Road signs have always been and will be a key element of traffic management, and the safety of traffic depends on their visibility, readability and correct location. Standard signs with a reflective coating are not always eye-catching; often this coating peels off, and in general they reflect light well only when illuminated by high beams, which, as you know, is almost impossible in a city with heavy traffic.
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Therefore, in order to increase the visibility of road signs in Moscow Start installation Their modern versions feature built-in interior lighting. At this stage, the project should be considered a pilot: so far only corresponding signs have been installed on Tver-Yamskaya 1st and Tver Streets, a number of 94.
The first thing we did was highlight priorities and prescriptive signs. Moscow’s Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov noted that a total of about 900,000 road signs have been installed in the capital. As a result, only about 1 in 10,000 of all signs today are backlit.
Only reviews from car enthusiasts can show how convenient this solution is for drivers. In fact, practice shows that signs become “invisible” not because of a lack of lighting, but because of the chaotic nature of the movement and its extremely questionable organization when the driver has too many instructions to follow.