Each driver of the vehicle must remember which signs are used to comply with the rules on the roads, their compliance with traffic rules, defined by GOST, including. There is also a yellow marking on the road. What does a line on asphalt mean? It helps to navigate the path in the dark, is used with other signs. The lines on the roadway are found in three colors: yellow, white, orange. The latter is used as a temporary marking, usually during repair work.
Road marking functions: informs about the approach of road signs, hazardous sections of roads, shares lanes, supplements the requirements of road signs. Consider what it means yellow road markings on the road according to traffic rules.
The horizontal line serves as a separator for traffic flows moving in opposite directions, having two or three lanes, as well as a delimiter of the areas of the carriageway, entry to which is prohibited. Horizontal marking is used in parking lots. Crossing it is prohibited.
Yellow designation
Not all motorists give the right answers in exams, answering the question of what the yellow markings on the road mean. Many take it for a temporary, but it is permanent and acts as a kind of horizontal.
Usually, the yellow line is a guideline for taxis and other types of passenger transport. It is also visible in places of sewage or hatches. Some areas with it are equipped with special reflectors.
solid line
Solid yellow markings along the road divide the flows of vehicles in opposite directions, which means the dangerous boundaries of the traffic areas, the borders of roads that are forbidden to enter. It marks the boundaries of the parking lot.
It is forbidden to cross it, but only to stop transport on the sidelines, when leaving it in permitted places for the purpose of parking or stopping.
Consider what the yellow road markings mean. Solid is usually combined with the corresponding sign. It is applied along curbs, curbs at a distance of 20 cm to the edges of the carriageway and prohibits the stop of transport, duplicates the prohibit stop sign.
A double solid line serves as a separator of traffic flows of opposite directions in four or more lanes. Crossing marking is prohibited.
Intermittent
A dashed line indicates the edge of a two-lane roadway. When marking with strokes two times shorter than the gaps, overtaking of vehicles is allowed.
The corresponding sign and intermittent yellow markings on the road mean that parking in such areas is prohibited, but stopping or unloading is allowed. The line may be present at the very edge of the road, be marked on the curb. Such marking on suburban sections of the road prohibits stopping at the marked section, and violation of the rule will be regarded as traffic along the side of the road.
Intermittent also shows the boundaries of the lanes when there are two or more in the same direction, separates traffic flows from different directions, where there are two or three lanes.
Intermittent, the length of the strokes of which is three times higher than the gaps, is a warning about approaching a continuous marking.
Intermittent with strokes equal in size to the gaps between them, means traffic at an intersection.
A wide intermittent is applied at intersections, road intersections , and bus stop areas. Double intermittent at the borders of lanes where reverse regulation is applied, traffic flows are divided into opposite directions (with invalid reverse traffic lights).
Yellow intermittent means a ban on parking, duplicates a prohibition sign, is applied at the edge of the carriageway, on top of the curb. It is allowed to stop transport for five or more minutes for boarding / disembarking passengers, unloading vehicles.
Zigzag
This type of marking will mean permission to stop fixed-route taxis, while other modes of transport will be prohibited. An exception may be the disembarkation of passengers, but in the presence of free space and the absence of interference to route transport. You can’t make a U-turn on it.
Zigzag markings are applied at the edge of the carriageway, as well as in the middle of the road, when it comes to trams. Depending on its length, one or more vehicles can stop at the same time. Failure to comply with the rules established in connection with the dashed line will threaten the driver with a fine.
Other types of lines:
- Combined: splits the traffic flows of opposite, passing directions, if the restructuring of this markup is allowed from one of the lanes. Intersection is allowed only for its discontinuous part. Thus marked places for a U-turn, entry and exit from parking lots.
- Stop line: used to indicate the location of the mandatory stop at the intersection, requires giving way. A mandatory stop section with a simultaneous signal of a traffic light prohibition is established with a sign prohibiting non-stop traffic at railway crossings.
Line requirements
In the territory of the Russian Federation, yellow markings in the center of the road can be applied using any materials that meet established requirements: paint, thermoplastic, polymer tape not protruding more than 6 mm above the road surface. GOST sets the coefficient of adhesion to the surface (25%), as well as the durability of the coloring material (from 6 months).
On roads of all categories, markings are applied to a surface cleaned from old paint. In the absence of artificial lighting on the road, the line should be applied using reflective substances.
Violations
Car enthusiasts should understand the purpose of the yellow markings on the road and what it means to apply. Otherwise, vehicles parked in a non-designated place, according to the rules of the SDA, can be evacuated and taken to the parking lot.
Penalties:
- when crossing the line running along the side of the road outside the settlement, a fine of 1,500 rubles is provided;
- for violation within the boundaries of a settlement, a fine of 1,500 rubles is also due. for residents of the regions (3000 rubles for Muscovites);
- parking in the yellow marking area involves evacuation to a parking lot without the consent of the owner of the car, payment of a fine for violation (for being in a prohibited parking lot).