What Are 4 Signs That It Is Time To Paint Your Parking Lot Striping?

Maintaining a safe and functional parking lot is a lot more complicated than most commercial property owners realize. You are not only managing a space where people can park. You are also ensuring that people entering your commercial building have access to safe and organized parking. This is what makes parking lot striping important — it tells people where to park and where not to park, maintaining an orderly flow of traffic in your parking lot.

That being said, if you have seen an increase in the number of problems in your parking lot, you should recognize that the solution is as simple as a new coat of paint. Your parking lot striping fades with time, and the problems that the stripes were initially designed to fix start resurfacing. Here are some of the most common problems that are unmistakable signs that your lot striping needs to be repainted.

1) Sloppy parking is becoming more of a concern with Parking Lot Striping

Parking lot stripes are designed to allow as many vehicles as possible to park neatly next to one other. These bright stripes function as visual cues, allowing people to line up a car neatly into a parking spot. However, without the direction of those stripes, parking can get disorderly. When these stripes fade, they cannot cue the drivers, and you see vehicles parked at odd angles, over two spots, or even over the centerline.

2) People are not respecting handicap parking zones

You painted the original handicap zones in your parking lot for a very good reason — people with disabilities need them. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), it is also the law to provide accessible parking and fine anyone who parks in the handicap reserved spot without a permit or license plate.

Most people are pretty considerate of handicap zones, only using them without a permit or license plate in emergencies. However, if you have seen that people are increasingly violating handicap zones in your parking lot, it is possible that they cannot see the striping and are unaware that they are parking in a handicapped reserved spot.

3) Fender-benders are more common than ever

Your parking lot striping not only helps everyone get where they are going but also prevents vehicles from crashing. The striping tells us where to drive slowly and where to stop and wait, and everyone is held to the same standards.

People’s inherent driving etiquette and situational awareness breakthrough without these stripes — this might result in more fender benders. If you have noticed minor dents and dings all over your parking lot, the parking lot striping might be the problem. After all, this is one of the things that striping is supposed to prevent.

4) Your Parking Lot Striping was last repainted more than five years ago

Parking lot lines should be repainted annually, but most lot owners or managers do not take the time to keep their parking lot striping in good condition. A good parking lot striping job can last for many years, but it will eventually chip and fade. If your parking lot has not been re-striped in more than five years, you should call a reputable asphalt contractor near you and schedule a re-striping service.

The Parking Lot Striping is no longer visible

Finally, whether or not you can see the striping is the best way to tell if your parking lot needs to be repainted. If the striping is not easily visible (even in bad weather), you should consider hiring a professional asphalt contractor to repaint your parking lot lines as soon as possible.

Parking lot markings that have faded can lead to extensive (and expensive) repairs in the future, as well as expose you to potential lawsuits. You may not consider re-striping a “high priority,” but it should not be ignored for too long.

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