Why LA Streets Are Being Painted White
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2017
- White streets are helping to keep Los Angeles cool.
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It's gonna turn black eventually from all the dirt anyways
crooked weekly cleaning there more jobs
It's not just about the color
Unless their next idea is white dirt
cause people usually don't drive on the lines. and if they do, they don't get dirty so easily because they have a very smooth surface. regular road markings have to be different from the paint shown in this video though. regular road markings are pretty slippery for rubber when they are wet so the whole street would get slippery as hell when it rains. the paint therefore has to be rougher, and rougher means that it accumulates dirt easier...
my flags upsidedown Yellow can be
yall better be powerwashing the streets everyday
bean ikr
bean true
Tru (how many armys reply to this army)
I am Jungshook wot
Insomnia Addict fun armys!
Give it 5 years those roads will be brown
more like a week!!! lol
아래이 I'll give it a 20 minutes la traffic
A couple hours
A few minutes
A few seconds
As a result, people cannot open their eyes at daytime.
Ahhh yes, the random internet guy that knows the exact problem of something that an engineering, development and all those other departments couldn't see or solve with all their knowledge and know-how. How marvelous to see such a genius dismantle an entire process with just one quick and simple thought.
Luppiter Because $34 million worth of balls was a good idea to "save" 2 million in water cost. LA must not have had any engineers, development or any other departments involved in that project. Luppiter have you ever looked into snow blindness? Or been on a vast expanse of white sand? Or was the pigtail lightbulb a good idea in below zero weather? Spoiler, the bulb glows like a match instead of a lightbulb. This paint job seems like it might have been part of the movie Idiocracy that current politicians have deemed to be a good idea. Keep thinking.
This is real life
Richard Chen ded
Richard Chen The streets are actually being painted a light grey color. I don’t think they make that clear in the video. So maybe this can help change your point of view. :)
Mark my words, graffiti-covered roads are gonna be a thing now
Mercurius Anguis
lol
That would be so cool to see tho
Mercurius Anguis it will be dope
OMG thanx for the idea
Mercurius Anguis thanks for the idea let me hit up all my homies that live in LA
When strong sunlight hits those roads, arent you going to be blinded by the glare?
fluffy kitty Exactly. It's like snow blinding
fluffy kitty pretty sure it's gonna get dirty fast it doesn't rain a lot out there
Brit Sniff doesn't matter if it gets dirty, it's still gonna keep it cooler!
Mylii Le The only reason that paint has a visible hue or color is because it absorbs all wave lengths of light besides the color it is on the spectrum. The only wave lengths of light that reflects off of it is the color that we see it as. The color white absorbs almost no light but reflects almost all wave lengths on the light spectrum which is why white is such a bright color.
Mylii Le I'm sorry if you can see something there's light being reflected off of it. White is a reflection of all colors, black is all colors being absorbed
Now we’re re gonna walk outside with our eyes closed.
Is there a difference with staring at the sun and the ground now?
Yes there is
Yes
0:00 god why is that so satisfying
Kounter
Kounter ikr!!
Didn’t need that time linked
Gg
IkR
Kay, but I feel like the glare from this is gonna be so bad as to cause unsafe driving conditions.
Kira Greener I know some old people that cant drive at night because of the bright lights from cars. This might cause more elderly people to crash
Buffalo Soldier I know some young people who can't drive at night for the same reason because their eyesight went from 20/??? to 20/15 during laser eye surgery.
Kira Greener good point. I was thinking it must be so annoying to walk on a white pavement cos of brightness
Plus the separation from road to side walk is visibly lessend..especially at night when its already hard to see. Plus it seems like a lot of effort for 10-15 degrees.
vianjelos 15 degrees is quite a lot actually. If it's 100 outside and it cools down by 15 degrees. It's now only 85 degrees out.
Police will have a hard time finding cocaine after a police chase
Hasan Malik true
N B not every cop car has k-9
Revok Sixth obviously, but if they're looking for drugs then they'll get a K9
Hasan Malik good
Hasan Malik good
It’s gonna blind a lot of people...
Eventually someone is gonna complain that it’s racist.
