I once struck something similar in Tauranga, on a street which came down on to the Strand with a Give Way. Contractors had just painted the Give Way line across the lane and were using white paint with small reflective pellets sprinkled on top of it. Trouble was you couldn't really see the extra pellets which weren't stuck to the top of the paint and these were like a layer of marbles, it just looked like a bit of spray drift outside the line but this was loose particles. Luckily I was slowing to get a good look for oncoming traffic, but the bike did a little wiggle as she came to a stop across the newly painted line.
I phoned the council and reported the problem and told them that now they had been advised of the problem they would be liable for any motorbike accident on the site and that this liability would extend to them not requiring their contactors to clean up excess particles after painting lines on the road.
I came back through that intersection about an hour later and the excess particles had been swept away and I never saw excess particles on road painting after that.
I've found that the word 'liability'carries great weight in the business world.
There are two songs, "Stairway to Heaven" and "Highway to Hell" which I think give an indication of expected traffic flow
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