Speed and Rural Traffic

By Jessie Mccafferty - A good deal of info is available about pedestrian survival rates after being struck by a moving car, and traffic calming in construction areas, school sections and urban areas. One area that is often disregarded is the rural road. While the threat to pedestrians is obviously either far less or nonexistent in numerous cases, the risk to drivers is basically increased.

The standard signs like speed limits, suggested speed limits for curves and signs warning of snaking roads or animal crossings are necessary on rural roads, although they are no doubt ignored on occasions by some drivers. 

This is especially true of drivers who constantly travel the same route. This usually increases the speed and lowers the speed awareness over the passage of time just as any task one does continuously becomes a rather more subconscious, by-rote activity instead of one that's actively engaging.

A radar speed sign in an appropriate place along a long road can bring drivers' awareness to their speed in relation to the limit and slow traffic down.

More areas today use technolog y to help to manage traffic. Employing a radar speed sign is using technology in an ideal way. As the signs can be electrical, completely solar or battery-operated, you may opt to install one permanently or use the same sign in different locations at various times, as needed. The signs can be accessed remotely with the wireless Bluetooth connection, with programming that can be changed on an ad-hoc basis. They can also be used to assemble speed info to help you define where the signs are most needed.

Among both rural and urban roads, nearly 2/3 of the speeding-related deaths are on rural roads. This is going to be partly to thinner traffic that will mean an accident can occur a long time before it's discovered, and then medical help may be far away. But the terrain of the roads, regularly with many hills and curves, also contribute. Roll-overs and running off the road are more often found on rural roads than urban ones.

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A weather resistant and vandal-resistant feedback sign can promote speed awareness 24/7 and help reduce the quantity of accidents and deaths on your rural roads.