Abstract: A safety cushion provided by folding a tread portion of a discarded tire back onto itself. Fasteners can be employed for maintaining the tread portion in the folded position. The safety cushion can be placed between and underneath shipping crates, underneath hold-down straps for the shipping crates, or contained in conventional cylindrical containers employed as road abutments. A plurality of safety cushions can be contained in a holding frame assembly, or interconnected by a cable network to provide an impact device. A plurality of the impact devices can be positioned at the end of a guard rail, or connected end to end to provide an impact-absorbing retaining wall.

Abstract: A vehicle mud guard made from discarded tires connected to a T-flange is connected to the vehicle body. The tires are recycled and easily attached to the T-flange.

Abstract: An impact absorbing device includes a plurality of nested annular tread portions of discarded tires. The nested tread portions are constructed and arranged to be positioned at the end of a guard rail or wall to provide an impact absorbing abutment, or to form a wall or fence, or to be inserted into conventional road abutment containers.

Abstract: Weights for road markers and signs having a laminate structure of a plurality of side walls of discarded vehicle tires assembled and fastened in a stacked configuration and slidable over the road markers and sign frames. The weight of the laminate structure stabilizes the road marker or sign to prevent the marker or sign from being blown or knocked over on its side.