So far this year in Missouri, there have been just about 700 deaths on the highways. Of the fatal injuries on Missouri's roads in 2012, 65% of them were not wearing safety belts. Probabilities are extremely high that they were also speeding, or the automobiles that struck them were doing so. Many people that are lost are doing nothing wrong, but are hit by a vehicle driven by somebody knackered, drunk, texting or speedingâ€"sometimes, unfortunately, more than one of those.
Not one of us can control any driver but ourselves, but the usage of lit signs for traffic calming can help to attract the attention of each driver and make accidents less certain.
Lit signs on Missouri's roads tell folks to buckle up because it is the law. The signs change their message slightly each 1 or 2 seconds. This reminds drivers of the law and makes them be aware of the changing display, getting the message through to them more. There's no real assurance that the 65% of fatalities not wearing their seatbelts would have survived had they been wearing them. But chances are good that at least a number of them would have. For whatever reasons, they did not get the message.
There will always be a group of folks that just don't get the message, whether or not it's to wear a lifesaving seatbelt or to decelerate. Most people, however, when faced with a changing display on a lit sign will make a response to it. If it is giving instruction like buckle up or slow down, they will respond in the correct way.
Signs that can show the words "SLOW DOWN" together with a sad-face emoticon to help reinforce the idea to slow down when someone's speeding will usually cause the driver to slow. In fact, plain signs that merely show the speed and flash it if it's above the limit usually cause most drivers to decelerate. This deters speeding before it starts, and reduces the risk of accidents far more.
Not one of us can control any driver but ourselves, but the usage of lit signs for traffic calming can help to attract the attention of each driver and make accidents less certain.
Lit signs on Missouri's roads tell folks to buckle up because it is the law. The signs change their message slightly each 1 or 2 seconds. This reminds drivers of the law and makes them be aware of the changing display, getting the message through to them more. There's no real assurance that the 65% of fatalities not wearing their seatbelts would have survived had they been wearing them. But chances are good that at least a number of them would have. For whatever reasons, they did not get the message.
There will always be a group of folks that just don't get the message, whether or not it's to wear a lifesaving seatbelt or to decelerate. Most people, however, when faced with a changing display on a lit sign will make a response to it. If it is giving instruction like buckle up or slow down, they will respond in the correct way.
Signs that can show the words "SLOW DOWN" together with a sad-face emoticon to help reinforce the idea to slow down when someone's speeding will usually cause the driver to slow. In fact, plain signs that merely show the speed and flash it if it's above the limit usually cause most drivers to decelerate. This deters speeding before it starts, and reduces the risk of accidents far more.
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