Road Safety Products - Part 1 | Venture Plastics Distributors

Tips to Help You Minimise the Risk on The Roads this Year – Part 1

Identifying and Using Safety Products to Help You Navigate the Roads Safely in 2024

Navigating the roads comes with its challenges, but with the right awareness and precautions, you can significantly reduce the risk.

In this two-part safety guide series, we’ll explore various safety products designed to enhance road safety in 2024. Knowing how to respond when you encounter them is crucial for a safer driving experience. In today’s blog we take a closer look at:

  • The Safety Baton
  • Delineators
  • Interlocking Grade Curb Systems
  • FG 300 Delineator Posts
  • Road Studs

What to Be Aware of and Do When Navigating Around Different Safety Products

Safety Baton

This product is used as a high visibility warning that there is potential danger ahead and to help direct traffic.

When you see a safety baton on the road:

  • Start to slow down
  • Keep to the suggested speed limit or lower
  • Be alert to the operator’s movements and directions and follow their instructions
Road Safety Products - Road Safety Baton | Venture Plastics Distributors
Road Safety Products - Road Delineators | Venture Plastics Distributors

Delineators

If you see delineator blades placed on the road it usually indicates one of three things:

  1. There are road works on the go
  2. There is a dangerous situation that needs clearing like an accident or spills
  3. There is a sharp bend or something to slow down for that you might not be able to see yet

That’s why when you see this road safety product it’s important to:

  • Slow down and follow the suggested speed restrictions
  • Be alert to all potential risks
  • Warn others who might not be slowing down and might not have seen the upcoming setup
  • Log what the cause for its placement is on apps like Waze to help others

Interlocking Grade Curb System

The FG 300 Interstate Grade Curb System is a lane separation system that helps efficiently channel traffic on highways, at toll-ways, on city streets, in estates or at big crossings.

When you see this item:

  • Be aware that there is likely to be oncoming traffic that may move close to your vehicle
  • Be aware of potential pedestrian crossings
  • Keep below the speed limits indicated
  • Look ahead in the lane and confidently follow it without moving too close to the lane separators
Road Safety Products - Interlocking Grade Curb System | Venture Plastics Distributors
Road Safety Products - FG300 Delineator Posts | Venture Plastics Distributors

FG 300 Delineator Posts

These delineator posts are mostly used for:

  1. Traffic control at a long-term work zone within major roading projects
  2. Long-term installation as a safety barrier on highways
  3. Lane separators in spaces like parking lots, estates and boom gates.

When you see this item:

  • Be aware that there is likely to be oncoming traffic that may move close to your vehicle
  • Be aware of potential pedestrian crossings
  • Keep below the speed limits indicated
  • Drive in the centre of your allocated lane and without hesitance

Road Studs

Road studs are installed on main roads to help guide you in either low-light situations or at night. It can be not easy to see painted lanes, their placement or colour in these situations.

That’s why you will notice different coloured cat eyes on the road. It’s an essential consideration for the meaning a road stud communicates. Here is what the different colours represent.

Red Stimsonite Road Studs - Road Marking | Venture Plastics

Red signals lines you should definitely not cross.

Orange Stimsonite Road Studs - Road Marking | Venture Plastics

Indicates the left-hand yellow lane.

White Stimsonite Road Studs - Road Marking | Venture Plastics

White road studs are used wherever there are white line markings.

Make 2024 Safe with Venture Plastics Distributors

As we navigate the roads in 2024, safety remains a top priority for us. At Venture Plastics Distributors, we are committed to making the roads safer with quality products and valuable information.

Remember to keep an eye out for Part 2 of this blog, where we discuss:

  • Speed Humps and Bumps
  • Convex Mirrors
  • Buggy Whips
  • Safety Cones

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