Who Invented Road Signs? Detailed answer

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Who Invented Road Signs?

Did you know that traffic management has been a problem since long before the advent of automobiles. Julius Caesar was probably the first ruler in history to introduce traffic rules. For example, he passed a law according to which women had no right to drive chariots in Rome.

With the advent of automobiles, the first traffic controllers appeared who stood on the roads and showed the direction of movement with their hands. Then they were given signal lights. But they couldn't solve all the problems. Because the traffic flow changes throughout the day and there are very busy hours of traffic. Before 1920 there were no automatic traffic lights.

In 1927, two people patented the "automatic traffic controller". The first traffic lights were installed at the intersections to streamline traffic. One of the traffic lights, invented by Harry Howe of Yale University, was installed in New Haven, Connecticut in April 1928. This mechanism, which worked by means of pressure, indicated the movements on the roads. The car, approaching such a pointer, gave a signal to the signal box, and from there the command came to turn on the permission signal for the approaching car. This type of traffic light, but only now with the use of a light signal, exists today.

Charles Adler also invented the traffic controller in 1928, which used a microphone to signal a signal box. The driver, seeing the red light, blows the horn. The microphone transmits the sound to the signal box, from there a response signal is received to change the color of the traffic light. Nowadays, there are different types of road regulators that also respond to sound to switch traffic lights.

Author: Likum A.

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