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Re: [Something] Cheerio, chaps. A question for the Brits...

  • FromDylan O'Donnell <psmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • DateTue, 6 Mar 2007 13:17:44 +0000
Christopher Hickman wrote:
> I came across a story of some jackass that wrecked a really friggin'  
> expensive car, and in the "before" shot it shows the car parked along  
> a street with weird jagged lines painted along side.  Was the street  
> painter coming straight from several pints at the pub, or does that  
> design have some kind of special meaning?  Here's the photo: http:// 
> www.wreckedexotics.com/special/veyron/before.jpg

They mark the area either side of a pedestrian crossing in which
parking is illegal; you can see the zebra-stripe markings of the
crossing at the right of the picture.

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/18.htm

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