Traffic Sign Importance In Our Day To Day Life

By Grace Rivas


Most people do not even think about it but a traffic sign can mean the difference in life and death. Signs are not put up just for you to have something to read while driving. They are put there to help keep you and your family safe while on the road. For example if you happen to see a sign that says children at play or children crossing and you just ignore it then you could hit a child. How could anyone live with that?

The reasons you have to learn the traffic signs to pass your driving test is because if you do not know the signs you could hurt someone or even kill someone. Traffic signs are also to help you and other drivers to know when and where they need to go. If two cars are trying to go down the same road and the sign says merge but no one merges then there is going to be a wreck and someone could be hurt.

There are many traffic signs and it is important that you know all of them. Many people that have had their license for many years usually can tell what a sign is just by the shape and color but it is still very important that you read that sign. There are different signs like restrictive signs, informative signs, priority signs, warning signs and that's just to name a few.

Reflective signs or glow in the dark signs are great for night time driving. Some people have trouble seeing signs at night but if the sign is glow in the dark then that problem is solved. Most signs are displayed predominately where everyone can see them but on occasion there may be a speed limit sign on a residential street that is blocked by a bush or tree. In cases like this the county or city should make sure that the sign is moved or the bush or tree is removed.

When you can not see a sign it can cause accidents or you could even get a ticket for doing the wrong speed limit. If this happens you should probably fight that in court because if the speed limit is not posted clearly where you can see it then how are you suppose to know what speed limit to go?

Have you ever wondered why signs are different colors? It is so it will draw your attention to the sign. If all signs were a boring gray color you would probably miss most of them, but because they are bright red or yellow or even green it draws your attention to the sign. Signs are very important in our civilization, without them how would we go anywhere?

We wouldn't know which street or interstate we were on or which street to turn on. You wouldn't be able to find a friend's house because you wouldn't have a sign to tell you the street name. Without traffic signs we would have very chaotic roads.

Traffic signs make our lives easier whether you believe it or not. In fact most of you probably never even think about it. It is just such a fact of life that we don't take time to think about signs but they are there for a reason and that reason is to keep us all safe.




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