Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce derailment

Re:Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce dera... by throw1234567891 on Saturday July 18, 2026 @12:28PM (#48959549)

Paint is usually slippery. There are special standards for how slippery a paint painted on the tarmac can be. But it’s calculated for cars, not racing bicycles with teeny-weeny tires. Could have been easily the paint.

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Re:Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce dera... by olyjohn on Saturday July 18, 2026 @01:41PM (#48960301)

I mean, one of the first things they teach in motorcycle safety classes is that the road stripes are slippery and could cause a crash, especially in the rain. Even if there us a standard for how slippery it can be, it still doesn't match the traction of the road surface.

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Re:Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce dera... by NetMageSCW on Sunday July 19, 2026 @03:07AM (#48965641)

Perhaps they should have used some type of traction paint.

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Re:Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce dera... by throw1234567891 on Sunday July 19, 2026 @06:22PM (#48972203)

There are other problems with that in wet conditions.

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