Reflectors

It has been determined that almost all road accidents (regardless of whether they involved cars, bicycles, motorcycles or even heavy goods vehicles) take place during the night and in circumstances of decreased visibility, for instance fog. It is therefore essential that every vehicle used on the road should be specially fitted with a form of reflector to act as an added visibility preventative its an a virtually near certainty that there's a reflector to fit every single make and model of car and motorcycle since in most cases the reflectors for vehicles such as this aren't made especially for certain models and makes and can very easily separately be attached or stuck on.

There are also several firms specialising in the manufacturing of plastic products that along with producing reflectors in a range of polymers (from standard ABS compounds to others such as PPS, DMC and ULTEM which have a really high level of heat resistance) for a large number of vehicles (manufactured using moulding or vacuuming production processes), also offer a re-metallising service for headlight reflectors of classic and modern cars alike. Such companies in many cases are approached to manufacture suitable reflectors for many makes of cars which have failed their M.O.T. tests.

For bikes particularly, reflectors are normally manufactured as a moulded tile of transparent plastic, with a smooth exterior surface (in order to allow light such as from an approaching vehicles headlights to enter) whilst the back of the reflector takes the form of a range of angled spherical beads or micro-prisms. These reflectors make use of the principle of retroreflection to alert motorists to the presence of the cyclist on the road. Retroreflection occurs when light is reflected back to the source with a minimum amount of light being scattered and lost in the surrounding area, making Retroreflectors the perfect materials for usage in the manufacture of car and bicycle reflectors.