Tag: driving
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month!
Distracted driving is defined as any activity that can divert a person’s attention away from the primary task of driving. These distractions include text messaging, making phone calls, sending emails, eating or drinking, etc. Although these are activities that should be done on their own, many people find that they can multi-task while they are […]
How highways got their signs
We recently got an interesting inquiry from a customer asking, just how did street signs get that way? Why are they shaped like they are? Well, it’s actually an interesting question! At first, signage on streets and highways wasn’t standardized at all. In the early 20th century, most long-distance travel was by rail or […]
L.A.’s bike highway that never was
Los Angeles is the car capital of America. Its landmarks are its roads: Sunset Boulevard, the Pacific Coast Highway, Rodeo Drive. And entire comedy sketches have been made about Angelenos’ love affair with the automobile. But it wasn’t always this way. In 1900, Los Angeles had the first elevated “cycleway” in the world. At the […]
Drive safely during the holidays: A reminder from SmartSign
The holiday season is a time for family get-togethers, office parties and socializing with friends. Usually, this means that there is alcohol involved and combined with the peak in travelling, this makes for a more dangerous time on the road. Statistics show that there is an increase in DUI offenses and alcohol-related traffic incidents during […]