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Loose chippings can be picked up by tyres and damage them, or may be spun off to become high speed missiles, which may injure or damage other persons or vehicles on the road. Loose chippings may accumulate on verges, where they may choke drainage channels. [1] In many countries, road signs are put up, requiring vehicles to drive at a low speed ...
European road sign indicating danger of loose chippings. Stone damage , or stone-chip , is the damage that gravel and small stones can make to a vehicle . Stone damage is most common on roads on which the allowed speed exceeds 70 km/h (43 mph; 19 m/s), since stones stuck in the tires come loose at that speed and fly away with such a speed that ...
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This succeeded two earlier editions — Traffic Signs Manual 2010 [3] and Traffic Signs Manual 1996. [4] ... Loose Chippings. WK 074 Soft Verge. WK 080 Pedestrians ...
"Road metal" later became the name of stone chippings mixed with tar to form the road-surfacing material tarmac. A road of such material is called a " metalled road " in Britain, a " paved road " in Canada and the US, or a " sealed road " in parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Gravel (/ ˈ ɡ r æ v əl /) is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally on Earth as a result of sedimentary and erosive geological processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone. Gravel is classified by particle size range and includes size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments.
Chipping is a prefix used in a number of place names in England, probably derived from ceapen, an Old English word meaning 'market', although the meaning may alternatively derive from (or via) the Medieval English word chepynge, meaning 'long market square'.
The newest signs built after 2016 have increasingly resumed the use of Transport; some signs on recently completed expressways use Transport Heavy on dark backgrounds. Writing system on the traffic signs comprises British English and traditional Chinese characters , two official languages of Hong Kong, in an order of English above Traditional ...