Tarpaulin: Making the roads a safer place for motorists

Dec. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- If you’re making a journey in a lorry carrying a heavy load ensure the safety of yourself and other road users by securing your load with tarpaulins, available from Tarpaflex.

If you fail to secure your load using a strong, durable, heavy duty tarpaulin you are at increased risk of spilling your load onto the road, endangering other drivers.  

The collective name used to describe hazardous objects which fall into the road, and should not be there is called road debris. This can take the form of a substance, such as an oil, chemical or even a milk spillage, or objects, such as fallen tree trunks, branches, car replacement parts, construction materials, mattresses or vehicles. If any foreign object, even if it is small, falls onto the road it can cause potentially hazardous driving conditions for drivers, increasing the likely hood of road accidents and fatalities.

In the past, road debris has caused vehicles to fishtail, where the driver loses traction causing the front of the motor vehicle to veer to the side.  To regain control of a vehicle which is fishtailing the driver has to over steer to compensate, which inexperienced drivers may not be aware of how to do adequately, endangering themselves and the drivers around them.

Road debris can also cause damage to vehicles by causing a flat tyre, which poses a great danger if this happens when a vehicle is travelling at high speeds.  Finally road debris also increases the risk of road traffic accidents as vehicles have to swerve to avoid the debris, which if not done safely can cause injury and even death.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety carried out a survey in 2004 which revealed that road debris annually causes a staggering 25,000 road accidents, and is responsible for on average 100 preventable deaths every year.

Because of this, in some areas lorries which neglect to use heavy duty tarpaulin to safely secure their loads can be penalised and fined by law for dangerous driving. This is because tarpaulins are the most effective way of preventing loads from spilling onto the road.

If you want to buy high quality cheap tarpaulin to reduce the risk of your load causing a preventable accident, you can by visiting http://www.tarpaflex.co.uk/.  

They also supply a diverse range of tarpaulins such as canvas tarpaulins or camouflage tarpaulins which are ideal for both commercial or domestic usage.


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