Complaint already lodged with Black Lives Matter. They state that the road should continue to be black to allow for the true identity to reveal itself. And also that the white color is an eyesore, both in being white itself, as well as allowing for red blood stains to be more apparent, allowing for more blacks to be locked up.
It's really just a terrible idea.
Evan Pilkington yes keeping streets and area cool down, is such a "terrible idea"
Guys we can turn the wheels white and this has nothing to do with rasicm cuz we r all the human race
Mark 6 Clone All the toxins coming out of the paint and its slippery...
The sunglasses companies in Los Angeles must be quite happy...
Y?
Afia Zaman white reflects light
The CORRECT way to reduce the temp is plant more trees. Build a forest in middle of city of possible. Plus the bonus is clean air.
You can't jusr build a forest in the center of a city. The center of a city is the most expensive place to build a forest.
Floris R maybe just a small tree at every street
pra izz I
johnniedehuff not enough apparently
It's California, which is already in a historical drought. Really want to use more water?
*Drunk as hell*
Me: _WhOa DuD SicK i'M oN tHe CloUds_
*crashes car*
Than don’t drink and drive, it’s that simple
I hope the environmental impact from producing all that paint didn’t cancel out the benefits of white streets.
Aaaa cool suicide jokes grow up you pos
Of course it did. This is a liberal lunatic fantasty.... with back channel kickbacks and political jobs programs.
What kind of environmental does White paint have? Is it the origins of the pigment? The production methods?
Notmatt
In producing so much paint as to cover city blocks, I’d imagine the production environmental costs would be grand.
Seriouly agree
To show how dirty it'll be in a week
Danny! That's what I thought
colin schabel could be a certain type of paint to prevent that
Better than sink holes
damian veldt no they don't, plus no one drives on the stipes.
Danny!!!!!!!!
Now you can see the blood when someone gets robbed... Nice
Vanessa Duhhhh
I was thinking the same thing lol, they aren’t going to stay white long!
Can’t wait to see if Chicago adopts this idea! 😂
PRANKurFACE thats what i was thinking
PRANKurFACE blood?
A whole new level of racism
I have to clarify this is a joke because this is 2018
Emma Sandro IKR
You racist. :P
2019
Guess what?
This aged... horribly.
NOW TIME FOR SOME BURNOUTS🔥🔥
Jonn Henson hell yea 🤘🏻😂
#MRBA
Jonn Henson HELL YEAH!!
that was my first thought too
@*GÊLAWDÊOWŠ* a ticket that's it
When you go outside, you already have to squint your eyes. Now, I'll need sunglasses just to walk into the streets of L.A.
So you guys have enough money to paint streets white.. but can't fix the potholes or the streets...
I just imagine them going around it lol
Tax payers money. Not the Governments. The Government never does much to help. When you think about it. They use us, that's it. That is why, many that work, hate Welfare. When people don't need it. But abuse it.
Cleo /// agree!!!
Satanism is Cancer With billions going to bombing brown people each year... None left for potholes!
Benevolent Yeah, but I don't think painting over potholes gets rid of the pot hole.
It reflects the sunlight right into your eyes
Great!
They are painting the roads white because!!!!! It is literally LA what do you expect
L.A would complain white roads are racism tbh
reflects it right into your eyes as you're driving
vera713
it does not!!!! it does not blind you. instead during night and day objects are easier to see especially if you have night blindness
Doris C someone missed the joke
They're taking Splatoon to another level.
They're also basically using Splat Rollers.
Rainy Toaster splatoon 3 looks great
Rainy Toaster **Inkcoming intensifies**
Rainy Toaster I thought of that as soon as I saw 'squeegee'
Exactly What I Was Gonna Say
"White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black. God paints in many colors; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white."
― G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Hope those workers like white shoes!
This is gonna force people to go out and buy shades so they literally won't go blind.
Big deal. The real problem is think about how much extra glare there will be from oncoming drivers that have those super bright bixenon bulbs lighting the ground in front of them. Now it will reflect off the surface right into your eyes.
