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Stirchley
05-04-20, 04:01 PM
I don’t drive, but the horizontal road markings here in Brooklyn look very strange to me. Have not seen them in Connecticut. What do they mean? Is that where pedestrians are supposed to cross?

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John McClane
05-04-20, 04:25 PM
Yeah, they look to be crosswalk related. So if you get hit by a car make sure you're between the squares. Gotta win that lawsuit provided you don't get dead.
Stirchley
05-04-20, 04:40 PM
⬆️ Thanks.
Citizen Rules
05-04-20, 05:57 PM
I don't know for sure, but I don't think they represent intended crosswalks. I believe they represent where the intersections (crossroads) are. That gives a heads up to the drivers, that people could be crossing there. That's all just a guess though.
cricket
05-04-20, 08:52 PM
Crosswalks are the most dangerous things for pedestrians, unless there's a light there.
Stirchley
05-04-20, 09:39 PM
I don't know for sure, but I don't think they represent intended crosswalks. I believe they represent where the intersections (crossroads) are. That gives a heads up to the drivers, that people could be crossing there. That's all just a guess though.

Have you ever seen road markings like this before?
Miss Vicky
05-04-20, 09:49 PM
Crosswalks are the most dangerous things for pedestrians, unless there's a light there.

Even with a light they're dangerous. Couldn't tell you how many times I've nearly been run over by some idiot driver not paying attention. Usually somebody trying to turn right on red. And I don't even live in a big city.
cricket
05-04-20, 10:20 PM
Even with a light they're dangerous. Couldn't tell you how many times I've nearly been run over by some idiot driver not paying attention. Usually somebody trying to turn right on red. And I don't even live in a big city.

Oh yea, but without the light I always see confusion by drivers because 1 car can block the sight of another. With 2 lanes each way it's 10 times worse. Also the pedestrian can get a false sense of security.
Citizen Rules
05-04-20, 11:21 PM
Have you ever seen road markings like this before?Nope. But looking closer at the photo I see a lighted crosswalk sign on the left side...so maybe they are crosswalks.

Either way it's dangerous being a pedestrian in a city...and it's dangerous for drivers. As Cricket said, vehicles can block the view of pedestrians crossing the street.

I'd hate to drive on the street in the photo!. When I was in Boston on vacation I had to drive in the city and that was the most stressful driving experience I ever had.
ynwtf
05-05-20, 11:37 AM
Maybe bicycle lanes?
John McClane
05-05-20, 02:15 PM
And this is why I love living in a podunk city. We have a lot of one way streets in the city but even the two lane roads are super easy to cross. Then I go to some major city and I get pissed because I can't just walk out in the road wherever I feel like it. :lol:

I don't know for sure, but I don't think they represent intended crosswalks. I believe they represent where the intersections (crossroads) are. That gives a heads up to the drivers, that people could be crossing there. That's all just a guess though.And this seems far more likely.
Chypmunk
05-05-20, 02:23 PM
Are they not simply social distancing markers for those driving???
Chypmunk
05-05-20, 03:45 PM
Serious suggestion incoming: speed hump / traffic calming markers?
ynwtf
05-05-20, 03:55 PM
Serious suggestion incoming: speed hump / traffic calming markers?


like ...group therapy star stickers?


seriously though. do you ever sleep?
ynwtf
05-05-20, 03:56 PM
also, deliberately not touching the speed hump bit. i don't want to catch anything.
Chypmunk
05-05-20, 04:02 PM
seriously though. do you ever sleep?
Not in the late afternoon / early evening no lol.

also, deliberately not touching the speed hump bit. i don't want to catch anything.
Nothing to worry about - it's like a slightly more adult variant of speed dating and I'm sure they've all been vetted for transmittable diseases.
gbgoodies
05-06-20, 12:28 AM
I don’t drive, but the horizontal road markings here in Brooklyn look very strange to me. Have not seen them in Connecticut. What do they mean? Is that where pedestrians are supposed to cross?

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Those lines are definitely crosswalks. That's what they look like in NY.

What do they look like in the rest of the world?
GulfportDoc
05-06-20, 10:59 AM
Those lines are definitely crosswalks. That's what they look like in NY.

What do they look like in the rest of the world?
Usually they're just solid lines outlining the pedestrian crosswalks.

I remember in Tokyo years ago, at each crosswalk they'd have a basket stand full of yellow flags on sticks. When you were ready to cross, you'd grab a stick and wave the flag around in the air while you were crossing. Probably saved a lot of lives in that wild 'n crazy city. Don't know if they still have the flags or not. It would never work in the U.S. People would steal the flags...:(
Stirchley
05-06-20, 02:54 PM
Those lines are definitely crosswalks. That's what they look like in NY.

What do they look like in the rest of the world?

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Mesmerized
05-07-20, 02:25 PM
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Yoda
05-07-20, 02:32 PM
The ones around me don't look like the OP or the later example, so :shrug:

Any thick white lines placed horizontally in the middle of the road, really, qualify.

In my neighborhood some people painted their own, presumably because they were annoyed the local government hadn't.
Miss Vicky
05-07-20, 03:21 PM
What do they look like in the rest of the world?

Not sure where this pic was taken, but this is what they look like where I live:

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