In an e-mail to PSS staff today, David E. Cowan, President and CEO, wrote: 

“Tommie Benn will celebrate his 20th year with PSS tomorrow, Saturday, June 15!  Congratulations Tommie!”

From David E. Cowan, President/CEO of PSS: 

Congratulations to Jerrold Thomas, who celebrates his 20th year with PSS today!

Jerrold is our Assistant Plant Manager.

In an effort to increase road safety, especially in construction zones, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced it will mandate the use of temporary portable rumble strips, like RoadQuake 2 temporary portable rumble strips, in highway work zones beginning in May. 

In 2012, there were 90,378 crashes related to distracted driving in Texas, causing 18,468 serious injuries and 453 deaths, according to a recent TxDOT report.

By mandating the use of temporary portable rumble strips, such as RoadQuake 2 temporary portable rumble strips by Plastic Safety Systems, Inc., TxDOT is hoping to cut down on those alarming figures.

RoadQuake 2 strips alert potentially distracted drivers to changing road conditions. The strips cover an entire lane of traffic and can be set up in minutes. At 13 inches wide and less than an inch thick, the strips generate the same level of sound and vibration as those that are milled into the road.

A variety of media outlets recently covered TxDOT’s decision to protect workers and drivers by mandating the use of the temporary portable rumble strips:  

 TXDOT uses new tool to catch motorists’ attention (KTBS-TV, April 2, 2013)

 TxDOT to install ‘rumble strips’ to increase safety in roadwork zones (The Eagle of Bryan, Texas, March 29, 2013)

 Rumble Strips Coming to Work Zones in Bryan (KBTX-TV, March 28, 2013)

 New TxDOT Safety Measures (The Hillsboro Reporter)

 Texas Rumble Strips (SafeMotorist.com)

 Lower speeds, rumble strips coming to I-35 work zones (The Baylor Lariat, Feb. 22, 2013)                                        

 Interested in purchasing RoadQuake 2 temporary portable rumble strips for a highway construction project? Contact your regional Plastic Safety Systems sales representative.

This is David.

David is 7 years old, and lives in the Cleveland area.  He’s about a 30 minute drive from us.

His mother wrote us recently and told us:

“David…is very “unique”. He loves traffic drums and channelizers, which he calls “barrels” and “skinnys”. He often has me go online to look at these products, and he was thrilled when we came upon your website.  He thinks it is wonderful that these products are manufactured so close to us.”

David’s mother asked if we could please send David some our literature, which we did. But, we thought we could do a little better; you see the results in the picture.

Merry Christmas to you, David, and to everyone, from PSS.  

This is a reprint from 2010, because it matters:

We offer this link as a reminder of the other Ireland.

As my sainted Irish grandmother often told me, it’s not all about the drinkin’.

NB: If you like Mr. Cahill’s article, you’ll love his book.

Read our e-mail newsletter, issued yesterday, here.

PSS wishes you a happy, safe and thankful 4th of July Holiday. 

“Three Flags”, Jasper Johns, 1958. 

Whitney Museum of American Art.

ATSSA awarded us their prestigious Innovation Award, at ATSSA Expo, Feb 15-17, in Phoenix.  We took 2nd place for one of our new products, RoadQuake Modular Temporary Portable Rumble Strip! 

Readers may recall we took 2nd for the original RoadQuake at ATSSA Expo in 2009.

We would like to thank members of the academy, our parents, 

We would like to thank ATSSA judges, ATSSA staff, and our many friends and customers for their continued support.  

We will add RoadQuake Modular and SafetyWall ADA-Compliant Pedestrian Barricade to our web site later this week.  In the meantime, write me if you’d like me to e-mail our flyers:  wejamieson@plasticsafety.com

We introduced SafetyWall, the device on the right in the picture, at the Annual TRB Conference a few weeks ago.  

SafetyWall is an ADA-Compliant Barricade.  It is an interlocking device, and thus provides safe, continuous pedestrian guidance through a work zone.

SafetyWall offers the same level of guidance as concrete or plastic barrier, but is easier to transport, install and remove.

We’ll have a new page up on our web site sometime next week, along with a sales flyer for download. 

We will feature SafetyWall in our booths at ATSSA Expo and Border Security Expo, both being held in Phoenix next week.

But why wait?  Call us for a demonstration now!  Contact Tim Cox, our Sr. Product Mgr., for a demo.  You can find Tim’s contact information on the main site, under PSS staff.