Solar Safety Sign Help Distracted Drivers Pay Attention

A solar safety sign company is busy helping highway and roadway crews across the country to make better and safer roadways for travelers using the power and energy of the sun which costs cities and towns very little to implement and run.

Solar powered traffic signs are similar to regular traffic signs in that they are the tin traffic signs on a pole; however they have a small design enhancement which would be a short strong pole attached to the back of the pole near the tin sign in which a small solar panel - proportionate to the sign itself - juts out to collect the sun’s rays and generate three or four LED flashing lights on the tin sign.  Solar signs are very economical because they use the sun’s energy instead of batteries which need to be changed often and eventually end up in landfills or long extension cords that use electricity which depletes a city’s resources.

Many cities and towns are looking for environmentally friendly ways to help their communities and solar powered signs seem to be just the ticket because they are of reasonable cost to purchase and implement into the community.  There is no need for long extension cords or batteries because a solar powered stop sign and other solar traffic sign use the sun’s energy to generate power to the LED lights that surround the white word on the tin sign.

Distracted drivers are a leading cause of vehicle accidents in the United States because people insist on multitasking when driving should be a single task.  Several studies have shown that while cell phone use is a major distraction, it is not the number one driver distraction; many studies have found that eating while driving is the number one distraction.  Several states have banned driving and cell phone use because it is the number two distraction for drivers and now a new distraction has popped up called texting while driving.  This is most dangerous because it is like typing on a tiny laptop computer while trying to navigate the roadway.  Many of the culprits of texting while driving are young teenagers and young adults.

With the solar paneled signs, distracted drivers attention is pulled away from their distraction with three or four flashing LED lights on the tin sign to make the sign more visible even on the brightest, sunniest day.  Of course the LED lights help drivers see the stop signs and other solar power traffic signs during inclement weather such as severe thunderstorms or whiteout conditions during severe snowstorms.

Drivers can’t always pay attention, a passenger may be talking to them, a child may need their attention, or a split-second decision to turn on the air conditioning or change a radio station can mean the difference between life and death if a driver is in unfamiliar territory and does not see a stop sign that may be partially covered by trees.  LED flashing lights on solar panel stop signs save lives.