How Crash Cushions Work to Save Lives Whether you refer to these road safety products as impact attenuators or crash cushions, their functions are the same. They act to protect maintenance workers, motorists, vehicles, and structures against damage and fatalities associated with collisions. Read on if you want to know more about the types of
Top Reasons to Install W-Beam Steel Guardrails on South African Roads The W-beam guardrail has become such a familiar sight next to highways and on mountain passes in South Africa, that few people even consider the importance of having these barriers in place. In this article, we take a closer look at the reasons for
Types and Functions of Highway Barriers: Factors to Consider Highway barriers serve to protect motorists from potential vehicle collisions with hazardous objects next to the road, other vehicles, water resources, and roll-over incidents related to slopes and ditches. These are only a few of the risks against which they protect. Read on to discover some
The Building Blocks of a Good Guardrail System Every road safety device offers specific benefits and serves a main purpose, along with one or more secondary functions. However, for the product to serve its purpose, its design must support the intention. To this end, there are several types of barriers used on South African roads.
What Makes a Road Safety Guardrail So Safe? A highway guardrail is designed to improve road safety. With this as the main purpose, the barrier must also be designed to be safe. Although it cannot prevent accidents altogether and there is no guarantee that it will save lives in every incident, if installed correctly and
Road Safety Products and Guardrail Suppliers in South Africa Armco Superlite is not just one of the leading guardrail suppliers in South Africa. The firm is also a leading supplier of a wide range of related road safety products. Apart from the guardrails, which are discussed in more detail below, we take a look at
How Do Armco Barrier Products Keep You Safe on the Road? The death toll on South African roads is the highest in the world. With 14 000 plus lives lost on the country’s roads every year, measures must be put in place to help reduce the rate of accidents along with the number of deaths.
Steel Road Barriers Suppliers in South Africa: Who to Choose? As one of the leading steel road barriers suppliers in South Africa, we know that our W-beam guardrails are also used across the country in a wide range of applications. With these guardrails serving as safety products, we take their designs and manufacturing seriously. We
A guardrail is a type of traffic barrier. It is often referred to as an Armco or W-beam barrier. In countries like the USA and South Africa, the term “highway guardrail” is often used to refer to the W-beam or three beam barrier on the side of the road. What is the purpose of the
