Three lane roads ....

You don't know how to drive!

129 Double white lines where the line nearest you is solid. This means you MUST NOT cross or straddle it unless it is safe and you need to enter adjoining premises or a side road. You may cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10 mph (16 km/h) or less. Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10 & 26

Yes, of course. but where do you get the bit about the side that's only got to cross a dotted line having priority over the side that's got to cross a dotted line combined with a solid line?

very true...very true...

everybody knows that...shirley ? .....

Just so you can pass when you take your test..

So why did you say you could cross it from the other side?

The application of priority, is another thing which logically must follow. One side of the road just has a dotted white line, the other side has a solid white line and a line which is dotted. Obviously the side with a solid line has a lower priority to use the centre lane, therefore the dotted line only much have priority.

If you think otherwise and are on the dotted + solid line side, then try just pulling out when the middle lane is already occupied. Priorities will quickly be explained to you :-)

" Where a single carriageway has three lanes and the road markings or signs do not give priority to traffic in either direction ?"

Please read what you have taken the trouble to paste.

We were discussing a situation where one direction DOES HAVE PRIORITY, as defined by the dotted and solid lane markings.

dennis@home laid this down on his screen :

That confirms what I said about priority, please read it thoroughly and digest it.

dennis@home wrote on 28/06/2019 :

That as far as it goes is correct, but is relevant to a two lane road. Under discussion is a three lane road.

Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated the question :

Many do not, especially the bit about 10mph.

I don't see where it does ...

Not an uncommon arrangement, I use the one at this location regularly

As can be seen you have an excellent sight line down the hill as you exit the roundabout. It is not unusual to find a slow vehicle in lane one such as a goods vehicle being overtaken by something not that much faster in lane two such as a tin wigwam so if nothing is coming up the hill I overtake that and often a few vehicles trundling slowly behind it in lane 3. For some reason judging by the flashing of headlamps sometimes emanating from the lead vehicle you would think I was doing an illegal manoeuvre. Perhaps all those old farts driving motor homes have poor eyesight and cannot see the divider between Lanes 2 and 3 as you go downhill is a single broken line not a solid one.

GH

that would work perfectly well without the superfluous sold white line..it is serving no purpose at all .....the middle lane is free to be used by people overtaking in either direction ....so things haven't changed much from the 50's and 60's then ....

I will repeat what is true.. you aren't allowed to cross the solid white line to use the centre lane *at all* except in specific circumstances and overtaking anything other than horses, road maintenance vehicles is not permitted. There is no priority in law.

I'm not so stupid that I don't understand the law on crossing solid white lines but people that think they have priority in either direction obviously are.

There is no such case!

It shows you are wrong, please read and try to understand.

Are you going to continue to claim something that is wrong even after all the evidence against you?

I suggest you ask a test examiner or someone that knows how to drive.

I think you have misinterpreted Harry Boomfields description.

I take it to mean like this.

Drivers can cross broken and solid line if the middle lane is clear but if someone is coming up the hill and using it to pass someone in the right hand lane in that view they have the priority. This style of road can still leave a bit risk that someone going down in this instance can see a clear middle lane cross into it and then someone coming up in the right hand suddenly decides to overtake someone in front of them after not bothering before. The other strange point which I posted about up thread is that traffic coming up can only use the two lanes because the solid line on their side prohibits entry into the downhill one,yet traffic going down if nothing at all is coming up in range can use all three so you can overtake and overtake.

GH