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.
A traffic barrier barricades vehicles so that if a vehicle gets off course, it protects the other vehicles from this vehicle. You may find a barrier between a highway, or just in your local town because of a big road project. Traffic barriers can be concrete, plastic, filled with water or filled with sand. One […]
Hard hats have become an enduring symbol of blue-collar labor in America. This pragmatic piece of safety equipment protects against falling debris and rubble, as well as adverse weather conditions and electric shock. In order to prevent concussion and other head trauma, hard hats sit roughly an inch off the top of the wearer’s head, […]
3M is the company or brand of reflective tape that is most common on type 3 barricades. Hi intensity sheeting and prismatic are one and the same usually, so if you hear the term it is can be switched sometimes. Type 3 barricade sheeting from 3M meets the ASTM D4956-09 Outdoor Weathering and Colorfastness requirements. […]
Just kidding, I am sure you know what a traffic cone is, but chances are you don’t know about the different options available for traffic cones. Traffic cones can come with reflective tape, for one. Reflective tape allows a reflection to be bounced off of the cone for better visibility. Did you know that traffic […]
First off, let me explain what traffic barrels are. Traffic barrels can often be found at the edge of a highway during construction (orange traffic barrels) or near exit ramps (yellow sand traffic barrels). The most common traffic barrels have reflective tape on them with barricade lights on top. Reflective sheeting is an option and […]
A lot of people do not know what traffic message boards are. Well, they are those blinking signs on the side of the highway, those large boards that have messages on them, telling you to slow down or that traffic is near. Sometimes they care called arrow boards or advisory arrows. Traffic message boards can […]
