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Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...
[10] [11] In the early 2000s, an Italian company added a version of a polymer bumper [12] providing small bumpers for walls and equipment in the food industry. A Belgian company also introduced a flexible barrier in 2010 [ 13 ] and in 2014 a US based company introduced a hybrid polymer-steel guardrail for industrial environments.
Jersey barriers on the road. A Jersey barrier, Jersey wall, or Jersey bump is a modular concrete or plastic barrier employed to separate lanes of traffic.It is designed to minimize vehicle damage in cases of incidental contact while still preventing vehicle crossovers resulting in a likely head-on collision.
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5000 series central rail-guided rubber-tyred rolling stock operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, Japan, and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company. A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology.
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