The Effective Uses Of Safety Bollards

A1 Linemarking
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read

It is regardless to say that we follow several safety measures on the road, in order to have a risk free or smooth traffic system. There are several tools and equipment as well that help us to optimized the traffic management on a whole, safety bollard is one of the important tools that serves endless of a variety of roles in helping and managing traffic such as diverting traffic, protecting sensitive installations, safeguarding workers on the road, etc.

These bollards have immensely been contributing at different places and safeguarding both people and public installation. It has a large contribution on the road. Here are some of the ways where safety bollards serve in big ways:

Controlling access

On many occasions, such as crime affected area, or mass public gathering event, the police officers utilized safety bollards to keep civilians away from the crime scene, accident, danger zone, etc. The category of safety bollards may range from the simple, flexible structure joined together with a yellow structure to exceedingly substantial monuments that serve double duty as raised flowerbed or sculpture.

Ensuring driver’s safety during racing events

Event like bike racing or motor racing these safety bollards works extremely well to safeguard drivers from unintended accident. The sporting officials duly use these bollards to mark sharp corners, turns and other segment of the raceways that might impair the safety of the participating competitors. These products are effectively designed that break away from their base if any vehicle strikes them. In this way, such safety bollards have its own contribution in the safety and security of the drivers as well as help to conduct the event risk free.

Brighten up dark areas

Often accidents and crime occur in the dark or poorly lit area, don’t they? In order to discourage crime and socially unwanted activities at such places, safety bollards are appropriately and efficiently used, with lighting devices duly placed in it to illuminate the adjacent areas. No wonder, at some places, these bollards are totally self-contained unit that usually operates with small solar panels, an LED or in-build battery. It is also connected with electrical network or power utility at some places. Such sensitive areas where illumination is required, are selected and safety bollards are duly placed there.

Traffic soothing

The safety bollards are also utilized to calm down the traffic or enabling diversion. It is the right choice and the right tools to delineate car-free zone, reduce traffic by narrowing down lanes, enabling diversion, prevent spillover parking on pavements and so on. Several research and studies have proved that strategically placed safety bollard can drastically assist in reducing the frequency of automotive accidents.

Periodic traffic control

It is widely observed that during the rush hours or any particular period of time, the traffic swarm in heavily. Under such circumstances or during those hours, use of safety bollards ensures concentrated safety management to calm down the traffic and implementing effective traffic management. These may include school hours, office hours, the time when factories employ shift workers and so on. At such places these bollards are temporarily mounted and removed when the purpose is over.