Meaning of cycle path white lines is 'obscure'
THE meaning of three white lines marked on the cycle and pedestrian path where cyclist David Allison was killed is 'so obscure' that even an experienced police sergeant had to telephone the Environment Department in order to establish what they meant, it has been revealed.
Questions were raised about the meaning of the markings during the Royal Court trial of truck driver Nigel Simon, 50, who yesterday was acquitted of causing the death of Mr Allison, at Salerie Corner in April last year.
And Police Sergeant Sacha Yabsley admitted that the reasoning behind the markings was not apparent.
Sgt Yabsley had compiled a detailed report of the circumstances surrounding the accident, in which Mr Allison was run over by the defendant's lorry.
Sergeant Yabsley said he had to telephone the Environment Department to ask what was meant by the three white lines at the entrance where Mr Allison was killed. The advice he was given was that it marked an area where cyclists and pedestrians were meant to mingle together, he said.
Judge The Right Hon. Sir Christopher Pitchers asked if such markings were covered in the Highway Code or under Guernsey road traffic legislation and Sergeant Yablsey said they were not.