{"id":135842772,"date":"2009-04-22T06:06:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T06:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=135842772"},"modified":"2009-04-22T06:06:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T06:06:12","slug":"zig-zag-lines-being-painted-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=135842772","title":{"rendered":"Zig-zag lines being painted on purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Tuss, wtop.com<br \/>\nLOUDOUN &#8212; Behind the wheel, you want the least amount of distraction possible. So why is a local transportation agency painting crooked lines on the road on purpose?<br \/>\nThe Virginia Department of Transportation says it&#8217;s part of a safety campaign to get drivers to slow down in a high pedestrian and bicycle area. The 500 feet of zig-zagging lines are painted on the ground on Belmont Ridge Road, where it intersects with the Washington and Old Dominion trail in Loudoun County.<br \/>\n&quot;It is a low cost strategy to get motorists to slow down as they approach the bike trail and pedestrian path,&quot; says VDOT&#8217;s Mike Salmon. &quot;While at first motorists may be a little disoriented, the main point is to get them to pay attention and slow down through that area.&quot;<br \/>\nThere are plans to also paint the crooked lines on Sterling Boulevard where it intersects with the W&amp;OD trail.<br \/>\nVDOT says similar programs have been successful in the United Kingdom and Australia. The transportation agency will study the zig-zagging lines for a year and see if they actually reduce speeds.<br \/>\nIf the lines prove effective, you can expect to see more of them on the ground.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n,<br \/>\n(Copyright 2009 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?sid=1654423&amp;nid=732\">https:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?sid=1654423&amp;nid=732<\/a>oldId.20090422060612186<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Tuss, wtop.com LOUDOUN &#8212; Behind the wheel, you want the least amount of distraction possible. So why is a local transportation agency painting crooked lines on the road on purpose? The Virginia Department of Transportation says it&#8217;s part of a safety campaign to get drivers to slow down in a high pedestrian and bicycle &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=135842772\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Zig-zag lines being painted on purpose&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135842772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135842772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135842772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135842772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135842772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135842772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135842772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}