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.
Whether you are driving on the interstate highway or through a small village town, traffic barricades are usually in sight. These barricades offer protection from a variety of things. They are sometimes used to block off construction projects, letting you know you should not enter that area. Other times they are for blocking entire roads. […]
Arrow boards are the big boards on the side of the highway that either tell you to switch lanes or have some sort of message. Some arrow boards are hitched on the back of salt trucks or road work trucks. Other arrow boards simply sit on the side of the roadway and don’t move. Many […]
A traffic barrier is used to block traffic in an intermediary between traffic going different ways. Traffic barriers can be plastic or concrete and the plastic ones are usually filled with sand or water. There are many different specs when it comes to traffic barriers, so make sure you find out what is required for […]
Traffic cones are usually used outdoors for road work or other things that require traffic to be diverted. Sometimes traffic cones have reflective sleeves or reflective collars so that they can be seen during the night. When traffic cones have retroreflective collars, they meet the MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices). Traffic cones can […]
There are many options when choosing your traffic barricade. First, what type do you want. There are type 1 (1 board), type 2 (2 boards) and type 3 (3 boards). Reflective tape is another option you have to look into: do you need EG (engineer grade), HI (HI Intensity) or DG (Diamond Grade)? Some of […]
What do a channelizer and a monster have in common? An NC state student used traffic barrels to create a roadside monster. Although he was seen as a local celebrity for his creative ability, the police didn’t find it as funny. He was charged with a misdemeanor for stealing channelizers. Stealing traffic safety equipment is […]
