The machine marks out where white lines need to be painted on motorways and major A-roads much quicker than humans, according to Highways England. It recently pre-marked eight miles of the M6 in Staffordshire in just four hours whereas it would normally take two engineers more than a week to complete the same task.
Seriously though.if It takes 2 men a week to paint 8 miles of lines.
That’s 4 miles each in a week. Less than a mile a day.
And you wonder why roadworks take so long.
edd1974:
Robots are painting lines on Britain's motorways and cutting down on traffic jams | Metro NewsThe machine marks out where white lines need to be painted on motorways and major A-roads much quicker than humans, according to Highways England. It recently pre-marked eight miles of the M6 in Staffordshire in just four hours whereas it would normally take two engineers more than a week to complete the same task.
Seriously though.if It takes 2 men a week to paint 8 miles of lines.
That’s 4 miles each in a week. Less than a mile a day.
And you wonder why roadworks take so long.
4 miles a week [emoji36]
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edd1974:
Robots are painting lines on Britain's motorways and cutting down on traffic jams | Metro NewsThe machine marks out where white lines need to be painted on motorways and major A-roads much quicker than humans, according to Highways England. It recently pre-marked eight miles of the M6 in Staffordshire in just four hours whereas it would normally take two engineers more than a week to complete the same task.
Seriously though.if It takes 2 men a week to paint 8 miles of lines.
That’s 4 miles each in a week. Less than a mile a day.
And you wonder why roadworks take so long.
When you factor it’s not just the lane markers they’re talking about, but all the arrows, text, and everything else that gets painted onto the road, which all has to be measured (and I assume you need two fellas just to hold a tape measure or a string or whatever), then a mile a day doesn’t seem so bad.
drover:
edd1974:
Robots are painting lines on Britain's motorways and cutting down on traffic jams | Metro NewsThe machine marks out where white lines need to be painted on motorways and major A-roads much quicker than humans, according to Highways England. It recently pre-marked eight miles of the M6 in Staffordshire in just four hours whereas it would normally take two engineers more than a week to complete the same task.
Seriously though.if It takes 2 men a week to paint 8 miles of lines.
That’s 4 miles each in a week. Less than a mile a day.
And you wonder why roadworks take so long.4 miles a week [emoji36]
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That’s good going bearing in mind the number of knee pads you’d get through and having a small brush. 