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We pretty much take road marking for granted. They’ve been there ever since the road was built and whenever they get too worn out, they magically get a refresh overnight.
They’re part of the road just as much as the gravel and tar that go into its composition, and we can’t think of driving without including them as well.
In fact, try going up an unmarked road at night and you’ll soon find out that all the xenon, LED or laser technology won’t be of much help, and you’ll still be going slower than a car with halogen lamps on a marked road.
But it’s not magic that puts paint on the road in certain shapes - there isn’t a Hogwarts for road markings. No, it’s a machine that does it. An automated device functioning based on ones and zeroes with no mind of its own that only does as instructed. Well, that’s half true. But it’s the other part we’re interested in.
You see, there are very few things that don’t involve creativity or decision making that machines can’t do better than us, humans. Placing a “Bus stop” sign on the asphalt isn’t one of them. If you build such a device with this purpose in mind, it will be more exact, more precise and probably faster than the man in the clip you’re about to see.
It would also be a waste of space and a very unprofitable investment. Sometimes, having an experienced man (well, in this case two) on the job is a lot more useful and convenient. Not to mention a great deal more enjoyable to watch in action.
You’ve probably seen those guys replicating famous logos with a wide tip marker pen and a few tricks like rotating the paper to get the perfect circle. Well, this is very similar, apart from the rotating the medium part (even though, technically, the Earth is spinning, just not relative to our man).
The ease with which he moves is testament to the many years of experience he has, as is the seamless understanding the two have between each other. And all they need is a long piece of wood, a bucket of fast dry paint and some sort of brush. Oh, and tons of skill.
In fact, try going up an unmarked road at night and you’ll soon find out that all the xenon, LED or laser technology won’t be of much help, and you’ll still be going slower than a car with halogen lamps on a marked road.
But it’s not magic that puts paint on the road in certain shapes - there isn’t a Hogwarts for road markings. No, it’s a machine that does it. An automated device functioning based on ones and zeroes with no mind of its own that only does as instructed. Well, that’s half true. But it’s the other part we’re interested in.
You see, there are very few things that don’t involve creativity or decision making that machines can’t do better than us, humans. Placing a “Bus stop” sign on the asphalt isn’t one of them. If you build such a device with this purpose in mind, it will be more exact, more precise and probably faster than the man in the clip you’re about to see.
It would also be a waste of space and a very unprofitable investment. Sometimes, having an experienced man (well, in this case two) on the job is a lot more useful and convenient. Not to mention a great deal more enjoyable to watch in action.
You’ve probably seen those guys replicating famous logos with a wide tip marker pen and a few tricks like rotating the paper to get the perfect circle. Well, this is very similar, apart from the rotating the medium part (even though, technically, the Earth is spinning, just not relative to our man).
The ease with which he moves is testament to the many years of experience he has, as is the seamless understanding the two have between each other. And all they need is a long piece of wood, a bucket of fast dry paint and some sort of brush. Oh, and tons of skill.
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