Methods, systems and devices related to road mounted indicators for providing visual indications to approaching traffic

A method of providing information to vehicles moving along a road in at least a first direction, the method comprising:

• producing power from a non-photovoltaic power producing source at each of a number of road mounted indicator devices mounted in the path of oncoming vehicles;
• wherein each of the road mounted indicator devices is partially embedded in the roadway such that the vehicles travel over the road mounted indicator devices;
• wirelessly receiving information by at least a first one of the road mounted indicator devices, the wirelessly received information from an external device remotely located with respect to at least the first one of the number of road mounted indicator devices;
• and
• transmitting light from at least one of the number of road mounted indicator devices toward the oncoming vehicles, in a direction generally opposed to the first direction based at least in part on the wirelessly received information.

A traffic informational system for providing information to traffic moving along a road in at least a first direction, the traffic informational system comprising:

• a plurality of road mounted visual information devices mountable in the path of oncoming traffic such that the oncoming traffic can pass over the visual information devices without harm to the traffic or the visual information device, each of the visual information devices comprising:
• a housing comprising a base;
• a non-photovoltaic power producing source carried by the housing, the power producing source operable to produce power;
• a first illumination source carried by the housing, the first illumination source operable to transmit light out of the housing generally toward oncoming traffic when the visual information device is mounted in the path of oncoming traffic such that the oncoming traffic gasses over the visual information device;
• a circuit carried by the housing, the circuit operable to selectively cause the illumination source to generate light;
• and
• a wireless communications subsystem carried by the housing and operable to receive wireless communications.