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Subject: Re: Catseyes Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:53:35 -0500


Tom P;1716426 Wrote:
> Well, summer time is over and as Europe plunges into winter darkness,
> I'm reminded that one of the few pleasant features of driving in
> Britain
> is the way that the catseyes let into the road surface light up the
> traffic lanes on the motorways and other major roads.
> I noticed recently in Spain that they have very clever catseyes that
> suddenly change colour as you drive past them. Here in Germany catseyes
>
> let into the road surface are unknown- on a dark rainy night, the road
> markings are almost invisible. The only use of catseyes is on perimeter
>
> posts.T.

Sorry to be ignorant on the matter. But what are these "catseyes"? Are
they reflector devices embedded in the roadway?

Thanks. -- Rik


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Rik Brown
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