So far this year in Missouri, there have been just about 700 deaths on the roads. Of the fatalities on Missouri's roads in 2012, 65% of them were not wearing safety belts. Chances are exceedingly high that they were also speeding, or the autos that struck them were doing this. Many people who are lost are doing nothing wrong, but are hit by a vehicle driven by somebody tired, drunk, texting or speedingâ€"sometimes, unfortunately, more than one of those.
Not one of us can control any driver but ourselves, but the use of lit signs for traffic calming can help to draw in 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 one or two seconds. This reminds drivers of the law and makes them focus on the changing display, getting the message thru to them much more. There's no guarantee that the 65% of fatalities not wearing their seatbelts would have survived had they been wearing them. But chances are good that at least some of them would have. For whatever reasons, they didn't get the message.
There'll always be a group of people that just don't get the message, whether it's to wear a lifesaving seatbelt or to stay within the speed limit. The majority, nevertheless, 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 reply in the right way.
Signs that will show the words "SLOW DOWN" along with a sad-face emoticon to help drive the point home 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 typically cause most drivers to slow down. This deters speeding before it starts, and reduces the risk of accidents more.
Not one of us can control any driver but ourselves, but the use of lit signs for traffic calming can help to draw in 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 one or two seconds. This reminds drivers of the law and makes them focus on the changing display, getting the message thru to them much more. There's no guarantee that the 65% of fatalities not wearing their seatbelts would have survived had they been wearing them. But chances are good that at least some of them would have. For whatever reasons, they didn't get the message.
There'll always be a group of people that just don't get the message, whether it's to wear a lifesaving seatbelt or to stay within the speed limit. The majority, nevertheless, 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 reply in the right way.
Signs that will show the words "SLOW DOWN" along with a sad-face emoticon to help drive the point home 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 typically cause most drivers to slow down. This deters speeding before it starts, and reduces the risk of accidents more.
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