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Alternative Barricades for Safety at Road Construction Sites
Alternative Barricades for Safety at Road Construction Sites

During the construction process, traffic patterns will be disrupted. This is due to a combination of temporary routes and detours. Traffic safety products are required to meet the requirements identified inĀ Traffic Control Plans.

To help identify the different zones of a road construction site, barricades are used. There are many different barricades products. Below we cover popular alternative barricades used at a road construction site to manage detours and modified traffic patterns.

Inland Ports and the Road Construction They Create
Inland Ports and the Road Construction They Create

Road construction is occurring across the United States. You may be thinking the only reason is to support increased traffic from a growing population. However, you may be surprised that large road construction projects are also created to support commercial traffic for hauling goods to and from Inland Ports. You may be in one of the many States with a developing Inland Port.

Hard Hats are Critical to Worker Safety
Hard Hats are Critical to Worker Safety

It seems we cannot take a drive down a highway or pass through a major city without seeing active construction projects. Seeing the final improvements when these projects are completed will be great. But what is even more important is that no one gets hurt. That is where protective construction worker gear comes in.

What if Autonomous Cars are determined to be safer than manually driven vehicles?
What if Autonomous Cars are determined to be safer than manually driven vehicles?

Much is being written today about autonomous cars, also referred to as self driving cars. But, what happens when the technology is so advanced that the autonomous cars on our neighborhood roads are safer than cars driven by a human?

Some say that this determination will force mass adoption of the technology. If the autonomous car is safer than a manually driven car, then the autonomous method of transportation will need to be adopted as the universally accepted method of transportation for purpose of protecting human life.