BUILDMATE Shimaru / Proman 2pcs Reflective Triangle EWD Early Warning Device Red & Yellow Vehicle Roadside Safety Emergency Triangle Signage Kit SOLD IN PAIRS
SHIMARU | PROMAN 2 PCS Reflective Triangle EWD Early Warning Device Red & Yellow SOLD IN PAIRS •BUILDMATE•
AVAILABLE IN:
►SHIMARU
►PROMAN
►1 YELLOW
►1 RED
SPECIFICATIONS:
►min.100mm
►max.200mm
►With plastic case
FEATURES:
►EWD Early Warning Device (PAIR) RED AND YELLOW
►The early warning device is safety tool which provides you with the safety net by way of added visibility especially during an emergency stop on a road.
►It is triangular in shape and is made out of very reflective plastic materials. These early warning devices or EWD’s comes in pairs; one yellow and one red.
HOW TO USE?
►For optimal visibility, the red triangle should be placed around six meters from the car and the yellow one at around six meters away from the red EWD.
►The idea behind this is the yellow one will inform other motorists that there’s a hazard ahead and that the red one will warn that the said hazard, which is your parked or stalled car, is nearby.
►On the highway though, you might want to stretch out these distances a little bit because typically cars on the highway travel faster. In addition to the distance requirement, your early warning devices must be tilted slightly backward at 5 to 10 degrees perpendicular to the surface of the road.
►This ensures that the light coming from other cars will bounce from the reflectorized sides of the EWD. Now what you do not want to do is to place the two EWDs side by side as it would defeat the purpose of them having different colors.
►Now aside from warning others that your stalled or parked car has become a potential road hazard, these early warning devices can also be useful of warning other motorists of other things on the road that might cause an accident especially if you come across the said hazard first.
►It might be that you came across a collision on the road, a large dead animal, a landslide, a damaged unpassable road, etc. Deploying a EWD in order to protect other cars and their passengers also displays courtesy on your part. ►Also, carrying and using a EWD is one of the best practices of a responsible car owner. It is, after all, an essential safety tool required by the LTO.
►So it is actually signed into law that you must carry a pair in your car. There are also guidelines in the said memo as to how these are deployed which we’ve already described above.