Any road markings that road authorities will specify for their project will look good when first applied, but how long will they stay that way? How will they perform in daylight or nighttime? What about in bad weather? How soon will they need to be replaced?
If this sounds familiar to you, find out how specifying 3M Road Markings will give you peace of mind: they look good when applied and perform great for years to come.
Find out more about 3M™ Stamark™ Road Marking Tapes and Elements and why they should be part of your plan.
Here is a link to a video showing the 5 easy application steps for 3M™ Stamark™ series A380 tape.
We hope it will give inspiration to your project's challenges.
To ensure that drivers and machine vision systems will continue to accurately detect your road markings for years to come, they need to offer stable, persistent performance. This means they must retain their luminance, contrast, and wet retroreflectivity over time.
It’s critical that human drivers and machine vision systems can detect road markings in all conditions — including when it’s raining and the roads are wet. Road markings that deliver continuous wet retroreflectivity can be reliably seen in wet conditions.
Consistent contrast and brighter road markings help enable lane detection for human and automated drivers, creating a safer driving environment.
With high index optics, microcrystalline ceramic beads, durable components and advanced adhesives, our road markings are designed to help make roadways more visible.
Get the durability, wet reflectivity and high-contrast visibility you need to help make roads easier and safer to navigate. These preformed reflective tapes are for permanent applications such as lane and centre lines, edge lines, gore markings, crosswalks, stop bars, symbols and legends.
Up to 3X brighter than standard markings after 15 months.¹
Raise your visibility. Durable and highly-reflective 3M road studs are used for longitudinal lines and markings on asphalt or concrete surfaces. These lightweight, impact-resistant markers are suitable for all weather conditions.
3M™ Reflective Elements feature unique 3M™ microcrystalline ceramic beads which are tougher and more efficient than other glass-beaded optic systems. They offer superior performance and can be optimised for both dry and wet conditions.
3M's reflective road marking products are all about ease of application and fantastic performance. The 3M™ Stamark™ road marking tape makes it much easier to add line markings to roads. Permanent road marking tapes have been proven throughout Europe as a bright, long-lasting alternative to thermoplastic road marking or road marking paint that is also much easier to work with.
A high performance preformed white road marking tape, specially developed for long term applications on highways and other roads which require premium safety and unsurpassed durability. It offers retained day and night brightness, retro-reflectivity, skid resistance and durable whiteness.
Help improve safety with 3M advanced road marking tape. Its durable, all-weather performance help deliver visibility day, night and during rain. Their 2.4 index optics provide continuous wet reflectivity.
Did you know that on average, we only do 25% of our driving at night, yet 50% of traffic deaths happen after dark?² And when you add rain, the chances of getting into a crash increase.
As traffic engineers, your challenge is to make roadways safer especially when drivers need it most. At night during rainy conditions, non-wet reflective road markings disappear, leading to reduced driver visibility³. Applying reflective road markings may be one of the last things you do when completing your road project, but they’re a first step in helping to improve safety, reduce crashes and save lives.
This eBook will help you understand the benefits of wet retroreflective road markings and why the kind of road markings you choose matter.
Here is the link to your eBook on Wet Retroreflectivity for Road Markings (PDF, 1.22 MB).
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Find answers to some of our frequently asked questions about reflective road markings.
3M™ Stamark™ Road Marking Tape is a self-adhesive, preformed tape, manufactured under constant quality control. Unlike paint, it is ready to apply without sophisticated equipment. It is less dependent on applicator skills as there is no mixing on-site.
Time-saving and cost-efficient: In contrast to liquid markings, a 3M Road Marking Tape can be applied during asphalt installation processes. Ultra-fast to apply in a single pass with no drying time, its installation limits the number of workers present on the road for increased crew safety.
Exceptional durability: 3M Road Marking Tapes optimise replacement cycles and reduce maintenance costs over the lifetime of the road. Contact us to find out more!
Elements to consider when choosing a road marking solution are: remaining lifetime of the road surface, traffic density, legal requirements, restrictions on noise emissions and many more.
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Yes! Temporary tapes are a great way to install visual guidance in workzones for the time the workzone is on the road.
After roadworks are finished, temporary tapes can be removed manually to protect the road surface from damage. Contact us to find out more!
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