FMVSS 131 & 217 School Bus Reflective Tape Requirements – Online Reflective Tape Store FMVSS stands for Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. It is a comprehensive set of standards with parts of it dealing with school buses. FMVSS 571.131 and 571.217 are subsections of federal regulations dealing with standards for school bus safety as they relate…
Vehicles that stop and start, or park near heavy traffic, need to be clearly visible. Reflective striped panels that are highly visible in the day, and reflective at night easily accomplish this goal. However, oftentimes, vehicle owners also wish to convey a message to approaching traffic. For example, a reflective message panel that said “FREQUENT…
Roll off containers for trash and debris, dumpsters, and trash cans all present a danger to other vehicles. Roll off containers are often deployed right in the street. Dumpsters are often near where cars go around buildings. And trash cans are placed at the edge or in vehicle traffic once or twice a week. So…
It is important for fire hydrants to be well-marked so that they can be found quickly by firefighters both day and night. Most hydrants are painted red, yellow or another easily seen color and placed where they can be spotted and accessed easily in the daytime. But at night, paint, which does not reflect, provides…
Collisions between vehicles and livestock happen every day in America. These collisions invariably result in property damage, injury, and in some cases even death, to passengers. Studies show that most serious accidents involving vehicles and animals happen at night when visibility is low, and animals disappear into the darkness. In these cases, the driver has…
Like all trailers, horse and livestock trailers need to be marked with reflective tape so that they can be clearly seen and identified at night. This is especially true given the value of what is being hauled. By marking your trailer, other vehicles will be able to see it much sooner at night, and as…
Type 1 (Engineer Grade) – Highway Signage, Construction Zone Devices, Traffic Delineators Type 1 (Flexible Engineer Grade) – Vehicle and Other Graphics (Enclosed Lens – Glass Bead Type) D4956 Type I Retro Reflective Sheeting – Available in both standard and flexible versions. Medium intensity retro reflective sheeting is normally referred to as an “engineering grade”….
Type 2 (Super Engineer Grade) – Highway Signage, Construction Zone Devices, Graphics and Traffic Delineators (Enclosed Lens – Glass Bead Type) ASTM D4956 Type 2 Retro Reflective Sheeting – Medium High Intensity retro-reflective sheeting is designated as “super engineer grade”. This film is double the brightness of type 1 engineer grade. Common commercial applications for this…
Type 3 High Intensity – Highway Signage, Construction Zone Devices, and Traffic Delineators Type 3 Flexible High Intensity – Reboundable applications like Traffic Cones, Zodiac Boats, Banners. (Encapsulated Lens – Glass Bead Type) ASTM D4956 Type 3 Retro Reflective Sheeting – A high-intensity glass bead reflective film used for permanent highway signage, construction zone devices, bollards,…
Type 4 (High Intensity Prismatic) – Highway Signage, Construction Zone devices, and Traffic Delineators Type 4 Sheeting —A high intensity prismatic retro-reflective sheeting. This sheeting is an Unmetallized Microprismatic retro-reflective element (also known as Air Backed) material. This means that the prisms in the film are not given a mirror finish on the back. Instead,…
