PAVEMENT MARKINGS

THIS MANUAL TREATS A VARIETY OF TOPICS RELATED TO PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND CONTAINS STANDARDS RESPECTING THEIR FUNCTIONS AND LIMITATIONS. IN SOME CASES THEY ARE USED TO SUPPLEMENT OTHER SIGNALING SYSTEMS, IN OTHERS THEY TRANSMIT THEIR OWN MESSAGES WHICH WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITH THE USE OF OTHER EQUIPMENT. PAVEMENT MARKINGS (PM) HAVE DEFINITE LIMITATIONS, E.G., THEIR SHORT DURABILITY WHEN INSTALLED TO SURFACES EXPOSED TO HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THEIR POOR VISIBILITY ON WET ROADS. HOWEVER THESE LIMITATIONS ARE AMPLY OUTWEIGHED BY THE ADVANTAGE, IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS, OF TRANSMITTING MESSAGES TO DRIVERS WITHOUT DISTRACTING THEIR ATTENTION FROM THE ROAD. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED: LEGAL AUTHORITY TO INSTALL PM, STANDARDIZATION OF PM IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE USERS, TYPES, COLORS (THE SPECIFIC USE OF YELLOW AND WHITE), REFLECTORIZATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS, MAINTENANCE, CENTERLINES, LANE LINES, "NO OVER-TAKING LINES" MARKINGS ON ASPHALTED SHOULDERS, ROAD WIDTH TRANSITION MARKINGS, CHANNELLING LINES, "APPROACHING-OBSTRUCTION" MARKINGS, STOP LINES, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LINES, "APPROACHING-INTERSECTION" MARKINGS, PARKING LIMITING LINES, AND WORDS AND SYMBOLS. /RRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  Road Research Institute /Brazil

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• Authors:
  • Lara, E M
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Center lines; Color; Crosswalks; Intersections; Legal factors; Maintenance; Parking; Passing; Reflectorized materials; Road markings; Road shoulders; Specifications; Standardization; Symbols; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Reflectorization; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225964
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Institute /Brazil
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1971 12:00AM