DumbDuck44 ugh I hate those lights. Especially when you're driving on a skinny back road.
Right, $5 shades seems like a hassle... it’s the end of the world
You're going to wear sunglasses at night? You know they made a song for you. *facepalm*
DumbDuck44 I was replying to the op, not you. Foh my mentions
Even black roads can be blinding if they're wet. Imaging white roads after a rain.
OH THE GLARE! That's horrendous...
This is in LA they don't have to worry about things like "rain" or a "sustainable supply of water"
Andrew Rein 😂😂😂😂
Misfit Yes it does silly
Not Vladimir Putin If the black road has a reflection, it isn't true black.
Can't it blind drivers with all of that sunlight reflecting off of the street?
Now you spot black people from the sky.
Stop Footage rasist!!!!!!
Sophia unicorn *Racist*
Stop Footage racist!
The people calling it racist are the racist ones if they think this joke is racist. Oh yeah, it's 2018...
Cocoa puffs n' milk
“It reflects” in to the drivers eyes 👀 😂
SABER Critical Ops the angle of the reflection would most likely not blind you
PluralFrog walkinh
that cringey kid hmm yeah that's more possible but then it not really dangerous
PluralFrog I never said blind you, just reflects
SABER Critical Ops true but everyone else in the comments seems to think so
That's why I thought you said that too sorry
They're just gonna blind people while they drive now
Reflects the light right into the drivers eyes
They also reflect sunlight into the drivers eyes
You somebody is just itching to do a long ass burnout on that white asphalt lol
813Productions right lmao
Damn im down
813Productions prolly gonna be real easy too. looks like i'm taking my charger to LA
Hayes Riviere MoparGang
There going to be all black after like 3 weeks this idea is extremely stupid.
I only clicked this because it looked satisfying
Diy With Jadyn same
Diy With Jadyn same
Diy With Jadyn me too lol
LA just became more aesthetically pleasing
Yeah I'm autistic as well.
So...how exactly to tell the difference between road and snow? Parking lot lines?
Blue Playz California doesn't snow. Your more likely to die from heat exhaustion or shark attack or even both and still it isn't likely to see snow
Fire Power701 But what if they do the same to other places that do snow? Also what about the parking lot lines?
Blue Playz Why they paint it white is to keep the temperature cool however it wouldn't be used on places with cold climate and only places suffering droughts
Fire Power701 Ah, ok, I understand now. But I am still confused about the parking lot lines
Blue Playz Parking lots won't be painted nor main roads. Only the smaller 2 way lanes will
i saw a document on this in the science museum of virginia and the guy who was giving the presentation was in a magazine this is such a cool project
Why not plant more trees instead?
Hmmm
The trees are gonna be forced to pay taxes
Clean air doesn't mean cooler temperatures, and you have to consider the quality of the soil
Noelle W False, they create shade.
Noelle W Which cools the air
Water
I live in LA and have not seen this yet.
Noseefood yeah IM WAITING XD
Noseefood my to
Noseefood same
I bet you all are paying for it though. 😉
Me too
If the white paint was hydrophobic, during rainy days the water will wash up all the dirt by cleaning it for the years to come, and the government will not have to repaint the streets again and again by paying excessive amount of money.
It is
"the light colored coating reflects those solar rays" into drivers eyes!!😂
hey at least the workers look like their having fun
kyndakrazy lol
kyndakrazy 😂😂😂
kyndakrazy HAHAHAHA
Am I the only one worried about those shoes
Correct me if I'm wrong but after the heavy use it will get in let's say a week won't it just be dirty from tyres and oils?
Could this help to reduce heat. Where I live the black top will raise the temperature by a minimum of 5 to 10 degrees or more. Once I drive out into the country the temperature drops at least 10 degrees.
Splatoon but only on streets
Exactly what I was thinking
Or use non staining due in water balloons?
Golnaz Electric nah in az we need these
Was looking for a comment like this!
Golnaz Electric team Mayo back at it again.
This most likely blind half of everyone to be completely honest or confuse, scared, anything could happen on that white street
Uh, no, without the city's permission this couldn't happen on such a (presuming) large level, they'll be confused until they think about the logic behind it, or google it, that's an option too.
