Quick question

[pez]

Can someone not in UK or HK please tell me if where you live uses this kind of yellow boxes road markings to mark an area where you must not stop and you must not enter unless the exit road/junction is clear? And do double yellow lines mean no parking/loading/unloading for you?

(Actually, this is writing-related, not work-related.)

Comments

[fic-faery.livejournal.com]

I've never seen yellow box road markings like that in Ontario Canada, but we do have the rule about not entering an intersection unless the way is clear so you don't block other cars if the light changes.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I see... thanks!

[evaporate.livejournal.com]

They're not in the States.

Double yellow lines mean "cross and DIE -- no, really, cross and die because you're likely going into oncoming traffic." No loading/unloading is designated by a yellow curb.

Intersections are usually not painted at all, except some have curved lines indicating where you should drive if you are turning left.

[grimmjow-jagger.livejournal.com]

None in Russia either... (though they definitely would be useful)

[thirdshade.livejournal.com]

Not here either. Double yellow actually means parking allowed only if unloading, iinm.

[mayezinha.livejournal.com]

I asked Dad & BF since I don't drive, Dad says he haven't ever seen those in this state (Veracruz), but the BF says when he goes to Tamaulipas (on the northern border) he had seen them. They have many regulations according the US because of the border.

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

No yellow road markings in Germany at all, it's all white. As for the painting, if it's marked like this ///////// (like this) over the whole area, then you must not stop / ideally not even drive over it. We don't have double lines - except in the middle of the road to indicate the middle of the road and no overturning for either of the both directions - but we do have two kinds of no-stop zones which are indicated by a signpost: one where you're allowed to stop but not park for up to 3 minutes (reality: stop for as long as you want and even park to run small errands very fast), and one that's called absolute stop zone (reality: you can stop there for short amounts of time as long as you stay in the car).

ETA - actually, not true. There are yellow markings, but they always indicate temporary stuff like roadworks.

[spiritaway.livejournal.com]

In Malaysia, we do have that yellow boxes to indicate that you should not enter and if you do the police will slap you with fine^^

[ele5.livejournal.com]

In Finland we have yellow markings but not like that. I mean, generally, yellow paint on the road means that you absolute should not do something, but it's not used on cross-roads. The area on which you should not pass by anybody by going to the other lane, is typically signaled by a straight yellow line on the left side of your lane (pretty close to the middle of the street). Some places on which you should not park, are marked with yellow. Also, if two lines separate, and an area forms between them, this area is marked with yellow stripes to signal that you shouldn't drive there. However, we don't have anything even remotely close to situation on the picture.

Pictures of common street markings