I’m a sucker for terminology; I struggle immensely to find the correct words to describe what I want to say. I blame this lack of vocabulary and awareness of words on my hearing impairment. If I can’t hear what people are saying on a daily basis, then I’m missing out on a lot !
Now, I don’t know what the numerous white lines on an exit point on the highway are called. I googled this and all I could find is rumble strips.
When driving on a highway and approaching an exit point, in the middle ( shaped like a V ) of the exit sign ( on the ground of the road), there are numerous white lines.
I often pull over on these white lines at an exit point in emergency cases, such as for a blown tire, being pulled over by a cop, and so on.
I don’t recall reading from the DMV book or defensive driving class that stopping on these lines are prohibited or permitted.
I wouldn’t pull over there, too much action going on as folks exit. Go further down and pull way over on the shoulder. And no, those aren’t ‘rumble strips’ (which are small consecutive speed bumps meant to alert you to something).
My barber is downtown so sometimes parking spots are limited. There was one across the street so instead of a J turn, I went up to the intersection and did a U turn. Cop didn’t like it and followed me to where I parked. Chewed me out a little and said just go around the block which would mean goin around two blocks. No signs saying no so perfectly legal and actually people have done it as long as I can remember. I thought either shut up or give me a ticket which h3 couldn’t do for a legal turn. If you’ve encountered a drill sarge or two, , These folks don’t scare me. I I m courteous though.
First time hearing the name of it. Thank you for sharing.
I’m going to select your answer as solution as it properly addressed the question asked.
I had no idea stopping on these was illegal until you said what the name is and I researched it.
I have used Gore Point like two times for being pulled over by a cop. I was never ticketed or warned about the illegal stop. Then I have used Gore Points for blown our tires, to properly shut the hood of my car, to fix a problem in the trunk of my car.
Then today, my inner soul said to me “ Do you know why there are multiple white strips here ? Do you know if it is illegal or legal to stop here ?”
Of course, obviously, I had no clue. So that’s why I love CarTalk
Well this proves one is never too old to learn something new. Gore point, will try to add that to my vocabulary vault.
When I saw rumble strips I was thinking of the test strips on the interstate, where FDOT tests various compounds for wear resistance. They are in the right lane on a concrete section of the interstate. Locals use the center lane to avoid them, noise would scare my dog.
The diagonal white lines are called chevrons (even within the gore point) and you shouldn’t pull over or park anywhere they exist. They mark hazard areas.
Around here rumblecstrips refer to the four or five raised lines when approaching a stop sign on a highway. They rumble to wake you up alert you. Sometimes there are several sets spaced apart. You don’t want to stop on them since you would be in the middle of thev road.
