News Archive
2011/07/30
Mare Nostrum VMS Test on line
The ESG4-Mare Nostrum periodically performs different types of tests with users to determine VMS sign comprehension.
The rapid growth of VMS density and coverage on the TERN, the slow answer on the part of international regulatory bodies (e.g., UNECE WP.1), has led to the use of VMS in local ‘language’ and non-standard signalling. Although this has been a first step towards real-time seamless information and has proven to be most effective, especially in critical points of the motorway network, the second step is to avoid a situation where the European traveller may not be able to understand information directly concerning his/her safety, re-routing and all the other potential improvements to the journey while driving because of language problems.