Zig-zag lines being painted on purpose

wtop.com ^ | April 20, 2009 | Adam Tuss

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LOUDOUN -- Behind the wheel, you want the least amount of distraction possible. So why is a local transportation agency painting crooked lines on the road on purpose?

The Virginia Department of Transportation says it's part of a safety campaign to get drivers to slow down in a high pedestrian and bicycle area. The 500 feet of zig-zagging lines are painted on the ground on Belmont Ridge Road, where it intersects with the Washington and Old Dominion trail in Loudoun County.

"It is a low cost strategy to get motorists to slow down as they approach the bike trail and pedestrian path," says VDOT's Mike Salmon. "While at first motorists may be a little disoriented, the main point is to get them to pay attention and slow down through that area."

There are plans to also paint the crooked lines on Sterling Boulevard where it intersects with the W&OD trail.

VDOT says similar programs have been successful in the United Kingdom and Australia. The transportation agency will study the zig-zagging lines for a year and see if they actually reduce speeds.

If the lines prove effective, you can expect to see more of them on the ground.

[a fool in paradise]

The Islamic states are hellbent on conquering the world and enslaving their own people whether we, or Europe, or China, or India buy their oil or not.

How about we depose the dictators and put an end to their opressive theocratic rule? The oil isn’t evil. No sense in throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

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Sounds like a Darwin candidate in the making.

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Good afternoon.

[Professional Engineer]

Lol

[Vigilantcitizen]

[Landru]

"'It is a low cost strategy to get motorists to slow down as they approach the bike trail and pedestrian path,' says VDOT's Mike Salmon."

A boon to defense shysters unless LEOs find something else for their field sobriety tests.

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HAHAHA!

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Neat. They're all zipped in together.

[JoeProBono]

[alarm rider]

I love the thought.

I wonder how many shell heads followed the sign?

If they are like those in my neck of the woods, it was probably too complicated for them.

[jaydubya2]

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Photo is from Amsterdam, so I'm not sure, but it could signal "The End."

[JoeProBono]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Is that one near a hospital?

[Grizzled Bear]

You neak up on it?

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Certainly should be.

Remember when Kramer adopted a highway and repainted the road lines?

Funniest episode ever!