Equipment for Latix Mast
Lattix posts - saving lives at the roadside
The European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) has found that more than 60 per cent of road deaths in the UK occur on roads outside built-up areas, particularly on single-carriage roads.
Last year, 300 people in the UK were killed or seriously injured in collisions with road traffic sign and traffic signal posts. The rigidity of most roadside traffic sign and traffic signal posts means that even a EuroNCAP 5-star car cannot protect its occupants adequately.
Lattix posts are designed to be forgiving when struck by vehicles at speeds in excess of 50 mph. Crash tests and real life crash incidents have demonstrated that in a collision, even at high speed, damage to the vehicle is minimal, and injuries to occupants much less severe.
Lattix posts have been developed by Juralco, a Norwegian company, and its development is shared with SignPost Solutions, the UK supplier that has researched and developed their use in the UK.
Lattix posts have proved highly successful in Scandinavia, and more recently have been crash tested by the Highways Agency and found to fully conform with British and European standards. They have been installed at more than 300 locations in the UK and Ireland.
POLETECH SYSTEMS has designed a Highways Approved electrical Break-Away system, the Poletech Pole.Plug, to combine with the Lattix foundation.
Please click here for installation drawing and details of all the products you will require to satisfy the new regulations when installing these structures.