Horizontal Road Markings
Road markings are used independently or together with road signs and traffic lights.
Road markings are divided into 2 groups:
horizontal
vertical
Horizontal road markings are lines, arrows, inscriptions and other markings on the carriageway, and they establish a certain regime and order of traffic. Horizontal road markings are:
1) permanent, which is white in color, except for:
a. markings 1.4, 1.10, 1.14.1, 1.14.2, 1.26, which are yellow in color,
b. marking 1.17, which is red in color;
2) temporary, which is orange in color.
Vertical road markings are a combination of black and white, blue and white, or red and white stripes on road structures and equipment elements, which indicate their dimensions and serve as a means of visual orientation.
1.1. Continuous line
1.1. A continuous line that separates opposing traffic flows (centre line), marks lane boundaries on hazardous road sections, marks boundaries of the carriageway that vehicles must not enter, and marks the boundaries of parking spaces.
1.2. Continuous edge line
1.2. A continuous edge line marking the edge of the carriageway and the median strip.
1.3
1.3. On roads with four or more traffic lanes, separates opposing traffic flows (double centre line).
1.4. Continuous yellow line
1.4. A continuous yellow line indicating places where stopping and parking are prohibited. It is used independently or together with sign 3.27 “No stopping” and is marked near the edge of the carriageway (instead of an edge line, where one is present) or on the top surface of the kerb.
1.5. Broken line
1.5. A broken line that separates opposing traffic flows on roads with two or three traffic lanes (centre line) and marks lane boundaries on roads having two or more lanes in the same direction.
1.6. “Approach line”
1.6. “Approach line”: a broken line warning of the approach to marking 1.1 or 1.11 separating opposing or same-direction traffic flows. Each dash is three times as long as the gap between the dashes.
1.7
1.7. A broken line marking traffic lanes within an intersection; the dashes and the gaps between them are of equal length.
1.8. Wide broken line
1.8. A wide broken line marking the boundary between the main carriageway and an acceleration or deceleration lane.
1.9. Double broken reversible-lane line
1.9. A double broken reversible-lane line marking the boundaries of lanes under reversible control; when the reversible traffic signals are switched off, it separates opposing traffic flows.
1.10. Broken yellow line
1.10. A broken yellow line indicating places where parking is prohibited. It is used independently or together with sign 3.28 “No parking” and is marked near the edge of the carriageway (instead of an edge line, where one is present) or on the top surface of the kerb.
1.11. Combination of continuous and broken lines
1.11. A combination of a continuous and a broken line that: 1) separates opposing or same-direction traffic flows on road sections where changing lanes is permitted from only one side; 2) marks U-turn locations, entrances to and exits from adjacent territories, and similar places where movement is permitted in only one direction.
1.12. “Stop line”
1.12. “Stop line”: a continuous line indicating where a driver must stop at a prohibiting traffic-light or traffic-controller signal, in the presence of sign 2.5 “Stop”, or before a railway crossing when movement across it is prohibited.
1.13
1.13. Indicates where a driver must stop, if necessary, and give way to vehicles travelling on the intersecting road.
1.14.1 and 1.14.2. “Zebra crossing”
1.14.1 and 1.14.2. “Zebra crossing”: indicate a pedestrian crossing. The arrows in marking 1.14.2 indicate the direction in which pedestrians should walk.
1.15
1.15. Broken lines indicating where a cycle path crosses the carriageway.
1.16.1
1.16.1. Channelising islands at places where opposing traffic flows are separated.
1.16.2
1.16.2. Channelising islands at places where same-direction traffic flows separate.
1.16.3
1.16.3. Channelising islands at places where traffic flows from different directions merge.
1.17. Continuous yellow zigzag line
1.17. A continuous yellow zigzag line indicating stopping points for public transport vehicles and, where sign 5.18 “Taxi rank” is installed, taxi stands.
1.18
1.18. Indicates the permitted directions of travel by lane at an intersection. It is used independently or together with signs 5.15.1 “Directions of travel by lane” and 5.15.2 “Direction of travel in a lane”. A dead-end symbol means that turning onto the nearest carriageway is prohibited. A marking permitting a left turn from the leftmost lane also permits a U-turn.
1.19
1.19. Warns of the approach to: 1) the end of a traffic lane, where the number of lanes in that direction decreases; it may be used together with signs 1.20.1–1.20.3 “Road narrows”; 2) marking 1.1 or 1.11 where it separates opposing traffic flows; in this case it is used together with marking 1.6 “Approach line”.
1.20
1.20. Warns of the approach to marking 1.13.
1.21. “STOP” inscription
1.21. The word “STOP”; warns of the approach to marking 1.12 when used together with sign 2.5 “Stop”.
1.22
1.22. Indicates the road (route) number.
1.23
1.23. Indicates a dedicated lane intended for public transport vehicles.
1.24.1
1.24.1. Duplicates road sign 1.20.2 “Road narrows” and is used together with it.
1.24.2
1.24.2. Duplicates road sign 3.24 “Maximum speed limit” and is used together with it.
1.24.3
1.24.3. Duplicates road sign 8.17 “Persons with disabilities” and is used together with it.
1.24.4
1.24.4. Duplicates plate 8.4.3.1; it is used independently or together with plate 8.4.3.1.
1.25
1.25. Indicates artificial raised road humps and is used together with sign 5.20 “Artificial hump”.
1.26
1.26 (yellow). Marks an area of an intersection that drivers must not enter if a traffic jam ahead would force them to stop and obstruct vehicles moving transversely on the intersecting road, except when making a right or left turn as provided by these Rules. It is used independently or together with sign 1.35 “Intersection area”.
Crossing lines 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 is prohibited.
1.1. The line may be crossed when it indicates the boundaries of vehicle parking places, when maneuvering to enter or exit a parking place, while line 1.2 may be crossed when making a stop on the shoulder and when leaving the place of stopping, in places where stopping or parking of vehicles is permitted;
Lines 1.5–1.8 may be crossed from either side.
In the absence of reversible traffic signals or when they are switched off, road marking 1.9 may be crossed if it is to the right of the driver, and when the reversible traffic signal is switched on—from either side if those lines divide lanes in the same direction of travel. When the reversible traffic signal is switched off, the driver must immediately change lanes to the right of road marking 1.9.
When the reversible traffic signals are switched off, crossing road marking 1.9 dividing the traffic flows of opposing directions is prohibited;
Line 1.11 may be crossed from the side of the broken line, and when completing an overtaking or passing an obstruction—also from the side of the continuous line.