Part 2!
of Garrett Morgan! Garrett was the born to former slaves on March 4, 1877 in
Kentucky. Please check out Part 1 of Garrett Morgan to find more about his
other inventions.
While driving, Garrett witnessed a terrible car accident.
After, Garrett replayed the situation in his mind and realized that the roads
were dangerous. Garrett felt it was necessary to improve the current
conditions... He came up with an invention that would be beyond beneficial.
Garrett Morgan invented the automatic stop light.
Although manually operated traffic signals existed at most major intersections, they were not as effective because they switched back and forth to either 'stop' or 'go'.
Can you imagine the chaos they could cause. A light to say GO (Green Light)... and suddenly a light to say STOP (Red Light)! Garrett Morgan took it upon himself to create a warning light,
better known as the Yellow Light!
Check out his patent below!
This was a live saving idea/invention! Garrett went on to sell his
patent to General Electric for $ 40,000!
Thank you Garrett Morgan for all that you've done!
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