On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:07:29 +0100 someone who may be "nightjar"
wrote this:-

I also remember how much easier it became to drive,
particularly in rural areas, when the present markings started to come into
use in the mid 1960s.

Precisely. All part of the "speed up the motorist" mantra of the
road lobby, whose view of the roads is always from behind the
windscreen.


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