§ 65. Mr. Moreasked the Minister of Transport, in view of recent accidents on three-lane roads such as A.38, whether he is aware of the double white line system as used on three-lane roads in Italy; and if he will introduce it at the earliest possible moment in this country.
§ Mr. MarplesWe are already using double white lines on three-lane roads but mainly on hills and dangerous bends. We are considering whether they could be used more extensively. To use them continuously on alternate sides of all three-lane roads would, I fear, result in their being disregarded by drivers when there was little traffic from the opposite direction. It would not be in the interests of safety generally to bring the double white line system as a whole into disrepute in this way.