Trans-Supply Blog – Road & Airport Safety At It's Best
All things safety in the transportation world. From air to the pavement transportation requires safety and safety provisions.
Recently, on my campus I noticed a lot of type 3 barricades. I knew they were type 3 because of the fact that there were 3 boards, but they were not as wide as I expected. They may have been around 4 feet wide, while I am used to seeing type 3 barricades that are […]
A traffic cone is pretty simple, so you may be surprised to see a post about traffic cone problems. Well, they do exist, and the majority of the time it has to do with the quality of the cone. One issue with traffic cones may be the material it is made out of. Always be […]
Commuting to work you may notice a large amount of traffic drums or traffic barrels on the side of the road. They mean construction season because they are used to barricade the traffic from the construction on the side of the road. You may even see blinking barricade lights on top of the traffic drum. […]
Where did the type 3 barricade come from? Well, there isn’t much information about when type 3 barricades were invented, but one would think that they were invented a few years after roadways were invented. Logically, after a few years of the road being invented one would think the traffic barricade would be invented. Most […]
Arrow boards are technically arrows that light up on an LED sign, but may confuse them with traffic message boards. Traffic message boards display messages such as “paving from 8:00PM to 4:00AM” or something similar. They are used to inform traffic about changing road conditions. Arrow boards can either be mounted to the back of […]
Though it depends on the manufacturer of the traffic drums, here is an idea of the different options you may get when purchasing traffic drums. There are different types of bases, but the snap on base typically comes in 25, 30 and 40 lb options. The sand bag option is cheaper to ship because it […]
