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Looper Tubes
Looper tubes give an alternative to delineator posts because they both provide a way of channelizing traffic. There are a bunch of traffic safety items that fall into the category of ‘channelizers’. This could be traffic drums, traffic barrels, delineator posts, or looper tubes.
Looper tubes are used to let traffic know where and where not to go. They can either have a base on them or they can be mounted to the pavement. They also have many different options for colors.
Delineator Post Mounting
A delineator post can be mounted or can have a base. Typically they are purchased with a base, but you can buy epoxy which is a sticky glue like substance on a pad that you stick between the bottom of the delineator and pavement or concrete.
A delineator post is most likely going to be mounted to pavement or concrete if the project is more permanent. A base allows the delineators to be moved around and placed wherever whenever. It allows for a lot more versatility.
Delineator Posts
Delineator posts are good for channelizing traffic, or directing traffic in a way so that it knows where to go and doesn’t end up somewhere it shouldn’t. You see these mainly on the highway during a construction project. They come in many different colors, white orange and yellow are the most common.
Reflective bands for the delineator posts can come in 3 or 4 inches. These are good for alerting oncoming traffic because the light of the car reflects off the post. Posts can be either flat top or t-top, which is handle that makes it easier to grab and move around.
Traffic Channelizers
‘chan-nel-ize’ to direct through a channel. Many types of traffic safety products fit this description. Here are some examples of traffic channelizers; ultra panels, channelizer posts, superdome drums, traffic barrels (both the orange and the yellow), delineator posts, and looper tubes.
Traffic channelizers are a great way to, well, channelize traffic. We have all driven through those lanes that are lined with traffic channelizers or cement barriers and feel way too squeezed. They are good for letting traffic know where it is supposed to be going, so that someone doesn’t end up on newly laid down asphalt or in a ditch.