The invention relates to a "flexible/resilient safety fence" which is used around masts for power lines, signs, cable-cars, chairlifts, bridge piers, etc. The safety fence is constructed from a wire meshing which is fastened at the top and bottom on the flexible rings, said rings being connected to the leg-type springs on the spacers. Owing to the "two-staged" long spring excursion, the body making impact with the fence is braked gently and not stopped abruptly as in the case of a fixed object. In road traffic and on skiing pistes, there have often been accidents in which people have been severely injured by the "impact" on the masts, some of these injuries also resulting in death. The provision of bales of straw in the case of masts on ski lifts is of no great advantage since the straw becomes wet due to rain, thaw and snow and it freezes together to form an ice block in minus temperatures. This apparatus is very simple and thus cost-effective to produce; owing to anti-corrosion means, it also has a very long service life and its functioning is not susceptible to disruption.
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