Parents label colourful shapes school road markings “dangerous” - with child saying it looks like ‘Twister’

Parents have labelled colourful school road markings “dangerous” - saying it looks like a playground or a game of 'Twister'.

The new markings, made of shapes including triangles, circles and different designs, are designed to slow drivers down.

Frome Town Council used a £350,000 grant from the Department for Transport to introduce several new safety measures. The town council says it contracted company Sustrans to design and carry out the work outside Oakfield Academy and Critchill School in Somerset.

Parent Craig Adams’ eight-year-old son attends Critchill School - which teaches children with additional needs.

He said: "They're round dots, they mirror a lot of the things in the playground. That can be very difficult for him to understand."

Another parent said: ''I think they are very confusing and dangerous. None of those shapes are in the Highway Code.

"It's like a playground. They feel that they can jump in the spots, my daughter thought it looked like ‘Twister’ in the road."

A spokesperson for Sustrans said: "Colourful street markings are a common proposal in school street designs. They alert drivers to the fact that there may be people around the street and, as part of a larger package of traffic calming measures, encourage them to slow down.

"The street markings around Frome safer school streets were created through a collaborative co-design process with the community including pupils from the local schools. Residents from the local streets helped to choose the designs."