A safety system to prevent a wrong-way vehicle from entering a roadway by driving onto an exit ramp in the wrong direction. A detection system monitors and detects the wrong-way vehicle as soon as it enters the exit ramp in the wrong direction. Upon detecting a wrong-way vehicle, the roadway safety system remotely sends a signal to turn off the motor of the wrong-way vehicle. The system may also record the vehicle's identification and communicate it to a command center to determine the mobile phone number of the owner/driver and call the driver to alert them that they are driving the wrong-way. Alternatively, a series of one or more penetrable and/or impenetrable barriers could be deployed to stop the wrong-way vehicle. The safety system may further include a communications system to communicate to a central office to initiate other alarms and control traffic on the roadway in response to detecting a wrong-way vehicle.

The objective of this application is to provide a switch device of a turnstile passage, consisting of a flap, a base, a frame, a guide rail mechanism arranged on the base and movably connected to the flap, a connecting rod swing mechanism 5 arranged on the frame 3, and a driving mechanism 6. One end of the connecting rod swing mechanism is rotationally connected to the flap so that the flap on the guide rail mechanism reciprocates between a closed position and an open position of the turnstile passage when the connecting rod swing mechanism swings; and the other end of the rod connecting rod swing mechanism is rotationally connected to the driving mechanism for driving the connecting rod swing mechanism to swing.

A safety system to prevent a wrong-way vehicle from entering a roadway by driving onto an exit ramp in the wrong direction. A detection system monitors and detects the wrong-way vehicle as soon as it enters the exit ramp in the wrong direction. Upon detecting a wrong-way vehicle, the roadway safety system remotely sends a signal to turn off the motor of the wrong-way vehicle. The system may also record the vehicle's identification and communicate it to a command center to determine the mobile phone number of the owner/driver and call the driver to alert them that they are driving the wrong-way. Alternatively, a series of one or more penetrable and/or impenetrable barriers could be deployed to stop the wrong-way vehicle. The safety system may further include a communications system to communicate to a central office to initiate other alarms and control traffic on the roadway in response to detecting a wrong-way vehicle.

A safety system to prevent a wrong-way vehicle from entering a roadway by driving onto an exit ramp in the wrong direction. A detection system monitors and detects the wrong-way vehicle as soon as it enters the exit ramp in the wrong direction. Upon detecting a wrong-way vehicle, the roadway safety system remotely sends a signal to turn off the motor of the wrong-way vehicle. The system may also record the vehicle's identification and communicate it to a command center to determine the mobile phone number of the owner/driver and call the driver to alert them that they are driving the wrong-way. Alternatively, a series of one or more penetrable and/or impenetrable barriers could be deployed to stop the wrong-way vehicle. The safety system may further include a communications system to communicate to a central office to initiate other alarms and control traffic on the roadway in response to detecting a wrong-way vehicle.

According to various aspects, the invention provides a vehicle security barrier apparatus (100; 200; 300; 400) comprising: (i) a support structure (50; 150; 250; 350) for being disposed at least partially below ground, the support structure having a below ground aspect (70; 170; 270; 370) and an above-ground aspect (60; 160; 260; 360); (ii) a track (55; 155; 255; 355) provided at least in part within the support structure; (iii) at least three upright bollards (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d; 120a, 120b, 120c, 120d; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d; and 320a, 320b, 320c, 320d) mounted to or partially within the support structure, wherein two bollards (20a, 20d; 120a, 120d; 220a, 220d; 320a, 320d) of the at least three bollards are rigidly fixed to the support structure and at least one of said bollards (20b, 20c; 120b, 120c; 220b, 220c; 320b, 320c) is movably coupled to the support structure; and (iv) a mounting structure (80; 180; 280; 380) anchored to the below-ground aspect of the support structure and comprising a series of coupling members extending outward of the below-ground aspect of the support structure. The at least one moveable bollard being movably coupled to the track such that the at least one movable bollard is moveable relative to the two fixed bollards between a closed position, wherein the movable bollard is disposed between said two fixed bollards for inhibiting the passage of a vehicle therebetween; and an open position.

In one embodiment, a deployable barrier container apparatus includes: in folded position, a container and, in unfolded position, a vertical barrier component is deployable on a base placed on the ground to oppose vehicle traffic approaching from an upstream side, a second side wall and a ceiling top are disposed on the downstream side of the base, a first side wall and a stowed top are disposed on the upstream side of the base and on which approaching vehicles move, the horizontal barrier component is disposed upstream of the stowed top and on which the approaching vehicles move, and the horizontal barrier component comprises an elongated sliding friction mat which creates a sliding friction interface with the ground upon contact of a moving vehicle with the deployed vertical barrier component in the deployed position. The base, side walls, and tops are rotatably connected to unfold to form the barrier apparatus.

A queue management system comprises a plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers, each comprising a plurality of movable barrier arms carried by a barrier post, the plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers being arranged in a two-dimensional grid pattern over a queuing area; and a controller configured to control the movable barrier arms of the dynamic pedestrian barriers to be reconfigurable between at least a first configuration, in which the plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers define a first queue path between a queue entry and a queue exit, and a second configuration, in which the plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers define a second queue path between the queue entry and the queue exit, the second queue path having a different path length.

An exemplary crash gate to guard against motor vehicles crossing a roadway in a direction from an attack side to a protected side including a buttress post assembly secured below ground in a first concrete foundation on a side of the roadway, the buttress post assembly having two buttress posts forming a barrier passage, a latch post assembly secured below the ground in a second concrete foundation on an opposite side of the roadway, the latch post assembly having two latch posts forming a latch gap, a barrier with a gate beam disposed in the barrier passage and extending from a buttress end to a latch end, and one of a vertical pin or a hook connected to the latch post assembly and positioned in the latch gap and the other one of the vertical pin or the hook located on the latch end, when the barrier is in a closed position the latch end is located in the latch gap and the vertical pin is positioned outside of the hook.

Impact resistant retractable safety barriers are disclosed. An apparatus includes a support member, a flexible elongate member to extend and retract through an opening in the support member, and a stop member including a region to interface with the flexible elongate member. The stop member engages with structure of the support member surrounding the opening to limit a distance with which the flexible elongate member extends through the opening. The stop member cooperates with the structure of the support member to maintain a gap between a surface of the region of the stop member and the structure of the support member. A width of the gap is equal to or greater than a thickness of the flexible elongate member.

A queue management system comprises a plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers, each comprising a plurality of movable barrier arms carried by a barrier post, the plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers being arranged in a two-dimensional grid pattern over a queuing area; and a controller configured to control the movable barrier arms of the dynamic pedestrian barriers to be reconfigurable between at least a first configuration, in which the plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers define a first queue path between a queue entry and a queue exit, and a second configuration, in which the plurality of dynamic pedestrian barriers define a second queue path between the queue entry and the queue exit, the second queue path having a different path length.