Traffic Lights on Trolley Wheels pop up like daffodils!
During our wintery March there have been increasing reports on potholes affecting the British road system. I was intrgued to hear the fact that the UK now has more potholes than daffodils, and potholes now have their own website, where the general public can report potholes and review other ‘sightings’!
During our wintery March there have been increasing reports on potholes affecting the British road system. I was intrgued to hear the fact that the UK now has more potholes than daffodils, and potholes now have their own website, where the general public can report potholes and review other ‘sightings’! An industry report out this month reported that the crumbling road crisis would take over ten billion pounds to rectify. This may explain my fascination with mobile traffic lights on trolley wheels popping up like daffodiles at roadworks all over the country. I bet on your travels to work, or school or the shops you pass these mobile traffic lights on pneumatic trolley wheels every day. Their appearance, a bilt like daffodiles, have beome second nature to us all.
In Fact the Asphalt Industry Alliance recently argued that clearing the backlog of unfilled potholes would take over twelve years. The reason for this dramatic increase in road damage has been blamed on the wet and cold weather. Last year the Asphalt Industry Alliance reported that local authorities filled over two million potholes, which was a twenty nine percent increase on the year before. For each set of roadworks the local authorities use these handy mobile traffic lights to manage passing traffic. Next time you pass one, and it wont be long until you do, have a look at the traffic lights trolley wheels. These trolley wheels are ideal for low speed applications, and as they are pneumatic wheels, air filled with chunky tyres, they can easily be positioned on the road. Potholes and road imperfections do not phase these rugged outdoor trolly wheels.
Trolley wheels and wheelbarrow wheels are ideal for external applications, and are not only used on mobile traffic lights, but on a variey of maintenance equipment and trolleys. Local authorities face such a shortfall of budget to be able to repair these potholes. With a thrird of our roads having potholes and damaged surgfaces the problem is spiralling out of control. It seems the local authorities are constanntly patching our road network, and replacement trolley wheels are required on the mobile traffic lights and maintenance equipment. Not only is the patchwork repair costly, but there has been a sharp increase in motorist claims. Potholes cause damage to axles and suspensions, which accounts for a third of all mechanical issues on British roads. Local authorities are faced with repair budgets and compensation claims every year.
One solution to ease the budget burden of potholes is to fit mobile traffic lights and maintenance equipment with flat free wheels and puncture proof wheels. With no inner tube, these puncture proof trolley wheels will never deflate or be affected by punctures. A handy puncture proof solution for my favourite mobile traffic lights on wheels. So with the Easter weather not improving any time soon, the Government have agreed to provide local councils with more than three billion pounds between 2013 and 2015 to maintain the road network. The hope is this will go some way to maintaining the patchwork of potholes springing up and more numerous than our spring plant the daffodil!
