More Effective Radar Speed Sign Displays At Calming Drivers and in Reducing Speed

USA is in the midst of an automobile boom. Vehicular traffic on city roads as well as on highways is simply going out of control despite best efforts of authorities. The number of accidents is the highest on USA roads as is the mortality rate and all this due to rash and negligent driving in most cases. While collisions are common and put lives of occupants of the vehicles in danger, it is pedestrians that are more at risk due to rash driving at high speed.

Currently the most common practices to try to get drivers to stay within reasonable prescribed speed limits include:

• Marking crosswalks: At cross roads and at certain points the authorities do mark the roads with stripes indicating that pedestrians may cross safely. However, studies have shown that in the USA context, drivers disregard such stripes and zoom through with utmost disregard for pedestrians who may be crossing at these zebra lines.
• Stop signs are equally ineffective because they are largely ignored.
• Speed bumps are slightly more effective but it may not be practically possible to place them at all points. Bumps can impede emergency services vehicles.

The more modern, effective, safe and effective way to get drivers to slow down is a large, well lit LED speed display board that displays the vehicle’s speed and also indicates the safe speed limit for that specific zone. Now becoming highly popular and introduced into US by Photonplay.com, a global enterprise, these driver feedback signs are based on radar technologies. A typical speed radar sign works on radar. Radio frequency waves emitted by the unit bounce off the vehicle and measure its speed. This vehicle activated sign is aimed at the incoming vehicle within a specific zone and it works in conjunction with a computerized unit that allows authorities to set the safe speed limit and other parameters as well as capture data for analytic.

Available in various types such as street model, models for work zones, highway models and portable series, the radar speed displays have numerals ranging in size from 9 inches to 24 inches. Rugged for US conditions Photon radar feedback sign units work under widely varying climatic conditions and give uninterrupted services with the least maintenance. Easy to set up and use, even by untrained operators, the traffic calming signs are the next generation, modern way of getting drivers to drive sensibly. The world is changing over to radar speed display boards and it will not be long before their widespread deployment in US will see a reduction in traffic accidents as well as moralities.