THLoveboth Don't know if they will actually go blind, but it is going to be very bright. My school gets super bright because of the white concrete 😂
THLoveboth
Oh I thought this was a race thing 0_o
THLoveboth they can deal with it
Better than a burning concrete jungle hell
It’s good for pool areas with rock floors because when I went to Hawaii the floor was grilling me
0:07 "White streets are helping to keep L.A. cool" Lmaoooo 😂
Not gonna lie this was super satisfying
You like white slimy stuff don't you? :D
Bobby Little
You disgust me.
Me Me u Figueroa me
What? Nobody else likes expired milk
Bobby Little ...
ever heard of snow blindness? if not - you will after looking at white streets!
Jason Tummonds apparently you’ve never heard of sunglasses lol.
Shh. California doesn't know that term. They never have snow.
As for the second commeter, people don't wanna wear sunglasses every time they go near these streets. That's just common sense. Sunglasses are for the sun, not white roads.
Monica Shantel Only LA doesn’t get snow...
Snow has different optical properties compared to water. It won't reflect light as much as water
Xander Alvarado Hawaii and it neighboring island don't have snow.
Heating up the atmosphere, I like it!
No it doesnt
I wish they did that in Vegas year round because it’s in the midst of the desert and it gets super hot in the summer here.
1 week later, looks just like black pavement....
I was just wondering about that
Yes but the original color was white, and it's not like it's just paint. Even if it does get stained, it is still lighter colored than the original asphalt and- in result- would still reflect more sunlight back instead of absorbing it
we have a smart ass over here guys
😂👑
It said it lasts seven years with two coats
Any motorcycle rider knows that when the pavement is wet the painted lines on the road are extra slippery. Imagine when it rains these painted roads are going to cause numerous car accidents because of how slippery these roads will be. This is a very selfish and foolish use of taxpayer dollars. It sickens me that this was approved.
There is no such thing as rain in california
Many cracks and potholes on the roads in Los Angeles are waiting to be repaired and they are wasting money and resources on painting the road white! That's absurd!
Your a dumbass. This is a local issue not a federal issue.
I’m gunna laugh in 50 years time at people who make comments like this. Either things like this are going to save us from climate change , or because people like you think its a dumb idea and disagrees with something that will save us in the future , we will all be doomed!!
selfish to whom exactly? I understand thinking it's a waste, but how is it selfish?
So satisfying
About time
Where will the black streets live now
Axelplayz in the hood
;)
your local KFC
Axelplayz 😂😂
under the white ones :((
Is it possible to somehow lighten the color of the asphalt instead?
MBisFrenchy no
MBisFrenchy if you want to demolish all of it, and somehow reblend it into a liquid mixture and add white paint.
maybe do it when redoing streets :P
XxTrigerHappyxX agreed!
edit R&M Yes that's what i meant 40K per mile is extremely high. mixing it earlier on with something or changing the formula should be cheaper and quicker.
what is the speed limit on this white road? same as tarmac road or lower?
This is the most satisfying job ever
When you're driving and it's sunny out the light will reflect into your eyes and may cause more car crashes.
Will Strain Maybe. It doesn't seem to be a pure white. So the reflection might not be too bad. Definitely not as bad as snow.
2 years from now , La has epidemic problem with snow blindness...
Also the white stripes on normal streets are slippery when it rains... the whole state is gonna be a slip and slide basically 😂 add that to the blinding aspect of it and you've got a HOT shit show that's gonna go down
Wonder how it's turned out so far with it's cons
Wear sunglasses
...four..fourty....fourty THOUSAND PER MILE??? FORTYTHOUSANDND???? R U FUCKIJG KIDDING
Do you realize how long a mile is?
HelloKittyFan 26 there's something like 400k miles of road in California.
