A substantial body of research shows that using a hand-held or hands-free mobile phone while driving is a significant distraction, and substantially increases the risk of the driver crashing.

Safety Signs and Training for Drivers

Stocksigns offer a range of transport safety signs and driving resources to help protect your staff and fleet. As a working partner of RoSPA we are proud to offer access to RoSPA Fleet Training and consultancy as well as a host of traffic signs.

For more details on Driver Development courses, Advanced Driver Training and Driver Risk Assessment tools such as “Driver Profiler” please call us on 01737764764 for more information.

Prohibition Mobile Phone Safety Signs

The issue of drivers using mobile phones just won’t go away, government and police schemes to raise awareness of the dangers of mobile phones has failed to eradicate the problem. We have a range of safety posters and signs to help you look after your staff and fleet including prohibition signs, traffic signs, information signs and hazard signs. Visit our signs shop or order a catalogue to learn more.

Drivers who use a mobile phone, whether hand-held or hands-free:

  • Are much less aware of what’s happening on the road around them.
  • Fail to see road signs.
  • Fail to maintain proper lane position and proper speed.
  • Are more likely to ‘tailgate’ the vehicle in front.
  • React more slowly and take longer to brake.
  • Are more likely to enter unsafe gaps in traffic.
  • Feel more stressed and frustrated.

They are also four times more likely to crash, injuring or killing themselves and/or other people – RoSPA

The use of symbols and graphical images is a simple safety system used to convey safety messages at a glance. Colours and symbols appropriately used can provide information and warnings of hazards which are essential to safety at work, and in some instances may be independent of language.

Shop Health & Safety Signs

The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 require employers to provide and maintain safety signs where there is significant risk to health and safety that has not been avoided or controlled by other means (e.g. safe systems of work) provided that the use of a sign can help reduce the risk. They also require, where necessary, the use of road traffic signs in workplaces to regulate road traffic. Employers must also ensure that all employees receive appropriate information, instruction and training regarding safety signs.  Although most signs are self-explanatory, some employees (particularly young or new workers) may be unfamiliar with the signs used.

What is a safety sign?

A safety and/or health sign is defined as ‘information or instruction about health and safety at work on a signboard, a colour, an illuminated sign or acoustic signal, a verbal communication or hand signal.’

A signboard is a combination of shape, colour and symbol or pictogram made visible by adequate lighting and which may have supplementary text.

What are the 4 types of safety signs?

There are four different types of safety signs:

  • Prohibition / Danger Alarm Signs
  • Mandatory Signs
  • Warning Signs
  • And Emergency

Each of these signs has its own colour with different variety of signs.

Safety sign colours

What do Red safety signs mean?

When a sign is Red, it’s usually a prohibitory sign that aims to grab people’s attention for a dangerous situation nearby, such as preventing people from smoking in an area containing flammable materials.

What do Yellow or Amber safety signs mean?

Similarly to traffic lights, yellow or amber signs send a warning to viewers, which is an indication to take precautions in the environment their in. This includes being in an area with dangerous chemicals, high voltage electrical equipment or even to be careful of the step on the street.

What do Blue safety signs mean?

Blue safety signs are mandatory signs which instruct people to undertake an action before proceeding. This could be wearing protective clothing,  keeping a fire door shutt, making sure premises are tidy and applying hand sanitiser.

What do Green safety signs mean?

Green safety signs are informative for the reader to signal safety, directing them to areas such as exit routes, first aid stations and assembly points.

What are combination safety signs?

Under ISO 7010 legislation safety signs can be combined to give multiple messages.

Combination sign

This sign gives a hazard warning (yellow) that the site is dangerous. It gives a prohibition instruction (red) that there must be no unauthorised entry and a mandatory instruction (blue) that a course of action must be taken – visitors report to site office.

These multi message signs are ideal for construction sites or garage forecourts where a combination of messages can be delivered in one place in potentially dangerous environments.

When are barrier tapes used?

Barrier tape can be used where the marking of dangerous locations is deemed necessary (e.g. highlighting the edge of a raised platform or area or restricted heights). They can be used internally or externally to help alert people of a hazard or danger.

We supply a range of different tapes such as reflective hazard warning tapes, self-adhesive photoluminescent tape, graphic barricade tape and pipeline identification tape. Please call a member of a sales team on 01737 774072 to discuss your tape requirements.

black and yellow hazard barrier tape

 

ISO 7010

Large elements of the British Standard BS5499 symbols have been changed since the introduction of ISO 7010. The basic principles of understanding safety symbols have remained the same i.e. colour and shape of out line symbol but some of the icons/symbols have changed.

For more advice contact our sales team on 01737 774072 or send us an email.

