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Old 07-12-2015, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear View Post
Just for the record, I have a graduate degree in transportation engineering, worked in the field for over thirty years, and have excellent vision, including night-vision. I have never had a significant problem driving our trails. That being said...

I have driven paths at night that made it very difficult to see path boundaries and approaching medians. Especially considering the nature of our population, I think the markings have value and are a reasonable use of our money.
I do believe there are certain areas on some paths where the boundary of the path and grass are hard to determine especially on rainy nights and there are areas where the drainage is not to good and large puddles form. Some of those puddles you can't see till you are right up on them.