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3M™ Diamond Grade™ DG³ Reflective Sheeting

Brighter signs, safer roads.1

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The Diamond Grade of Type XI Sheeting

3M™ Diamond Grade™ Reflective Sheeting uses advanced technology to provide greater luminescence delivering more light than Types IV and Type IX sheeting products. Studies indicate that brighter signs can help reduce crashes.1

Benefits of 3M™ Diamond Grade™ DG3 Reflective Sheeting

  • Improved Visibility with Bright Signage

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    Benefits of Bright Signage

    • An icon of two arrows, one pointing towards and one pointing away from a street sign.
      Maximize reflected light.

      3M™ Diamond Grade™ DG3 Reflective Sheeting meets ASTM D4956, delivering more light than Types IV and Type IX sheeting products.2

    • An icon of dotted lines between a car and a street sign.
      Help make signs more visible.

      As headlights evolve to direct more light towards the road, less light is being delivered to signage. Bright signage helps prevent drivers missing important messages.

    • An icon of a shield beside a road.
      Help improve road safety.

      Type XI sign sheeting can help reduce the number of crashes over time by 25-42%.1

    • An icon of curved, sonar-like lines coming off the front of a car.
      Help improve machine readability.

      Many new technologies around assisted-driving are designed based on Type XI sheeting as it offers the best balance for all road users.2

    Learn more about the benefits of bright signage.

    • Reflective signs on a highway indicating exits.

    • Testing 3M’s sheeting on low-beam headlights.

    • A woman in the driver's seat of a car at night, with light shining on her face.

    • Outsmart the dark with maximum reflected light.

  • Improved Safety with Fluorescence

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    Benefits of Fluorescent Signage

    • An icon of a line pointing from the sun to a sign, and from the sign to the right.
      Make efficient use of light.

      3M™ Diamond Grade™ DG3 Fluorescent Reflective Sheeting makes efficient use of light by converting invisible light to visible light.

    • An icon of an exclamation of a car beside a street sign.
      Command driver attention.

      Fluorescence commands the attention of drivers – day and night – and is particularly effective in low-light conditions.

    • An icon of a road sign indicating a curve in the road.
      Warn of hidden hazards.

      Fluorescent signage is particularly effective where roadway geometry or obstructions hide hazards for which the sign is providing warning.3

    • An icon depicting a distance of 53 metres between a car and a road sign.
      Give information sooner.

      Drivers detect fluorescent signs an average of 53 m sooner than their non-fluorescent counterparts.4

    Learn more about the benefits of fluorescent signage.

    • A street sign indicating a curve with a snow-covered car in the background.

    • A different kind of bright: Fluorescent

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    • A video still of a hand holding a sheet of fluorescent signage material.

    • See the difference fluorescent signage can make.

Why choose 3M™ Diamond Grade™ DG3 Reflective Sheeting

You can make a difference during the day, and especially at night, by using 3M™ Diamond Grade™ DG3 Reflective Sheeting to make signage brighter and more visible, giving drivers more time to react.

 
Type IV
Type XI
Technology Type
 Truncated cube technology — returning more light than glass bead technology Full cube technology — returning more light than truncated cube technology
Sight Distance
 Performs best at short distance Optimized for all distances
Retroreflective Efficiency
 32% retroreflective efficiency 58% retroreflective efficiency, optimized for large and small vehicles

*Data for chart available on file.

Resources

  • The front of a brochure showing a road at night.
  • Make bright the standard — Type IX vs Type XI

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  • A brochure with a stop sign titled: Stop and Look Again.
  • Go beyond “good enough.”

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References

  1. According to a study conducted over a 3 year period by Ripley, D., Howard R. Green Company, ITE AB04H313.
  2. 3M internal data on file.
  3. Eccles & Hummer, Safety Effects of Fluorescent Yellow Warning Signs at Hazardous Sites in Daylight, (2000).
  4. Jenssen & Brekke, A Study of the Visibility and Effectiveness of Fluorescent Retroreflective Traffic Control Signing in Workzone Applications (1996)
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