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	Raised pavement marker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A raised pavement marker, also known as a Botts' dot, delineator, Stimsonite Markers, or simply a reflector, is a safety device used in road construction in the United States, Australia as well as other countries.
		In the U.S. state of California, similar objects called Botts' dots are used to mark lanes on state highways and many arterial roads.
		The current trend is to use concrete, but since white Botts dots are hard to see on white concrete through sun glare, Caltrans has often been forced by public demand to paint lane stripes on freeways that run east-west (and thus face the sunrise or sunset).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raised_pavement_marker (1390 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Business (Botts' Dots) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Botts' Dots are named for their inventor, Elbert Botts, a chemist who worked for Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) in the 1950s as chief of the highway-pavement division.
		Botts began to tinker with rounded lane markers, his work culminating in 1955 in the invention of what would become a ubiquitous part of California highways, the Botts' Dot.
		Botts' Dots come in two types, round and square, and in several colors.
	www.snopes.com /business/origins/bottsdots.asp (633 words)

	TTNews.Com: "'Botts Dots' Make a Friendly Bump in the Night" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Botts Dots, as these pavement reflectors are fondly called, have been the driver’s friend since the 1960s, first in California and now virtually everywhere.
		Millions of Botts Dots are repeated on highways, city streets and parking garages across the U.S. They are named after their inventor, Elbert Dysart Botts, whose clever development passed into the public domain for everyone’s benefit.
		Botts was born in rural Missouri in 1893.
	www.ttnews.com /members/printEdition/0000575.html (536 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Dot Dot Dot
		Elbert Dysart Botts was born in rural Missouri in 1893 and showed an early interest in the natural sciences.
		Botts retired on January 1, 1960, and died at age sixty-nine in 1962, so he never saw the effects of his work.
		No one can say how many sleepy drivers have been jolted awake by Botts Dots, nor do statistics exist on the number of inattentive motorists snapped back to reality when their tires told them they were wandering out of lane.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/it/1996/2/1996_2_64.shtml (757 words)

	Lane - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A typical stretch of Valencia Boulevard in Valencia, California, where the lanes are marked only by Botts dots.
		In California, the white round ceramic button reflectors used to mark lanes on most freeways are known as Botts dots, after Eugene Botts, the Caltrans engineer who invented the epoxy that keeps them glued down.
		California cities also use Botts dots on major arterials; the notable exception is the City of Los Angeles, which cannot afford to maintain any raised lane markers due to its fiscal problems and uses only paint.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Lane (1623 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Botts Dots
		In the 1950s, Botts was looking for a way to warn motorists when hey wandered out of their lanes.
		The rumble effect of the raised markers, warning drivers that they are drifting from their lanes, was an unplanned advantage of the Botts Dots.
		The bigger Botts Dots are usually spaced 48 feet apart, while the smaller dots are 4 feet apart.
	fusionanomaly.net /bottsdots.html (747 words)

	Botts' Dots an invaluable bump in the road \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Botts' Dots are named for their creator, Elbert Botts, a California transportation department chemist who invented them 50 years ago.
		Research has shown that rumble strips – an evolution of the dots where a series of grooves are cut into the pavement – save lives.
		Botts died in 1962, before he saw his invention put to use, and flourish.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060702/news_1n02botts.html (276 words)

	Hydrants and Blue Dots
		Blue Dots, also referred to as Botts' Dots, are placed near the center of roadways to help firefighters locate hydrants at night, in bad weather, or when the hydrant is difficult to locate because of brush or other obstructions.
		The Blue Dot is a raised plastic retroflective block approximately 4" (10cm) square, which is glued to the pavement, usually near the center line on a roadway.
		The Blue Dots are checked annually during routine hydrant inspection and flushing, and if found to be missing or damaged are either replaced then or are noted for replacement at some later date.
	www.sccfd.org /hydrants_bluedots.html (673 words)

	Pavement Markers: Tech Transfer
		His dots were made of ceramic and glued onto roadways with epoxy.
		After some refinements, Botts' Dots were mandated for all California freeways, except in areas where they would be damaged in snow-removal operations.
		But Bott's Dots were not particularly visible at night.
	www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu /newsletter/99-4/genesis.php (825 words)

	The Botts Legacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Probably a good many as well have been jarred back to consciousness by the staccato beat of their tires on the dots as they veered slowly out of their lane due to inattention or sleepiness.
		The plain domes are typically used as parallel lane dividers, while the reflective markers are used for more crucial situations: to identify fire hydrants; to denote centerlines on two-lane highways; and, as wrong-direction indicators.
		At least a decade in development, Botts Dots were not actually implemented until 1966, four years after Botts' death.
	www.drizzle.com /~tessmc/botts.htm (401 words)

