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RoadBlock offers protection against these spiders, ants and other creepy crawlies setting up residence in your truck, van, car or mobile plant and equipment.
ROADBLOCK ULTIMATE ARACHNID DETERRENT ELIMINATES UNWANTED AGITATION FOR THOSE WHO PLY OUR HIGHWAYS One of the scary agitations of professional drivers’ lives is to hop into their cab to find a hairy, horrible, and venomous eight-legged guest has moved in with them. Worse, these unwelcome gruesome hitchhikers (think Huntsman spiders) can choose the most frightening times to manifest their presence from behind the dashboard, mirrors, or other automotive nooks and crannies – prompting alarming and erratic driving, such as when backing up in a complicated roadmaking and road maintenance manoeuvre, overtaking, or blissfully tracking down the highway. “Australia has thousands of species of spider, and plenty of them rather fancy a nice warm place to rest and nest,” says Amanda Lintott, Director of Autonomy, and developer of a powerfully effective spider and ant deterrent, RoadBlock barrier treatment. “Only a few – funnel webs and redbacks – can kill people, but plenty of others can give a really painful long-lasting bite if you sit on them or try to give them the flick. And they are all frightening and totally distracting when they pop out unexpectedly,” Amanda said.
16 Highway Engineering Australia | February 2024
AN AUSTRALIAN SOLUTION TO AUSTRALIAN PESTS RoadBlock barrier treatment is formulated and manufactured in Australia to be immediately efficacious, then provide up to three months’ barrier protection to keep spiders and ants – and their nests and webs – out of vehicles, minimising potentially dangerous distractions for drivers. The powerful and long-lasting treatment – which is compliant with the requirements of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) – is in a different category of potency from standard sprays, but safe to use on all automotive surfaces, says Amanda. “We developed this to be the ultimate deterrent to a very common and frightening distraction that pops up often to frighten drivers generally, and particularly truckies, tradies, service techs, delivery drivers, forklift drivers, and others operating along the logistics and warehousing chain,” Amanda said. In addition to being particularly applicable to professional drivers covering big distances yearly, traversing many spider and ant habitants, RoadBlock is:
• Suitable for use on all automotive surfaces of big rigs, rigid trucks, utes, vans, cars, bikes, RVs. 4wds, forklifts and mobile machinery • Especially helpful where vehicles are parked on the roadside overnight, or in garages and sheds already hosting a peripatetic population of ants and spiders • Easy to apply, with a 360-degree nozzle and straw applicator for hard-to-reach spider and ant preferred habitat and onboarding points, including side mirrors, wheel arches and grilles • APVMA-compliant, safe to use on all automotive surfaces, and contains no oil to degrade paint or cabin finishes • Designed to keep unwanted insect passengers at bay and reduce the risk of accident or injury for motorists A recent online poll conducted by Autonomy Co, found that 78 per cent of drivers had experienced a spider in their car, 79 per cent had had problems with cobwebs and a scary 23 per cent had come close to having an accident after discovering a spider in their car. “The most common stowaways are huntsman spiders, which can grow up to 15cm wide, but others include venomous redbacks and famously hairy wolf spiders,” says Amanda