Stripes on the road

Google: "history of edge lines on roads"

I think the white stripe at the edge is important for rural roads. The first time I drove in California (80's) I found the reflectors to be very nice, especially at night or if wet.

The paint that should be used for both the yellow and the white has some kind of reflective particles in it, aiui.

Many rural roads in my area have no shoulder so the white line can be important. If you go off, you may go into a ditch. One day, after a heavy rain, I saw a car that went off the road and the water was a bit above the bottom of the windows.

I once drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on a dark, winter friday night. They'd just repaved I-15 and the had not yet painted the lane markings. A sudden thunderstorm near the Nevada border resulted in zero visibility and without the lines, one could only follow taillights and hope the leader stayed on the road.

I've heard them called "fog lines". Meant to help driving in foggy weather.

Well, you got to get to those tables, come hell or high water.

You mean the "fog line"??? Arounf heara lot of them are reflective white paint

The problem up here is they are useless when the road is covered on SNOW

That's a good idea.

Another thing here is speed bumps. They have lots of kinds and some really shake up the car, or truck. People slow down to 3mph. Most are painted yellow but the paint fades, especially with people driving over it. I sometimes don't see them. Usually there are 2 or 3, one as you arrive at a busy area and one as you leave, and maybe another.

I've only driven 12 miles in Honduras and only went over maybe 2 speed bumps, maybe the same one twice, but I liked it better. Not a tooth-loosener.

Actually, I was headed to a 'pre' wake for a friend who was dying from liver cancer. I don't gamble, but he was already up $20k when I arrived, and won another 9k on $50 video poker just after I arrived (four queens). He did get us all comp'ed into the Desert Inn.

Another great addition is rumble strips along with the white lines. They probably wake up a lot of sleepy drivers.

They have an inadvertent problem. The depressions capture runoff which evaporates to create a salt lick. Then the big horn sheep and other animals are lured to their deaths.

It is a shame that all those nice things people say about someone are usually after he dies and can't hear them. Or just that that's when people show up, when the dead cannot see them (or so I've heard).

The nice things said are for the living, not the dead.