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Traffic mirrors are devices designed to increase road safety in areas of poor visibility. Find out why they are so important, where they are most often installed and what types they are.
Traffic mirrors u-18 are extremely important devices on the road. They significantly improve visibility, and thus increase road safety. Their main task is to eliminate blind spots. They also allow you to see if another vehicle or pedestrian is moving on the road. What other applications do they have and where are they mounted? You will read below.
Traffic mirrors according to the law are road safety devices. So as the name suggests, they are mostly responsible for ensuring safety. What does this mean? Mirrors eliminate blind spots, allow you to see if another vehicle or pedestrian is moving on the road, so you can avoid an accident. It is important that mirrors also allow you to judge the speed and distance of an approaching vehicle.
Traffic mirrors are nothing but quite large, round or rectangular, mirrors that are fixed on a post, at a suitable height, so that drivers can easily look at them. They are installed primarily at intersections, property exits, bus stops and internal roads of factories, or generally in places with limited visibility. In addition, according to the regulation road mirrors should be mounted at least 2 meters above the level of sidewalk or roadside.
Road mirrors are divided into two basic types – round road mirrors, or u-18a, and rectangular road mirrors, or u-18b. Round mirrors typically can range in diameter from 50 cm to about 90 cm. They are characterized by the fact that they focus visibility at more or less one specific point. Rectangular mirrors, on the other hand, allow you to see more horizontally. Such mirrors usually come in sizes: 60×40 cm, 80×60 cm, 100×80 cm. What kind of mirrors will be installed mainly depends on its purpose.
According to the law, you can not set up a mirror on the road yourself. Article 30 of the Act of March 21, 1985 on public roads applies, which says that the maintenance of exits, including culverts under them, belongs to the owners or users of land adjacent to the road. What exactly are exits, culverts and road maintenance under the law? An exit is a connection between a public road and a property located by the road, which constitutes a direct access to the public road within the meaning of the provisions on planning and spatial development
A culvert, on the other hand, is a structure with an enclosed cross-section, designed to carry watercourses, trails, wild animal migrations or technical devices across an embankment of a road. Road maintenance is the performance of maintenance, cleaning and other works aimed at increasing the safety and convenience of traffic, including snow removal and winter slippery control
So what can you do to have road mirrors installed? If this is the case, you will need to seek permission from the road authority to put it up. In the case of municipal roads, this is the mayor of the municipality, the mayor or the president of the city, provincial roads – the provincial board, and county roads – the county board.
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