It’s likely that you can quickly identify your most dangerous intersections without any hesitation. These are often the areas where you have a lot of pedestrians combined with a lot of traffic. Motorists may fail to notice pedestrians, making the intersection particularly deadly.
Installing an IP time clock may be all that you need to increase awareness and slow down motorists. Even if you’ve already installed a blinking warning signal, adding an IP time clock can dramatically increase motorists’ awareness of the dangers at the intersection.
An IP time clock is programmed to turn the flashing signal on and off. The signal operates when needed, and is shut off when not needed. Time clocks are often used in school crossings, for example. The lights blink in the hours just before and just after school, when children are most likely crossing the street, but are off during other times of the day and night. Because the signal is off most of the time, it is particularly noticeable when it is flashing. It tends to slow motorists down much more than constant signals.
IP time clocks can be programmed from a computer in your office, making it easy to change the start and stop times when needed. IP time clocks can also be added to many existing traffic warning signals, so you won’t need to replace the entire signal to upgrade it with a time clock.
Talk with other towns to see how they make use of IP time clocks on their traffic warning signals, and where they have found these to be most effective. Installing IP time clocks where you need to slow down traffic may be one of the most effective things you can do to increase safety at those notoriously dangerous intersections.