Loose Loads Turn Into Debris Danger
Drivers are facing increasing danger on freeways due to poorly secured materials, tools and other loads. When loose material becomes dangerous flying debris, it has a huge impact on our roadways and on our insurance liability rates.
CORONA, CA (PRWEB) August 16, 2005 -- Drivers are facing increasing danger on
freeways due to poorly secured materials, tools and other loads. When loose
material becomes dangerous flying debris, it has a huge impact on our roadways
and on our insurance liability rates.
“Daily we’re seeing a deadly old
menace on our roads and highways. It is proving very costly both in terms of
people hurt or killed and millions of taxpayers’ dollars to clean it up,” says
Angel Rivera, President of LOAD-HELPER LLC and creator of Load-Helper, a
tie-down system developed to secure those hazardous shipments in transit.
To counter the growing debris problem, the California Department of
Transportation has launched a new, $6.5 million dollar public awareness campaign
called, “Don’t Trash California” to focus attention on the problem.
“The
fact is,” says Rivera, “that along with making people aware of the danger of
road debris, we need to provide contractors and others a simple way to secure
their loads more safely. Our product, Load-Helper, works with existing tie-downs
to make securement effective. It will save valuable time when tying down before
a driver is about to get on the road with materials or tools in a truck bed or
attached to an overhead frame --- but it can make all the
difference.”
According to CALTRANS, the tool that most often turns into
flying debris is an aluminum ladder. That item is closely followed on the
statistics list by sheets of plywood and lumber that are improperly secured and
become loose on the road.
“Its simple physics -- loads fly out the back
of a truck when the vehicle moves forward or they shift to the front when
braking. Unfortunately, that’s the one fact most people fail to consider until
they see part of their load flying off. Our system provides that added
all-important help to shield loads from becoming projectiles and striking other
vehicles,” adds Rivera.
LOAD-HELPER Systems include a full-line of
different sizes and lengths of shields to secure a wide array of loads.
LOAD-HELPER, LLC., is a California-based company that manufactures
transportation tie-down systems designed to make highway and road travel safer.
For more information, contact Katie Toral at 800-819-1142 or visit www.load-helper.com.
# # #
Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/8/prweb272126.htm