Caltrans to Restripe 1,027 Lane Miles of Highway 101

edhat ^ | April 27, 2018 | Caltrans

[Scrambler Bob]

Bilingual?

Horrors, it might be White!

[Scrambler Bob]

Your prediction is completely wrong.
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Not completely.

Any unexpected car sideways slippage might cause the driver to overcompensate.

And, how about motorcycle tires?

[Wuli]

California, like New York is a great state for civil engineering type construction outfits. You get the engineering class to claim there is a severe need, and the unions to push the pols they elected, and all the contractors have to do is wait a bit and the legislature will deliver - more work for everyone.

I have lived in the NY Metro area a long time.

There is a Highway, I-495, with the title of Long Island Expressway. In over four decades I have never known a time when some section of it was not being rebuilt. I have NEVER driven it without construction interference somewhere. It’s like a highway that is never finished. Fantastic business for the construction industry.

[glennaro]

And many drivers are too busy texting to even notice the lane markers ... Hey! There oughtta be a law!!

[artichokegrower]

I think it should be a bi-cultural, multiracial, multilingual, LGBQT stripe but anything other than white which would denote white privilege. Maybe a black stripe on the black pavement to honor Black Lives Matter. Knowing California all of this is possible.

[Scrambler Bob]

You triggered a memory.

I have seen rainbow striped crosswalks in LA.

[Henchster]

Having spent years on the racetrack exploring the absolute limits of adhesion on both four wheels and two, it is easy for me to recognize you know nothing about the physics of traction. I won’t even bother explaining to you the different coefficients of friction between the two materials, the percentage of contact patch, or the water film thickness.

[no-s]

Your prediction is completely wrong....The slickness is a complete safety non issue.

frankly, having driven a lot of highway miles in the rain, I'm tempted to discount your assurances and go with the prediction. A lot of folks drive too fast in the rain relying on their technology to save them, but the force when the contact patch on one side goes from slip to stick is significant and could cause a veer or momentary loss of directional control. Combine that with the way people drive on 101 and wow. Plus it's not all going to be gaps, they will probably stripe their solid white lines the same way.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I recall an eye-opening sign on Highway 1 in the '60s:

63 MILES OF BAD ROAD AHEAD
NOT PATROLLED AT NIGHT.
PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK

[Larry Lucido]

Wide lanes are the way to go.

[Gamecock]

Hey, look at this. Wide lanes. This is so luxurious. Woo, yeah.

[Henchster]

Here's a vid of what wet lines will do - even to F1 cars. Both Palmer and Raikkonen touch the wet lines and away she goes.

Wet F1 Crashes

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Which makes me wonder, will highway departments have to return to the southern/western style triple-stripe centerlines for head-to-head traffic to stop automated vehicles from crashing?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I’ve read that some highway departments use tiny glass beads in some striping to increase reflectivity.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

What I'm talking aboout is still done in South Africa and the Philippines.