<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2015, at 6:02 PM, Gerd Petermann <<a href="mailto:GPetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com" class="">GPetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">rather rare objects.</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">These signs are very very common in Japan. they are usually on the tollway for every 10 minutes of driving. They're constantly updated with either accident, weather, or road conditions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/bK5LQSboMkT2" class="">https://goo.gl/maps/bK5LQSboMkT2</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This one is currently warning of traffic ahead. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is a picture we can use for the wiki (if you want). I’ll upload it to the wiki if it is desired.</div><div class="">This is a common warning sign in front of many longer tunnels, and is changed to show tunnel specific or very local weather conditions, in this case, snow (ユキ yuki ). </div><div class=""><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/javbw/11091273426/in/album-72157638113676925/" class="">https://www.flickr.com/photos/javbw/11091273426/in/album-72157638113676925/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">double tunnel view, similar sign - though not as clear</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/javbw/11091391693/in/album-72157638113676925/" class="">https://www.flickr.com/photos/javbw/11091391693/in/album-72157638113676925/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are other “static” signs that display variable information, though it is not a matrix sign. This is one built to show traffic backups on the very narrow and crowded downtown network in Tokyo. </div><div class=""><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/ce7EqEqvQFB2" class="">https://goo.gl/maps/ce7EqEqvQFB2</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">~</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are also several of the older matrix signs in San Diego showing Amber Alert information, road delays, and other text (they are black & white, not like the 3 color ones in Japan). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So for a person who drives a lot, these signs are not rare, but fairly common to see every day. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Javbw</div></body></html>