<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></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 Nov 1, 2015, at 12:04 AM, Gerd Petermann <<a href="mailto:GPetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com" class="">GPetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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);" class="">traffic_sign=changing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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);" class="">or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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);" class="">traffic_sign=variable<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">The matrix displays and variable signs are very different. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Most speed limit signs in Japan are “variable” - they are small numeric screens that usually vary between 50 and 100 based on weather. Int his case, the number is variable. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">a matrix sign can become entirely different signs. They are also a source for alerts and current info no matter the topic - whereas a variable sign for the speed limit is pretty limited to displaying a number value, or a traffic map sign limited to just displaying red where traffic is - they can not warn of closed lanes, high winds, snow, landslides, car fires, earthquake closures, and other things that can popup on the signs besides traffic info. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The matrix signs are truly separate from a variable value sign - but I’m not sure of the proper tag for them. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Javbw</div></body></html>