Report 526 Safety and effectiveness of the wider use of VMS - Final report

Publication Year

2002

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Describes work undertaken as part of project N516 investigating ‘The Safety and Effectiveness Of Variable Message Signs (VMS)’, commissioned by the Highways Agency. The Highways Agency require information concerning the planning and use of VMS systems so that benefits can be maximised through improved utilisation of the road network. VMS must convey useful information in a form that drivers can understand and assimilate quickly. The sequence of reports that this final report is based upon investigate four main aspects of VMS application: Possible use of VMS to give safety-related or other information at times when there are no important traffic messages to be displayed, Message formats, Information overload, and Sequencing of information.

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