Solar powered traffic signs use three or four flashing LED lights in order to attract a driver’s attention to the sign so that they will slow down, stop, yield or beware of dangers such as power lines, railroad crossings or emergency vehicles entering and exiting the highway.  These LED solar sign lights last much longer than regular light bulbs; therefore replacing them is not an issue and they are powered by the sun’s energy so there is no need to run an electrical cord or extension cord from an electrical outline to the sign.

Solar powered traffic signs near fire engine houses or hospital zones help insure drivers who cannot hear the sirens (perhaps the music is too loud, or they are hard of hearing) will see the flashing lights of a stop sign or a bright yellow fire engine sign and heed its warning. 

Solar powered stop signs can have a dramatic impact for motorists and pedestrians near work zones, hospital zones and school zones where drivers are often times distracted and tend to speed without realizing what they are doing or plow through stop signs without seeing them.  Solar powered stop signs placed anywhere pedestrians and motorists coexist can help reduce the number of accidents by helping to alert a driver to what a posted sign is “telling” them.

Hospital zones where emergency vehicles are racing in and out of traffic can be helped with solar powered traffic signs and solar powered stop signs.  Accidents involving emergency vehicles and other motorists can be avoided by using solar powered stop signs to alert drivers of an impending stop where they might not have otherwise seen the stop sign and continued through it into an accident.

At three o’clock on any given weekday there are thousands of children leaving schools all across the country and waiting school buses and parents in cars ready to pick them up.  Accidents can be avoided with solar signs such as solar powered speed limit signs, solar powered yield signs and solar powered stop signs.  With solar powered traffic signs, people are more alert to their surroundings and more lives are saved.

Large colorful signs posted near hospital zones and school zones are oftentimes not enough to save lives but a solar powered traffic sign with the flashing red or orange LED lights have been proven to save more lives than a traditional sign.

And solar powered traffic signs with the flashing LED lights help the environment because they do not cause air pollution because they do not run on any gas, batteries or electricity.  They simply use the sun’s energy to generate enough power to run the flashing LED lights for 12 continuous hours.

Solar powered signs work great in hazardous weather conditions like whiteout conditions from snow, rain or fog; therefore they would be perfect for a construction site or work zone.  These solar powered signs with the flashing LED lights are made of durable materials that stand up to being knocked over or accidentally dragged around by a truck or other vehicle.  Construction zones always have a lot of things going on and workers may not always be alert to watching where they are going or aware of a truck about to pass them because they have ear plugs and a hard hat on.  The flashing LED lights on the solar powered signs will help to keep a construction site or work zone safe from accidents.

Solar signs such as slow signs, yield signs, stop signs, traffic light ahead, children at play signs or pedestrian crossing signs are all equipped with the flashing LED lights in order to alert motorists who may not be paying attention.  Other solar traffic signs include deer crossing signs, heavy equipment crossing signs, danger signs, farm equipment crossing signs, hospital zones signs, school zones signs, work zones signs, reduce speed ahead signs or any type of metal traffic sign could be designed as a solar traffic sign to include flashing LED lights for more alertness from drivers and pedestrians.  The solar panel attached to the regular tin traffic sign with the LED lights becomes an energy-efficient life-saving piece of technology that not only saves lives but money as well.

Several research projects have been conducted to see what role certain distractions have on people as they drive and people would guess that cell phones would be the number one distraction; however it came in as number two on the list of distractions.  The number one distraction for drivers is eating while driving.  Although as of lately, texting on ones cell phone is becoming more and more popular with teens and young drivers which is a very dangerous combination and has been the cause of hundreds of fatalities over the past year or so.

Highway departments and city street companies could use solar light towers which generates large amounts of light in order to allow the workers to work into the night without using long extension cords or batteries to keep the lights on.  The solar light towers use solar panels to collect the energy to run the lights for a continuous 12 hours which saves the city and the highway department thousands of dollars in energy costs and taxpayer money.

Solar powered signs are a good investment for any city or town in order to save both lives and energy costs.

There is a certain etiquette or rule to a four-way stop and that is the first driver or car to arrive at a four-way stop would be the first driver to leave.  However, in today’s get it done now world full of distractions many people are ignoring stop signs altogether which causes hundreds of accidents every year.  The solution is solar stop signs which have four flashing LED lights that surround the word stop and help to alert the distracted driver that there is a stop coming up.  

There are many different kinds of solar powered traffic signs beside solar stop signs.  There are solar powered yield signs, solar powered children at play signs, solar powered railroad crossing sign, solar powered deer crossing signs, solar powered low shoulder signs, and solar powered work ahead signs, solar powered emergency entrance signs and any type of solar sign a highway department or construction company might need. 

The number one cause of distracted drivers is not cell phone use like many people would imagine, that is the number two distraction of drivers. The number one distraction of drivers is eating while driving according to recent research.  However, in the past year or so, texting on ones cell phone has become popular while driving which has also become a very dangerous and fatal distraction. 

Many states are moving to ban cell phone use while driving, drafting bills making it illegal to use a cell phone while the car is in motion.  This means a driver would have to pullover or find a place to park in order to make or receive a cell phone call.  There are a few states that have already banned cell phone use while the motor vehicle is in motion.

 The LED flashing lights on the solar paneled traffic signs help drivers by gaining their attention and warning them of upcoming dangers in the road. Even the Parks and Recreation Department uses solar panel street signs.  

Construction companies also use solar paneled signs to help their workers stay safe while on the job.  There is a solar gas detector which helps in power plants and other places gases may leak without being detected by the human nose.  The solar gas detector uses the same principle as the solar paneled traffic sign using the sun’s energy although there is an alarm that sounds when gas is detected. 

Construction companies could also use solar paneled traffic signs such as road work ahead, low wires, low bridge or hardhat area.  Solar panel signs save a company money in addition to saving lives from distracted workers. 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 their destination.

LED safety signs could save cities and towns across the country thousands of dollars in taxpayer money and energy costs because the safety signs use the sun’s energy through solar panels to generate the flashing LED lights.

One example of a solar powered safety sign would be a solar powered stop sign with four flashing red LED lights surrounding the word stop.  The flashing LED red lights draw the attention of a driver to the stop sign that might have otherwise missed it if they were distracted and there were no flashing lights.  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.

Solar signs come in all different shapes and sizes and have all different types of directions available on the front of them.  There are solar power stop signs, slow, children at play signs, low bridge ahead signs, road work ahead signs, school bus stop ahead signs, deer crossing signs, railroad crossing signs, low shoulder signs and just about any sign imaginable that may be needed for the street company or highway departments.

When pedestrians and drivers need to share the road, such as school areas from small children on up to college age kids, it is very important to have a school crossing and pedestrian crossing signs available where drivers can see them.  With the solar panel signs with the LED flashing lights, distracted drivers driving through a campus are more likely to see the signs and slow down their vehicle before causing a potentially deadly accident.

In the United States most highways have the speed limit between 60 and 70 mph; however many drivers push this to the limit and drive at least 15 mph over the speed limits causing dangerous conditions for themselves and other drivers on the highway.  Many of the highways, in order to accommodate the ever-growing population and urban sprawl, have placed traffic signals across the highways.  With traffic traveling so fast, it is often difficult for cars to slow down enough to stop at the traffic lights; therefore placing traffic signal ahead signs with the flashing LED lights far enough in advance of the streetlights would be most helpful to drivers, especially those who are traveling faster than the speed limit.  This would give them enough time to slow down before either reaching the traffic light or a car that might be stopped waiting for the light.