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Road marking norms by country

The document each country's road markings come from, a link to the regulator, and the dimensions CapCad draws from it — read straight out of the drawing engine, so this page and the software always agree.

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Regulator
国家公安委員会 / 国土交通省
Official site (NPA and MLIT) ↗

Norms

Published by the issuing body — we link to the source rather than host a copy, because these documents get revised.

道路標識、区画線及び道路標示に関する命令
Order No. 3 · 1960
Every sign number and every marking dimension. Its annexed tables carry the widths as figures, and its own notes declare the hatched-area symbol illustrative, so no hatch angle is prescribed in law.
交通規制基準
警察庁 National Police Agency
The practical cadences by road class, the rule that a solid centre line begins at six metres of one-side width, and the overtaking sight distances below which the yellow prohibition line is laid.
道路交通法 and 道路構造令
Government of Japan · 1960 and 1970
Article 17 fixes the left-hand side of travel and makes crossing right to overtake lawful only where no marking forbids it, which is what the yellow line does. The structure ordinance carries sight distance by design speed.

Longitudinal markings CapCad draws (13)

Marking Norm reference
101 - Chuo-sen, centre line, broken 5 m + 5 m 区画線101 車道中央線, broken, WHITE, 12-15 cm. 交通規制基準 第10 sets the stripe and gap at 5 m each as a rule. Used where the one-side paved width is under 6 m (別表第四, 規制基準 第10)
101 - Chuo-sen, centre line, double solid 区画線101 車道中央線 as a double continuous line, WHITE, 10-15 cm each with a 10-15 cm gap. For four lanes or more, and permitted at sharp bends with frequent centre-crossing crashes (別表第四, 規制基準 第10)
101 - Chuo-sen, centre line, solid 区画線101 車道中央線, continuous, WHITE, 15-20 cm. Used where the one-side paved width is 6 m or more. Laid on roads whose carriageway is 5,5 m wide or more (別表第三, 別表第四, 規制基準 第10)
102 - Shasen-kyokaisen, entrance and exit areas, wide 区画線102 車線境界線 near expressway entrances, exits, diverges, climbing lanes and bus stops. WHITE and markedly wide at 30-75 cm, 2-5 m stripe with a gap of one to one and a half times the stripe (別表第四)
102 - Shasen-kyokaisen, lane line, expressway 8 m + 12 m 区画線102 車線境界線 on 高速自動車国道等, WHITE, 15 cm, 8 m stripe and 12 m gap. Applies at a design speed of 100 km/h or more (交通規制基準 第15)
102 - Shasen-kyokaisen, lane line, solid 区画線102 車線境界線, continuous, WHITE, 10-15 cm, on roads of four lanes or more (別表第四)
102 - Shasen-kyokaisen, lane line, urban 6 m + 9 m 区画線102 車線境界線, WHITE, 10-15 cm, 6 m stripe and 9 m gap in built-up areas and outside them alike (交通規制基準 第15)
103 - Shado-gaisokusen, outside line 区画線103 車道外側線, continuous, WHITE, 15-20 cm, along the outer edge of the carriageway (別表第四)
109 - Shary o-tsukotai, outermost line 道路標示109 車両通行帯 最外側線, WHITE, 10-20 cm. 15 cm in built-up and non-built-up areas, 20 cm on 高速自動車国道等 (別表第六, 規制基準 第15)
Kisei 102 - No overtaking by crossing right, double YELLOW 規制標示102 様式一(二). Double YELLOW line, 10-15 cm each with a 10-15 cm gap, where the prohibition needs particular emphasis. Also serves as the centre line (別表第六, 規制基準 第12)
Kisei 102 - No overtaking by crossing right, single YELLOW 規制標示102 追越しのための右側部分はみ出し通行禁止, 様式一(一). Single YELLOW line, 15-20 cm, prohibiting BOTH directions from crossing right to overtake. 別表第六備考一(七) makes it serve as the centre line at the same time (別表第六, 規制基準 第12)
Kisei 102 - No overtaking, one direction only, YELLOW 規制標示102 様式二. A single YELLOW line laid to the LEFT of the centre line, binding one direction only, used for example on a steep descent (別表第六, 規制基準 第12)
Kisei 102-2 - No lane changing, YELLOW 規制標示102の2 進路変更禁止. YELLOW, 10-15 cm, laid alongside the lane boundary line (別表第六)
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