40k X 400k = $16 billion, and you have to keep replacing it every 7 years (which is SUPER generous IMO)
For reference, that would be 10% of all tax revenue for a year, just to have white roads (& wouldn't count things like increased accidents from reduced visibility or more slippery roads or any environmental concerns from whatever they're using)
1: You dont have to paint all the roads in California. Only the ones in cities and buildings. That makes about 50% in LA, and would be FAR less for the entire state
www.laalmanac.com/transport/tr01.php
2: Maintenance PER YEAR on a mile of road is $3,000-$17,000. So count up 7 years and you already passed 40k
www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd528063.pdf
well, America is rich, right? so no problem for them to coat the street with white paint ;p
Lol wait until they figure out how much paved roads cost per year.
This seems like a good idea, considering white doesn't absorb light, which means it doesn't absorb heat.. but white reflects light as previously mentioned, which may make it difficult and too bright for drivers to see on a sunny day.
Haven’t seen this at all. Been in LA many times.
Sure, these roads reflect sunlight... straight into everyone's eyeballs. Has anyone in LA ever heard of snow blindness- oh wait...
Michelle Dai they dont have snow 😂
Kitty Arts WOW RLY?!!!!!
Michelle Dai 😢😢 you hit me right were it hurts
Michelle Dai lmaooooo
Same af
But wouldnt it get dirty...
Little Potato sure, but just like the roads before this, they would service it. Repaint, fix potholes, etc
Emiliana Camacho tho, it would have higher maintenance to keep the road clean and white. Also, if you would think about it, a potential problem would be that kids will bring their crayons out and draw all over the road. Basically, a giant canvas.
리성천 Rhee Sung Chun That actually sounds cool. But I don't think kids would draw in the streets, probably just sidewalks as always. And depending on the material, it may actually be way easier to clean off. All it is, is a coat over the asphalt.
Little Potato black roads are also dirty we don't see it
Saanvi Arora No shit his/her point is that its a white road so its ganna look really dirty because of the dirty tires from cars
This is satisfying!
If its reflecting the heat back upwards... Wont that impact the air temperatures?
1:01 ...into drivers eyes.
The Great Gamer // Est. 2016 same I was thinking. Lmfao
The Great Gamer // Est. 2016k
What, you don't drive with ski goggles on?
The Great Gamer // Est. 2016 my first thought
Exactlyyy
This shit gonna be shiny as shit in the sun. Wtf are they thinking in cali?
So this is how the government is hiding there coke
ASotes i know right? You'll be blended into infinity
ASotes yeah ; )
ASotes but poop isn’t shiny 😂
ASotes the black in tar creates more heat than white, its simple science
this will make people warmer.....
We should definitely do that here in the Philippines 🇵🇭!
Thank goodness they are installing pavement that reflects sunlight! Now I can be blind and cool when I drive!
Jack Martin it reflects the infrared part of light not the visible one, so it won't afect your driving skills.
José Chinchilla dumbass if it only reflected infrared portions of em spectrum then it would still be black its visibly white because it reflects all visible light
The Finesse Kid SCIENCE
Do you watch rick and morty
This is called a "scam"
It'll be wierd once cars drive on it it will just turn back black lol.
I wanna drive there and do a hell of a lot of burnouts 😂
Little Devil it's gonna look so disgusting omg, once all the bird poop n road kill gets onto it.
Guys it WEIRD NOT WIERD
Qadira Chinchilla lol our spelling ability is poor
Hi, where did you get the melody from?
I am going to L.A in August. This was the greatest idea ever! Maybe the rainbow crossing. 😯
Do they at least glow in the dark?
Ava Gallagher that would be decent!
Your idea came a bit too late... Now they just have some boring aesthetic like extra grip/non slip
Ava Gallagher ikr
That would be dope we should have glow in the dark streets
DKG Entertainment, so....glow in the dark stickers blind you? Besides, it wouldn't be that bright....
Great, so now sunlight will bounce of the road and completely blind us!
Hasko2 wear sunglasses 🙄 jeez, you americans look for problems in anything
shit response -Ireland
Hasko2 then why are YOU complaining 😂😂 it's not even in your country. talking about "us" 😂 you mean mean "them"
You arent the brightest
Pink lampshade sunglasses arent going to change the fact that the white would inherently cause eye strain when your driving in the daytime
How do you line a one way street?
are they still working on the painting? cause i live in LA and i havent even seen one bit of white streets at all ;-;
Awesome so now you have to wear your sunglasses every time you drive
Dont they already do that in LA?
