Friday, October 4, 2013

Improve Accessibility In Your Premises With Asphalt Striping Contractors

By Rhea Solomon


Pavement marking is part of the ongoing management and maintenance of your parking lots, driveways, walkways, and pavements. An asphalt striping contractor will design and recommend the best type of stripe layout to meet your space requirement and overall pavement designing of your premises. By marking or striping asphalt pavements, you create signs and marks that guide motorists when using the road structures.

If your car park is not able to accommodate a large number of cars because of poor stall design layouts, a contractor may help paint the required spaces to meet your traffic needs. A pavement that is not striped hinders proper parking of vehicles. This limits the number of vehicles that can be pulled in the car space.

Striping car parks prevents unnecessary traffic jams because motorist can see the designated spaces where they are supposed to pull in their cars. Failure to stripe pavements means that the space is not utilized properly. You will have issues with your parking lot because accidents are likely to occur.

Every time they take a space for another car, they minimize the number of vehicles that could be parked at a time. This has some implications on the number of customers in your business. Few spaces mean fewer customers are visiting your premises. When other motorists drive in and find that your space is full, the drive out meaning you may be losing business.

Underutilized parking space hinders other motorists from parking and they will drive away when they cannot find stalls to pull in their cars. When motorists pull in cars in spaces designated for other cars, it lowers the number of cars that can be parked. There is wastage of space by the motorists and this happens often when there are no stripes on pavements.

If motorists cannot drive easily because of lack of lane stripes and signs, this could result to accidents. The marks on pavements show drivers where to slow down, not stop, and spaces to park. When you paint your driveway with signs and marks showing pedestrian crossing, bumps, turning points, sharp corners, and other stencil marks, it makes it easier for motorists to drive within the driveways.

In wet season, visibility of lanes can be improved with use of marks. Clearly visible paint marks on roads enhance safety of drivers and pedestrians. During the wet season, motorists are guided properly in their lanes by the marks. With a well-striped driveway, it prevents road accidents, enhances fast movements of cars, and prevents congestion.

With these angles, they give more space for the car to pull out making it easy for those who want to remove cars to be able to do that safely. The asphalt striping should also be compliant with the ADA equipments to limit your liability and offer accessibility to all people. To transform the appearance of pavements, an asphalt striping contractor can offer you the right designs and layouts that fit your business or home car park needs.




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