to the road. Are you trying to kill us?" line.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
-
That's what I'm striving for.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
-
What do you call the white line on the outer edge of the road when there is no kerb? (leftpond: curb) I know what I (and my firefighting colleagues) call it, but I'm interested in the wider world's usage.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
-
What do you call the white line on the outer edge of the road when there is no kerb? (leftpond: curb) I know what I (and my firefighting colleagues) call it, but I'm interested in the wider world's usage.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
I've always known it as the "fog line" from 40 years ago when I lived on a mountain. I know from that experience that you actually can't see it when it's foggy, so I can't see the use of it.
Will Rogers never met me.
-
What do you call the white line on the outer edge of the road when there is no kerb? (leftpond: curb) I know what I (and my firefighting colleagues) call it, but I'm interested in the wider world's usage.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
Australia: Edge line. Most of Australia, especially my state, rarely gets fog.
Quote:
Edge lines mark the edge of the road. The area to the left of the edge line is called the shoulder of the road and is not an extra lane for vehicles to travel. Cyclists may travel on the road shoulder.
[blah blah blah; motorbikes can use shoulder in specific circumstances, etc, etc] (p.s. As you may know, we drive on the correct side, which is to say the left.)
-
Australia: Edge line. Most of Australia, especially my state, rarely gets fog.
Quote:
Edge lines mark the edge of the road. The area to the left of the edge line is called the shoulder of the road and is not an extra lane for vehicles to travel. Cyclists may travel on the road shoulder.
[blah blah blah; motorbikes can use shoulder in specific circumstances, etc, etc] (p.s. As you may know, we drive on the correct side, which is to say the left.)
Mark Whybird from Brisbane wrote:
Most of Australia, especially my state, rarely gets fog.
You may be right for the lesser populated areas of the continent, but believe me, the SE quarter (which supports the majority of the population, including myself) is definitely subject to fog. Oh, ABC news published this[^] about a week ago. btw, you can edit your profile to correct your country of residence.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
-
That's probably what I would have called it in the distant past. And yes, I've met the yellow and red flavours in the UK and Singapore. Here, we don't have those lines, but they do paint the kerb red for "no stopping".
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
Red line/red curb here( left pond ) indicates fire lane/fire truck lane. Tow away zone. Line means don’t cross. White line/dash is a separator for traffic moving the same direction. Yellow line/dash is a separator for traffic moving the opposite direction.
