s2som paint job

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33454, 8 February 1974, Page 5

s2som paint job

Highway marking programmes which will cost a total of nearly S2s()m will soon be launched in lhe United States. The first part, of the programme will be aimed at marking the rural two-lane roads where two-third’s of the country’s road deaths currently occur. Chrome yellow paint will be used. The yellow paint has the advantages that yellow is the most visible colour to the human eye, the paint resists fading and chemicals used to remove snow and ice from roads, and is reasonably’ low in cost. It. takes about 17 gallons of paint to put down a standard 4in to 6in wide road marking for one mile. United States highway experts have estimated that

800.000 miles of two-lane roads will need marking with yellow centre-lines at a cost of about s4om. About s2sm will be spent on putting down “no passing’’ lines at various danger points, and about 500,000 miles of edge-lines will be needed, at a cost of sl3sm. In most cases, the paint used will be of a reflecting type to give better visibility at night.