[Not_Who_U_Think]

Things I learned from a video documentary:

A woman came up with the idea, and painted a white line down the middle of her street to give some order to traffic and stop accidents and arguments.

The broken white line was originally adopted to save on paint.

[GOPJ]

A woman came up with the idea, and painted a white line down the middle of her street to give some order to traffic and stop accidents and arguments. The broken white line was originally adopted to save on paint.

Cool story - thanks for sharing.

[GingisK]

The story I was told was that of an enterprising salesman who managed to get rid of a couple of tanks of yellow paint nobody wanted.

[Fresh Wind]

A woman came up with the idea, and painted a white line down the middle of her street to give some order to traffic and stop accidents and arguments.

That makes sense. Without the center line, people tend to drive closer to the center of the road, and that is especially true when the road curves.

[citizen]

The broken white line was originally adopted to save on paint.

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Per a documentary, the solid lines became skip lines to prevent drivers from being sent into a trance at night by driving with the solid line coming at them continuously.