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Couldn't some kind of luminescent paint be utilized instead?
by easy_rider 14y ago
Couldn't some kind of luminescent paint be utilized instead?
- Sandman 14y agoThat was my thought initially too, but I guess that if the crossing was shining all the time, drivers would simply start ignoring it after a while. The fact that the crossing lights up when pedestrians are allowed to cross acts as a visual cue for the drivers to stop.
- mobweb 14y agoIn Switzerland we add small pearls to the paint when marking a zebra crossing. The pearls reflect the light from the cars. http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/SwarovskiPerlen-lassen-Zebrastreifen-funkeln/story/10724404 http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/SwarovskiPe...