About 200,00 reflective road studs are installed in Binghai Road of Qingdao, and the total cost of them are around 1 billion yuan. They are installed to increase the vehicles can pass safely when the light is dim, especially guarantee the night driving safety of the passing vehicles at night. Binghai Road is the first road in Shangdong province that installed the
reflective road studs.
It is easy to find that rows of sparkling balls appear on the fast lanes, which are extending far away. The installation workers said that, those sparkling balls are reflective road studs, whose diameter are only 4cm. it is known that the installation project of the reflective road stud begins from the intersection of East Hong Kong Road and Binhai Road, and ends at the Tianheng county of Jimo city, and the total distance is 64 km.
There are 4 rows of reflective road studs are installed on both sides of the road, and they are mainly installed to separate the fast lanes and the bicycle lanes in the interval of 4 meters. The reflective road studs are made by the high strength tempering glass and reflective material, and they have two colors: yellow and white. “When the light of vehicles illuminates on the reflective road studs, the drivers can see the marked lines and
road studs clearly, especially at night or on the condition of dim light, to decrease the happening of traffic accidents.” The installation workers said that.
After the complete of the Binghai Road in Jiaonan or Yellow island, the reflective road studs will be installed at the end of next year, which not only guarantees the driving safety of Binhai Road, but beautifies the road. As the main traffic that connect the east coast and west cost of Qingdao, the Binhai Road make the citizens and the tourists can enjoy the comfortable and convenient traffic environment.
