Facilities Signage Idea- Neat Parking Lot Signs
Neat Sign Post Cover Idea.
A few weeks ago as I was getting back in my car after shopping at Lowes, a big pick-up truck slammed into a street light pole out in the parking lot. It made a huge crash, dented up the truck really well, and brought a few stunned accident victims out onto the lot to survey the damage.
Driving around the Shenandoah Valley last week, I noticed a neat way to protect parking lot signs from vehicle damage, as they too are wide open targets for trouble.
Many times the manager of a shopping center, grocery store, or other retail store will call us about their parking lot signs; usually to replace or repair some that had been damaged out on the lot. We can drive steel sign posts through the pavement or set them in concrete, but somehow cars and trucks always seem to hit those critters and soon all the signs at the customer’s 
lot and his whole good image start progressing downward on the street appeal meter. Most of the time they end up as hazards to people and property after a few hits…if they’re not totally taken out by some unfortunate driver out on the lot like the guy at Lowe’s who was doing a 360 and didn’t see the light pole until he rammed into it.
One neat way to resolve the problem of unsightly poles and prevent (or at least reduce) damage and injury is to use plastic pole covers. They come in a variety of colors and designs. The type pictured here was used by the new CVS retail store in Waynesboro, Virginia.
It’s basically a modified bollard cover and it slips over the parking sign post prior to attaching the sign panel. They work great for standard handicap parking sign protection or any type of lot sign. I’m sure a vehicle can still take them out, but it definitely reduces the impact from the cars that slowly inch up a little too close.
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