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  2. Retroreflective sheeting - Wikipedia

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    Flash photo of car with reflective stickers Flash photo of moped with retroreflective sheeting tape Retroreflective sheeting is flexible retroreflective material primarily used to increase the nighttime conspicuity of traffic signs , high-visibility clothing , and other items so they are safely and effectively visible in the light of an ...

  3. Retroglo - Wikipedia

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    Retroglo is composed of 50,000 minute glass beads per square inch. The material is retroreflective, meaning it reflects light back to a light source, such as toward a car's headlights. The glass beads used in Retroglo are much smaller than the beads used in reflective road surface marking paint used on highways. Retroglo can be woven, braided ...

  4. High-visibility clothing - Wikipedia

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    A police officer in Taiwan wears a white motorcycle helmet in conjunction with a high-visibility vest. According to a 2004 study, the wearing of reflective or fluorescent clothing correlated with a 37 percent lower risk of a rider sustaining a crash-related injury; likewise, white helmets demonstrated a 24 percent reduction.

  5. Battenburg markings - Wikipedia

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    A Volvo pump truck from South Australian Fire with red-and-yellow Battenburg markings. Battenburg markings or Battenberg markings [a] are a pattern of high-visibility markings developed in the United Kingdom in the 1990s and currently seen on many types of emergency service vehicles in the UK, Crown dependencies, British Overseas Territories and several other European countries including the ...

  6. Safety reflector - Wikipedia

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    A rear reflector on a bicycle Reflecting device on horse.. A safety reflector is a retroreflector intended for pedestrians, runners, motorized and non-motorized vehicles.A safety reflector is similar to reflective stripes that can be found on safety vests and clothing worn by road workers and rescue workers.

  7. Raised pavement marker - Wikipedia

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    Raised reflective markers, such as plastic, ceramic, or metal ones, include a lens or sheeting that enhances their visibility by retroreflecting automotive headlights, while glass road studs gather automotive headlights with a dome shape and reflect the lights with a reflective layer within.

  8. List of headgear - Wikipedia

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    Pith helmet – for use in tropical regions; the American fiber helmet is a version of it; Pork pie hat; Shovel hat; Sidara – national Iraqi headgear; Shtreimel; Sombrero; Spodik; Keffiyah or sudra; Papal tiara – a hat traditionally worn by the Pope, which has been abandoned in recent decades, in favor of the mitre

  9. Cat's eye (road) - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand, roads are generally marked with white reflective cat's eyes every 10-metres along the centreline, occasionally on high volume roads; both Botts' dots and cat's eyes are used (typically there is one cat's eye followed by three Botts' dots places in every ten-metre stretch of highway). The colour pattern on New Zealand roads is ...