Glassbead Test of Thermoplastic Types in Road Markings Reflection Level
Agus Sahri (a), Anton Budiharjo (b), Cahya Putra Dinata (c), Haryo Praseto Rintyo Nugroho (d), Rio Riswanda (e)
a) Polytechnic of Road Transport Safety, Tegal, Indonesia
Abstract
In improving the traffic management system in accordance with Law No. 22/2009, efficient and effective road infrastructure is needed which includes several aspects including safe, secure, fast and convenient. One such road infrastructure is road markings which have an important role in traffic especially the influence of the level of visibility generated by the road markings. This can affect the traffic especially at night where the level of visibilty produced by the markers is very influential on motorists. One of the factors that influence the lack of visibility level of the markers is the use of glassbead in the painting process. Therefore, it is necessary to study related to the use of glassbead levels on road markings, especially on thermoplastic markers where thermoplastic markers are widely used in several roads and conduct studies related to whether the visibility standards produced by these markers in the form of mark reflectivity levels are in accordance with field implementation.
Keywords: Thermoplastic, Glassbead, Reflektifity, Road Markings, Visibility
Topic: Transportation Safety