Patent ID: 9659493
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: E01F,F21S,F21W,G08G

Claim:
1. A traffic directing device comprising: a sign with a traffic directive; a first light unit and a second light unit both in physical proximity to the sign such that the sign and both light units face in a same direction and, when the sign is positioned relative to a roadway, the sign and both lights can be seen together by oncoming traffic; and a control unit coupled to the first light unit and the second light unit and configured to activate the light units so as to cause the first light unit and the second light units to generate a flashing sequence according to a repeating cycle, each cycle including at least a first pattern immediately followed by a second pattern, wherein the first pattern is a pattern wherein the light units each flash a plurality of times in an alternating fashion, and the second pattern is a simultaneous pattern wherein each light unit flashes a plurality of times as the same time; wherein each light unit, when activated, will flash using strobed on durations of 200 mS or less, and flash at a rate greater than sixty times per minute.