Solar Powered Signs; Provide Additional Safety for Construction Sites
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.




