Clearer Benefits
The most important vehicles on our roads deserve the best possible reflective technology.
Whether travelling to an incident or at the scene itself, emergency vehicles must be seen by traffic and pedestrians at the earliest opportunity.
That’s why Rennicks have developed a comprehensive range of conspicuity films for police, ambulance, fire and highway maintenance vehicles. Using the very latest high-visibility technology, these products are designed to protect both the drivers of these vehicles and the public that they serve.
Clearer Research
Emergency vehicles have a number of means of attracting the attention of the public. But while flashing lights and sirens are a powerful tool they aren’t always in use and can sometimes be less effective than one might think. Research has shown that, from the age of 20, for every additional 13 years of age a driver needs double the amount of light to see at night. With a population that is living and driving much longer, older drivers need 10-20 times more luminance to enable them to recognise a hazard and react quickly.
But this isn’t the only condition that affects the modern driver. Studies have shown that inclement weather, rear lights, street lighting and traffic signals can combine to produce a phenomenon known as ‘red dot confusion’. This makes it difficult to quickly identify a stationary or slow-moving vehicle, causing a delay in reaction times.
In both instances, a livery manufactured from retroreflective, prismatic materials actually assists an approaching driver to determine the size, shape, speed, direction and distance of the emergency vehicle ahead.
Nikkalite Flexible Crystal Grade
Introduction
Nikkalite® Flexible Crystal Grade CVF is a new more conformable and flexible Crystal grade microprismatic retroreflective sheeting designed for emergency vehicle conspicuity.
Nikkalite Flexible Crystal Grade CVF offers very high retroreflectivity making the vehicle very conspicuous to other road users during the hours of darkness.
Nikkalite Flexible Crystal Grade CVF complies with the PSDB High Conspicuity Livery for Police Vehicles
Expected performance life
When processed and applied in line with NCI’s procedures CVF standard colours can be expected to have a useful working life of 7 years.
Roll storage / cut kit storage
Nikkalite Flexible Crystal Grade CVF should be stored in dry clean conditions between 15°C to 27°C, 30% to 60% humidity and out of direct sunlight. Rolls should be supported through the centre after use and not left lying on hard surface. Kits should be stored flat and adequately packed.
Livery design
stretched during application, as with other sheetings any tension introduced
Nikkalite Flexible Crystal Grade CVF will adhere to flat, two and shallow three dimensional contoured panels providing the sheeting is not forced out of shape during application. CVF is more flexible and conformable than previous Nikkalite Crystal grade sheetings and careful livery design is important using butt joints where necessary. CVF sheeting is easy to handle but must not beduring incorrect application will be released within 2 to 3 days.
Kits should be professionally designed by experienced operatives to fit the vehicle correctly allowing sufficient space to the edges of body panels, handles etc. The sheeting can be edge sealed when required using ultrasonic cut and seal methods to prevent discoloration in the outer cut cells.
Maximum reflectivity is obtained when Nikkalite Flexible Crystal Grade CVF is applied in a horizontal direction off the roll.
Nikkalite Flexible Engineering Grade
Description
Nikkalite® Flexible Engineering Grade (FEG) is a flexible glass-beaded retroreflective sheeting that renders retroreflectivity during darkness. It is designed for use on emergency vehicles and fleet markings where application to riveted and corrugated surfaces may be required.
The material is highly resistant to extremes of hot, cold, dry and humid weathering conditions and vehicles liveried with FEG sheeting are attractive in appearance and highly visible during both day and night-time conditions.
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 Operations; O5.2.3(c)
Chapter 8 requires high visibility rear vehicle chevron marking for vehicles stopping on
the highway for works purposes or inspections.
O5.2.3(c) states; Chevron markings comprising alternate strips of retroreflective red
material and fluorescent yellow non-retroreflective material, of not less than 150mm
width each, inclined at 45-60° to the horizontal and pointing upwards, should cover
as much of the rear-facing portion of the vehicle as possible…”
