Radar signs. Speed Displays. Speedcheck signs – what ever you prefer to call them, these ubiquitous traffic monitoring and feedback devices work. Study after study has shown that radar signs are highly effective at slowing traffic – even years after they’ve been installed. And we know why they are so effective. They have a [...]

  Presidential politics aside, the results from this past election cycle proved that even during hard times, the majority of American voters are in favor of road and traffic safety improvement projects. In Michigan, voters approved a new bridge that added a new crossway between the Great Lakes State and Canada. Arkansas voters approved a [...]

  Before they can tackle their speeding problems, it looks like the city of Belleair, Florida needs to tackle their “how do we tackle” problem. The town’s mayor and four commissioners met a few weeks back to talk about putting together a traffic calming policy – a systematic way to prioritize projects and solve those [...]

  Do radar speed signs in your neighborhood help drive up the price of your home? Consider this. Several recent studies have directly linked home prices with a neighborhood’s “walkability” – that is, how easy it is for locals to stay on their daily schedule and get stuff done without having to get in their [...]

  Looks like we can add Spokane Valley to the list of believers. For years, the city struggled to bring down the speeds of drivers passing through the city’s various school zones. Prominently displayed speed limit signs didn’t do the trick. Neither did regular patrolling by the Spokane Valley Police Department. The police were writing [...]

Like it or not, certain locations have stereotypical reputations. New Yorkers are rude. Texans are loud. And Boston drivers….well, let’s just say you wouldn’t want your grandma to be caught driving there during morning rush hour. Real or not, Boston drivers surely have one of the worst reputations in the country.  All you have to [...]

If you’ve been reading the “traffic press” lately, you’ve probably heard that many of the parents of Blue Angel Elementary School in Pensacola, Florida are pretty excited about some new radar speed signs installed around their elementary school. The displays are two of six SpeedCheck signs that have recently been installed in the surrounding Escambia [...]

  Wanted to share a nice Facebook Post from the Clinton Daily Democrat (Click here).  Here’s to a safer year ahead for drivers and pedestrians and an increase in walkable routes to school in 2012.

. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the use of cell phones while driving is the “new DUI”…”an epidemic.” This follows a new study that indicates driver distraction being a contributing factor to some 3,000 plus roadway fatalities last year alone. As a result, the NTSB called for a nationwide ban on the [...]

It’s a simple fact. Radar speed signs can be highly effective at slowing traffic and reducing accidents. The number of reports that attest to this fact continues to grow. In the past couple of years alone, there have been dozens of studies, conducted at various locations under various conditions that prove again and again that [...]