New technology and science is behind the new solar powered traffic safety signs which are popping up across the country in order to help save lives when distracted drivers speed through stop signs or ignore other traffic signs and cause accidents.

Countless research studies have been performed on drivers and the conclusion is the number one distraction of drivers today is not cell phones, they came in second, but eating while driving is the number one distraction. Several states are now banning the use of cell phones while a vehicle is in motion and texting while driving is prohibited in a growing number of states because one study provided proof that a person texting is distracted over 400 percent.

Highway departments run by a state or road maintained by local cities and municipalities are switching to the solar powered signs in order to save lives and money on their roadways and highways.  The LED (light emitting diode) flashing lights help to alert drivers to various street signage that they might otherwise miss if distracted or just not paying attention.

This advanced technology places a small solar panel on top of a pole on which a street sign is then attached.  The street sign has four or five LED flashing lights surrounding the various words on the street signs to help attract driver’s line of sight to the sign so that they might obey what the sign is ‘telling’ them and hopefully will save lives.

The advanced technology in solar powered signs allows these signs to be placed anywhere a street sign is needed.  There is no need for cumbersome or dangerous electrical wires, extension cords or expensive gas for generators to make the lights flash because it is all done through the sun’s solar energy.

Besides the solar powered pedestrian crossing sign, other solar powered signs include directional signs - the type with large black arrows - traffic light ahead signs, construction equipment signs, heavy machinery signs, farm equipment signs, dangerous curves ahead, pedestrian crossing signs, deer crossing signs, emergency vehicle exit or entrance signs, dead-end ahead signs or one way only signs and do not enter signs.

Solar powered pedestrian crossings signs are popping up all over the country, in hospital zones, school zones and construction work zones where pedestrians and vehicles need to coexist without the vehicles doing any harm to the pedestrians.

Solar powered street signs use the sun’s energy to generate power to three or four LED flashing lights in order to attract distracted drivers or any driver to the sign and have them do what the sign is ‘saying’.  For example, a solar powered speed limit sign installed near a school will help drivers to recognize they are entering a school zone and to begin slowing down to the designated speed limit because they have seen the flashing LED lights that highlight the speed limit on the sign.

Hospital zones, where emergency vehicles are racing in and out of traffic, can be helped with a solar powered traffic safety sign 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.

On any given weekday around three o’clock in the afternoon, there are hundreds of thousands of children leaving schools all across the country and waiting school buses and parents in cars ready to whisk them away to after school activities or home for a snack like pizza or grapes.  Accidents can be avoided with solar powered traffic signs such as solar powered speed limit signs, solar powered yield signs and solar powered stop signs.

Colorful signs placed near hospital zones and school zones are often times not enough to save lives but a solar powered traffic sign with flashing red, yellow or orange LED lights have been proven to save more lives than a traditional metal sign with only the reflective tape.

Numerous construction company accidents have been lowered because of solar powered traffic signs and also in work areas, mostly along the highways where pedestrians and large heavy construction equipment share the road. 

Whether it’s a construction zone, school zone or hospital zone, solar powered safety signs and traffic signs can help to save lives.

A solar powered traffic sign is being placed in many different areas around the country in order to help alert drivers to the stop sign they might have otherwise missed or a danger sign for an entering ambulance or other traffic signs because of natural distractions – like their own thoughts within the car or a distraction from outside of the car – such as ‘rubbernecking’ to see an accident. 

In addition to solar powered traffic signs with the flashing LED lights, there are many different styles of solar safety signs available to construction companies, schools, colleges and universities, hospitals and emergency rooms facilities, fire departments and a city or town.  These solar powered traffic signs use the sun’s power to generate flashing LED lights which help to attract a driver’s attention to the traffic sign so they will adhere to what the sign designates they do.  For example, a solar powered speed limit sign installed near a school will help drivers to realize they are entering a school zone and to begin slowing down to the designated speed limit because they have seen the flashing LED lights that highlight the speed limit on the sign. 

Solar power installation is fairly simple because there is no need for long extension cords for electricity because the solar powered signs take their energy from the sun’s UV rays. 

LED solar sign lights, which are placed on solar traffic signs, help alert motorists to the many different hazards along their path.  Large construction vehicles entering and exiting a highway could have a solar powered traffic sign placed near the road to notify drivers of a construction vehicles impending action. 

Countless construction workplace accidents are down because of solar powered traffic signs where pedestrians and large heavy construction equipment share the roadway.  A driver of large heavy construction equipment may not be able to see a person on the road; however they will be able to see the solar sign panel and the flashing LED lights as they come up to a crosswalk in their work area.  These solar powered traffic signs will help to prevent many accidents.

Solar powered traffic signs use three or four flashing LED (light emitting diode) lights in order to attract a driver’s attention to a sign so that they will slow down, stop, yield or beware of dangers such as low power lines, railroad crossings or emergency vehicles entering and exiting the roadways.  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 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.

Solar powered traffic signs that alert drivers to oncoming traffic in school zones have been used in and around many different college locations where there tends to be more pedestrians then cars.  Other school zones have also had much success with solar powered traffic signs and solar powered stop signs.  Often times when a parent is dropping off or picking up their student there are hundreds of children walking around in addition to large buses making distractions inevitable.  With solar powered traffic signs people are more alert to their surroundings and more lives are saved.

A solar powered safety sign near fire engine houses or hospital zones help insure drivers who cannot hear the sirens (perhaps the music is too loud) will see the flashing lights of a stop sign or a bright yellow fire engine sign and heed its warning. 

Large colorful signs posted near hospital zones and school zones are often times 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.