Reflective road studs and solar road studs on the road are important traffic infrastructure, and they play an excellent role in maintaining traffic order and guiding vehicles. However, in some special cases, these road studs may become a safety hazard and need to be removed in time. Under what circumstances do you need to remove the road studs on the road?
1. Damage or aging of road studs
The purpose of installing cat eye road studs is to guide vehicles to follow the designated route. However, after long-term use, road studs may be severely worn, deformed, or broken due to traffic pressure, weather influence, or vehicle collision, resulting in failure of reflective or luminous functions. At this time, they need to be removed and replaced. So as not to pose a safety threat to passing vehicles and pedestrians. If the road studs with LED lights have a power failure or the light source is damaged and cannot emit light normally, they also need to be removed or replaced.
2. Road reconstruction
With the continuous development of the city and the continuous changes in traffic flow, when some roads need to be re-divided, reconstructed, or under large-scale construction, the layout of the cat eye road studs may no longer adapt to the new road design and must be removed and reinstalled.
When carrying out road widening, repaving, and other reconstruction projects, the original road studs may be incompatible with the new pavement materials or affect the flatness of the road surface. In order to ensure the quality and service life of the renovated road, these cat eye road studs need to be removed and the installation location needs to be replanned.
3. Safety hazards exist
In some cases, road studs may hinder the normal passage of vehicles or pedestrians due to improper installation locations. For example, setting too many road marking studs on the sidewalk may affect the walking comfort of pedestrians; setting cat eye studs on narrow motor vehicle lanes may increase the risk of traffic accidents. For such road studs that hinder traffic, they also need to be removed, and the installation location needs to be replanned. Or some road marking studs may be designed too high or not meet the standards, especially at high speeds, which may cause the vehicle to vibrate or slip, affecting driving safety, and they need to be removed.
4. Seasonal removal
In winter, when there is more ice and snow, some areas will remove road obstacles (including road studs) to facilitate the passage of snowplows or snow removal vehicles to avoid affecting snow removal work. Now there are new road stud products that do not affect the normal operation of snowplows or snowplows at all, and there is no need to remove the road marking studs.
5. Temporary application
In some temporary scenarios, such as road traffic control, temporary construction areas, or some special sections, temporary road studs may be used to mark the route. After the construction is completed or the activity is over, these temporary road studs will also be removed.
Removing road studs is usually necessary in some special circumstances, and it is also to adapt to road changes or improve traffic safety. Therefore, it is usually decided according to specific road conditions and traffic needs when implementing it.
