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Bilingual variable message signs: A study of information presentation and driver distraction

Last updated on 01 September 2014 2:15

This study evaluates the effect of various bilingual Variable Message Signs (VMS) displays on driver behaviour and safety. Research has shown that reading times for bilingual signs are higher than for monolingual signs. Also, overall reading time is minimised when English appeared at the top of signs. ...

Author(s): Jamson Samantha L.;Tate Fergus N.;Jamson A. Hamish

Organisation(s): University of Leeds ;

2001

United Kingdom

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