Dorman Varitext
A division of Unipart Logistics North America. The only choice in traffic calming and road safety products for municipalities everywhere. We cater specifically to highway safety engineers, schools, and emergency services in providing innovative independently proven safety standards unparalleled in the traffic calming industry.
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Welcome to Dorman Varitext
and welcome to the No.1 LED display based traffic safety toolbox in North America
The leader in producing high quality affordable Driver Feedback Signs, Radar Speed Signs, VATCS, Sequential Work Zone Barricade warning lights and LED based Vehicle Activated Traffic Calming Solutions for traffic engineers throughout North America.
With support of the Unipart Group, Dorman Varitext has also become a leading light in the LED rail signalling industry with extensive product ranges available in more than 30 countries across five continents.
Every product is manufactured and conforms to appropriate international performance specifications, and we are ISO 9001:2000 registered.
SynchroGUIDE chosen as ASSTHO TIG 2011 focus technology
Dorman Varitext in conjunction with Dicke Safety Products our strategic US partner for work zone traffic safety equipment are delighted to be able to announce that with the support and vision of Missouri DOT`s lead state nomination, Oklahoma DOT and feedback from travelling public, the SynchroGUIDE sequential barricade warning light system has been selected by the ASSHTO Technology Implementation Group (TIG) as a 2011 focus technology.
The ASSHTO TIG group mission is to scan the horizon for outstanding advancements in transportation technology and invests time and money to accelerate their adoption by agencies nationwide.
Each year, TIG selects a highly valuable, but largely unrecognized procedure, process, software, device, or other innovation that has been adopted by at least one agency, is market ready and is available for use by other interested agencies.
Guided by the vision of "a culture where rapid advancement and implementation of high payoff, innovative technologies is the expectation of the transportation community," TIG's objective is to share information with AASHTO member agencies, local agencies, and their industry partners to improve the Nation's transportation system.
1st Anniversary for SBC steady burn LED chevron series in BC
Dorman Varitext were pleased to receive the following feedback from British Columbia Ministry of Transport on the anniversary of their first ever steady burn LED chevron installation in North America in Clinton BC on Highway 97.
This is the 1st anniversary for the LED Chevrons at Walker's Curve and 1st snowfall of the year:
• 0 crashes
• 0 electrical problems
• 4 washes (compared to about 50 washes for the regular W-62 signs) $100 approx in electrical costs
• It is noted how the regular reflective sign visibility deteriorates in a snow storm compared to an LED sign.
We are very pleased with the results, thank you again for everyone's ingenuity to get these signs developed and implemented.
Michelle Schilling
Area Manager -- Clinton - Bridge Lake
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure -- Cariboo District
Tel. (250) 395-8948 Fax (250)395-6062
On the success of the initial trial , BCMOT will be installing a number of additional sites this fall and Dorman Varitext looks forward to expanding and sharing the Safety benefits of this technology with other provinces during 2011.
This section of highway has a high level of heavy truck traffic 30 to 50% and the curve in question had a high historical incident rate with 12 collisions being recorded during the period 2005 to 2008 equating to an average fatality rate of 1 person per year.
With 25% of the 40,000 fatalities in North America each year involving a curve , this is one product that deserves a second look.
It’s a Win-Win, VATCS do reduce fatalities and will benefit economy
When used downstream from fixed plate warning signs on curve locations with an accident history, VATCS have been independently proven to reduce speeds and accidents for the long term.
Ohio is the latest state to trial the technology, see two of the installations pictured south of Columbus in Franklin County.
VATCS is the only traffic calming display technology approach that has been independently large scale field tested to prove long term effectiveness with driver respect of the technology being maintained over a 3 year period with the TRL548 report (hyperlink TRL548 to research page on site) being the only internationally recognized study of its kind...