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Traffic Safety

Learn about safety as is applies on the road and during road construction.

Traffic Drums vs Sand Barrels

Some may confuse traffic drums and sand barrels.  Sand barrels are typically yellow with a black top, and are used as cushions for potential accidents along the freeway.  Traffic drums are smaller and are more of a ‘channelizing’ device to direct traffic but will also provide some protection during an accident. The drums are orange […]

Delineator Posts

This post is about well…delineator posts.  If you stumbled upon this hopefully you don’t know what one of these is, because I will describe it here.  When trying to describe a delineator post to someone quickly, I tell them it’s like a tall traffic cone.  This is true because it is taller than a traffic […]

Parade Barricades and Their Many Names

They can be called parade barricades, a-frame barricades type 1 or type 2 barricades or a bunch of other things.  Basically these are barricades used for crowd control or to block off certain areas in a parking field, parking lot etc.  Two legs with one or two boards ranging from 4′ long to 12′ long […]

Ultra Panels or Traffic Panels

This post is dedicated to having a better understanding of ultra panels.  These can also be called vertical panels or traffic panels.  They are typically about 43″ tall and 8″ wide and are usually orange or white.  Lots of times there is reflective sheeting put on them to help with the visibility of the units. […]

Airport Barricade Features

This blog post is dedicated to understanding the different features/options that are available with an airport barricade.  There are four important decisions you need to make: height of the barricade, reflective sheeting, lights and flags.  A typical airport barricade is 10 x 96″ but there are also 24″ x 96″ models. Reflective sheeting is the […]

Jersey Barrier Options

When it comes to Jersey Barriers, it is important to know a few basic things.  First off, know that most of them are 42″ tall, 24″ wide and 72″ wide.  They can be called traffic barriers, road barricades, construction barriers and more.  There are water fill-able jersey barriers and there are concrete barriers. We are going to […]