subject: Keep Your Site Traffic Moving and Prevent Jams and Confusion [print this page] Keep Your Site Traffic Moving and Prevent Jams and Confusion
If your business has its own car park or service roads on site then you'll need to ensure that it is clearly marked and that any rules that you have such as speed limits for site traffic should be enforced and clearly visible for staff and visitors. There are a lot of products available for you to ensure the safety of all motorists as well as pedestrians, with some sites having large vehicles it can be difficult to see smaller vehicles or pedestrians and so some of these safety products will be for the larger vehicles and some for pedestrians and even both.
Car parks are a key area where accidents can happen and so clear marking of parking bays and ensuring that they are big enough for most vehicles to park in comfortably is important. If there are no free spaces some workers may feel tempted to park on the side of roads or at the end of aisles which can be hazardous as they could be blocking access for other vehicles or even the emergency services. It is a good idea to lay down double yellow lines to stop people from parking in the wrong places.
Making sure cars keep their speed low is important too, you can purchase speed bumps that can be easily installed on roads and car parks to keep drivers at a low speed, doing this will help cut down any traffic accidents on your property and any injuries to your workers which could spell time off for medical reasons.
Outside of hours you won't want people parking on your property so there are a number of security related products you could get such as barriers to prevent people from entering your premises. Parking clamps are another often unpopular product but in most cases if you clamp one car parked illegally on your property word soon gets round that parking there isn't a good idea.
Obviously making sure any hazards and instructions are clearly displayed is key to ensuring people are suitably warned and also helps protect your company from a liability standpoint too. Safety signs can help as they are clear and standout as well as many motoring related ones being reflective so they show up even at night to warn motorists. Speed limit signs are a popular choice for showing site traffic speed restrictions as many businesses enforce limits such as 5, 10 or 15 miles per hour for extra safety.
There are many site traffic management features you can purchase for your workplace including traffic cones and posts and bollards to block areas off or direct traffic.
