3 types of Road Studs play an important role in road safety

3 types of Road Studs play an important role in road safety

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On some roads, the lighting may be poor or the edges and sides of the road are unclear to the driver, so he needs what works to alert him to these edges and clarify the road, which is done by road studs of different types.

Shawahid Industrial Road Company manufactures various types of road studs, including some that have been developed using modern technologies such as renewable solar power. Below, we will learn about these types and how they work and perform on the road.

Road studs

Road Studs and the importance they play on the road

Road studs are an essential traffic safety system used on all types of roads, as they define the sides of the road in two ways, the first: When vehicles pass over them, a vibration of the car occurs as a warning to drivers in cases of distraction, which helps the driver to return to his correct path and save him from deviating from the road. The second method: is illuminating the road and edges through the reflective films they contain, which are strips or glass beads that reflect the light of car lamps when they fall on them, and the light reflects on the road, thus making the road and its sides visible to the driver.

Types and Similarities

Road studs designed by Shawahid Industrial Roads Co. are divided into three types. While these types are similar, some differences distinguish each one, including aluminum, glass, and solar road studs.

These types are similar in their role of identifying the sides of the road by the vibration they create for the vehicle or by lighting the road, as well as in some places of installation, as they are installed in all types on the sides and borders of the road and the dividing paints in two-way roads.

Differences

They differ in their design and operation, but these differences do not favor one type over the other, as each is equally necessary and important when used in the right places:

Aluminum Road Studs

Aluminium road studs
Aluminium road studs

One of the most popular and commonly used road studs worldwide is aluminum road studs. They are made from solid aluminum, which helps them withstand large weights. They are durable, resistant to more than 30 tons, and resistant to various weather conditions.

Glass Road Studs

Glass road studs, also known as crystal , differ from aluminum and solar in terms of design and material. Designed in a circular shape made of glass crystal, Glass Road Studs depend on their unique design to reflect light 360 degrees, thus alerting drivers from all directions.

Available in the following colours: White, Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue.

This type withstands weights of up to 80 tons and is installed on various asphalt, concrete, and architectural surfaces for its aesthetic appearance.

Aluminium road studs

Solar Road Studs

This type is considered to be the most modern type because it relies on developed technologies. From the name, we know that it relies on renewable solar energy technology, in addition to the LED lighting technology with which the road studs are operated, and therefore this type can’t be used in closed places far from sunlight, such as tunnels.

Solar road studs consist of a panel containing solar cells at the upper part and an electrical circuit under the solar panel to protect it from various weather conditions. The cells store solar energy throughout the day until sunset, starting their work at night, and due to the powerful and efficient LED lighting, Solar road studs illuminate the road for drivers without any external source of power.

Road Studs from Shawahid and What They Do

Shawahid is concerned with all traffic safety systems and keen to develop these systems continuously in a way that suits the environment and enhances its role in achieving traffic safety, so when the company found an opportunity to develop road studs and introduce developed technologies in their design to make them more efficient and at a lower cost, it issued the developed type of road studs, which are solar road studs, as they depend completely on renewable energy, which helps to preserve the environment and reduce the cost because they don’t need an external power source.

What made Shawahid a pioneer in traffic safety in Saudi Arabia is its keenness to supply its systems in a short time to support Saudi Arabia’s projects, and our quick ways of communication:

marketing@shawahidts.com                                sales-od@shawahidts.com

Contact Number: +966590177041             +966 54 105 1247       

WhatsApp: +966581115596 

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