Introduction

Many factors influence the performance of a given pavement marking material. The major factors can be grouped into three categories:
  • roadway surface
  • traffic
  • environmental.
Each category plays a factor in the performance of nearly every pavement marking material. Therefore, each of the categories should play a role in the material selection process. For any material, it is absolutely necessary that the pavement surface be
clean and dry
prior to marking placement to achieve proper pavement marking performance.