Solar powered stop signs are popping up all over the country in order to save lives by helping distracted drivers notice the stop signs because of their four LED flashing lights.

Each and every solar powered sign has either red, yellow or orange flashing LED lights that are powered by the solar panel attached to the pole of the sign and will continually flash up to 12 hours even after the sun has gone down.

Solar powered signs run on the solar energy generated by the sun’s ultraviolet light rays which beams down onto a solar panel that has been retrofitted onto a special signpost in which the wires are incased in metal tubing that runs from the solar panel to the back of the stop sign or whatever type of solar power traffic sign a city is using to generate the LED lights.

Solar signs come in a variety of shapes and sizes just as regular traffic signs do.  There are new neon yellow ‘work ahead’ signs along with the traditional bright orange signs, both with four flashing LED lights that surround the words on the sign to help distracted drivers heed the warnings of the signs.  There are solar powered traffic signs for nearly any occasion such as railroad crossings, deer crossings, school bus stops ahead, emergency entrances, narrow lanes ahead or low shoulder signs.

Distracted drivers are the number one killer on America’s highways today.  Distractions could be all types anything from drunk driving to changing the radio station to eating a burger for lunch while driving to driving with an enormous boat being hauled behind a small pickup truck.  The combinations of distractions are endless.  People also daydream about everything under the sun while they’re driving and they miss their exits, roll through stop signs, drive too fast in work zones or school zones and cause accidents and endanger the lives of other drivers and passengers.  With the solar powered stop signs and other solar powered traffic signs, the distracted driver’s attention is grabbed by the flashing lights and hopefully they observe the warnings of the signs and do as they are directed. 

For all intent and purposes the solar powered signs look like regular traffic signs except for the solar panel attached to the side of it and the three or four flashing LED lights surrounding the bright white word directing the driver as what direction to go or direction to follow.

Many of today’s vehicles are equipped with state-of-the-art safety mechanisms to help protect drivers and their passengers in case of an accident.  Solar powered signs help to prevent accidents from happening in the first place.

Solar powered stop signs help save lives in addition to helping save energy costs for the cities that placed them in and around their communities.  Solar powered signs need no electricity; therefore there are no wires needed above ground or below ground because they run strictly on the sun’s renewable energy.  Solar powered stop signs contain four LED flashing red lights surrounding the word ‘stop’ in order to better attract the attention of drivers to the stop signs to the heed the warning and perhaps avoid an accident.

In today’s high paced society, many people multitask even while driving and this may mean talking on the cell phone, talking with passengers, reading directions or using a GPS machine, adjusting the radio or looking for CDs for the CD player or just getting caught up in one’s own thoughts about what needs to be done at home or work.  There are a countless number of distractions a driver could experience that would cause them to miss a stop sign or other traffic signs along the roadways and highways.  The solar powered signs with the LED flashing lights are made specifically for grabbing the attention of distracted drivers, or any driver, so that they see the traffic sign and adjust their driving appropriately.

Solar powered signs come in a variety of styles and shapes and could be custom made for construction companies, highway departments or power plants and other chemical plants or factories where pedestrians and heavy machinery share the same pathways.  Many of the general solar powered traffic signs are railroad crossing signs, slow: children at play signs, pedestrian crossing signs, and deer crossing signs, traffic signal ahead and directional traffic signs such as an arrow pointing north or an arrow pointing to the left in addition to many others.  Each of these signs contains three or four red or yellow bright LED lights which flash on and off in order to grab a driver’s attention.  The LED lights are powered through the sun’s energy and through the attached solar panels on each individual sign.

For construction sites, including highway departments, there are solar light towers which could be used when crews need to work at night or on overcast, cloudy days where they need light the most but don’t have electricity readily available to power a large light.  The solar light towers are made of durable materials that can withstand extreme heat or cold and tolerate localized shadowing from trees or temporary obstacles.

Solar powered signs, traffic signs and light towers all use the sun’s renewable energy to sustain flashing LED lights or a large light in the case of the light towers, without costing the community taxpayer money for constant electricity or initial costs to bury electrical wires.  Solar powered signs save energy and lives.

There are many different styles of solar traffic signs that can help alert motorists to potential dangers on the road they are traveling.  Solar powered traffic signs include slow speed signs, yield signs, pedestrian crossing signs, and deer crossing signs, traffic light ahead in addition to solar powered stop signs.  These solar powered signs make a difference in the number of traffic accidents in and around where they have been stalled.

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 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. 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 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.

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) but 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.

Workplace accidents are nearly impossible to avoid altogether; however they can be more preventable by using solar powered stop signs in order to alert pedestrians and oncoming traffic that someone may be driving by with heavy machinery or other large construction vehicles.

Solar traffic signs use the sun’s energy in order to work four flashing LED lights on the surface of the signs in order to help alert motorists and pedestrians to what the sign is “saying.”  For example, a solar powered stop sign has four red LED flashing lights near the corners of the sign surrounding the word stop.  When someone is driving and not paying attention, a flashing light will help divert their attention back to the road or to the sign in order to do what they need to do to remain safe and continue on their journey.

Solar powered signs used in work zones along the highway can alert oncoming traffic to a slowdown of other cars in front of them. For instance, a speed sign with flashing LED lights will be more effective than a regular speed sign in deterring speeding in work zones where highway construction workers have been injured at an alarming rate.

There are many distractions in a school zone when parents are picking up or dropping off their children and school buses are waiting to pull out in addition to children being everywhere and among the cars at one time.  Solar powered safety signs will help keep motorists alert to what is going on around them in order to keep all children safe from avoidable car or bus accidents.

