This Simple White Line Is America’s Greatest Unsung Innovation

Huh. I never thought about it for its intended purpose. And I've never been particularly plagued by any abundance of fog. It's probably something I've relied on from time to time without ever realizing it like the article said.

I wish there were a paint to keep lines from disappearing in the rain. I know about the refractive beads etc but the lines are still hard to see in the wet.

I'm curious about the arrow that reminds the driver on which side is the filler door. I've never seen it or even heard of it before now. But then I don't need it as my DB5 has filler doors on both sides.
 
ST Gui said:
I wish there were a paint to keep lines from disappearing in the rain. I know about the refractive beads etc but the lines are still hard to see in the wet.
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Reading you loud and clear... 🙄

Prior we had to join that EC all our center lines were yellow, with tiny glass beads added that acted as reflectors when getting hit by headlights during dusk, dark or dawn...
In the winter that yellow even partially shined through thin layers snow and sleet on the road, enabling drivers to still keep within their lane during those odd conditions...

But now we have white lines, and for environmental reasons no glass beads added, during daytime they completely wash out on the light gray tarmac, during rain they vanish due the gray sky reflecting on the wet surface, and at night the headlight glare from oncoming traffic fades out anything anyway...

I miss our yellow, reflecting lines...
 
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