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    The document is a civil engineering assignment submitted by Saad Irfan discussing traffic markings and signs. It covers longitudinal markings like centerlines and lane lines that provide guidance for vehicle placement. It also discusses transverse markings like stop lines and crosswalks. Finally, it notes that Pakistan's road signs follow the British system but are bilingual in Urdu and English, and sometimes other local languages. It acknowledges complaints that road signs are not always up to date in some parts of the country.

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    The document is a civil engineering assignment submitted by Saad Irfan discussing traffic markings and signs. It covers longitudinal markings like centerlines and lane lines that provide guidance for vehicle placement. It also discusses transverse markings like stop lines and crosswalks. Finally, it notes that Pakistan's road signs follow the British system but are bilingual in Urdu and English, and sometimes other local languages. It acknowledges complaints that road signs are not always up to date in some parts of the country.

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    The document is a civil engineering assignment submitted by Saad Irfan discussing traffic markings and signs. It covers longitudinal markings like centerlines and lane lines that provide guidance for vehicle placement. It also discusses transverse markings like stop lines and crosswalks. Finally, it notes that Pakistan's road signs follow the British system but are bilingual in Urdu and English, and sometimes other local languages. It acknowledges complaints that road signs are not always up to date in some parts of the country.

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    The document is a civil engineering assignment submitted by Saad Irfan discussing traffic markings and signs. It covers longitudinal markings like centerlines and lane lines that provide guidance for vehicle placement. It also discusses transverse markings like stop lines and crosswalks. Finally, it notes that Pakistan's road signs follow the British system but are bilingual in Urdu and English, and sometimes other local languages. It acknowledges complaints that road signs are not always up to date in some parts of the country.

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    ASSIGNMENT: 4

    SUBMITTED BY: SAAD IRFAN


    ROLL NUMBER: BSCE01163223
    SECTION: A
    SUBMITTED TO: SIR ABDUL AZIZ
    AL-MAKKAH
    [Company name]
    [Date]

    CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


    1. TRAFFIC MARKINGS:
    Road surface marking is any kind of device or material that is used on a road surface in
    order to convey official information; they are commonly placed with road marking
    machines (or road marking equipment, pavement marking equipment). They can also be
    applied in other facilities used by vehicles to mark parking spaces or designate areas for
    other uses.
    Road surface markings are used on paved roadways to provide guidance and information
    to drivers and pedestrians. Uniformity of the markings is an important factor in
    minimizing confusion and uncertainty about their meaning, and efforts exist to
    standardize such markings across borders. However, countries and areas categorize and
    specify road surface markings in different ways—white lines are called white lines
    mechanical, non-mechanical, or temporary. They can be used to delineate traffic lanes,
    inform motorists and pedestrians or serve as noise generators when run across a road, or
    attempt to wake a sleeping driver when installed in the shoulders of a road. Road surface
    marking can also indicate regulation for parking and stopping.
    There is continuous effort to improve the road marking system, and technological
    breakthroughs include adding retro reflectivity, increasing longevity, and lowering
    installation cost.

    1.1) Longitudinal Markings:


    Longitudinal markings are those marking placed parallel to the direction of travel.
    The vast majority of longitudinal marking involve centerlines, lane lines and
    pavement edge lines.
    Longitudinal markings provide guidance for the placement of vehicles on the
    travelled way. These type of markings provide for organized flow and optimal use
    of the pavement width.
    1.2) Traverse Markings:
    It includes all marking with a component that cuts across a portion or all of the
    travelled way. When used all traverse markings are white. It includes following,
     Stop line
     Cross walk markings
     Parking space markings
     Word and symbol markings
     Other traverse markings

    2. TRAFFIC SIGNS:
    Road signs in Pakistan are modelled on the British road sign system, with an exceptional
    difference being that they are bilingual and contain messages in Urdu, the national
    language, and English, and in some cases, the local regional or provincial languages.
    Pakistan drives on the left side of the road and follows the left-hand traffic system.
    Vehicles must be overtaken on their right.
    There have often been complaints about road signs and infrastructure not being up to
    date in some parts of the country, with a traffic report in 2008 disclosing that local
    governments in many cases have not addressed damaged, vanished or outdated road
    regulatory signs. In Lahore alone, the report estimated that at least Rs. 800 million were
    required to furnish all scanty road signs in the city.

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