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 [...]

We’ve all heard that driving and cell phones don’t mix. But what about driving and eating? According to the Chicago Tribune, village board members in Oaks Park, Illinois have their way, this old American past time will be banned within their city limits. They’re also considering a ban on other driving distractions including applying make-up [...]

  Looks like the drivers in France have had it. They’ve called for a day of country-wide  gridlock. Set for June 2, the protest is in response to the government’s recent decision to “hide” the thousands of speed cameras set up along the roads and highways throughout the country. But it’s not that French citizenry are against safe driving, [...]

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that road fatalities in 2010 were the lowest they’ve been since 1949.  That’s quite awhile ago. In 1949, a new VW bug cost about $900. There were only two of them sold in the U.S.  Gas cost 26 cents a gallon and the Hokey Pokey was a radio [...]

  The purpose of this blog is to share the latest information and thoughts about traffic calming and safety technology and we’ve had some great discussions on various related topics.  So is it ok to get excited about our own products when they do really well in the marketplace? I can’t help it. Information Display Company [...]

The data is in and the results are clear. Radar speed signs work in work zones. The same electronic displays that have been used effectively to slow cars in school zones and around neighborhood streets can have a dramatic impact on worker safety in work zone applications as well. In a 2008 study conducted by [...]

  As we begin the new year, we can add Kansas to the list of 30 states that now ban text messaging while driving. This ban, along with a variety of other new driver safety regulations being adopted across the country, reflect a growing concern over the effect that driver distractions are having in causing [...]

  Got a speeding ticket lately? Think it was unjust? Think that the only ones who really care about speeding are police officers looking to fill a quota? Well, according to a new study by the California Office of Traffic Safety, you’d be wrong. The study was the first statewide effort by the OTS to [...]

  In cities across the country, getting local governments to respond to traffic-calming issues can be difficult even during the best of times. It becomes even more difficult when times are tough and municipal funds are short. There is hope however. Neighborhood groups and private citizens from San Jose, California to Brooklyn, New York are [...]

  Truckee California, Atlanta Georgia and Winnipeg, Canada are a few of the latest cities to deploy radar speed signs in a big way. The growing acceptance of these traffic-calming displays is particularly noteworthy given the correlating decline in the popularity of speedbumps and radar speed cameras. According to Sam Katz, the mayor of Winnipeg, [...]