	Connecting the Dots: James A. Baker
		The Carlyle Group is the nation's 10th largest defense contractor, with extensive ties to Enron, Global Crossing, Arthur Andersen, the Saudi Royal Family, and the Bin Ladens.
		The judge who decided not to freeze the assests of Enron executives in January later recused herself from the case because she was a former employee of Baker and Botts, because of her ties to George Bush and the fact that she had been an Enron stockholder.
		Baker and Botts is currently defending the CEO of Rite-Aid, indicted for conspiracy and fraud.
	www.hereinreality.com /baker.html (394 words)

	Wikinfo \| Road safety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The lane markers in some countries and states are marked with Cat's eyes or Botts dots, bright reflectors that do not fade like paint.
		Botts dots are not used where it is icy in the winter, because frost and snowplows can break the glue that holds them to the road.
		Alternately, the dots can be embedded in short, shallow trenches carved in the roadway, as is done in the mountainous regions of California.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Road_safety (836 words)

	Sunday, November 16, 2003 - On the road: Connect The Dots - Las Vegas Newspapers Real Estate News
		They are called "Botts Dots," and they divide the lanes on freeways and streets.
		The process of laying the dots down involves measuring the lanes, spraying paint on the road to mark where the dots will be placed, then putting down a hot, tar-like liquid called "bituminous" where each dot goes.
		With the dots, he estimated that only one-half to one mile can be covered in a single day.
	www.lasvegasnewspapers.com /realestate/RENov-16-Sun-2003/Front/22555035.html (737 words)

	Halfbakery: We Fixed That
		In the example given, I suspect that Botts dots are cheaper to make and install, as they are just glued on, rather than recessed into the road.
		Bott's Dots are raised pavement markers, about three inches high, painted in the same color as the prevailing lane lines.
		Bott's Dots are often also called "Dagmars," after an opera singer with stupendous...assets.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/We_20Fixed_20That (974 words)

	Botts' Dots (Jobst Brandt)
		Had you read the item you would have noticed that these dots, although previously used were different in that they were attached to the road with a special tough but pliable epoxy and that they were white porcelain, Mr Bott's contribution to their usefulness and wide spread use.
		The Botts Dots experiment should be obvious the next time you are on a road that allows speeds up to 65mph.
		It is also why Elbert Botts invented the significant part of these lane markers, the adhesive.
	yarchive.net /bike/botts_dots.html (817 words)

	Topanga Messenger Online - Santa Monica Mountains News and Arts Publication
		The need for Botts dots is revealed by deteriorations of the center line, erosions that come from countless incidents of vehicles crossing over the center line.
		The solution to this could be Botts, Botts and more Botts; real Botts that swiftly remind drivers when they are crossing the center line, Botts which create difficulty for those who wish to disregard that center line.
		In other words, Botts that swiftly correct the driver, similar to some of the large Botts that are placed on southbound Pacific Coast Highway between Topanga and Sunset Boulevard.
	www.topangamessenger.com /articles.asp?SectionID=7&ArticleID=1448 (1037 words)

	BCEO - News Release 4/19/00
		Sometimes referred to as Botts Dots, they were invented in the 1950s by Elbert D. Botts who worked for the California Department of Transportation.
		Botts came up with a raised dome that could be made out of plastic, ceramic, or polyester.
		While proud of his dome invention, he actually thought the best thing he invented was the glue to keep the Botts Dots stuck to the pavement.
	www.bceo.org /news/nr000419.html (365 words)

	FSP 1.1: dotted line
		Botts' dots may go the way of the Edsel
		It seems the little dot is cracking and crumbling under the weight of
		Botts' dot could ually be useful as a paperweight.
	omor.com /b/archives/000216.html (339 words)

	[ebbc-talk] Raised pavement markers (Botts' dots) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Previous message: [ebbc-talk] Raised pavement markers (Botts' dots)
		Botts' Dots are also under consideration for some freeway off ramps in Oakland.
		My understanding is that Oakland can only install the Botts' Dots on city streets.
	listserver.dreamhost.com /pipermail/ebbc-talk-ebbc.org/2005-August/001836.html (213 words)

	Lane
		The bridge in the distance carries a paseo (a type of dedicated pedestrian pathway unique to Valencia) over the roadway.]]In California, the white round ceramic button reflectors used to mark lanes on most freeways are known as Botts dots, after Eugene Botts, the Caltrans engineer who invented the epoxy that keeps them glued down.
		California cities also use Botts dots on major arterials; the notable exception is the City of Los Angeles, which cannot afford to maintain Botts dots or any raised reflectors due to its fiscal problems and uses only paint.
		Wintle, the governor, inclining to the John Bull in corporation, each month with the worst class of confirmed criminals, his.
	www.datamass.net /la/lane.html (1157 words)

