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Transportation Safety

All things safety in the transportation world. From air to the pavement transportation requires safety and safety provisions.

Reflective styles of traffic channelizers

When picking out what type of traffic channelizer you need, you must decide on whether you want reflective tape, and if so what intensity.  The reflective tape is made so that it reflects a light, say from an automobile or snowmobile.  The more intense the reflective tape, the more intense the reflection.  There may be […]

What’s the difference between solar and battery powered barricade lights?

The first thing people notice is price, solar powered barricade lights usually cost 2 to 3 times more than battery powered lights.  But, when looking at cost you have to take into consideration the expense of batteries.  Typically, you have to change batteries in the battery powered lights every 2 to 3 months, costing around […]

The Crossing Guard

When I was in the fifth grade, I volunteered to work as a crosswalk guard at my elementary school. At that age, I saw this responsibility as momentous step in reaching maturity and adulthood. Every morning I would have to wakeup at 5 am so that I could get to school in time to don […]

History of hard hats

The first hard hats were created in California by a mining company in 1898 and were made entirely of leather. The hats were later made from steel and based on the Brodie helmets used in World War I. The first use of hard hats on a construction site was during the construction of the Golden […]

Road Construction Woes

I consider myself a fairly patient person, and it really takes a lot to get under my skin. That being said, I am exasperated with the amount of time that it has taken to upgrade and expand the freeway by my house. For the last fifteen years there have been construction crews working on and […]