Jack Vaughn when you drive, do you drive looking down on the road or you look straight and around ?
It's a conspiracy by Big Sunglasses to paint the roads white. LA City Hall has been taking kickbacks from Ray-Ban!
Jack Vaughn Sounds like window tint allowed all arround 😎 or is it legal already? (i’m from europe, it’s highly illegal here)
I'm a freak, both. wtf kind of question is that. look at the lines on the road occasionally to make sure you are in your lane and also look at other cars and "your surroundings". Still doesnt change the fact that it will be reflecting light back into your eyes.
Great at blinding drivers I bet.
Christian Kinzel it's a special nonreflective. So we'll just have too see.
Christian Kinzel fr
no its not nonreflective. at 1:00 the video says explicitly that the paint reflects sunlight. Also, in order for the road to be white in the first place, it must mean that the road reflects white light.
just because it reflects heat it does not mean it reflects light
juan navarro I hope your kidding
I live in LA and I haven't seen this happen to my street or any other street I've passed by
This is SOOOO SATISFYING
I wonder what burn out marks look like on that white road.
___________lol You mean that white paint. Burnouts are gonna peel that paint off so fast it's ridiculous! Stupid idea they have there. What a waste of perfectly good money.
Jakes BMX and roadkill. To where it died
Jakes BMX zebra road
shmeet also gonna make people blind
Jakes BMX CA -Failing infrastructure, failing schools, increase in poverty, crime, drug abuse, unaffordable housing. Solution, paint roads white for $40k/mile and say it's cool for the dumb masses.
Cool, now drivers can get blinded by reflecting sun beams and crash.
Ethan Ruehl lol best comment of 2017
No your wrong the sun it self dosent make us warm if that was so we would all be dead. What they are talking about is the suns radiation, the suns radiation is what we fell and is what make us warm. So the white pavement dosent absorb alot of the suns radiation it just reflects it. Makes sense now? So you cant get blinded by the radiation if thats the case then we would all be blind or looking at light reflections.
BroTrocks The sunlight is a form of radiation, it just happens to have heat, and visual properties. I'm not saying they are going to go completely blind. I'm saying the the sunlight reflecting off the white pavement will temporarily blind drivers, possibly making them crash. Also, the white streets seem like a safety hazard because extended periods of looking at a white, reflective road can cause eye damage. This is why snow hikers always have to wear sunglasses, because the white snow can temporarily or even permanently blind you.
BroTrocks go outside on a hot and sunny day and look at a white building.
Exactly
This can also damage your eyes it wouldn’t be good to be staring at the sun the whole day.
What about the glare from the reflected sun rays?
it's going to blind some people from glare and you will probably get a good tan from it.
zane frag it only blinds with snow bc snow has crystals that’s reflect light
Hugppyz lmao the entire purpose of painting the streets white is because it reflects light. And snow isn’t made of crystals dumbass it’s literally flakes of frozen water do you even know what a crystal is
I wonder how many car tire marks there are going to be?🤔
Jack Ernst more than 1m when im done with it
How about white wheels
And engine oil spill
What about the oil dripping from the cars and tires wearing black on the white skim coat cool idea. Would like to see some yellow lines on it. Or reflector hows the headlights shine. Reflection from the other cars. Many questions need to be answered..great concept..from Utah.
Never seen a single one of these in LA
A huge blank white canvas basically...🤔 seems like a great idea.
President Moore wait till 4chan heard about this
Alex Daniels (Yep This guy gets it)
Time to dickbutt
I can already see this ending up like the great white fleet subway trains in NYC, looks good for about a week and then is covered in graffiti the next...
That was my first thought...
There gonna get so dirty!
Holly Lena ;)
Holly Lena
Are you a mother?
C Yildiz No?! Why? 😂😂
Holly Lena
It sounded like somethinf my mother'd say
Because normal streets never get dirty
What is the background music to this video ?
Why is this sooooo satisfying