ASTM D4592-96

Standard Specification for Preformed Retroreflective Pavement Marking Tape for Limited Service Life

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers white or yellow preformed retroreflective pavement marking tapes that are designed to provide a service life of typically 3 to 6 months, and occasions of up to one year on roads with up to 15 000 average daily traffic count (ADT).
1.2 The tapes are intended for use as longitudinal, transverse or word/symbol pavement markings that provide delineation day and night. The tapes may be either removable or nonremovable.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Dec-2001
• ICS: 93.080.20 - Road construction materials
• Technical Committee: D04 - Road and Paving Materials
• Drafting Committee: D04.38 - Highway Traffic Control Materials

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM D4592-01 - Standard Specification for Preformed Retroreflective Pavement Marking Tape for Limited Service Life
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

NOTICE: This standard has either been superseded and replaced by a new version or
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Designation: D 4592 – 96
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Specification for
Preformed Plastic Pavement Marking Tape for Limited
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Service Life
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4592; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope this property being maintained over wide variations of the
direction of the incident radiation.
1.1 This specification covers white or yellow preformed
3.1.3 retroreflector—surface or device that reflects and
plastic pavement markings that are designed to provide a
returns a relatively high proportion of light in a direction close
service life of up to one year. The markings are intended for use
to the light source. This characteristic is maintained over a
as longitudinal, transverse or word/symbol pavement markings
wide variation of the angle made by the incident light ray and
that provide delineation day and night. The markings shall be
the normal to retroreflective surface.
either removable or nonremovable.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
4. Classification
standard.
4.1 Pavement marking material manufactured according to
this specification shall be identified as Type I or Type II:
2. Referenced Documents
4.1.1 Type I (Removable)—Marking materials, after serving
2.1 ASTM Standards:
the intended limited service life, shall be removable from
D 1000 Test Methods for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive
asphalt or portland cement concrete surfaces at pavement
Coated Tapes Used for Electrical and Electronic Insula-
temperatures above 4°C (40°F) intact or in pieces no less than
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tion
2 ft in length, either manually or with a mechanical device
D 4061 Test Method for Retroreflectance of Horizontal
without the use of heat, solvents, grinding, or blasting that
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Coatings
would damage or discolor the pavement so as to leave an
E 303 Test Method for Measuring Surface Frictional Prop-
impressed traffic lane mark.
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erties Using the British Pendulum Tester
4.1.2 Type II (Non-Removable)—This type of material shall
E 313 Practice for Calculating Yellowness and Whiteness
not be required to have removal characteristics as in 4.1.1.
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Indices from Instrumentally Measured Color Coordinates
2.2 Federal Standards:
5. General Requirements
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FHWA Highway Yellow Color Tolerance Chart P.R. No.1
5.1 The marking material shall be a reflective film coated
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Fed Std Test Method 141
with a pressure-sensitive adhesive with or without a protective
liner.
3. Terminology
5.2 The marking material shall adhere to asphalt or portland
3.1 Definitions:
cement concrete roadway surfaces when applied according to
3.1.1 limited service life or period—a minimum service
the manufacturer’s recommended procedures on pavement
period of three months when placed in accordance with the
surfaces having temperatures down to 10°C (50°F) at the time
manufacturers recommended procedures on pavement surfaces
of application.
having no more than 15 000 average daily traffic/lane.
5.3 The marking material shall be flexible and formable and
3.1.2 retroreflection—reflection in which radiation is re-
shall conform to the typical road pavement surface.
turned in directions close to the direction from which it came,
5.4 Immediately following application, the material shall
not require a cure or set time prior to opening to traffic.
1 5.5 The material as supplied shall be free of cracks, and
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-4 on Road
and Paving Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D 04.38on have true, straight, and unbroken edges.
Highway Traffic Control Materials.
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 1996. Published January 1997. Originally
6. Retroreflectance and Color
published as D 4592 – 86. Last previous edition D 4592 – 93.
2 6.1 The striping material shall be retroreflective, reflecting
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 10.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01. white or yellow, respectively, and shall be readily visible when
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.03.
viewed with automobile headlights at night and shall have
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Available from Hale Color Charts, 11765 Old Frederic Rd., Marriotsville, MD
minimum reflective values as shown in Table 1 when measured
21104.
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in accordance with the photometric testing procedures of Test
Available from Naval Publications and Forms Center, 5801 Tabor Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19120. Method D 4061. Reflective values shall be expressed as
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