Vehicle safety barrier
A barrier, vehicle technology, applied in the direction of vehicle safety arrangement, vehicle components, vehicle sub-unit functions, etc., can solve problems such as hard to see and can not significantly improve road safety.
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[0046] When road workers, such as waste collectors or delivery drivers, need to work on or beside the road, they are at risk of being injured by other passing vehicles. Other road users may pass close to the side of the road worker's vehicle, which may create a hazardous working environment for them. To overcome this problem, one or more vehicle safety barriers may be mounted on the sides of the vehicle. In an operational configuration, the vehicle safety barrier may extend from the vehicle a predetermined distance into the roadway, thereby indicating a safe passage distance to other road users.
[0047] Examples of such vehicle safety barrier devices are found in Figure 1 to Figure 4 shown in . The device 100 includes a housing 110 configured for mounting on a vehicle using a mounting plate 120 . Mounting plate 120 includes a mounting portion that includes, for example, holes 121 for use with securing means, such as screws or bolts (not shown), to secure device 100 to a v...
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