Lines on the road

In this amazing technological age, where it possible to watch Big Brother on our mobile phones and, well, do lots of other things, why is it that we cannot paint lines on the road with any degree of certainty? To clarify, when councils and government decide to erase old lines and paint new ones -- why is it that the older lines are just as visible as the new ones? And then, sometimes when the sunlight hits the bitumen in a special way, the old lines become even more prominent, to the extent that the newer lines are effectively invisible.

How many accidents has this caused?

Is the greatest single conspiracy of our times? Did Elvis and JFK rendezvous with a secret alien society to keep the bloodline of Jesus Christ a secret (and fake the moon landing), just so they could wipe out conscientious drivers -- like myself -- who can’t see the frigging lines on the road?

Just a thought.