Road paint 'patch test'

BCRA has been invited to do a small 'patch test' of the road paints in preparation for the larger test. This will be done within a parking bay mainly to test the appearance of the paint on the road surface and how well the colours work, not to test its resilience or the pattern in the roadway itself. This will happen in the next few weeks and BCRA committee will be conducting it. The test will consist of a range of hand-mixed tennis-court paint colours within the terra-cotta/ochre range that may or may not appear in the larger paint test.

Child-shaped bollards help slow traffic

Just to show creative the authorites are starting to become when it comes to traffic-caliming, I thought I'd post this item from 13 August. Child-shaped bollards that give the impression they are about to cross the road are the latest attempt by a council to slow drivers as they pass local schools.

The steel mannequins cost £350 each and have been placed outside Avenue Primary School in Leicester to help enforce a 20mph speed limit.

A spokesperson for the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) said: “Any measure that highlights the importance of slow speeds outside schools is welcome. The danger faced by children is highlighted by the fact that one of these bollards has already been knocked over.”

http://www.eta.co.uk/2009/08/13/child-shaped-bollards-help-slow-traffic