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Here (Netherlands) the overhead matrix highway signs indicate lower (legal!) maximum speeds the nearer you get to a traffic jam. I was under the impression tha

Here (Netherlands) the overhead matrix highway signs indicate lower (legal!) maximum speeds the nearer you get to a traffic jam. I was under the impression that this wasn't spectacular.. it just makes sense. Of course there are smart-ass people (mostly driving Audi here) who race on only to break hard later.. this of course is futile in itself and even worsens the traffic jam. And if the authors point is to use this in car-to-car communication: what else do you think car-to-car communication is for..? On a related note, i propose using telephones for talking.

vog 12y ago
> Here (Netherlands) the overhead matrix highway signs indicate lower (legal!) maximum speeds the nearer you get to a traffic jam. Same here in Germany. I know this from Berlin's inner highway which has automatic traffic signs. Sometimes just a jam warning sign appears, sometimes the maximum speed is reduced, sometimes both at once. > On a related note, i propose using telephones for talking. I often had a similar thought: What if I could talk to the people in the cars next to me? What are they thinking? Why do they act the way they do? However, I quickly abandoned that thought. The traffic is moving very fast, decisions must be made very quickly. There's no time for a quick chat with all the drivers around me. It would be an additional distraction that would probably do more harm than good.
Huggernaut 12y ago
These exist in the UK on some motorways as well. However, my observation is that the new maximum speed is always indicated miles and miles before an incident so drivers ignore them anyway until they reach the jam.