Road lines in France
Broken lines along the edge
All French paint is white. The tell is the edge line: on main country roads it is broken into dashes rather than running solid.
- Look at the edge of the road: the white line is dashed.
- The centre line is white too, in long dashes.
- Open fields and plane trees often come with it.
10 photos, grouped by the clue they show.
Key clue Dashed white edge line 10
France: what its road lines look like
All road paint in France is white, so the clue is in the pattern. On main country roads the edge line is dashed rather than solid, which gives French roads a distinctive look.
The centre line is usually in long white dashes. Wide fields, plane trees and low hedges are a common backdrop.
Dashed edge lines are very common on French departmental and national roads.
Look-alikes: how to tell them apart
France vs 
Netherlands
Sweden
The Netherlands also uses dashed edges, but often has no centre line at all. Sweden has dashed edges on small roads, but wide ridged ones on its main roads.
Questions about road lines in France
Why are edge lines dashed in France?
French road rules use broken edge lines on many ordinary roads, and solid ones mainly on faster roads.
What colour are road lines in France?
White. Temporary lines at roadworks can be yellow.