Saving Lives, Saving the Environment, Solar Powered Traffic Signs Make Sense
Solar powered traffic signs use the sun’s power to generate four or five LED (light emitting diode) flashing lights that surround the words or picture on a traffic sign to help alert drivers of impending traffic, upcoming signals, and curves in the road, potentially dangerous situations or pedestrian crossings.
A smaller size solar powered panel is placed on top of a sturdy pole with the wires running through the pole down to the LED flashing lights and then the traffic sign is attached to the front of the pole. Solar powered pedestrian crossing signs look almost identical to regular stop signs in terms of being placed on a pole; however the sign itself has four red flashing LED lights and at the top of the pole is a solar powered panel. A solar powered stop sign was created in order to help distracted drivers notice a pedestrian crossing sign by having it flashing on and off to draw attention to it. Drivers pay more attention and use more caution when they see flashing LED lights surrounding a traffic sign.
Solar powered traffic signs are eco-friendly because they use the sun’s energy instead of dangerous electrical cords or gas for a generator. Cities, states, small towns and highway departments save untold thousands of dollars in both accident costs from the emergency vehicles, personnel resources and utility bills.
Solar powered safety signs could be used in any number of locations including the highway, communities where there are a lot of houses and children playing outdoors, schools and colleges or universities, construction yards, farm areas or anywhere vehicles and pedestrians need to share the road.
Solar powered traffic signs include pedestrian crossing signs, deer crossing signs, traffic light ahead signs, stop sign ahead signs, dangerous curves ahead signs, directional arrow signs, one way signs, wrong way signs, road ends signs, dead end signs, caution signs, construction equipment entrance signs, emergency vehicle entrance or exit signs or heavy machinery equipment signs. Each of these signs contain red, yellow or orange flashing LED lights that are powered by the sun’s solar energy through a solar panel attached to the top of the pole the signs are attached to.