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Mobile Speed Humps (For Safety)Regional Engineers, Dundee
A cost cannot be placed on the lives of our road worker staff. The danger of speeding vehicles approaching road workers, especially where our Blacktop Patching Teams are busy, is great. With this in mind our MMI, Joe Fourie and our Acting Engineer of Dundee, Johan Outram put their heads together and came up with a Mobile Speed Hump to slow the traffic down. The prototype was constructed out of conveyor belts that were vulcanized together. The total height being 50mm, the width of the bottom belt is 500mm, total length 3.5m and the weight been 63kg. This speed hump is very effective and was tested with Blacktop Teams. The Speed Humps are now being manufactured by Rubcon in Dundee as a molded unit, which can be split into sections for easy handling by one person. Paint has been manufactured to highlight the Speed Hump. The Speed Hump does not have to be fixed to the tar road in anyway as it does not move on the tar surface at all. We hope this may be of interest to the other maintenance units. This portable Speed Hump was demonstrated at a meeting in Ladysmith where Road Superintendents, Foremen and RTI Traffic Officers were enthusiastic about this innovation. Members of our staff were killed in the Newcastle area a year ago and it is sincerely hoped that this innovation will enhance safety of our workers on our roads. Contact No’s:
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