Road marking

The language of the road safety To save lives

Jean Lalo PROSIGN SOMARO COLAS Group

TAIEX - Budapest - 27 June 2007 Jean Lalo International Road Federation, Geneva, PROSIGN/SOMARO a COLAS Group company

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Road marking for different end users

Ageing driver population across Europe Heavy good vehicles Motocyclists Cyclists Pedestrians Police forces

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Retroreflectivity Levels

600

300

200

150

100

50

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Main functions of the road marking

Delineation Stop and go Give way instruction Overtaking or not Two lanes to one lane Inter-vehicle distance Parking zone or no parking Speed indication Direction One way Pedestrian crossing
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Additional functions of road marking

Wake up sleeping drivers through audible warning Works zone hazards Toll parking zones Bus lanes Cycle paths Unpaired people guidance Communication Teaching Airports
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Requirements of road marking

Day visibility ie whiteness/contrast Night visibility ie retroflectivity Wet night visibility (humid/rain) Anti-skid

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Consequences of a faulty/not visible road marking

Wrong message: stop Accident: delineation Bad driving behaviour: overtaking

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Road marking and environment

Made of chemicals products Chemical hazards REACH directive (Registration Evaluation Authorisation of Chemicals)

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Road marking and European Norms

CEN TC 226 / WG 2 -1990s Road marking standards published since 1997 Performance standards in EN 1436:
Retroreflectivity (RL dry, RW wet, RR rain) Skid (SRT skid resistance test =PTV pendulum test value) Day visibility (QD) Colour (x,y):white-yellow
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Retroreflectivity
Beads embedment
We t le vel b in d er Dry lev el

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Different assesment of durability road markings

EN 1824: road trials EN 12790: wear simulators EN 12802: laboratory tests

On going discussions about equivalence Revision of the different European norms

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Family of road marking materials

Paints (0,4 to 0,8Kg/m2) Thermoplastics (2 to 5Kg/m2) Two-components (2 to 3Kg/m2) Preformed tapes (3 to 6Kg/m2)

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Atrributes of the road marking materials

Durability Drying time Weather window of application Price Impacts to the health and to the environment

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Different type of applications

High/small capacity Hand applied/self propelled Speed of application

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Maintenance of road marking

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Assesment of road marking

Regular audits High capacity measurement:
Ecodyn equipement type for retroflectivity Griptester equipment type for skid resistance

Management of road marking: homogeneity,

savings

Implementation audits
IMAGE type of video inventory
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The past and the future

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Road marking
The language of the road safety To save lives

Jean Lalo e-mail: lalo@siege.somaro.fr PROSIGN/SOMARO a COLAS Group company

Jean Lalo PROSIGN/SOMARO a COLAS Group company

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