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Roadway safety warning system and method of making same

  • US 5,873,674 A
  • Filed: 12/05/1996
  • Issued: 02/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A roadway safety warning system adapted to be applied to a roadway surface in a roadway complex, comprising:

  • a) a chevron marking means secured to the roadway surface at a predetermined distance from a roadway intersection where one or more drivers of vehicles are contemplating turning across at least one lane of traffic;

    b) said chevron marking means having a lead stripe with a reflective material of a color other than the color of the roadway surface; and

    c) said lead stripe is readily observable by a vehicle driver in the vehicles traveling on the roadway surface into the roadway intersection and a vehicle driver stopped at a stop sign adjacent the roadway intersection;

    whereby the vehicle drivers are visually alerted to the fact of approaching a potentially dangerous roadway intersection with vehicles possibly turning across one'"'"'s path of travel.

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