JNugent wrote:
David Hansen wrote:

"PeterE" wrote...

Relatively few roads have white lines along the side of the
carriageway. These are normally rural primary routes,
where the intention is to narrow the apparent width of the road,

Incorrect. The intention is to mark the edge of the road. The main
aim of this is to encourage motorists to keep away from the edge of
the road and reduce damaging to the bank

...by narrowing the apparent width of the road, which is what he said.


How does marking the edge of the carriageway to keep people on it equate to
"narrowing the apparent width of the road"?