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Highway Safety and Road Safety Products

Orion has been making highway flares and other

roadside signaling products for nearly a century. Today, we’re the world’s leading manufacturer.

All of our flare products are made in the U.S.A. under the industry’s strictest quality and safety

guidelines. When you purchase an Orion product, you’re getting the proven best performing, highest

quality product you can buy.

Why Flares are Used

Flares are the universally understood emergency distress signal alerting oncoming traffic to a

life-threatening situation.

 Three flares create the equivalent "safety zone" as a police car with an activated light bar.

 Flares create a "safety zone" around disabled vehicles, police cars and the citizens and

officers or other safety professionals in attendance.

 Flares are used to channel traffic around a disabled vehicle, roadway obstruction or accident

scene.

 The glow of a flare illuminates surrounding roadway elements (e.g ., signs, bushes, vehicles)

creating a large distress beacon.

 The brilliant and unique flickering of a flare is bright enough to be seen at great distances –

yet not so distracting as to disorient passing vehicles.

 Flares self-consume, such that the user does not need to reenter the "danger zone" to retrieve

them. (They also allow for unique unattended applications such as unregulated railroad

crossings.)

 Flares are used effectively to signal emergency day or night, and in all weather conditions.

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Highway Safety and Road Safety Products Orion has been making highway flares and other roadside signaling products for nearly a century. Today, we’re the world’s leading manufacturer. All of our flare products are made in the U.S.A. under the industry’s strictest quality and safety guidelines. When you purchase an Orion product, you’re getting the proven best performing, highest quality product you can buy.
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Reasons Americans Rely on Flares as Opposed to Alternatives Emergency flares are the better solution for many reasons:  Flares operate in all environmental conditions – including adverse conditions like fog and snow.  No alternative product communicates "emergency" like a flare – you KNOW there is an emergency when you see a flare and caution is required.
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Chemical lightsticks are:  Not sufficiently bright (less than 5 candela after 10 seconds)  Virtually useless in daytime conditions (they provide no extra visibility)  Weather-dependent (cold weather depresses lumens/candela output while warm weather depresses their duration)  Not understood as an emergency distress signal -- lightsticks are more recognized as a novelty/fun product for children  Must be retrieved from roadway after use (environmental considerations if not picked-up)  As an