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Oct 11,2023
Colorful Road Markings Are Promoting Safer Crossings Safety always remains priority among priorities but road markings can also be colorful and fun. The increasing popularity of colorful road markings is exercising the creativity of municipalities around Europe. An example is the use of preformed thermoplastic markings in Rotterdam, Netherlands. There is an artwork-style crosswalk on the West...
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Oct 16,2023
Marking the Way to Greater Safety The older driving population among the world has grown continually and is expected to increase even more as the baby-boom generation reaches retirement. The capabilities essential for safe driving — visual, cognitive, and physical — undergo changes with age. These changes can influence the safety of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. For example, visual c...
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Oct 20,2023
Road Markings with AW Element Provide Safety for You at Night! As one of key infrastructures in road construction,traffic safety facilities play a crucial role in ensuring safe passage. Among them, reflective road markings are an essential and inseparable part of highway construction and maintenance management for its retro-reflectivity which conveys important information such as right of wa...
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Dec 11,2023
Are Higher-Performing Road Markings a Cost-Effective Investment in Safety? Road markings play an important role in road safety and optimizing the use of road space. They help provide information that cannot be easily conveyed using mounted signs. Moreover, signage applied directly to the road surface offers a form of continuous messaging which can be observed when a verge-mounted sign is concealed...
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Dec 18,2023
The Relationship Between the Embedment Depth of Glass Beads and the Retroreflectivity of Road Markings Bead Embedment Depth: The depth to the embedment of glass beads can be assessed by close-up visual inspection. Beads should be embedded into the pavement marking material at 60 percent of the bead diameter for maximum retroreflective performance. For the material that is "behind" the bead is the ...
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Dec 29,2023
【Drum Method】Test for Surface Damage and Retroreflectivity Decay of Glass Beads It’s very difficult to evaluate the durability of road markings on site owing to being too many factors that could cause impact on it. Many researchers have been trying to find a suitable attenuation model that can predict its retroreflectivity A known alternative to on-site assessment is the use of turntables where, u...
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Jan 08,2024
Method for Testing the Retroreflectivity Luminance (RL) Coefficient of Road Markings under Standard Humid Conditions The nighttime performance of road markings is determined by the coefficient of Retroreflectivity Luminance, RL, be it dry or wet, and depends on the materials used, age, and wear pattern. These conditions shall be observed and noted by the user. Under the same conditions of headligh...
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Jan 12,2024
How to Choose Reflective Glass Beads for Road Marking Paint? The visibility of road markings during the day depends on the quality of the paint, while as for the visibility of the night, that is, reflectivity, from the perspective of glass beads, affected by many factors such as the quality, the selection of the size distribution and the construction of glass beads Firstly, the selection of glass ...
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