Caution tape

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Caution tape surrounding a construction site in Fruita, Colorado
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Caution tape surrounding a construction site in Fruita, Colorado

Caution Tape (also Warning Tape or Police Tape) is resilient plastic tape of a signal color or highly contrasting color combination (such as yellow-black or red-white).

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It is wrapped and affixed as visual warning sign and demarcation, for instance against entering a dangerous area, accessing the scene of an accident or a crime, or against handling inoperative machinery or appliances. It often carries corresponding warnings prominently in writing.

As a theatrical prop, caution tape was featured prominently in the Seinfeld episode The Frogger.

ECW vixen Trinity has worn a strip of police tape as a top on the program.

Caution/Warning/Police tape can be easily purchased over the internet or from a store.

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