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School and Hospital Zones Benefit From Solar Powered LED Traffic Signs

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

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.

School and Hospital Zones Benefit From Solar Powered LED Traffic Signs

Monday, June 29th, 2009

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 Stop Signs, Solar Gas Detectors, All Save Lives

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

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.

Safety Sign Uses LED Lights to Warn and Alert Approaching Traffic

Friday, May 29th, 2009

A solar sign is a solar powered traffic sign that uses the sun’s energy to generate three or four flashing orange, red or yellow LED lights that usually surround the word or phrases on the sign.  These solar powered signs are used across the country to help save lives.

A solar powered stop sign contains four red flashing LED lights connected to a solar panel that collects the sun’s ultraviolet rays to generate enough power to make the lights flash on and off continuously for up to 12 hours.  The reason for the LED flashing lights on a stop sign is to help attract the attention of distracted drivers so that they might see the stop sign and stop their vehicle instead of rolling through the stop and possibly causing an accident.

A solar powered safety sign has been shown in test after test to help distracted drivers see the traffic signs where they otherwise would have kept driving without heeding their warning.  Distracted drivers are the number one cause of accidents in the United States and this includes drunk drivers.  One may think cell phones is the number one distraction; however a recent study showed that eating while driving is the number one distraction and the number two distraction were cell phones.  Although more recently cell phone texting is becoming a major problem in many cities with younger drivers especially teens and young adults in their 20s, texting while driving is very distracting because it’s like typing on a tiny computer while trying to navigate the roadways.  Many hundreds of accidents have been attributed to texting while driving over the past few years.  Texting and driving is very dangerous and many states are trying to ban all cell phone use while driving making it illegal to drive and talk on the cell phone, which is using the cell phone in any capacity while your vehicle is in motion.  This means if you have to make a phone call while driving, you must pull off the road and park before answering the phone or making a phone call.

Before solar signs are placed on the roads and highways, they are placed in areas where they are deemed for experiment and tested to make sure they worked in overcast and cloudy days or with trees overhead which might block the solar panel; however the solar panel still performs its duty to collect the sun’s rays and generate enough power to flash the LED lights.

The solar paneled traffic signs are constructed of heavy-duty materials and can withstand all types of weather and the LED flashing lights help drivers see the warning signs and whiteout conditions during snowstorms and dangerous rainfall during thunderstorms.

Solar Signs Create Light, Safety with Renewable Energy from the Sun

Friday, March 6th, 2009

A solar sign uses the sun’s energy in order to power LED lights which illuminate ordinary traffic signs, construction signs, work zone signs, hospital zone signs, children at play signs and various types of warning signs like railroad crossing signs or danger, high-voltage wires nearby.

 

LED lights burn brighter and last longer than ordinary fluorescent lights and could be used on a safety sign in order to save money because there is no electricity needed, only the sun’s ultraviolet light.  Safety signs could be considered any signs that help direct traffic or save lives because they are there to protect drivers from other traffic.  An example of a safety sign is solar powered stop signs which have four flashing LED lights to help draw a driver’s attention to the stop sign which they might have otherwise missed had there not been flashing lights on the stop sign.  Many accidents happen at stop signs because people do not realize there is a stop sign there and drive past it crashing into another car that may have the right away.  With a solar powered stop sign and the flashing LED lights, it is less likely that a driver would miss the stop sign because they would be able to see it from a longer distance, even if they were not paying attention, the LED flashing lights could be seen out of the corner of one’s eye in order to heed the warnings.

 

Countless accidents are caused by distractions including cell phone use, eating while driving, adjusting the radio, looking for something in a purse or a bag, reading directions or using a GPS navigational system, talking to a passenger or simply thinking about other things rather than focusing all one’s concentration and attention on the road ahead and what dangers might be lurking just around the corner.  Driving requires the person behind the wheels full attention although this is rarely the case because there is so much going on in life that it spills over into the car along with us.

 

Solar traffic signs, such as the solar powered stop sign or a solar powered speed limit sign, could help save lives while saving municipalities, cities and towns thousands of dollars in electrical costs.  However, there is no price to be put on a life to be saved by solar powered traffic signs.

 

Solar powered signs help to illuminate the numbers on a speed limit sign, the letters on the stop sign, the silhouette of a deer on a deer crossing sign and generally brighten all directional or traffic signs for drivers and pedestrians who use the roadways and highways so that they may be safer while their city and state saves taxpayer money.

Safety Signs Designed to Increase Visibility, Decrease Accidents

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

If you own a construction business, a heavy equipment machine shop or any type of business where heavy equipment such as cement trucks or dump trucks are crossing where people tend to walk, then several solar signs would be a good idea to increase visibility of the heavy equipment and decrease accidents.

A solar powered stop sign, with LED flashing lights, draws attention to the stop sign better than a regular stop sign without the flashing lights.  Since the stop sign is solar powered, there is no need for a generator or any other type of electricity running to the stop sign. This saves a company thousands of dollars each year.

Having a solar powered safety sign at every intersection or crosswalk in your construction yard can help save many lives.  The solar powered safety signs have four flashing LED lights that draw attention to what the safety signs are saying.  These signs will help catch the attention of people when they are not paying attention to their surroundings, especially when trucks are passing by.

A solar sign even works on a cloudy day for up to 12 hours continuously flashing LED lights using only the sun’s power.  These solar safety signs are water resistant, so they work in the rain and basically all types of weather.  A company has even designed solar powered safety lights to be used alongside the solar powered safety signs.  These solar safety lights can be used anywhere light is needed, such as a construction site or to glide up under the hood of a car and are just as durable and bright as the solar signs.

Solar Light Towers save Energy, Money

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Solar light towers save energy by not having to have a portable light fixture plugged in to an outlet; in a construction situation this could be a hazard to workers.  A solar sign and a solar powered portable light fixture also eliminate the need for diesel or gas driven generators, which saves your company thousands of dollars per year.  In addition, without the cost of maintenance to a generator, there is no down time for your construction or workers.  Also, noise pollution is completely eliminated.

 

A solar light tower, combined with the solar safety sign, can give your company the peace of mind needed to continue operating in a safe and effective manner.  A solar light tower uses the sun’s rays to produce up to 12 hours of continuous operation.  Using a solar light tower saves money as well as energy if you are using the sun’s energy instead of electricity to keep the lights burning brightly.

 

Solar light towers can be used at construction sites, in machine shops, at auto mechanics shops, and even in your own backyard.  Anywhere there is light needed and no electricity or you wish to save electricity, a solar light tower can be used.  An LED flashing safety sign announcing the use of the solar light tower can be placed near the solar light towers so that people know they are there when they see the flashing lights.  Having the LED flashing safety signs draws attention to whatever wording is on the signs, in addition to people’s attention to safety concerns.

 

Many of the solar light towers are shocked and vibration resistant, making them perfect for any type of construction or power plants work area.  The solar light towers are also made with a portable 36” steel base making them practically indestructible.  They also come with a five year warranty from the manufacturer.

Safety Solar Signs: Environmentally Sound Going Green at School

Friday, November 14th, 2008

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.