Talk:Road surface marking

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[edit] Reference to U.S. Standards

I added reference and links to U.S. standards. I'd love to see other standards treated likewise and perhaps a separate section listing them all. MARussellPESE 17:15, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs to be deleted or merged out of existence

Yo---it looks like we need to delete or merge this mess. We already have excellent articles (all of which were partially researched and written by moi) on Lane, Cat's eye (road), and Raised pavement marker. The reason we cannot have a single article for Pavement marker (roads) is that all English language dialects outside of North America interpret "pavement" to mean what North Americans call a "sidewalk." This was the cause of much controversy in the Cat's eye article (please review the HUGE debate on that article's talk page) and the eventual reason for why it was split up into the two articles that exist now.

Also, the correct term is Botts' dot, not Bot dot, as indicated by all of the articles I have cited in the Raised pavement marker article. --Coolcaesar 01:30, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I just did a search on "road marker" and this article (Pavement marker (roads)) shot to the top. I had to dig through Lane to find the Road marking article, which is far superior. I see now that this article (Pavement marker (roads)) is redundant and should go. MARussellPESE 13:11, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Centre white line

This article says that the idea was pioneered in California. However, I have a source that claims the first white line was painted in Sutton Coldfield, England in 1921.

Source: The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History, Douglas V. Jones, 1994, Westwood Press (ISBN 0-9502636-7-2)

Seeing as this article has no reference to the claims, then wouldn't this be more appropriate? Or should it be outlined that the claim to who pioneered the central white line is contested? - Erebus555 12:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

  • If you have a reference, I'd list that. Do use the {{Cite book}} for the inline cite. A referenced cite has standing. If you can't find a cite for the current one, it may not be correct. If someone later finds a source to support the previous claim then it can be listed as the first and yours as the first in Europe, Vegaswikian 18:16, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pedestrian Crossings in UK

zebra crossing with zig-zag markings
zebra crossing with zig-zag markings

The article currently says that zig-zag markings identify pedestrian crossings but that pedestrians are prohibited from crossing there. Is this a typo or does it just need to be explained better? Strandist 17:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Reference added (or see the picture on the right) TiffaF 11:00, 25 July 2007 (UTC)