lower portion of the guide post thereby clamping the post therebetween and affixing the base member to the ground surface an alternative arrangement thereof further includes a removable mounting ring member provided with a central opening having the peripheral design of the particular tubular post to be employed therewith application_number US 6822579 A description referring more particularly to fig1 there is shown a road marker guide post generally indicated at 10 secured to a ground or road surface 12 the guide post has a reflector means designated at 14 which is shown as one example since any suitable type of marker or reflector can be employed with the basic guide post arrangement in the present application the guide post includes an elongated tubular body structure 15 generally formed from a resilient or pliable plastic material the tubular cross sectional configuration as indicated in fig1 and 6 is only one form of the device other cross sectional configurations can be employed and will be hereinafter described it is well understood that such a guide post is subjected to extreme wear and tear for example this type of post may be struck numerous times by vehicles and thus it should be constructed to withstand such abuse over long periods of time however there is a replacement factor associated with guide markers and generally it is the elongated body structure 14 that is damaged leaving the mounting base structure 16 unharmed.