Everyone knows that the rule of four way stop etiquette is that the first person to a stop sign is the first person who gets to leave the stop sign.  However, more and more motorists are prone to ignore stop signs completely because they are too distracted with something going on in the car such as children or dogs or perhaps a cell phone call; one’s own thoughts are often a distraction to drivers causing them not to pay attention and speed through stop signs that were put there for a purpose, the safety of all drivers and pedestrians in the general area.

With solar powered stop signs, more distracted drivers will be alerted to stop where they are supposed to because of the four flashing LED lights that surround the words ‘stop’ on each of these solar powered signs.  Solar powered signs are good for the environment because they use the sun’s energy to generate enough power for 12 continuous hours of flashing solar sign lights.

Besides solar powered stop signs, there are other solar traffic signs available for cities and towns, schools, construction sites, highway work zones or anywhere there are pedestrians and cars sharing a roadway.  Other solar traffic signs include yield signs, speed limit signs, and railroad crossing signs, school bus stop ahead signs, heavy equipment crossing signs, farm equipment crossing signs, hospitals and school zone signs, slow signs, pedestrian crossing signs or deer crossing signs, each equipped with a solar panel on top and flashing LED lights surrounding the words or picture on the sign.

Recent research has shown that many drivers are distracted with simple things like eating, cell phone calls, reading directions, talking with a passenger (or several), “rubbernecking” in order to see an accident or other traffic problems or fiddling with the radio or CD player.  Solar powered stop signs cannot help people from being distracted, it’s a natural occurrence that will happen again and again no matter how vigilant a person is. However, the solar powered stop signs can help motorists become more alert to what their surroundings are trying to tell them with flashing LED lights.

Solar powered stop signs save lives by getting people’s attention with the flashing LED lights that a stop is needed in order to safely proceed to your destination.

Many drivers take stop signs for granted, sometimes barely seeing them day after day on their same route to work, home or school.  A solar powered stop sign is designed with four flashing LED lights in order to make the stop sign more visible to motorists.  Solar powered signs work in all types of weather and can be seen through rain, snow, fog or hazardous weather conditions.  Solar powered safety signs include directional signs, stop signs, yield signs, speed warning signs, construction signs, danger sign, and railroad crossing sign, pedestrian crossing sign and emergency vehicle signs.

Solar traffic signs use the sun’s energy in order to generate enough power to light the LED lights for up to 12 continuous hours so there is no need to run a dangerous electrical cord to the traffic sign.  The sun’s energy saves thousands of dollars a year in energy costs and helps to save lives.

Solar powered traffic signs used near a school can indicate to a distracted driver that children are at play, pedestrians are crossing, school buses are stopping or to reduce their speed.  The flashing LED lights help to alert drivers as to what is going on around them and help them become better drivers.  Drivers are easily distracted, and driving takes a lot of concentration because there is so much to think about and do while driving.  Many people let their thoughts wonder and forget to pay attention to the road; that is why solar powered traffic signs can be a lifesaver to both pedestrians and motorists.

Solar sign lights that use the sun’s energy can be placed anywhere outdoors, even under the shade of trees, and are still able to alert drivers with the flashing LED lights.  Flashing LED lights are usually read or orange and set on the four corners surrounding whatever the sign says, or instance the words ‘slow down’, or in the corners of an actual metal sign.  

Children at play signs are usually difficult to see or are ignored by motorists who were driving too fast or may be distracted.  A motorist is more likely to see a ‘children at play sign’ when it has flashing solar powered LED lights on it than a regular, non-flashing sign.  The same can be said for all regular traffic signs, they are just not as visible or attention grabbing at the solar powered flashing LED light signs.

Solar powered signs near construction sites help to save the lives of construction workers, pedestrians and motorists.  Solar powered signs include work zone signs, danger: high-voltage wires, reduced speed limit, pedestrian crossing signs and stop signs.  These solar powered signs used the sun’s energy to generate four flashing red or orange LED lights that surround whatever the sign says.  For example, a pedestrian crossing sign has the traditional pedestrian figure walking across the street on a bright yellow diamond shaped sign and then has a red flashing LED light each of the four corners.  The solar powered signs use the sun’s energy so there is no need to run dangerous long wires from an electrical outlet to the sign.

Solar powered signs with flashing LED lights help to alert distracted motorist to what is going on around them; construction site workers who are driving heavy equipment could also benefit from a flashing solar powered stop sign or other solar powered signs.  When safety is an issue, solar powered signs can be most beneficial to everyone around them including pedestrians, motorists and construction site workers.  People can often be distracted by cell phones, car radios or their own thoughts.  Distractions make people oblivious to what is happening around them, and solar powered signs can help bring them back to the here and now and help save lives in the process.

Solar traffic signs can have a powerful impact on construction sites in which so many things are happening at once; a construction worker can easily be distracted by something going on in the distance and not pay attention to where they are walking.  By having flashing LED lights on various traffic signs, a construction worker can be more diligent about his or her surroundings because these flashing lights draw attention to the posted sign and help to keep a worksite safe.

In addition to saving lives, solar powered signs set at a construction site could impact a construction company’s insurance rates in a positive way.  By taking precautionary measures, such as using solar powered signs, a construction company could ask for a re-evaluation of their insurance premiums at which time a lower rate could be prescribed by an insurance agent.  Just as having fire extinguishers on site is a good idea, using solar powered signs could save the construction company thousands of dollars a year in insurance premiums.

A solar powered stop sign could save a municipality, city and state thousands of taxpayer dollars in energy costs by using the sun’s energy to generate power to flashing LED lights. 

A solar powered stop sign consists of four red LED flashing light surrounding the large word ‘stop’ on a traditional red sign in order to draw motorists’ attention to the sign so that they will be able to stop where indicated.  These solar powered signs cost next to nothing to maintain and run on a continuing basis because the LED lights last and last so they do not have to be replaced that often; the sun’s energy generates the flashing lights for up to 12 continuous hours so there is no need for expensive electricity.

In addition to the solar powered stop signs, there are many different solar traffic signs that alert drivers to warnings such as pedestrian crossing, school crossings, deer crossing, railroad crossings, danger: low bridge, danger: high voltage wires, danger: work zone, ‘stop here when flashing’ sign for a fire engine exit, yield signs, traffic light ahead signs and speed limit signs.

Pedestrian crossing and school crossings sign are important when drivers and pedestrians need to share the road.  Often times, drivers are not paying attention or can become easily distracted by their thoughts or something within their car like the radio or a cell phone.  The combination of a distracted motorist and pedestrians on the same road could spell disaster for both parties.  Flashing LED lights on a pedestrian crossing or school crossing sign will help to alert preoccupied motorists so that they are more aware of their surroundings.

Solar powered danger signs with flashing red or yellow LED lights could also help to warn distracted drivers of upcoming dangers on the road.  Research study after study has proven that distracted drivers kill people, pedestrians, other drivers or themselves. To help prevent these potentially deadly accidents, solar powered traffic signs are a good first step in prevention.  Drivers will always be distracted by something in the car, by something outside of the car or by their own thoughts; using solar powered traffic signs with flashing LED lights is one way to help bring a driver’s attention back to the road.

Most highways have top speeds of 70 mph; however drivers continually exceed this limit by up to 15 mph or more.  In order to accommodate an ever-growing population of people and roads, many highways now have traffic signals on them.  Solar powered signs could alert drivers well in advance of these traffic signals in order for them to be able to begin to slow down and eventually stop if the signal has turned to red.

Solar powered traffic signs and stop signs save thousands of dollars in taxpayer money, in addition to saving lives every day.