Road Markings Are Closely Related to Traffic Safety

To achieve economic development and maintain the quality of life, transport is a necessary part for human daily activity. Unfortunately, due to conflicts in traffic and human inattention, accidents occur quite frequently. It’s reported by World Health Organization (2016) that over 3,400 people die every day in road accidents. Furthermore, the same report estimates that financial expenses associated with vehicular accidents reach an enormous 3% of World’s Gross Domestic Product. Therefore, increase in road safety should be of profound importance for all countries and one of the ways to improve standard of life for all people. Given the enormous social cost and the financial burden caused by the crashes, an inexpensive and effective solution for improvement of road safety is necessary. Horizontal road markings could be such a solution because of the positive effect on road safety that could be achieved at low cost.  

Road markings were reported as one of the most effective measures to improve road safety. It was calculated by WHO that the financial expense of installation and proper maintenance of road delineation was on average sixty times lower than the costs caused by chaotic traffic and accidents.  Such benefit is possible, because driving is a task based on visual input, so there is a necessity of providing information to drivers about position of their vehicle sand horizontal road markings serves that purpose. 

Usually, these special types of industrial maintenance coatings are considered systems comprising a base (paint) layer and a retro-reflective layer, and only their cooperation furnishes the functional road markings. Always, the retro-reflective layer is consisted by glass beads that are partially embedded in it. Normally，the refractive index of glass beads used in road markings ranges between 1.5~1.9. They are developed in a wide range of sizes from 100 to 1500 microns in diameter and with different degrees of roundness. During production, glass beads can be combined into the road marking material; can be added when the road marking is applied; or can be applied to the surface of newly applied road markings before they have set.

In the foreseeable future, horizontal road markings are going to guide not only humans driving their vehicles, but also computer-controlled automobiles.   Therefore, maintenance of horizontal road markings is an absolute necessity and the application of high quality glass beads is also indispensable.

TORY, a global leader in high-quality precision glass technology, manufactures glass spheres for a variety of applications. TORY provides high-quality glass beads, which can be customized to meet the specific requirements of customers and projects.  TORY manufactures glass beads that are suitable for improving the visibility of road markings to tight specifications that ensure optimum reflectivity.
To know more: https://www.cntory.com/

Feel free to contact us:
Email: Echo@cntory.com
WhatsAPP: +8617355287086