BikeGuard Protection for the Summer

In light of the Department for Transport’s recent THINK! Campaign Named Riders, which encourages drivers to see the person behind the helmet and tackle motorcyclist road casualty figures, Highway Care is pleased to introduce its BikeGuard Motorcyclist Safety Barrier.  Summer is the time of year when motorcyclists are most likely to use the roads, however even though they only make up 1% of traffic, they account for 19% of deaths on Britain’s roads.

BikeGuard is a continuous barrier attachment, designed specifically to protect motorcyclists from impacting the support posts of existing safety barrier.  With BikeGuard in place, a motorcyclist that impacts the barrier will now be redirected along the continuous smooth surface of the barrier attachment, and no longer be highly vulnerable to potential injuries caused by impacting the vertical support posts of the existing barrier.

BikeGuard is used in places wherever a motorcyclist is most likely to suffer a fall.  Tight curvature bends are the most likely location a motorcyclist may come off, which could be due to a tightening radius, diesel spill, wet drain cover etc.  BikeGuard can be attached to OBB, TCB and W-beam safety barriers and has been installed at numerous locations throughout the UK where accidents involving motorcyclists had previously resulted in death or serious injury.

BikeGuard is approved for use in the UK by its inclusion in the HA List of Accepted EN1317 Compliant Road Restraint Systems and is available for installation now from Highway Care.