Society Journal

Solar signs are manufactured to be heavy duty tough for all weather conditions and will help to keep drivers alerted to what’s up ahead.

Solar powered signs have been around for several years but are just now gaining in popularity in cities, towns, large and small communities in which distracted drivers are their number one concern when it comes to driving accidents, outranking impaired drivers from alcohol and drugs in their system by a large margin.

A municipality could order a solar sign to be placed at each entrance and exit of the local school that has the traditional bright yellow sign showing a mother and child walking across the street. The only difference is on top of the pole is a square solar panel that collects the sun’s ultraviolet rays to generate two or three flashing yellow lights.  There is no need for any wires, trenches, conduits or transformers.  Everything is self-contained and grid-independent.

The latest culprit in distracted driving is the use of cell phones while driving which takes the attention away from the task at hand and places it on a small technologically advanced device in addition to adding someone’s voice coming out of it from the other end, which may or may not be a contented conversation, all which could add up to disaster.

Many proponents of various bills to ban cell phone use while driving, even hands-free models, say that the distraction is not using the device; however it is a distracted brain that has people getting into trouble.

Solar stop signs create an eye-catching signal by flashing four red LED lights that go around the large word STOP.  A countless number of drivers cause accidents at stop signs because they are distracted and do not realize they need to stop.  With a solar powered stop sign, a driver will be able to see the flashing red lights out of the corner of their eye and hopefully be able to stop in time.

Solar powered signs come in a variety of styles including directional signs, reduced speed signs, works zone signs and hospital safety signs.