The Road safety It is a really important issue, since this concept depends millions of lives on those drivers that are flashed by Spanish roads. In this way, it is understood that The General Directorate of Traffic strives to improve the circulation and safety of vehicles behind the wheel.
To do this, it is important to listen to the main traffic agency mentioned above and respect the consolidated circulation standards in the Official State Gazette. Specifically, the General Regulation of Circulation and the Traffic Law.
What are the black lines that appear on the road?
However, no matter how much you respect circulation rules, there are road situations that are disconcerting and to know how to react to them avoid accidents or other possible inconveniences on the road.
In this case we are talking about a series of Black lines that appear on the road. It is enough to travel a little about the Spanish geography to meet one of these lines. Sometimes they form a kind of web or drawings without any apparent form.
Now, its meaning has a well explained reason. According to a study of the Spanish Road Association (AEC), 52% of interurban Spanish roads- excluding toll roads- almost 55,000 kilometers, have serious or very serious deterioration.
This repair requires an investment of 13,491 million euros. Amount calculated taking into account the price increase of raw materials, energy and personnel.
In this way, repairing a road that has been cracked can get quite expensive. Therefore, Operators instead of carrying out the traditional road sanitation formpreparing a joint between the old and the new asphalt, What they do is screaming.
According to the General Secretariat of Infrastructure, It is defined as stammed of cracks in the holdness layers, the hot application, of a sealing product on the cracks object of the treatmentin a width not less than 5 cm and with a thickness not less than 3mm, establishing a stagnant bridge between its edges, plus coverage.
If you touch this sealed you will realize that It is a conglomerate that looks like plasticine And what it does is join the two parts in which the scream has occurred, serving as a road repair form.
Why do they recommend not stepping on the black lines to the road
It is recommended as much as possible be careful with these cracks and not step on them. This occurs, because The adhesion of this material is different from that of the asphalt and if you pass over the tire could skidespecially if you go on a motorcycle.
Something similar to what happens with pedestrians steps occurs when non -slip paint is not used. Some autonomous communities and municipalities opt for these types of measures and to save on costs acquire a lower quality product. So when you see it, be careful and avoid as far as possible over to minimize damage and/or accidents.