Types of Road Markings

 Road markings are a psychological barrier and an important marking of a highway which helps the drivers in guiding and controlling the traffic. It also channelizes the pedestrian’s and cyclists’ movement into a safe location ensuring the smooth and orderly flow of traffic and promoting road safety. Various types of machines are available with the Road marking machine dealers in Delhi.

• Traffic lane lines- The subdivision of wide carriageways into separate lanes on either side of the carriageway helps the driver to go straight without meandering to the wrong side. These traffic lane lines will eliminate confusion and facilitates turning movements at intersections, Traffic lane markings help in increasing the capacity of the road and ensure safety on road. The traffic lane lines are normally single broken lines of 100 mm width.

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• No passing zones are marked in yellow – No passing zones are based on summit curves, horizontal curves, and on two-lane and three-lane highways where overtaking manoeuvres are restricted because of low sight distance. It may be marked by a solid yellow line along the centre or a double yellow line. These solid lines are also called barrier lines. When a solid line is to the right of the broken line, the passing restriction shall apply only to the opposing traffic.  In the case of a double yellow line, the left-hand element may be a solid barrier line, the right hand may be either a broken line or a solid line.

•  Warning lines – Warning lines caution the drivers about the snag or obstacles ahead. They are broken lines with 6 m length and 3 m gap. A minimum of seven-line segments should be provided. They are marked on horizontal and vertical curves where the visibility is greater than the prohibitory criteria specified for no-overtaking zones by road marking and waterproofing machine dealers in Ghaziabad.

• Edge lines – Edge lines demonstrate edges of rural roads which have no kerbs to delineate the limits up to which the driver can safely venture. They should be at least 150 mm from the actual edge of the pavement. They are painted in yellow or white. To be visible at night is essential so these lines should be preferably light-reflective, Improved night visibility may also be obtained by the use of minute glass beads embedded in the pavement marking materials to produce a retroreflective surface.

• Transverse markings –These markings are marked across the direction of traffic like intersections etc. The site conditions and type of road play a very important role. The type of road marking for a particular intersection depends on several variables such as speed characteristics of the traffic, availability of space etc. Stop line-markings, markings for pedestrian crossing, direction arrows, etc. are some of the markings on approaches to intersections by road marking and Airless paint spray dealers in Delhi.

• Stop line – It shows the position beyond which the vehicles should not proceed when required to stop by control devices like signals or by traffic police. They should be placed either parallel to the intersecting roadway or at right angles to the direction of approaching vehicles.

• Pedestrian crossings – Pedestrian crossings are provided at places where the conflict between vehicular and pedestrian traffic is intense. The site should be selected so that there is less inconvenience to the pedestrians and also the vehicular traffic is not interrupted too much. At intersections, the pedestrian crossings should be preceded by a stop line at a distance of 2 to 3m for there are no signals at intersections and a distance of one metre for signalized intersections. The most commonly used pattern for pedestrian crossing is Zebra crossing consisting of equally spaced white strips 500 mm wide.

• Directional arrows – these can be used to guide the drivers in advance so that the correct lane can be taken while approaching busy intersections because of the low angle at which the markings are viewed by the drivers, the arrows should be elongated in the direction of traffic for adequate visibility.

• Object marking – These can be used to do away the physical obstructions in a carriageway like a traffic island or obstructions near the carriageway like signal posts, piers etc. that may cause a serious hazard to the flow of traffic. An adequate marking on the objects adjacent to the carriageway can be helpful.

• Objects within the carriageway – The obstructions within the carriageway such as traffic islands, raised medians, etc. may be marked by not less than five alternate black and yellow stripes. The stripes must slope forward at an angle of 45 concerning the direction of traffic with sufficient visibility.

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