#Driveway reflector drivers#

'Statistically' this section of road is not interesting since most of the cars that wind up in the yards on either side of the road remain upright and no accident report is generated. I thought about the same form of reflectors, but all of the ditch clean-outs mentioned above happened during daylight hours and during CAVU conditions, and so I would probably just wind up having to get an Amazon dash button for the reflectors, since we still own the property, and since people still regularly clean out the ditch with their cars. I've since removed the mailbox, which was notional anyway since I've used PO boxes for decades. The local diggers and fillers decided to 'enhance' our ditch for drainage and this resulted in cell phone queens (and one male teen distracted by drink and/or his GF) taking out three mailboxes and 2 sections of fencing in as many years. I faced a similar problem when I lived out in the country. However (comma!) as noted above, yellow or red might work a little bit better in your case.YMMV

#Driveway reflector drivers#

I'm going to vote blue because of visibility and the fact that our local LEOs use that color, and this might clear the haze a little bit faster for drivers that are impaired by either kind of glass-Gorilla or shot. around factories, to “restrict or open areas to automobiles and traffic.” - What's that Thing: A Brief History of Reflective Pavement Markers. Cole also notes that red and green markers may be placed on private roadways, e.g. Utility companies may also deploy green RPMs to help them find roadside installations quickly, especially in an emergency. They’re most often used on roads around gated communities to indicate access for emergency vehicles. Marcia Lozer, a spokeswoman for 3M Roadway Safety, notes that blue RPMs may also indicate emergency entrances onto roads near firehouses-so they’re something even regular motorists might want to notice. If the hydrant stands at a corner, then each road might have its own marker. Steven Cole, president of the Reflective Tape Store, notes that blue markers are typically placed at the center of the road or on the side. White markers separate lanes of same-direction traffic and may also appear on the right edge of the road.īlue RPMs are designed to catch the eye of emergency vehicle drivers as they indicate the presence of a hydrant on the side of the road. Yellow (or amber) markers typically show the center line of a road, or the left edge of a one-way road. If you turn around-probably a good idea-the RPMs will likely appear white or yellow to those driving in the correct direction. It typically indicates you’re going the wrong way. Thought right at the intersection, another couple 15 feet into the access corridor and then another couple near where it straightens out and starts up the street.Īnd, for some reason, despite being exactly the same, except for the color, the red reflector posts are about a buck more than the blue reflector posts.

The posts basically come in Red or Blue.not sure what color I would use. Thought I might invest $10 or $15 dollars in a few reflector posts, which might help.Īnyone agree, disagree, any better ideas? Our street is gravel and no street lights.Ĭalled the road department and they basically told me tough. This is a quasi-rural area but pretty darn close to a big town and we do get a fair number of Sunday drivers out for a ride.

I KNOW the street and even I have to be pretty darn careful since this traffic safety improvement A friend was over the other night and complained about it to me. The local government realigned the turnoff to our street last summer and ever since then people have been having trouble making the turn and end up in the ditch. See side bar to left for specific designs.Red Reflector, blue reflector, etc. In 2012 we have added our newest product Finial Mailbox and Post Finial Reflectors, Scroll to bottom to see. Enjoy the sales rush! You will always find your way home with our stylish reflectors. You can now provide your customers with the very best reflector on the market. I did a lot of R&D to find the most reflective tape, plastic reflectors and establish optimum stability. The world now has a decorative yet functional reflector to mark driveways, ditches, culverts and homes. Patent and Copyright offices and locked in our ideas. During this time we had never seen a decent looking, decorative, functional reflector.started brainstorming and came up with some great designs. The first to see one would yell, 'REFLECTOR.' About 10 miles or 134.7 reflectors later a light bulb came on. Most were red, some were blue, many crooked and bent. Decorative Driveway Reflectors One dark evening while driving from Winston Salem to Linville North Carolina we started counting reflectors.