Standard Equipment for any Road Safety Kit – The Trustworthy, Reliable Road Cone Traffic twisters, traffic pylons, witches hats or traffic channelizing devices, call the robust little road cone what you wish, it has been both the saviour and irritation of motorists for decades. Whether you are in construction or not, you have undoubtedly had
Top Benefits of an Armco Guardrail System for Road Safety The Armco guardrail system is widely used across the world on highways, national and rural roads, as well as urban roads. It plays an integral role in reducing the effects of vehicle collisions and improves road safety in many ways. This article discusses the benefits
What Are The Types of Road Safety Barriers? Road safety barriers are designed to prevent vehicles from leaving a safe travel path, hitting unforgiving objects like trees, moving into hazardous situations like going down a cliff or rolling down a slope, and driving into oncoming traffic. These devices are also designed to reduce fatalities linked
Road Barriers Suppliers for Mines: Products to Improve Safety Large vehicles operate at mine sites. Whether these vehicles operate above or underground, it is difficult for drivers to see small barriers. It is for this reason road barriers suppliers like Armco Superlite provide bright yellow plastic barricades that are larger than the ones used for
Guardrail: The Highway Barrier that Improves Road Safety The W-beam highway guardrail is a road safety device that improves the overall safety profile of a stretch of road. As the name suggests, it is a barrier. As such, it is intended to prevent breakthroughs and to safeguard motorists from leaving the safe travel path or
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
Why Install a Road Safety Fence: What You Need to Know With several types of barriers available to improve road conditions, why and when should you choose the wire rope safety fence? These and other questions regarding the barrier type are answered below to help you make an informed buying decision. What is a wire
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.
