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Ive always wondered why the road centre lines changed from yellow to white ? eg. no overtaking on double yellow lines.well now its double white lines.Was it a safety thing,white being more visable or maybe a cost thing cheaper to do all lines white? One more question is what year did it start changing? Edited by user Monday, 31 January 2011 1:12:36 AM(UTC)
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It says edited by me, as I moved this to the "pub" section, out of the buy/sell area where you accidentally posted it.
That's a very good question. Considering that everything else was painted white, could it have been a cost saving exercise?
Another thought I had - they mix glass beads into the "paint" these days - which is actually more of a polymer that is heated to melt it, applied in it's molten form, and then once cooled it forms a much more resilient line marker than traditional paint. The glass beads embedded in the polymer give it excellent reflective qualities.
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Thanks Mick,im a bit of a novice on the computer.
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I would say that it's either a cost saving thing by the NSW government or just a way to conform as VIC always had double white lines.
NSW still has double yellow lines on some roads which they have not touched in 20+ years (steadily getting fewer) and where it snows they still use yellow as it contrasts with the snow.
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