Distracted Drivers Could Cause Fatal Accidents Just As Easily As Drunk Drivers

No matter what kind of car a person drives, from beach cruisers to top-of-the-line luxury automobiles, there is a potential for accidents because of human error, distracted drivers. A distracted driver is any driver who is not fully paying attention to the road and what is going on around them.  Distractions for drivers can come from passengers, radios and CD or DVD players, their own thoughts and of course the most popular distraction these days are cell phones.  Many states have put a ban on the use of cell phones while driving which means a person needs to pull their car over to the side of the road or somewhere safe like a parking lot in order to use their cell phone to avoid hefty fees and even jail time for driving while using their cell phone.

The latest craze, especially for teen and young adult drivers, is texting while driving which has shown to be very dangerous.  One study showed that texting while driving impairs a driver’s reaction time up to 400 percent more than that of a driver who is drunk.

Texting while driving is a dangerous combination and can cause fatal accidents.  A traffic sign with a solar panel attached to it that helps generate power to flashing LED lights may help a distracted driver by drawing their attention away from their cell phone, hamburger or whatever else they are doing with in their car so that they might see the flashing lights, read the sign and do as instructed not only to save others’ lives but to save their own as well.

Many communities, cities and towns across the country are having solar panel installation of traffic signs with the LED flashing lights in the hopes of alerting distracted drivers of upcoming road work, school crossings or other pedestrian crossings, railroad crossings, stops, construction entrances or other possibly dangerous situations coming up in the road in which a distracted driver needs to pay attention.

In lab tests after lab tests, solar powered traffic signs have proven to help distracted drivers see the signs and heed their warnings.