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0:23 the chevron road markings mean that you’re in a one-way direction of flow travel part of the road and vehicles will be passing on both sides of the marking going in the same direction, the line nearest to you always points in the direction of travel and it keeps you to your side, so, if you imagine you’re in lane 1, the line nearest to you goes from bottom right to top left telling you to keep to the left as there could be cars next to you in lane 2, if you imagine you’re in lane 2, the line nearest to you goes from bottom left to top right telling you to keep to the right as there could be cars next to your in lane 1, if you see hatched markings it means you’re in a two-way direction of flow travel part of the road and vehicles will be passing on both sides of the marking going in opposing directions, the lines always point in the direction of travel no matter which way you’re travelling and the lines always go from bottom right to top left telling you to keep left as there could be cars next to you, as per rule 130 of the Highway Code, if the chevron markings or the hatched markings have a broken line nearest to you it means you shouldn’t enter the area but you can if you feel it’s safe and necessary to do so, if the area is has a solid line nearest to you then you must not enter the area except for in an emergency, the only time you’re legally allowed to cross a solid white line to enter a hatched area is on a single carriageway at the end of an overtaking lane where 2 lanes reduce to 1, in that situation you may cross the solid white line to enter the hatched area for any of the reasons mentioned for double white lines as per Highway Code rule 129, which are, to enter adjoining premises or a side road, to pass a stationary vehicle blocking the lane and to overtake a pedal cycle horse or road maintenance vehicle if they’re travelling at 10mph or less, always pass a horse at a speed of under 10mph.