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"It became very clear very quickly that the crew is only putting down paint 20% of the time," Neuling says. The rest of the time they're going to get paint and supplies. There was a lot of walking, and not walking to put paint down, but you're only getting paid when paint hits the ground."

Steve Richey, who owns Accurate Striping, developed his Accurate Striper integrated ride-on machine after one day where he striped 17 miles of pavement pushing his striper in 100°F heat.

"That makes for one long day and we just figured there has to be a better way," Richey says.

So his company introduced the Accurate Striper to the market at the 2006 National Pavement Expo West show last November.

"This machine gets the operator off the hot asphalt, which is baking under the sun all day and will fatigue anybody, especially by two in the afternoon when they've been working all day. They're bound to slow down, so this machine helps them be more productive over all but also helps them be more productive at the end of the day because they're less tired."