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3M is a world leader in designing and manufacturing road safety products. For example, 3M makes Scotchlite™ Reflective Materials used on clothing for the emergency services, construction workers, cyclists and pedestrians – in fact, anyone who needs to be seen clearly. The company also produces light-reflecting signs and light-reflecting paint for marking roads. Recent 3M innovations include Driver Feedback Signs, which show approaching motorists their speed, and a new, high-tech footpath marking product, 3M™ All Weather Paint, which provides optimal visibility in wet or dry conditions, day or night.

To learn more about 3M’s traffic safety systems, please click here.

3M actively supports the Department for Transport's Road Safety Campaign, THINK!. In 2000, the Government published a safety strategy in Tomorrow's Roads Safer For Everyone.

By 2010, the aim is to achieve a 50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured compared with the average for the years 1994–98 (children are defined as under 16s).