Reading road markings

[Arno]

Dear Yacf-ers,
if you have a bit of time to spare  to look at this section of East  London road https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5836736,-0.0001291,3a,60y,351.25h,77.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snpKZgW5M8FCy3lubPL3ibQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656



you will see a cycle lane crossing Woof Street near walthamstow.
The lane is marked by elephant footprints which I understand are just an indication of where the cycle path goes (highlighted in a blue blob).
There are also some widely spaced dashed lines (inside the  red blobs)  and a zebra crossing for pedestrians.

Does the traffic on wood street have any obligation to stop for cyclists on the cycle path crossing ?

[grams]

That’s a parallel zebra crossing. The cycle track is part of the zebra - note the location of the Belisha beacon. Cycling have the same rights as pedestrians:

https://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2017/04/drawing-parallels.html?m=1

(Note that like for pedestrians, drivers are only obliged to stop *after* you’ve stepped/cycled off the pavement. Which is madness, but that’s what the rules say)

[Jaded]

(Not helpful)

That’s an extraordinary amount of paint on the road there.

Round here our road markings are done in tarmac colour.

[Arno]

Thanks for both replies. I thought the AI brain of a driverless car might be needed to decipher all the lines on time.

[Kim]

I remain unconvinced that drivers pay much attention to paint on the road.  Unless they're close-passing a cyclist to avoid crossing a white line.

[Arno]

'if in doubt, floor it' was the strategy adopted by one agitated gentleman at the (stiring)wheel or his ponderous vehicle last week at this spot. Makes you wonder sometimes between a driver and his car, who stirs who.

[HTFB]

Oh, are those a real thing? There's one newly appeared on my commute here: https://goo.gl/maps/sy4vLT2JjBTEffag7 which I'd assumed was a frolic of Southwark's. It would be dangerous to ride across it assuming that road traffic -- even the cyclists -- would stop for you. It hasn't been at all obvious to me that I was meant to.