Safety Barriers are access control devices and are the medium to protect traffic from hazardous situations such as steep slopes etc. They help to prevent vehicles from colliding and also prevent passage to migrate risks. Typically these are placed across the roadways and cause a barricading to the cars while leading into and out of the buildings, industries, military base, commercial complex, or other public avenues.
With a high level of vehicle and pedestrian activities, car parks in the shopping centre are the most sensitive areas for customers' safety. The commercial complexes experience a high crowd density and are packed with people and cars moving in a tight and narrow area. A high volume of vehicles combined with a higher concentration of pedestrians', calls for a high safety feature. Barriers serve the purpose of a guarded traffic movement with an increase in safer activities.
These barriers can be operated by using a keypad, a radio control device, a wireless intercom, card readers, smart mobile phones or through a manual wire pendant. Most of the barriers at exits are equipped with an automatic opening feature for a smooth flow of traffic. Easy to deploy and usable in all weather conditions, the safety barriers can cycle as many times, as required, all through the days and nights.
The automatic safety barriers are available with two types of power, viz. Battery Powered, and Hard Wired.
Battery Powered Safety Barriers
The battery-powered safety barriers are self-contained gates deployed for short or long-term use to restrict the vehicle's access. Primarily used in parking areas, they can also be used for security purposes during an emergency and other traffic applications for all residential, commercial, and industrial areas.
Cheaper in price, the battery-powered safety barriers are also offered with the option of solar panels, where the charging of batteries is not at all required.
Hard wired electric safety barriers
The electric-powered security checkpoints are operated with electricity and are ideal for accessing gates to protect personnel and restricting vehicular movements. These physical gates eliminate the need to physically stopping the traffic, providing lesser harm to humans.
Costlier in comparison to battery-powered barriers, these safety gates are tough to maintain with long hard electric wires.
Reasons to install safety barriers.
Below are some of the reasons to deploy barriers:
Helps to prevent cars from going over the edge in upper levels of parking spaces
To control car speeds inside the parking areas in various locations
Keeping pedestrians away from vehicle movements
To prevent unauthorized access to car parks in residential societies or other public places
Help in eliminating risks such as climbing fences
To protect landscaping
To protect various vulnerable structures
Conclusion
The two types of safety barriers have the same purpose, to protect the lives of human beings. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. Depending on the application areas, both of these barriers have their pros and cons. One has to choose according to their particular needs, for a battery-powered or electrical safety barrier.