This paper summarizes the ongoing researches about the road marking and devices used in road marking. Road marking machines are widely used for marking purpose essential for road safety and traffic control. Various types of road marking devices as fully automatic road marking machine, semi-automatic road marking machine, manual road marking machine, etc. are available in the market. Automation in road marking has evolved and developed with time but mostly in India, manual applicator road marking machine has a great impact in road marking operations due to its size, ease and lower cost. Various types of materials such as thermoplastic, traffic paints, epoxy, etc. are used as marking materials by calculating desirable properties. Horizontal, vertical and straight line marking is possible by manual applicator road marking machine.