The Importance of Early Warning Devices (EWD)
Back to the Basics as many of us seem not to realize the danger that driving without the proper knowledge is crazy and irresponsible and practically dumb for you and your car.
As We all know, we, drivers have our fair share of a stalled vehicle experience, on the side of the road, at what is you or your car by any chance get hit by oncoming traffic because of the mere fact the other driver can’t see your broken down vehicle.
And this is were EWD or an Early Warning Device is very Helpful.
The Explanation : Driving Safety : The EWD (Early warning Device)
For those who didn’t know they have two colors, one yellow and one red, why, well the yellow one is supposed to be placed about twenty feet farther than the red one which is supposed to be placed at least ten feet from the stalled vehicle. The yellow one attracts drivers of on-coming traffic that there is something wrong. just in case they don’t see the yellow one, the red one comes into view which means, “MY CAR’S BROKEN DOWN, GET OUT OF THE WAY!” They are now made of plastic which also serves a purpose, when on-coming traffic does not see them and runs them over, it will catch their attention and alert them that something is wrong ( I assure you that they would notice it) and hopefully get them to steer away from your car in time. Hopefully even if they run over the plastic triangles it catches their attention enough for them to get them to avoid hitting your stalled vehicle and injuring you both in the process.