RED

Meaning or Purpose

Prohibition/Danger alarm

Instruction and Information

Dangerous behaviour; stop; shutdown; emergency cut-out devices; evacuate

Features

Round shape; black pictogram on white background; red edging and diagonal line; red part to be at least 35% of the area of the sign

An Example 

1440 Strictly No admittance safety sign

YELLOW

Meaning or Purpose

Warning

Instruction and Information

Be careful; take precautions; examine

Features

Triangular in shape ; black pictogram on yellow background with black edging; yellow part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign

An Example 

2813 - warning overhead cables

BLUE

Meaning or Purpose

Mandatory

Instruction and Information

Specific behaviour or action e.g. wear personal protective equipment

Features

Round shape; white pictogram on blue background; blue part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign

An Example 

mandatory-hard-hat-area

GREEN

Meaning or Purpose

Emergency escape or First Aid

Instruction and Information

Doors; exits; escape routes equipment and facilities Return to normal

Features

Rectangular or square shape; white pictogram on green background; green part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign

An Example 

Fire Exit sign with left arrow

RED (fire fighting signs)

Meaning or Purpose

Fire fighting equipment

Instruction and Information

Identification & location

Features

Rectangular or square shape; white pictogram on red background; red part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign

An Example 

Fire alarm call point landscape layout sign
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The large distinction between the Dyson V8 vacuum and last year’s V6 is that the new Dyson cordless insurance claims to last for as much as 40 mins battery life. Is it ultimately enough to clean up the whole residence?

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Unlike a corded vacuum cleaner, there’s nowhere to save the unused upright the cleaner, which would add weight, yet it is a little bit of a pain.

With a stick and drive cleaner head affixed, the Dyson V8 Absolute manages like a cylinder vacuum’s wand without the weight of the attaching tube and main unit to drag around on the flooring. It really feels very different to an upright, however utilizing it quickly becomes natural. The greatest distinction is that because most of the weight is in your hand it’s a whole lot easier to pick up and relocate the soft roller cleaner head around without dragging it across the flooring. It converts to a handheld when needed.

In spite of weighing just 2.6 kg and being lighter than a lot of various other cordless vacuums, I found that after cleaning up an entire home with the Dyson digital motor v8 I could really feel the muscles in my hand and arm start to ache. Relaxing my hold and allowing the head on the floor take the weight helped, however it is something you have to get used to.eufy robovac(elements of a https://www.bestandfirst.com/eufy-robovac/)

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I found the battery life greater than long enough. An extensive tidy of 4 spaces, a kitchen area, a shower room and a flight of staircases with both carpet and hard flooring surfaces, including cleaning around the sides with the crevice tool, and utilizing the mini motorized tool directly the stairways, left me with one-third of the battery left.

A lighter weekly clean left about fifty percent in the storage tank, while I could utilize it for a whole day of tidying up throughout and after DIY without issue. A complete fee takes five hours and the Dyson V8 Absolute can be stored in a wall-mounted dock that holds and charges the main device, plus has clips for two devices. The various other devices, including the various other motorised heads have to be stored separately, which is a little bit messy.

Performance

The V8 can be found in two variations: the Dyson V8 Absolute and the V8 Pet. The Pet is the starting version and comes with one large motorised brush head, a gap and mix device and a smaller motorised go to cleaning the stairways and various other bits. The Absolute also comes with the cosy go to cleaning difficult floors.

The heads and devices can be connected straight to the V8 or via the stick, which is light sufficient to raise with the crevice tool to reach the corners of the ceiling.Small Vacuum Cleaner(Small Vacuum Cleaner’s website)

The Dyson V8 Absolute is the most flexible, easy to use and practical vacuum cleaner I have actually ever before made use of. Previous models wouldn’t constantly do the whole residence on a fee; the V8 will certainly be able to clean also a five-bed residence in one go, which is a big step forward.

With the weight of the motor and battery in your hand, it has to do with as tiring to make use of as an upright, regardless of being much lighter and extra manoeuvrable than the majority of other vacuums. There’s also a question over how much time the batteries will last. It has a two-year assurance, but similar to a mobile phone, the batteries will at some point discolor, indicating it could not last as long as a corded vacuum.

It is still a compromise, between power, battery life, weight and utility, however the Dyson V8 Absolute strikes the most effective balance so far. It is fully capable of replacing a corded model for even the messiest of work with the included benefit of a handheld vacuum cleaner constructed in. The V8 only actual issue is the cost, which is really high indeed.eufy robovac 25c(post (eufy robovac 25c))

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Stocksigns has developed a new safety sign incorporating a Gas Horn. Gas horns are ideal fire alarm device’s where a conventional fire alarm system is inappropriate. For example, building sites, concrete plants, quarries, workshops and temporary buildings. They are suitable for internal and external use. The Air horn sign enables you to spot missing safety equipment at a glance. For more information email dharbison@stocksigns.co.uk

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