Etiquette for a four way stop sign intersection has always been a rule that the first driver to arrive at an intersection or stop sign is the first driver to leave. 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, 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 vicinity.
With solar 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 lights. No need for long electrical cords, generators or trenches for wiring.
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 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.
Tags: children, environment, solar signs, solar stop signs
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