Q: Do you know the backstory of the thin yellow border you see around many stoplights? It’s amazing how such a small border can make the stoplight pop out visually from the background. Whoever came up ...

Des Moines is experimenting with reflective back plates on traffic lights at 20 high-risk intersections to improve visibility ...

The Texas Department of Transportation is upgrading traffic signals across Wichita Falls with new retroreflective backplates to improve visibility, with work beginning on Feb. 25 and continuing ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A simple piece of metal promises to reduce crashes and make a stretch of highway in Iowa City a little safer. The City said crews recently installed new reflective backplates ...