The highway can be a dangerous place, especially with cars, buses, and trucks going up 75 MPH, you can never be too safe. Fortunately, there is a way to increase overall safety in the occurrence of a roadway or workplace accident. How is that? By using crash trucks, which are on-highway trucks which are equipped with truck-mounted impact attenuator. A crash truck reduces injuries and saves lives of motorists and construction workers in work zones by acting as a protective cushion device intended to absorb high-energy kinetic impact. Then how do crash trucks make your workplace safer?
What is a crash truck?
Well, let’s start with the definition of crash truck or impact attenuators. An impact attenuator is also known as a crash pad, since a crash pad is a device that’s intended to reduce the amount of damage to vehicles, motorists and structures that have been in a motor vehicle collision. They do this because they’re designed to absorb the kinetic energy of the colliding vehicle or vehicles. Simply put, they cushion the blow.
Why rent a crash truck?
The best way to be safe is not to get into a collision at all, but you always have to be prepared. Impact attenuators, attenuator trucks and truck-mounted attenuators are the best ways for you to be prepared because they improve highway construction safety and make your workplace safer in the process. A safer work environment is important and both the workers and drivers passing by deserves that safety.
Safety is always a priority. With a truck-mounted attenuator, the metal frame redirects the collision away from workers ensuring safety for workers. The crash trucks are also equipped with arrow signs and strobe lights to increase visibility. Increasing the visibility ensures safety of workers and drivers.
Where do they fit on a worksite?
The answer to this question is pretty simple. Crash trucks should be parked in front of fixed and temporary structures at road construction projects on highways, diversion intersections, crash barriers, and overpass supports, while Truck-mounted attenuators are mounted on specially fabricated trucks to be struck from behind and absorb vehicle impact. State work zone regulations often specify a minimum buffer barrier between the attenuator truck and the work area, and a minimum mass for the truck mounted attenuator truck, to minimize the chances that it will be pushed forward by a crash into the workers or machinery.
We’re here to help
Crash trucks are life-saving pieces of equipment specifically built to absorb the impact of a collision and can be a crash truck or a truck-mounted attenuator. Both are designed to absorb this impact, but specific jobs have specific needs. For your crash truck needs, call 877-740-RENT (7368) today to book your rental equipment directly through Partner Rentals.
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