SEMI-PERMANENT TRAFFIC STRIPING RESEARCH STUDY

BY MEANS OF A FIELD TEST ON NEW CONCRETE PAVEMENT IN A SNOW-FREE AREA, AN EVALUATION WAS MADE OF VARIOUS PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIALS INCLUDING REFLECTORIZED AND UNREFLECTORIZED RAISED BUTTONS, HOT-APPLIED THERMOPLASTICS AND STANDARD PAINT. EVALUATIONS INCLUDED RELATIVE LONG-TERM COSTS, DURABILITY, WET AND DRY VISIBILITY, DRIVER PREFERENCE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT RAISED MARKERS WERE SUPERIOR TO STANDARD PAINT IN TERMS OF DURABILITY, DRIVER PREFERENCE AND NIGHT VISIBILITY UNDER WET CONDITIONS. PROJECTED OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD, THE INITIAL AND REPLACEMENT COSTS OF RAISED BUTTONS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE OF PAINTS. ACCIDENT DATA WERE INSUFFICIENT AND INCONCLUSIVE WITH RESPECT TO THE MERITS OF THE VARIOUS MARKINGS. NO CONCLUSIONS WERE REACHED REGARDING COMPARATIVE THERMOPLASTIC MARKINGS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, Hpr-178
• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Department of Highways

  Olympia, WA  United States 

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Costs; Crash investigation; Durability; Field tests; Highway safety; Reflective signs; Reflectorized paint; Road marking materials; Road markings; Thermoplastic materials; Traffic safety; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Buttons; Reflector buttons; Traffic marking; Traffic marking materials
• Subject Areas: Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215873
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 18 1994 12:00AM