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ROADWAY PAVEMENT MARKINGS

A R Laver

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THE COMMITTEE ON ROADWAY PAVEMENT MARKINGS WAS FORMED IN 1949 AS A RESULT OF REQUESTS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS, BOTH INDICATING A NEED FOR RESEARCH ON THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND COLORS FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS IN NO-PASSING ZONES. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE STATES AND MEXICO AND CANADA TO ASCERTAIN CURRENT PRACTICES. A SET OF QUESTIONS HAS BEEN DRAWN UP THAT WILL BE USED IN THE COMING YEAR TO REACH JUDGMENTS OF MERIT.

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THE COMMITTEE ON ROADWAY PAVEMENT MARKINGS WAS FORMED IN 1949 AS A RESULT OF REQUESTS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS, BOTH INDICATING A NEED FOR RESEARCH ON THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND COLORS FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS IN NO-PASSING ZONES. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE STATES AND MEXICO AND CANADA TO ASCERTAIN CURRENT PRACTICES. A SET OF QUESTIONS HAS BEEN DRAWN UP THAT WILL BE USED IN THE COMING YEAR TO REACH JUDGMENTS OF MERIT.

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THE COMMITTEE ON ROADWAY PAVEMENT MARKINGS WAS FORMED IN 1949 AS A RESULT OF REQUESTS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS, BOTH INDICATING A NEED FOR RESEARCH ON THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND COLORS FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS IN NO-PASSING ZONES. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE STATES AND MEXICO AND CANADA TO ASCERTAIN CURRENT PRACTICES. A SET OF QUESTIONS HAS BEEN DRAWN UP THAT WILL BE USED IN THE COMING YEAR TO REACH JUDGMENTS OF MERIT.

Key concepts: Transport engineering, State highway, Joint (building), State (computer science), Road traffic, Control (management), Set (abstract data type), Civil engineering

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