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HA INTRODUCES SAFER SIGNS TO HELP PROTECT MOTORISTS The Highways Agency is working to make its roads even safer with the introduction of new flexible motorway signs. The Agency''s large roadside signs are essential for providing people with journey and road condition information. But a collision with a road sign can cause serious injury to drivers and their passengers as well as significant damage to vehicles. Although the signs are usually protected by safety fences the Highways Agency has been investigating how to lessen the impact on people and vehicles when there is a collision. A new style of sign, which bends or breaks when it is hit, is being introduced across the Agency''s network of motorways and trunk roads. Known as Passive Safe Signposts the new additions have been extensively safety tested at high and low speeds and the results showed they caused less damage to vehicles than safety barriers and help protect passengers from serious injuries. Ginny Clarke, Highways Agency''s Director of safety standards and research directorate, said: ''The Highways Agency is committed to providing safer roads and more reliable journeys. Recent tests show new Passively Safe Posts are a safer signpost that causes less damage to vehicles and their passengers on impact. The signs are being increasingly used nationally as a replacement when damage occurs to existing ones. Passively Safe Signposts are being encouraged as the preferred choice for a replacement sign We are currently looking at extending this initiative and looking to use passively safe lighting columns and traffic signals as well the signposts.'' The advantages of the Passively Safe Signposts are: * Potentially safer than safety barriers The signs are being increasingly used nationally as a replacement when damage occurs to existing ones. Many Local Councils are also using these new Signposts on urban roads, as they are a safer option than current signs.
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