Protecting People and Property
Vegas BETTS® barriers are scientifically designed using patented energy-absorbing technology to create a temporary or permanent barrier wall that protects pedestrians and drivers while concurrently complementing the aesthetics of the property.
- Upon impact, the energy and momentum from the colliding vehicle is absorbed by the patented barrier system, sparing the driver's life and the vehicle from catastrophic damage, while simultaneously protecting pedestrians from impact.
- Ultimately keeps private property and your city safer for people AND cars.
In Clark County alone, approximately 25 bus stops a month are involved in vehicular accidents, leaving approximately nine bus stops totally destroyed and in need of replacing on a monthly basis. According to the Traffic Safety Coalition at UNLV, 20 percent of pedestrian fatalities that occurred in Clark County in the first six months of 2020 were on the sidewalk. According to the National Insurance Institute, it can be estimated that hundreds of buildings are struck by vehicles in a given month. Additionally, the number of vehicular assaults, or car-ramming attacks in the United States has become an increasingly common tactic.
These are all examples of unnecessary casualties and harm to pedestrians, property and in some cases, drivers. The Vegas BETTS® barriers are designed to mitigate these casualties and damages.
Energy Absorbing Technology
Vegas BETTS® barriers are scientifically designed using similar patented energy-absorbing technology trusted by racing organizations and professional vehicle manufacturer safety testing departments. The technology is designed and developed by Dr. Dean Sicking, developer of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) barriers used on NASCAR and Indy Racing League tracks around the world.
"It’s virtually impossible to drive more than a mile on any major freeway in this country without encountering one of our systems,” says Sicking, who spent two decades as director of the Nebraska Transportation Center at the University of Nebraska. “Our roadside safety devices save hundreds, if not a thousand, lives per year without getting a whole lot of attention, but when we build a device that saves one or two racecar drivers, everyone wants to know about it.”
The Vegas BETTS® barrier incorporates stacked steel tubing, which is then welded together to produce barrier segments as long as 40 feet in length using one bollard per segment. For larger barrier distances, adjacent segments can be joined with internal spliced tubing, similar to those used in Dr. Sicking's initial development of the SAFER Barrier. These long segments incorporate long barrier segments and wide bollard spacing. The interlocking system makes the new barrier inexpensive to fabricate, deploy, and remove from roadways or property lines as needed.
Furthermore, numerous computer simulations have indicated that the tubular barrier design has a similar impact capacity to that of a traditional-designed bollard system and water-filled traffic barriers, however the barriers' anchors only need 12 inches of depth to brace them to the ground and their energy-absorbing technology can also limit impact damage to the driver of the vehicle.
