Safety signs in the form of solar powered energy-efficient life-saving signs are popping up all over the country because cities and states realize the benefits of having solar signs – they help to save lives by alerting distracted drivers of upcoming hazards in the roadways.

Solar power traffic signs include solar powered stop signs, solar powered pedestrian signs, solar powered highway workers ahead, solar powered school and hospital entrances ahead and countless other places solar traffic signs could be used to save lives of both pedestrians and drivers.

Solar power traffic signs work well on school campuses all across the country, from elementary schools to high schools to college campuses in which pedestrians and vehicles need to coexist safely and without incident.  At elementary schools all across the country, flashing lights on stop signs and pedestrian crossing signs help in the job pedestrian cross walking guards because they help alert children to oncoming traffic and remind them to stop and look both ways before crossing the street.  These flashing LED lights that surround the word ‘STOP’ are generated by the sun’s energy even on cloudy and overcast days.

College campuses have thousands of pedestrians walking in the middle of the streets, in addition to bicycles and cars, each try to navigate the same streets so a solar powered traffic sign would be a great addition to help with the safety issues of a college campus.

There has always been an ongoing debate on whether pedestrians or automobiles have the right-of-way near closed campuses in which students are going from their dorm rooms or sorority or fraternity houses to the campus and cars are busy trying to get where they need to be.  Even though there are crosswalks clearly marked on every street, college students do not always use these and drivers are not always paying attention which is a deadly combination.

Flashing LED lights on a street sign will help to ‘grab’ the attention of a possibly distracted driver so that they would notice the street sign and heed the warning and do as the sign requests so that more people are safe on our roadways and highways.