When you ride in a car and see a traffic light change from red to green, you are looking at one of Garrett Morgan’s great ideas! Garrett was a very clever inventor who wanted to keep people safe on the streets. Long ago, traffic signals only said “stop” and “go,” which caused a lot of crashes. He invented a new signal with a warning light in the middle so drivers knew it was time to slow down!
Keeping people safe was very important to Garrett. He also invented a special safety hood that helped firefighters breathe clean air when they went into smoky buildings. His amazing inventions saved many lives and made our cities much safer. We still use his bright ideas every single day!
