In most countries, there are many laws in place to prevent road accidents. This includes rules applicable to vehicle manufacturing companies including traffic rules. While walking on the road, especially at night, you must have noticed that yellow blinker lights are installed on the side of the road. These lights are also called stud reflectors. It is through these lights that the driver driving at night gets information about the road.
What are these reflectors used for?
Whenever you go out on the road with a vehicle, you must have seen some yellow or red colored plastic stuck on the road strip at some places. Actually it is called stud reflector light. The actual use of this reflector is at night, while people also use the white strip and this reflector to determine the extent of the road during fog.
two types of reflectors
Let us tell you that there are two types of reflectors in these. One is called active reflectors and the other passive reflectors. In one of these reflectors, light is visible only because of radium, while in the other one, LED is installed for light.
passive reflectors
Passive reflectors are those that contain radium. These reflectors have radium strips on both sides and when the lights of vehicles fall on them in the dark. So they shine automatically. But there is no light in it, it works without any electricity or wire.
Active Reflectors
Active reflectors are those lights in which the LED keeps burning through the light. It keeps burning on its own at night. At the same time, it also closes itself as soon as the day comes. It gives light not on the basis of radium but through LED light.
price of light
Let us tell you that reflectors are available in the light market at different prices. Actually, these lights seen on the road seem cheap, but they are present in the market on the basis of their quality and strength. According to general information, their price in the market starts from Rs 300 to Rs 1100. However, the difference in price depends on the light and strength of the reflectors.
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