Slow Kids At Play Signs - Page 7

A combination works best. Post a clear speed limit such as 5 MPH — Watch for Children. Add a physical calming device like a speed bump. At a real crossing, use a specific pedestrian crossing sign or children crossing sign. The awareness sign sets the tone. The limit, the bump, and the crossing sign do the heavy lifting.

Post them at the entrance to a neighborhood, along a residential street, near a park or playground, and at driveways where kids play close to traffic. Place the sign where a driver sees it with room to slow. Mount it facing oncoming traffic and choose a reflective grade so it reads at dusk and after dark. These are the times kids are often still outside.

On your own private property — a driveway, HOA street, or campground — you can post advisory kids-at-play signs yourself, subject to local codes and HOA rules. On a public street you generally can't install your own official signs, and because generic children-at-play signs aren't MUTCD-recognized, many municipalities won't add them at all. Check your city's ordinances first, and keep any private-property sign clearly advisory rather than mimicking an official regulatory sign.

Contact your city or county traffic-engineering or public-works department and report the speeding — they can run a traffic study and, where warranted, install a posted speed limit, a marked crosswalk with a pedestrian crossing sign, or traffic calming like speed humps. These measures do more than a generic sign, and on your own frontage you can still add an advisory kids-at-play sign.

School zones use standardized MUTCD signs like the School sign (S1-1) with the children symbol and a School Speed Limit sign (S5-1) posting the reduced limit, which is set by state law and engineering review. Those differ from a generic children-at-play sign; browse our school zone signs and school speed limit signs for the compliant versions.

Yes. Our custom kids-at-play signs let you set the MPH and add your community or neighborhood name, and a multi-point custom template lets you list up to eight safety guidelines. Personalize it in the wizard and our team proofs it free before printing.

Yes — they're made of reflective materials for strong day and night visibility, and we also offer 3M diamond-grade fluorescent signs. Reflective sheeting bounces headlights back for nighttime visibility, while fluorescent sheeting glows brightest at dawn and dusk; a sign that's both stays conspicuous at every time of day, which matters most when kids are out in low light.

Yes. Choose reflective cone sleeves and double-sided ConeBoss signs that fit standard traffic cones, a LotBoss portable kit, or a sign base for a movable aluminum sign. Order any sign online for your street; to reinforce a bad spot, add a solar LED speed-feedback sign. For a bulk neighborhood or nonprofit order, call our sales team at 888-343-3771 (Mon – Fri, 8:00am to 7:00pm EST) or email customerservice@smartsign.com.