AN A319 FLT CREW ON LNDG ROLL RWY 34 AT RIC WAS ASKED BY THE TWR TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 2. THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMPLY.

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AFTER LNDG ON RWY 34 AND ROLLING TO THE END; ATC ISSUED A HOLD SHORT OF RWY 2 CLRNC. BY THE TIME WE READ BACK OUR CLRNC WE WERE PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE; WITH THE MAIN GEAR SITTING OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THERE WAS LNDG TFC ON RWY 2; BUT SAFETY WAS NOT COMPROMISED. ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM THERE IS A DEPICTED 'HOT SPOT.' HAD WE BRIEFED THIS PARTICULAR 'HOT SPOT' IT COULD HAVE HELPED. IN THE FUTURE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE 'HOT SPOTS' IN MY BRIEFINGS; SO THAT I'M BETTER PREPARED TO RESPOND TO HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 696507: THE TIMING OF THE CLRNC; THE POS OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE; AND THE LOW LIGHTING CONDITIONS ALL CONTRIBUTED TO OUR ENCROACHMENT. RWYS WHICH HAVE HOLD SHORT LINES (NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LAHSO CLRNCS) USUALLY HAVE LIGHTING TO ALERT APCHING ACFT IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO ALLOW FOR DECELERATION FROM LNDG SPDS. ALSO; A LAHSO CLRNC GIVES PLTS TIME TO PLAN TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT DECELERATION. A HOLD SHORT CLRNC GIVEN DURING LNDG ROLLOUT DOES NOT ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME TO MEET CLRNC REQUIREMENTS WHEN THE HOLD LINE IS ON THE RWY. (PLEASE SEE THE RICHMOND; VA; ARPT DIAGRAM.) I RECOMMEND RICHMOND ATC ADOPTS LAHSO PROCS AND UPGRADE SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING TO MEET LAHSO STANDARDS.