Like driving through an alternate dimension.
The photoluminescent markings are part of a recently completed "trial run" by Tarmac Linemarking, a road construction company based in Victoria, Australia that's gotten some government funding to experiment with new road treatments. This test in particular spanned across a one kilometer stretch of highway in the southeast of Victoria.
As is the case with photoluminescent applications, the coating absorbs energy from light throughout the day and releases it during the night, giving the coating its glowing effect., the light should last "most of the night" after a sunny day, but they were pretty vague on how that might be affected by overcast weather. But at the very least, they should be glowing during dusk hours when troublemaking critters like deer come out of hiding and teeter around the roads.
And it has to be said, are glow-in-the-dark lane markings really any more effective or practical than the road reflectors already installed across countless streets and highways? Let’s not forget the already-in-use lane lines that boast, which shine back at drivers with the light received from their headlights.
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