Know About Traffic Bollards and Road Safety Signs

Posted by Vikash Ojha
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Mar 5, 2013
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Traffic bollards are short vertical posts that guide traffic and ensure public safety.  Painted bright yellow or orange they stand prominent compared to the surrounding landscape. For more visibility at night reflective tapes are affixed on traffic bollards. Yet another function is their use in creating an anti-ram perimeter guard as they they do not block the vision of a driver.

Evolution

Bollards are of many types- operable, removable, or fixed. Different places need different kinds of bollards depending on a location’s soil type. Concrete bollards are becoming popular as they help manufacturers in molding them suitably as per a client’s taste. Now aesthetically styled bollards are in high demand incorporating a slew of architectural designs.

Visual Presence

The visual presence of bollards alerts motorists to follow a specific route or avoid a prohibited area. The barriers serve as a safety beacon to the public to stop any errant motorist or a vehicle from striking passersby.

Town planners use bollards as components for ensuring public safety, comfort, and peace of mind. They are indispensable and help drivers, pedestrians, and bike riders in numerous ways.

Benefits of Traffic Bollards

Controlling Traffic: As bollards exert a psychological persuasion on the motorists to drive slowly they pay attention to the surrounding environment and help in curbing accidents.

Safety of Pedestrians: Bollards in urban areas surround pedestrian islands and act as physical barriers against out-of-control vehicles.

Prevents Blocking of Building Entrance: Traffic bollards serve as blocks from blocking entrances of buildings and drivers cannot park too close to the entrance and check vehicles for clustering together while parking.

Psychological Benefit: A majority of accidents are caused by a few drivers, who are irresponsible. But traffic bollards serve as a physical barrier between them and possible victims heightening mental comfort.

Road Signs

Obeying road safety signs are important and give the drivers the direction to help in increasing or decreasing the speed of their vehicle. Signs like school ahead, walking children, men at work, hospital, some lake will indicate a driver to exercise caution and take appropriate steps.

Among the road safety signs in Australia you can see regulatory signs used as instructions for public meant for mandatory adherence. Thus an octagonal sign will indicate STOP; and a triangular sign will mean GIVE WAY. Other signs include Bus Stop; No Parking; speed barriers and other specific signs to stop overtaking and allow passing.

Road rules are consistent across Australia but minor variations are there to suit local conditions. A lot of outback roads in the Northern Territory are without any speed limit. Only in Melbourne vehicles have to take "hook turn" by pulling to the left and not queue across the tram tracks while turning right. This helps the trams to run smoothly and not get stuck behind vehicles wishing to turn right. Overtaking trams are not allowed on the right and vehicles must stop behind a tram while it is stationary to ensure and there are no passenger aisles.
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