No more white lines for some Bristol 20mph roads in new safety push View Image

Centre white lines on some 20mph roads in Bristol won’t be repainted as part of a new safety push. Research suggests that a lack of centre lines makes drivers go slower and give more space to cyclists when overtaking.

When contractors resurface roads, some of these won’t have their white lines replaced. Safety experts at Bristol City Council believe the lack of white lines could actually make the roads less dangerous, as drivers have to pay more attention to their positioning and oncoming vehicles.

The changes were approved by councillors on the transport policy committee on Thursday, October 23. However Labour and Tory opposition councillors said the policy seemed to them counter-intuitive, and raised

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