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Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road
(01-10-2019, 12:42 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:
(01-09-2019, 09:46 PM)Canard Wrote: Argh, so now... I'm looking at this in other places.  Everything I thought I knew, is wrong.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.670873,-7...!1e3?hl=en&authuser=0

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.668055,-7...!1e3?hl=en&authuser=0

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6151209,-...!1e3?hl=en&authuser=0

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6012831,-...!1e3?hl=en&authuser=0

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.79507,-79...!1e3?hl=en&authuser=0

...in all these instances that I could think of off the top of my head for where I've encountered lanes that don't end, they use the thick, double-frequency dashed lines.  This is mindblowing, it doesn't make any sense at all to me.  Arghhhhhhhh!!!

I could have sworn I was taught in Driver's Ed that this meant the lane you're in is about to end...

You're not wrong, this is in fact the taught and expected meaning according to the MTO.  If it is common to find them in other places there are either a lot of road engineers reading books wrong (unlikely) or the design standards are broken (likely).  But it's clear this is a broken design.

https://www.ontario.ca/document/official...t-markings

From the linked doc:
Broken lines that are wider and closer together than regular broken lines are called continuity lines. When you see continuity lines on your left side, it generally means the lane you are in is ending or exiting and that you must change lanes if you want to continue in your current direction.

With italics to emphasize - it generally means the lane is ending (but therefore does not always  mean that).  All in all I think it would be better if there was a sign to indicate the new lane doesn't end, or perhaps there should be a solid line on the left for some distance so no one changes lanes for a while and then people will realize they don't have to.
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RE: Highway 401 Widening - by Canard - 10-28-2014, 12:20 PM
RE: Highway 401 Widening - by JCnb - 10-28-2014, 12:43 PM
RE: Highway 401 Widening - by Markster - 10-28-2014, 01:05 PM
RE: Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road - by NotStan - 01-10-2019, 06:21 PM
Re: Highway 401 Widening - by Shawn - 09-01-2014, 06:07 PM
Re: Highway 401 Widening - by Spokes - 09-01-2014, 10:09 PM
Re: Highway 401 Widening - by Waterlooer - 09-02-2014, 11:08 PM
Re: Highway 401 Widening - by DHLawrence - 09-02-2014, 11:16 PM

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