	Executive Briefing - Oct. 26
		The raised traffic lane markers that vehicles traveling on California roads have followed for more than three decades may soon be removed, due to in large part to heavy-duty trucks.
		The Associated Press reported that many of the 25 million "Botts" dots have been crumbling under the weight of trucks.
		The AP said that earlier this year, officials removed the dots on three Sacramento freeway segments and found no increase in accidents involving lane changes.
	www.ttnews.com /members/topNews/0008050.html (588 words)

	[ebbc-talk] Raised pavement markers (Botts' dots) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Michael and all, Despite the many hazards posed by "Botz Dots" when they are used inappropriately, I do appreciate their use as traffic lane and centerline markers, because it can make hearing cars and trucks behind me somewhat easier.
		It's a small but noticeable comfort to hear someone pulling away from the shoulder behind me in order to give me a wide berth when passing on my left.
		The bike coordinator >thought they were >a bad idea, but failed to convince the traffic engineer: > >http://hazards.ebbc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57 > >rhawks at lmi.net wrote: > >>...Additionally, there were some Bots Dots installed on a >>down hill section with curves on Wildcat as you approach the >>Arboretum entrance near Wildcat Canyon and South Park.
	listserver.dreamhost.com /pipermail/ebbc-talk-ebbc.org/2005-August/001837.html (366 words)

	: New Cameras Issue Speeding Tickets From the Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Officials there have announced plans to install a relatively new speed camera technology placed in the raised reflective pavement markers known as Bott's Dots or cat's eyes.
		A limited version of Bott's dots technology designed to illuminate foggy roads has been tested in Scotland and New Zealand.
		Trials of in-road camera systems have also been made, but the underground fiber optic cabling required to connect the devices with a central processing unit proved far more expensive than conventional speed camera units.
	www.thenewspaper.com /rlc/news.asp?ID=613&m=print (300 words)

	Life is "your" business - Privacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Between the 24/7 cameras in the downtown areas, the stop light cameras and these looking at us on the highway, our movements will be monitored no matter where we go.
		Hidden Botts dots camera to spy on traffic and issue speeding tickets from the road itself.
		Botts Dots cameraNearly invisible speed cameras mounted in the pavement will soon begin issuing speeding tickets in Malaysia.
	www.urbizzness.com /blogs/index.php?cat=127 (792 words)

	Rolling resistance (Jobst Brandt)
		Maybe if you considered why botts dots highway lane markers have such a jolting impact on the passing tire you would also see other effects.
		You may have noticed that these lane markers occasionally break and are dislodged by passing rubber tires.
		Try it at various speeds and you'll see that there is a hole in your model even for the circumstances you cite.
	yarchive.net /bike/rolling_resistance.html (3802 words)

	Botts Researchers II
		Hannah Botts m Andrew Campbell, son Frank C. born Rock Creek, Ohio 1854.
		Alan, the BOTTS in Hamilton, Ohio came from Scott County, Tenn.
		Bott, Botts, etc. That is indeed a possibility as there are French vineyards in France
	southernscripts.ourfamily.com /Botts/Bottsnotes.html (933 words)

	R&T ROADandTRACK.com -- Automotive Technology - Technology Update: The Ever-Vigilant Digital Eye (8/2003)
		According to a recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 40 percent of all fatal accidents are related to an unintended lane change.
		This explains the use of Botts dots and rumble strips on our motorways.
		Their effectiveness in alerting drivers is clear to anyone who has heard them.
	www.roadandtrack.com /article.asp?section_id=20&article_id=656 (505 words)

	Welcome to RockyMountainRoads.com - The Online Highway Guide for the Rocky Mountain States
		Botts Dots - commonly used as lane markings in areas where snowplows won't rip them off the pavement, botts dots are raised, polished concrete markers with rounded edges that are used to provide lane markings on freeways and surface streets.
		One benefit of these markers is that they make noise whenever a car crosses into another lane, which allows motorists to hear when they are making a lane change.
		Slip Ramp - a short connector ramp that is generally situated between a freeway mainline and adjacent frontage road.
	www.rockymountainroads.com /glossary.html (7759 words)

	Safety News & Notes, October 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Botts’ Dots are the raised pavement markers that serve to mark highway lanes.
		They were invented in the 1950s by Elbert Botts, a chemist who worked for the California Department of Transportation.
		The first Botts’ Dots were installed on I-80 near Fairfield, California.
	www.flagsafe.ufl.edu /snn/snn-05-10.html (1608 words)

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