Solar powered signs are good for the environment because they do not use electricity when helping to alert drivers or pedestrians to what is going on around them.  The solar panel is used to collect the sun’s energy in order to generate power for the four flashing LED lights.  The four flashing LED lights are what attracts the attention of pedestrians and motorists who may otherwise be distracted to the sign.  Many tests have shown that motorists are easily distracted by the simplest tasks such as talking - either to a passenger or on the cell phone - adjusting the radio or popping a CD in a CD player or eating.

Solar powered traffic signs save lives in addition to saving energy.  They are worth the initial cost because there is no cost greater than the loss of life due to an automobile accident that could have been avoided if someone had only been paying attention.

Solar powered signs work great in hazardous weather conditions like rain, snow 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 traffic signs such as slow, yield, stop, traffic light ahead 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, heavy equipment crossing, danger signs, farm equipment crossing signs, hospital zones, school zones, work zones, reduce speed ahead signs or any type of metal traffic sign can be designed as a solar traffic sign to include flashing LED lights for more alertness from drivers and pedestrians.

Solar powered stop signs are created with four flashing LED lights in order to enhance the signs of effectiveness at stopping motorists who could be distracted by something inside the vehicle or something outside the vehicle.  Several research projects have been conducted in order to determine what role cell phones and other distractions play on a motorist’s attention span.  The results are astounding; the majority of people are easily distracted whether they believe so or not.

Solar powered signs save cities, towns and municipalities countless of thousands of taxpayer dollars per year in energy costs because they are solar powered which means they use the sun’s energy to power the flashing LED lights.  And LED lights last much longer than regular light bulbs or battery operated light bulbs; therefore the solar powered signs are a good investment for many cities and towns.

In addition to saving energy, solar powered signs save lives by alerting pedestrians to oncoming traffic, alerting motorists to crossing pedestrians, or deer or other obstacles that may impair their driving ability.  Solar powered signs are a good investment for any city or town in order to save both lives and energy costs.

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.

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.

LED flashing stop signs help motorists at intersections because they alert motorists to stop signs they may not otherwise have seen.  These solar signs, which use the sun’s energy instead of generators, save cities and municipalities untold thousands of dollars each year in maintenance fees, gas fees and in the lives they save by alerting drivers to an upcoming stop sign.

Solar powered stop signs have four flashing LED lights surrounding the word STOP so that motorist’s attention will be drawn to the flashing lights. Therefore, they will receive the stop sign and are better prepared to stop at the upcoming intersection. 

LED safety signs are not only reserved for stop signs, there are LED safety signs for railroad crossings, school crossings, heavy equipment crossings, pedestrian crossings, deer crossings and yield signs at intersections and entrances and exits to the highway.  There are also special made LED safety signs for construction, businesses, and schools that have special needs when it comes to their parking lots or construction yards.

LED flashing stop signs draw the motorists’ attention to the stop sign better than a regular stop sign would, especially on residential streets or busy downtown areas where there is a lot going on and it’s hard to see whether or not there is a stop sign.  Law enforcement praises LED flashing stop signs because they have helped save many people from running stop signs and causing unnecessary accidents, many that lose lives and many that could have been prevented.

There are several types of solar signs. Some industrial sites use plant turnaround signs that help prevent accidents and improve traffic flow. A solar powered stop sign through an industrial area or other work area can help to keep it accident free. There are many signs such as the high voltage area sign, overhead crane, and toxic vapor warnings, caution signs for equipment, which warn workers of these potential dangers.    These signs are used in petrochemical, industrial, and commercial areas to prevent workers from getting into different types of accidents on the job. These signs are made for industrial use, and are made to DOT specifications and OSHA requirements.  There are other advantages to these safety signs. They don’t require maintenance like signs powered through electric cables. It keeps costs down because these signs don’t need expensive cables and they minimize roadwork, therefore, saving the company money. They are resistant to wind and hail; they utilize temperature compensation.  All of these safety signs are keeping the work place safe because they warn of potential danger to the employees. Their source of power is much safer than traditional flashing signs. If there are any cables that could fall or become frayed or any other way that could cause a worker to get electrocuted. The flashing traffic signs throughout a plant site are a safer way to conduct traffic through and keep accidents down. They will help to make the work place safer on sunny, foggy, and cloudy days. On top of it, hey flash day and night, 24 hours a day to keep workers safe.

Solar powered stop signs use LED technology to keep children safer as people drive through school zones. The flashing lights draw more of the driver’s attention to the sign than an ordinary stop sign. The movement and light stands out, whereas a standard stop sign is more easily ignored. It doesn’t prompt the driver like a flashing sign does.

A flashing pedestrian sign helps school crossing guards protect children going to and from school.  The various safety signs powered by the sun ensure that there is less power lines in a school zone.  This is important when storms occur because there are less power lines to go down and cause a safety hazard. A solar sign for pedestrian crossing can help prevent accidents and injuries of school children. A safety sign that flashes will get a child’s attention much faster than an ordinary sign. After all, kids are busy playing and horsing around when they are outside and they need additional help to keep safe and injury free. A solar sign for all of the school safety requirements is much more environmentally friendly. It uses a renewable resource and it keeps going when there is a brownout or black out so a child’s safety isn’t jeopardized because the source of power is down.  If a pedestrian crossing sign, stop sign, or yield sign is needed by a school, the sun powered signs are the best choice. They work in all types of weather and can be seen through fog.