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VICROADS, INDUSTRY AND
DMP&S COLLABORATE FOR
POLYSAFE TM DYNAMIC SUCCESS
Motorcycle and pedestrian protection using
frangible, long-life polyethylene barriers to
absorb impact
Innovators at Vicroads Camberwell have
worked closely with DM Plastics & Steel
P/L (DMP&S) to develop a more successful,
yet frangible, polyethylene motorcyclist
protection product to attach below steel
guard rail on roadside installations. The
retrofit product, ‘Polysafe Buffer Rail
System’ has been streamlined to allow lowcost and speedy installation. Matching end
assemblies retrofit all regular steel guard
rail terminals and Polysafe is now being
widely adopted. Buffer rail can be seen in
the Tarralgon and other areas of Victoria.
A unique feature of Poly Buffer is that it
‘self recovers after an accident/impact.
Polysafe Buffer Rail has now been
adapted to retrofit to Wire Rope Barrier
systems and their end terminals.
DMP&S has standard-sized frangible sign
posts and air-filled recovery delineator posts
in its range. These have been successfully
used in southern Victoria and Queensland.
Dangerous hard 50mm nominal bore
galvanised posts often used to support
Chevron CAMs can now use a low cost ‘soft’
Polysafe Frangible post, a direct replacement.
PolysafeTM – frangible polyethylene
products custom designed for protection
of the public on roadsides.
POLYSAFE
TM
TM
Protection for Motor Cyclists & Pedestrians
email [email protected]
Cushion Sign Posts
l Polybuffer
helps protect cyclists
injury when impacting with
roadside structures
l Retrofit to Steel Guard Rail
l Frangible posts collapse on impact
l Cushion Sign Posts & Roadside
Markers self re-errect
l Polyethylene - wont break or shatter
l Endorsed by VicRoads
l From
Cushion Sign Posts
Road Marker Posts
DM Plastics & Steel
ABN 95 572 173 975
phone 08 8360 5777
fax 08 8349 5431
Australian Made
Retrofit CRB
Complete system to retrofit existing Gurdrail
Govlink Issue 2 2013
Frangible Sign Posts