SOME EUROPEAN ROAD MARKING PRACTICES

A REVIEW IS PRESENTED OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ENGINEERING (ENGLAND), APRIL, 1968. WEST GERMANY HAS LEGAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING ROAD MARKINGS IN THE NATION WHICH INSURE A HIGH DEGREE OF UNIFORMITY. PAINT DAMAGE FROM STUDDED TIRES HAS BECOME A PROBLEM. PROVISIONS FOR MARKING PAINT THICKNESS, REFLECTORIZATION, AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS ARE DISCUSSED. ALMOST ALL MOTORWAYS HAVE CENTERLINES AND EDGE LINES ON BOTH SIDES. ABOUT 98 PERCENT OF TRUNK ROADS HAVE CENTER LINES. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 60 PERCENT OF SECONDARY ROADS AND 30 PERCENT OF LOCAL ROADS HAVE CENTERLINES. SWEDEN HAS RECENTLY ADOPTED ALL-WHITE MARKINGS WHICH CORRESPOND WITH THE DANISH SYSTEM. CENTERLINES ARE NOT USED WHEN SIGHT DISTANCES ARE RESTRICTED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. IT IS A LEGAL OFFENSE TO DRIVE TO THE LEFT OF A CONTINUOUS CENTERLINE UNLESS THERE IS A BROKEN LINE TO THE RIGHT OF IT. PAVEMENT MARKING SYSTEMS USED IN SWEDEN ARE REVIEWED. THE NETHERLANDS HAS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT ALL STATE HIGHWAYS MUST BE PROVIDED WITH INTERMITTENT AND CONTINUOUS LINES AND WITH TRIANGLES (USED TO GIVE WARNING OF A PRIORITY ROAD AHEAD). PAINT AND THERMOPLASTIC MARKINGS MUST MEET STATE SPECIFICATIONS. ITALY EMPLOYS CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS CONSISTING OF LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE LINES AND OTHER SYMBOLS. THE MARKING SYSTEM IN ITALY IS REVIEWED. REFERENCES: ROAD MARKINGS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, SIEGFRIED GIESA, DIPL.-ING., LANDESAMT FUR STRASSENBAU, WIESBADEN, WEST GERMANY. SWEDISH ROAD MARKINGS, GUNNAR TORNBERG, HEAD OF TRAFFIC SECTION, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY BUREAU, SWEDEN. THE NETHERLANDS, H. SCHRAM, CHIEF ENGINEER, STATE ROAD LABORATORY, DELFT, HOLLAND. ROAD MARKINGS IN ITALY, FRANCESCO TRONCONI, DR.-ING., ROME, ITALY.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 99, No 7, PP 110-112
• Publication Date: 1968-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Center lines; Edge lines; Foreign; Laws; Reflectorized materials; Reviews; Road markings; Standardization; Striping; Studded tires; Thermoplastic materials; Thickness; Traffic paint
• Old TRIS Terms: Reflectorization; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Law; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216863
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 22 1994 12:00AM